22/08/2026
Venetian Fete 2026, our first ever float! đ
And you know what? We were going for best dressed⊠that was the aim (didnât win it, even with 2 lots of bribes to the judges and making a leap of faith back to the boat⊠how very dare they!)
But do you know what Iâve taken away most from the actual day, the float and everything that went with it? How many people came out and volunteered their time to support AGF
We had seven people on the float, all willing to dress up, look silly and just bring the pure energy and banter that we wanted to give everybody. It was all about creating an atmosphere and making sure people had a good time. (Big up Libbie, Phoebe, Leon, Maria, Marie, Jo, Geoff and JJ)
The right hand man, Jay, who whatever task I throw at him or whatever mad idea I come up with, just goes, âYep,â and gets on with it. đ Even with the workload he already has going on in his own life, heâs always there
Leesh (my partner) gets put under strain too, because she basically becomes a single mum whenever I decide to do these bloody things, with the amount of time and effort that goes into them đđ
And then Jojo, Georgie and Jayne, who stood at the stall all night, getting people involved with the raffle, talking to everyone, encouraging people to get into exercise and just being absolute legends!
(Also Pete Nash, my mum, dad, Megan, Sarah who all help with the organisation too đ)
And thatâs what I think Iâve taken away from the day more than anything
It wasnât the float itself
It was the people
The amount of people who were there simply because they wanted to be. Because they wanted to help, get involved, have a laugh and support the gym and the AGF brand
I genuinely didnât expect that to be my biggest takeaway. I thought it would just be about building a float and dressing up
But actually, it was seeing everyone get involved, have fun and be willing to give up their time just to support something they believe in
And honestly, I think thatâs pretty bloody specialđ
AGF wouldnât be what it is without the people behind it