What a successful day this was for Harden and District WI.  Seven of us set off to Pudsey on Tuesday 17th April for the Annual Meeting which we always enjoy as it's a wonderful way of finding out what is going on in our area.  The morning speaker was our NFWI chair, Ruth Bond, and in the afternoon, Coling Harding, a curator at the National Media Museum in Bradford spoke to us about the museum.
But, as well as the two speakers, there were plenty of awards and prizes to be handed out and our WI got four mentions!  Firstly, we were presented with a cup for gaining the biggest percentage of new members last year - and a very big cup it was as well - I wonder who's going to have to clean it!!  Next came the award of £30 for coming second in the Quiz last month.  The result of the Craft Competition 'Going for Gold' was eagerly awaited as one of our members had entered a wallhanging and there was tremendous disappointment when it wasn't chosen by the judges.  However, during the lunchbreak there was an opportunity for everyone to vote for their favourite entry and a big cheer went up from the Harden contingent when our entry won the popular vote!  And finally, there was a special draw for the 50/50 Club and another of our members won the top prize of £100.  So well done to everyone. 
We all came away from the meeting feeling extremely proud of our WI.