Activities & Events to get involved with.

  • Quiz Night

    2023 Quiz Results - We raised £1,800! Thank you to everyone who supported on the night.

    Every year we throw an annual quiz to raise money for the Foundation. This year’s quiz took place in Balham in February 2023, so keep an eye out for the next quiz and make sure to get your tickets early; we sold out this year!

  • Charity Walk

    WTSC Foundation Walk & Cycle

    On 20th April 1971, the Wine Trade Sports Club organised its first ever Charity Walk over 12 miles around the City of London, during which a glass of wine was taken at each check point. £800 was raised. Following this initial fundraising effort, in July 1973, The Wine Trade Sports Club Foundation was created.

    Funds raised by the Wine Trade Sports Club are donated to the Foundation, who in turn make significant annual donations to The Drinks Trust (formerly The Benevolent). The walk has been a regular fundraising event over the years. To date, the Foundation has donated almost £750,000 to support to people in the drinks industry. This year we will be walking in memory of a great friend, colleague and sports club member, Simon Leschallas, who died suddenly in July 2019.

    Simon was a past master of the Vintners’ Company and the Worshipful Company of Distillers, as well as a trustee of the Wine Trade Sports Club Foundation. He was best known for his time working as brand ambassador for Champagne Bollinger at Mentzendorff. He was instrumental in sponsorship deals with the Open Golf, Royal Ascot, and the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race amongst others. Following his departure from Mentzendorff in 2009, he formed a new company called St Aubyn Leschallas Wines Ltd, mainly importing Vondeling from South Africa, as well as taking on a role as brand ambassador for Charles Heidsieck Champagne.

  • 50th Year Anniversary Party

    Details to come.

    Make It

WTSC Walk & Cycle for Simon

If you have registered to walk or cycle and haven’t received the final details as yet, please contact James Read.

Although Simon was best known for his work with Champagne, I am sure he would approve of a walk around English wine country, and Wiston Estate in Sussex have very generously given us access to their beautiful winery to host the Simon Leschallas Memorial Walk & Cycle.

We are inviting everyone to join us by getting together a group of friends, family & colleagues, set up a fundraising page via Virgin Money Giving, and come and join us on Saturday 18th September. This will be a family event, with the walk being around 11km and a cycle which will take a similar time around the beautiful Wiston Estate and surrounding area at 10am followed by a barbeque on our return. More details will follow nearer the time. We are delighted that his widow Jo will be joining us.

If you aren’t able to join us on the day, you can make a donation by clicking on the link below.

www.virginmoneygiving.com/fund/simonleschallasmemorialwalk-cycle

To register for the walk and cycle please contact James Read

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