DESPITE the threat of heavy rain, hail and possibly thunder, the organisers of the Lion’s 12th Easter Egg Hunt decided that the event should still go ahead.

It crossed the minds of the Lion’s fund raising committee to postpone or cancel the egg hunt on Portreath Beach on Sunday but having prior fund raising events and having already purchased the Easter Eggs that motion was squashed and it was unanimously agreed that the egg hunt should proceed.

Although there were high winds and some showers in the morning when the Gazebos were being erected the sun finally shone. At 1pm registration commenced and there was a very steady stream of parents, grandparents, visitors and children up to the start time of 2pm.

It was a fantastic sight 357 children digging in a roped off arena to find the hidden two golden coloured wooden eggs and 24 red coloured eggs. The finders of these eggs were rewarded with large Easter Eggs and all participating children also received a smaller egg.

Finders of the Golden Easter Eggs were: Up to five years Molly Chapple from Portreath and 5 to 12 years Darci Crawther from Perranporth.

All proceeds on the day were for the Lions charity account that was supplemented by a beach raffle and donations received for children’s books.

Lion President Derek Canham said that the day was a fantastic success and thanked everybody for supporting the event and especially the sponsors for their contributions because without them the Lions would not have been able to hold the Hunt.

Sponsors were: C & R Plastics (Camborne), Glow Warm Heating Services Ltd (Camborne)

Specsavers (Camborne),Rodda & Hocking (Camborne),Specsavers (Redruth),Taylor Tyre Services (Redruth),Macsalvors (Redruth),The Sewing Studio (Redruth),West Country Tile Centre Ltd. (Redruth),The Beach Cafe (Portreath),Wetherspoons (Camborne),Graham & Enid Roberts (Beacon)