Rugbylegend Dickie Jeeps CBE was guest of honour when Southend Rugby Club hosted the Wooden Spoon Society's Essex annual dinner.

Staircase to success -- Dickie Jeeps (right) at the Wooden Spoon Society dinner at Southend Rugby Club which raised £6,000 for charity

The former England scrum-half and skipper was one of more than 110 members and guests who attended the event at Warners Park.

It was organised by the Wooden Spoon Society - the charity of British rugby - and £6,000 was raised for good causes on the evening.

The society hopes the money will go to Eastwood's Kingsdown School for the handicapped.

Published Friday October 11, 2002

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