VENUE: CHESFORD GRANGE, KENILWORTH, (NEAR WARWICK), CV8 2LD

Date: Friday 31st August 2012 to Sunday 2^nd September 2012

Dear Members,

Greetings from Bunts Sangha, UK.   It’s that exciting time of the year for us to plan our annual meet.

We are hoping that this year's event will be well-attended and vibrant, as well as, offering members a chance to relax and enjoy this delightful venue. The President and a majority of the Committee members met at Chesford Grange. We were all very impressed with the hotel and the facilities. Please visit the hotel website for further information. If we can get the reserved capacity used up early we will be in a position to negotiate to release more rooms at the attractive rates we have originally negotiated. SO PLEASE MAKE YOUR BOOKING EARLY!  www.QHotels.co.uk

Highlights of this year's meeting:

 Saturday 1st September

   4pm – 6pm – Entertainment, followed by the AGM

  7pm – 8pm Pre-dinner drinks 7-8 at the spacious bar - a chance to socialise

  8pm – 10 pm - Live Music by a professional band during the Sit Down dinner

  10 p.m onwards - Disco (choice of music for everyone's liking to make you get up and dance)

An agenda and the day's programme will be emailed to all the delegates, which will include a draft of the Constitution of the Bunts Association UK to be ratified at the AGM. The draft Constitution, as well as, further information on the event will be available on the website. Depending upon the number of members interested we plan to arrange something attractive for Friday the 31st Evening

Child Care

We are keen to provide arrangements for child care before and during the AGM and entertainment. Please indicate by email if you would like to avail of this facility.

Entertainment

The committee has decided on something very innovative: Only 5-16 year olds will be given chance to entertain us. There will also be a fancy dress competition for youngsters.

Bhagya Gonsalves - Tel  : 0782  684  2175, email :  entertainment@bunts.org.uk

Santhosh Rai  - Tel : 0778  265  6582, email : entertainment@bunts.org.uk

We would encourage parents to take interest in the above theme and help the Entertainment Secretaries make the entertainment a great success. Please contact them at the address given above.

The rates

Friday 31^st August 2012

Rooms are charged at £37.50 pp sharing a double /twin. Rates on Friday include accommodation & breakfast.

For families with children, the hotel has a limited supply of family rooms at no additional charge.  Breakfast for children is £10.00 per child.

Saturday 1^st September 2012

Rooms are charged at £65.45 pp sharing a double /twin. Rates on Saturday include accommodation, dinner and breakfast.

For families with children, the hotel has a limited supply of family rooms at no additional charge. Breakfast for children is £10.00 per child. Dinner for children will be charged at £12.50 per child.

For those who are attending the private dinner only, the charges are £25.00 pp for adults and children will be charged at 12.50 per child.

Apart from standard rooms and interconnecting rooms– premier rooms are also available at a slightly higher cost. Please enquire at the time of booking if you want to upgrade.

How to book

All the bookings can be made with the hotel, via mail or telephone. Please quote- Bunts Association UK to avail the special rates.

Tel:  08450074060

Mail to:  stay@qhotels.co.uk

Please let the hotel know of any dietary requirements (e.g. if you are vegetarian).

Office working hours are Monday-Friday 9.00-5.30. Emails are not read outside of this time.  If you receive an out of office message and have an urgent query, or wish to speak to someone regarding your booking, please contact the  reception team on 01926 859331.

Credit or Debit card details will be asked for while booking. There is a cancellation charge applicable for cancelled bookings. When booking, please give full names and addresses, in order to avoid confusion between members. Please make note of the reference number given at the time of booking.

Once you have made your reservations please send an email to the secretary Hita Shetty at

secretary@bunts.org.uk. Please give details of the numbers of adults and children attending the Friday and Saturday evening events.

BOOKINGS MUST BE COMPLETED BY 7^th JULY

We would like you to start booking as soon as possible and share the enthusiasm to make the event a success. We need your whole-hearted support.

We are hoping to move all future communications to email.  We are in the process of compiling a list of members and their contact details. So please keep us posted on any changes in addresses.  We can currently access only those people on the Bunts Directory. So please spread the word.

The President and the Committee are happy to help you with any query.

We look forward to seeing you in September!

Kind Regards,

Secretary:  Hita Shetty           

                    Mobile :077 5410 4894

                    e mail : secretary@bunts.org.uk

President:  Dr K Divaker Rai

      Mobile  : 077 3431 3433

                    Home  :  01752 707876

                    email : president@bunts.org.uk

Committee Members : Rajesh Shetty,  Latha Shetty, Sandeep Hegde,  Ajit Shetty, Sharath Shetty,  Premnath Ballal,  Santosh Rai, Bhagya Gonsalves
committee@bunts.org.uk

Chesford Grange

Chesford Bridge,

Kenilworth,

Nr Warwick,

CV8 2LD

Tel: 01926 859331

Fax: 01926 855272

Directions

From the south

Leave the M40 at Junction 15. Follow the A46 towards Coventry and take the slip road signposted Kenilworth and Leamington Spa (A452). At the roundabout, take the right exit signposted Leamington Spa. Continue for 400 yards and follow the signs to the hotel.

From the north

At Junction 21 of the M1, follow the M69 towards Coventry and join the A45. Take the first junction off and join the A46 towards Warwick. Take the slip road signposted A452. At the roundabout, take the first exit signposted Leamington Spa and follow the signs to the hotel.

*Update 10/2/1012*

You should receive these starting next week.

Thanks

Hello everyone,

A few of you have enquired on the family photos taken at the Watford Bunts Sangha. The photographer is working on getting these out asap. Rest assured we are following up on this and will let you know when to expect them

Thanks.

Dear Kannadigas,
 
Kannadigaru UK cordially invites you to their 7th successive celebration of Karanataka Rajyotsava in UK. This year's event is dedicated to the legendary Kannada movie star Dr.Rajkumar.
 
A humble tribute, first-of-its-kind out side India, to one of the greatest movie stars of the 20th century includes a series of acts, music, dance and fun games to help you relive the glory of this great soul that is etched in your memory for ever.....
 
Join us with family and friends to get mesmerised and immersed once again the phenomenon called Dr.Raj.......

To make the event more entertaining and a memorable one we have invited artist and guests from Karnataka. Following are the highlights of our invitees:
 
1) Shri R.V. Deshpande a senior congress leader, former Karnataka State cabinet minister and ex- KPCC president.
2) Mukhya Mantri Chandru President of the Kannada Abhivruddi Pradhikaara and a renowned and versatile actor in Kannada  movies, who is also well known for his comic roles and plays more serious parts as a villain. 
3) Neeraj Patel immediate past mayor of Lambeth. A doctor, politician and a statesman will join the hands of the above dignitaries to inaugurate the event.
4) Mr Dayanad who excels in the world of Mimicry and who has performed in more than 2000 different kind of plays in Theatres will be filling the event with laughter and fun. He will bring back acting memories of Dr.Raj and other renowned Kannada cine-stars like  Vishnuvardhan, Ambarish, Ravichandran, Shankar Naag and many more to name a few. 
5) A Mystery guest who is doing his best to keep Dr.Raj's memory alive and who has given more than 10,000 performances will be here for the event to  carry forward Dr.Raj's theme of the day.
6) And the very best from our local talent
 
So be a part of this exciting event by clicking and registering in www.kannadigaruuk.com and please email your queries regarding the performance to  rajyotsava2011@kannadigaruuk.com

We will be holding a memorial service for Sandeep on Monday 17^th October at 2.30pm in the Milton Chapel at the Chilterns Crematorium in Amersham. Details are as follows:

Address:   
Chilterns Crematorium
Whielden Lane
Amersham
Bucks
HP7 0ND

By Rail: Amersham is the nearest railway station (Underground-Metropolitan Line) and is situated about 2 miles from the Crematorium. There is a taxi rank outside the station.





Afterwards, we will be having light refreshments at Sandeep’s old school. This will start around 4.15pm and will be in Deans Hall at Berkhamsted School.  The details are as follows:

Address:  

Deans Hall
Berkhamsted School
Castle Campus
Castle Street
Berkhamsted
HP4 2BB

Deans Hall is in Castle Campus (1). There is a public car park behind the campus as shown on the map. If you are coming along the high street, car park entrance is between Costa Coffee and Tesco’s.

Flowers & Donations

We are not expecting any flowers but if you would like to make a contribution in Sandeep’s memory, we would encourage you to make a donation to the St Francis Hospice in Berkhamsted via the justgiving page (http://www.justgiving.com/Sandeep-Shetty). They were instrumental in making Sandeep’s last few weeks comfortable and supported the whole family through this period.

Dr Dayanand & Ritha Shetty and Family

Dear  All,

We would like to extend our thanks and gratitude to everyone who attended the weekend get -together at Watford Hilton and hope that each one of you has thoroughly enjoyed the function.

We had the largest number of attendance this year (about 290) and hope that this trend will continue in the future.

Friday night started off with a cocktail session at the hotel and a fairly quite dinner at Imperial China restaurant, opposite Hilton Hotel. We had a quite but thoroughly enjoyable evening.

Saturday morning our enthusiastic ladies took the lead to organise the decorations of the stage in the function hall. Our thanks and gratitude to all of those who participated in this  complicated tasks.

Bunt Association Accounts were made available to the members for inspection at the entrance of the function hall by the Secretary.

The evening program started  at 1600 hours with a prayer song by Prashika and Shilpa, followed by a beautiful Arti dance by Lena.

The AGM started with the Presidents welcome address and an address of achievements of our members by the Secretary.

This was followed by brief speeches from our overseas guests who included, Mr. Shashi Kiran Shetty from Bombay, Dr. Ashok and Rajani Shetty from United States, Mr. Narayan and Sharad Shetty from Bangalore , Mr Ratnakar and Veena Alva from Bangalore and Mr Vishwanath Hegde and his wife  from Bombay.

For discussion, three proposals were presented to the members. Two of the proposals were from Dr.Sudharam Rai.

1, Reduction of the annual subscription fees  from £30.00 to £15.00 if paid by standing order or      direct debit.

2, All office bearers positions are to be reduced to 2 years to reduce the work load of office   bearers.  

Both resolutions were passed by the members

Third proposal was from Dr.Madhav Shetty -  ‘Only Members who are subscribed members for more than a year can vote for discussion and to decide’.  After clarification this proposal was not accepted by the majority of the members.

This was followed by the election of new office bearers .

Dr. Divaker Rai was unanimously elected to be the next President and Hitha Shetty was unanimously elected to be the next Secretary. Bhagya Gonsalves and Santhosh Rai were elected to be the Entertainment Secretaries.  Dheeraj Shetty was requested to continue to be the Sports Secretary. The nominated committee members from Scotland are  Dr Sharath Shetty and Dr.Prem Ballal,  from Midland,  Dr.Sandeep Hegde and A.N.Other (to be nominated by the President elect), and from the South, Mrs. Latha Shetty and Dr.Rajesh Shetty.

This was followed by the following proposal to the members by Dr. Seetharam Melanta .

” First of all let me congratulate the incoming  President Dr Divakar Rai and newly elected Secretary Hita Shetty and the new Committee Members.

Secondly I wish to thank Dr Vishwajith Hegde who gracefully withdrawn his name as a Presidential candidate for the good of Bunt Association. We have a tradition in UK Bunt Association that  the President’s  name is proposed and elected uncontested as to avoid the need for any election. We would like to continue the same. Dr Vishwajith Hegde will take over as the next President of Bunts Association UK  following the end of term of Dr.Divaker Rai.”

The statement was loudly applauded by the members and was generally accepted.

This was followed by the welcoming address by the President elect for the next term.

The eagerly awaited entertainment program started a bit late but waiting was worth it. Sanjay started with a well acclaimed Odissi dance which was followed by very professionally presented Bharath Natyam by Shilpa. Anusha displayed her fantastic talent with a sweet classical song. This was followed by a well received Michael Jackson dance by Santhosh and young Yash. Prathvi amazed us by her talent with her Bollywood Masala fusion dance. The eye catching husband and wife team – Santhosh and Lavanya exhibited their talent with a beautiful fusion dance. This was followed by instrumental music by two beautiful sisters – Ila and Shubha who captivated the audience with their unassuming talents. Next, we had about twenty minutes of continuous display of enormous talents with the 1960’s music dance, which kept the audience spell bound, by Bhagya, Santhosh, Ravi, Prathap, Shilpith, Suresh, Vanitha, Prithvi, Shrikanth, Sanath, Ashith, Sandeep, Prashika, and Rajesh.

The members disbursed and gathered again, fresh and looking at their best, at 1930 at the function hall for a pre dinner drink. Dinner session started with a fusion dance by our own London Rock Stars. After this, the distribution of prizes for the winners on the Sports day took place. The winners of the Cricket match was the South Team captained by Dheeraj and the runner up was the North Team captained by Varun. Men’s shotput – 1^st Dheeraj and 2^nd was Ashith. Ladies shotput – 1^st Shilpitha and 2^nd was Prashika. Ladies group winners – Sabeena’s team which included, Prashika, Jeevitha and Amitha. Sabeena’s team won the Rings as well.  Sack race was won by Varun and Sachin.  

Dinner was excellent and there was sumptuous food. During the dinner a quiz contest was conducted by Ashik and Sabeena which was enjoyed by all and everyone participated.

Following the dinner, the DJ had the dance floor going with the fantastic Bollywood and Bangra music and our excellent dancers both young and those pretending to be young enjoyed the evening until the reluctant closing time of 0100 in the morning.

We wish to thank you all for attending the function and for your ongoing support to your organisation and your community. May we take this opportunity to wish you all a happy Diwali, a Merry Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

Ramesh Shetty                                                                          Sabeena Shetty

(Outgoing President)                                                                 (Outgoing Secretary)  

It is indeed a great pleasure to welcome you and your family for the 21^st  Annual get together of the Bunt Association of UK at the Hilton, Watford.

A year has passed since our last meeting at Cedar Court Hotel at Wakefield. No doubt, we have progressed forward another year with a long list of successful achievements by our members.

It has been a very successful 21 years since our first generation of Bunts established the UK Bunts Association way back in 1990 to promote our social and cultural heritage and to maintain cohesiveness within the community. We hope to foster the same ambition as our forefathers for our community, a community whose progress and prosperity remain at the forefront of our minds and actions.

There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance, and no greater heritage than culture and who can argue that we have not inherited a great culture.

To continue with our culture and tradition the younger generation must persist in coming forward and take active participation in the community affairs. It is my hope and aspiration that these responsibilities are continuously passed on to the younger generation to keep the Bunt Association of UK a successful organisation and to take the community forward to new frontiers.

Thanks to our hard working voluntary office bearers and the close involvement of all our members we have strengthened our organisation and established continuing unity. We are growing year after year and it is my hope that, this will carry on.

I wish to extend my thanks to our  Secretary, Joint Secretary’s, Committee Members, Sports Secretaries, Editor of the Website and of the Program guide and of course, to all of their Spouses for their enormous contributions. I would also like to place on record my most grateful thanks to many Talented Artists who are responsible for organising this event and for providing us with some excellent entertainment.

As you may know, we will have a new group of office bearers who will take over the responsibilities for the next three years. I request all members to join me to extend our best wishes to the new President, Secretary, committee members and all other office bearers.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for supporting this event by your presence, and I hope you will have a wonderful time.

Thank you all and wishing you the very best.

Ramesh Shetty

Please note that the Bunts Association UK 2011 Sports day will take place on Saturday 27^th August

At Northwick Park Cricket Ground, The Fairway, Wembley, Middlesex, HA0 3TQ.

The venue can be accessed:

By Bus - Kenton Road - 114 / 183 / 223 / H10.

                From Watford Road -  182 / N18

Nearest Tube Station : Northwick Park ( Metropolitan Line )  / South Kenton ( Bakerloo Line and London Over ground )

By Car : please use the post code for navigation. (Near to Northwick Park Hospital)

The following fixtures are scheduled :

Starting Time : 1300 hours.

First match will be 10 overs each between North and South cricket teams.

 Followed by a Ladies match of 5 overs each (soft ball) -teams will be selected on the same day. 

There will be games for Children and Ladies.

Please contact one of the following for registering your interest and for any further information.

Mr. Dheeraj Shetty - 07515562954  -  dheerajkshetty@gmail.com

Mr. Santhosh Rai -  07782656582  -  sunny_ashrai@hotmail.com

Dr. Vishwajith Hegde - 07887952038  -  hegdev@btopenworld.com

Hope many will be able to participate in this event and make it a successful one.

Best wishes to all,

President and the Secretary.

2011 UK Bunt's  Association Annual gathering will be held on 9^th and 10^th of September at Hilton Hotel in Watford, near London. The hotel is situated just off A41 and accessible from M1 either from Junction 4 or 5. Hotel address - Hilton Watford, Elton Way, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 8HA. You may view the hotel facilities on their website - http://www.hilton.co.uk/

To book please use the details below

Telephone number : 08705 90 90 90
Booking ref: GBUNA ( Bunts Association UK)

Please make a note of this date in your diary. This is our 21^st anniversary meet and we expect everyone to contribute in any way possible to make it a grand success.

Program details will be communicated to all members during the next few weeks. If you have any suggestions for the event please let us know as soon as possible.

We are also planning to organise a sports day during the first or second weekend of August. The details will be released soon.  Your participation will be very much appreciated.

Terms of the current office bearers will expire this year. All positions are open for new appointment.  If anyone would like to nominate/second the names of members for any of the positions, including the President, Secretary, Entertainment Secretary, Sports Secretary and Committee members, please communicate with our Secretary, Sabeena Shetty.

Best wishes,

Ramesh Shetty                                                                                 Sabeena Shetty

President                                                                                            Secretary

Email:  rshetty16@yahoo.co.uk                                                 sabeena_shetty@hotmail.com

Tel:  0208 954 5167                                                                           0239 236 3511   

Just wanted to let fellow bunts know of a service to make cheap calls to India. It costs just over 1p/min

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Enjoy..

22 November 2010 1:45 PM

Roopa and Gerrard Wedding pics can be found at

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Enjoy!

I am delighted to welcome all of you and your families to the 20th anniversary celebrations of the Bunt Association of UK at the Cedar Court Hotel, Wakefield

It has been a very successful 20 years since our first generation of Bunts established the UK Bunts Association way back in 1990 to promote our social and cultural heritage and to maintain cohesiveness within the community. We are nurturing the same ambition as our forefathers for our community, a community whose progress and prosperity remain our constant concern and the objective of all our endeavours.

As we have often re-iterated, through leadership and example, the development of our community is a priority challenge to all members, especially to our younger generation. This development should meet the aspirations and expectations of our forefathers and can be achieved only with the active participation of all members of our community.

Our genetic makeup has not changed extensively through the years. If the genes of our ancestor’s enabled them to partake in great adventures and achievements, there is no reason why we cannot utilise these same characteristics we have all inherited from them. It is up to us how we construct our future as a traditional and an integrated  community and at the same time retain our individuality.

We must embrace greatness and forsake trivialness, enrich ourselves with virtues and create a long lasting success as a legacy for our future generations. This should be our mission statement.

When we gather together as a community we do not just toast the success and achievements of the few, we must always remember those within our community who are not fortunate enough to lead as comfortable a life.

I take this opportunity to thank all of you for supporting this event by your presence. And for those who could not make it this time I wish them a lovely weekend and hope to see them next year.

I want to recognise the enormous efforts extended by our Secretary, Joint Secretary’s, Committee Members, Editors of our Website and of the Souvenir, Sports Activity Organisers and all of their Spouses and many Talented Artists who are responsible for organising this event and who, I am sure, will provide us with some good entertainment.

My sincere gratitude to all of them.

I hope you will have a wonderful time. Thank you all and wish you the very best.

Ramesh Shetty

President  

Dear Members,

The 20^thAnnual Bunts Association (U.K.)

Venue : Cedar Court Hotel, Denby  Dale Road, Calder Grove, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
WF3 3QZ

Date:     Friday 10^th - Sunday 12^th September 2010

Cedar Court Hotel Package

Saturday 11^th of September

Rooms are charged at £62.95 pp sharing a double /twin and single occupancy at £87.95 pp.

A triple room for two adults and one child is charged at £20.00 per night extra for bed and breakfast only or £32.50 per night for bed, breakfast and dinner.

 Interconnecting rooms for two adults and two children will be £50.00 extra per night for bed and breakfast or £65.00 per night for bed, breakfast and dinner.

Rates on Saturday include, afternoon drinks and biscuits, accommodation, pre-dinner drink, dinner and breakfast. For children under the age of 12 who require a spare bed, please note that the hotel have a limited supply and charge £10.00 per night including breakfast.

 Friday 10^th and Saturday 11^th September

Rooms are charged at £107.95 pp sharing a double /twin and single occupancy at £142.95pp.

A triple room for two adults and one child the charge is £20.00 per night extra for bed and breakfast or £32.50 per night for bed, breakfast and dinner.

Interconnecting rooms for two adults and two children will be £50.00 extra per night for bed and breakfast or £65.00 per night for bed, breakfast and dinner.

Rates on Friday & Saturday include dinner and accommodation on Friday night, breakfast on Saturday morning, afternoon drinks and biscuits, dinner and accommodation on Saturday, and breakfast on Sunday.

For children under the age of 12 who require a spare bed, please note that the hotel have a limited supply and charge £10.00 extra per night including breakfast.

Children will be having their evening meal in the restaurant at 6:30 pm on Saturday.

In case anyone does not want to eat at the hotel on Friday night the cost will be £20.00 cheaper.

For those who are attending the Saturday dinner only, the charges are £36.00 pp.

Reservations

The direct telephone line for bookings is: 01924 261 294

 The reference for booking :                           BUN11091

Credit or Debit card details will be asked for while booking. When booking, please give full name  and address, in order to avoid confusion between members. Please make note of the reference number given at the time of booking. Room reservations are available to be booked between 9am-5pm Monday to Friday.

In order to receive the discounted rate please book by 20^th August 2010.

Once you have made your reservations please send an e-mail to the secretary

sabeena_shetty@hotmail.com with regard to the numbers of adults and children

attending the Friday and Saturday evening events.

Please can you ensure that all reservations are made by the 20th of August 2010 to enable the hotel to obtain the exact number of delegates in order to make arrangements for the rooms and buffet dinner.

Parking throughout the weekend will be complimentary.

Directions are on this link http://www.cedarcourthotels.co.uk/Wakefield/Location.aspx

Itinerary

Friday 10^th September 2010

Check in time is 2:00pm, however, it is possible to be accommodated earlier subject to the availability of the rooms.

Friday night dinner

Saturday 11^th September 2010

Breakfast is from7:00 am to 10:30 am, for those who checked in on Friday.

Check in time 2:00pm, however it is possible to be accommodated earlier subject to the availability of the rooms.

Cricket match (subject to availability of the pitch)

Registration 3:00 to 3:30pm

Meeting and entertainment 3:30 to 6:00pm

Pre-dinner drinks at the Cocktail bar 7:30 pm

Dinner and Bingo (bring loose change) 8:00pm

Dance 10:00pm to 01:00 am

Sunday 12^th September 2010

Breakfast 7:00 am to 10:30 am

Check out 12:00pm

New Members

During registration on Saturday an annual subscription fee of £30.00 will be collected from new members .A standing order can be set up for subsequent years.

To participate in the entertainment this year please contact Solme Shetty or Hita Shetty or any one of the committee members.

More details of the programme and updates will be put on the website closer to the time of events.

www.bunts.org.uk

Please could all members send their e-mail address to the secretary, Sabeena Shetty, if  it is not in the Bunts Directory, incorrect or if it has been changed, as further updates can be sent directly to you via e-mail.

Looking forward to seeing you all again.

President : Ramesh Shetty  E-mail id rshetty16@hotmail.com

Secretary : Sabeena  Shetty  E-mail id sabeena_shetty@hotmail.com

Committee  Members: Dr. Asha Ballal,  Mrs. Rita Shetty,  Dr. Sujatha Bail,  Mrs. Sumalini Prakash,  Dr. Thimmappa Shetty and  Dr. Vishwajith Hegde.

Dear All,

2010 UK Bunts Association Annual gathering will be held on 10^th and 11^th of September in Cedar Court Hotel at Wakefield. The hotel is situated just off the M1 motorway at junction 39. Hotel address - Cedar Court Hotel, Denby Dale Road, Wakefield WF4 3QZ. You may view the hotel facilities on their website - http://www.cedarcourthotels.co.uk/

Please make a note of this date in your diary. Remember, this is our 20^th Anniversary meet and everyone is expected to contribute in any way possible to make it a grand success.

Program details will be communicated to all members during the next couple of months. If you have any suggestions for the event please let us know as soon as possible.

We would like to extend our thanks to all those members who attended the function last year and made it a grand success. Special thanks to our      ‘Master of Ceremonies', entertainment secretaries, committee members and to all those artists who entertained us lusciously.

May we request the non members in the UK to contact the President or the Secretary to enrol themselves as members as soon as possible?

Finally, we hope that you all had a good Diwali and Christmas celebrations and slowly ventured into the New Year with lot of good lucks. We wish you all a happy and peaceful New Year.

Best wishes,

Ramesh Shetty                                                     Sabeena Shetty

President                                                              Secretary

 15th June, 2009

Dear Members,

The 19^th Annual Bunts Association (U.K.)

Venue : Hilton Northampton, 100 Watering Lane , Collingtree , Northampton , NN4  0XW
Date:     Friday  11^th - Sunday 13^th September 2009

Hilton Package

Friday 11^th September 2009

Rooms are charged at £35.00 pp sharing a double /twin and single occupancy at £50.00 pp.
For children under the age of 12 who require a spare bed, please note that the hotel have a limited supply. Breakfast for children under 12 is also free.
Interconnecting rooms or a room next door will be charged at half price with 2 children under the age of 18.

Rates on Friday include accommodation & breakfast.

Friday night dinner at the restaurant will be charged at £24.95

Saturday 12^th September

Rooms are charged at £83.00 pp sharing a double /twin and single occupancy at £103.00pp.
For children under the age of 12 who require a spare bed, please note that the hotel have a limited supply. Breakfast for children under 12 is also free.
Interconnecting rooms or a room next door will be charged at half price with 2 children under the age of 18.

Rates on Saturday include accommodation, pre-dinner drink, dinner and breakfast.

Children will be having high tea in a special room, next to the Collingtree Suite at 6.30 pm and will be eating from the same menu as the adults.

For those who are attending the private dinner only, the charges are £26.25 pp.

Baby-sitters may be available; however this service needs to be booked in advance with an additional fee.

Reservations

The direct telephone line for bookings is : 01604 707 533

The reference for booking :                           BUN120909

Contact names at reservation:                      Daniel Smith or Olivia Weltz

Credit or Debit card details will be asked for while booking. When booking, please give full names and addresses, in order to avoid confusion between members. Please make note of the reference number given at the time of booking. Room reservations are available to be booked between 9am-5pm Monday to Friday, in order to receive the discounted rate.

Once you have made your reservations please send an email to the secretary
sabeena_shetty@hotmail.com with regard to the numbers of adults and children attending the Friday and Saturday evening events.

Rooms for the event will be held by Hilton Northampton until the 12^th of August 2009, after this date the rooms will be released for general resale. Rooms will be provided to members subject to availability after this date but at a variable rate. Please can you ensure that all reservations are made by the 12th of August 2009 to enable the hotel to obtain the number of delegates in order to make arrangements for the rooms and buffet dinner. Parking throughout the weekend will be complimentary

A map has been enclosed (attached at the bottom).

Itinerary

Friday 11^th September 2009

Check in time 3:00pm, however it is possible to be accommodated earlier subject to the availability of the rooms.
Friday night dinner.
A suite will be provided for relaxation for the evening.

Saturday 12^th September 2009

Breakfast 7:00 am to 10:30 am, for those who checked in on Friday.
Check in time  3:00pm, however it is possible to be accommodated earlier subject to the availability of the rooms.
Registration 3:00 to 3:30pm
Meeting and entertainment 3:30 to 6:00pm
Pre-dinner drinks at the Court Bar 7:30 pm
Dinner and Bingo (bring loose change) at the Collingtree Suite 8:00pm
Dance 10:00pm to 01:00 am

Sunday 13^th September 2009

Breakfast 7:00 am to 10:30 am

Check out 12:00pm

New Members

During registration on Saturday an annual subscription fee of £30.00 will be collected from new members .A standing order can be set up for subsequent years.

To participate in the entertainment this year please contact Solme Shetty on 01706358854 or Hita Shetty on 02088105174 or any one of the committee members.

More details of the programme and updates will be put on the website closer to the time of events.

www.bunts.org.uk

Looking forward to seeing you all again.

President : Ramesh Shetty

Secretary : Sabeena  Shetty 

Committee  Members: Dr. Asha Ballal,  Mrs. Rita Shetty,  Dr. Sujatha Bail,  Mrs. Sumalini Prakash,  Dr. Thimmappa Shetty and  Dr. Vishwajith Hegde.