Wigan Athletic and Wigan Rotary's are delighted after RUN4ALIFE 5K raises 10k for Everyman!
The 5K event for men only was held at Haigh Hall Country Park on 20th September 2009 and had previously raised £40,000 for research into male cancers over the last 5 years. Latics manager Roberto Martinez urged Latics supporters to get behind this year's event which will be held on Sunday 26th September at Haigh Hall. He said "It's fantastic that the club and its fans can get behind an event like this which raises money and awareness for a hugely important campaign."
You can find out more information about the run at www.run4alife.com.
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Latics manager Roberto Martinez joined Wigan Rotary President Ted Walmsley in receiving the cheque.
"10 Saints go Marching In..."
Several months ago, Southampton Football Club stared down a barrel of obliteration, a whisker away from extinction and a millions miles away from a place at Wembley. As the Saints now approach their first appearance at Wembley in 18 years, a glib remark from within a group of supporters has come back to haunt, much to the benefit of Everyman!
The group of 10 will be marching all the way, over 3 days beginning on 26th March 2010 and hope to raise £5000 for us so please support them by donating to www.justgiving.com/saintswembleywalk
Check out the article written about our Marching Saints here.
South Dorset Spurs raise £150!
Garry Woods, member of the South Dorset Spurs Official Supporters club organised a raffle and football related quiz night to raise money for Everyman. The event took place at their HQ in the Park Hotel, Weymouth and over 70 members plus their families attended. They raised a fantastic £150! Thank you Garry and the rest of the South Dorset Spurs club!
UK SE7ENS
UK Sevens boasts to be the UK’s no 1 adult football tournament for both men and ladies teams and held in the new party capital of England, Newquay Cornwall it’s also the ultimate weekend away!
The event raised lots of awareness for Everyman and as a percentage from the registration fee, a raffle and other donations were donated to Everyman, a great amount of funds were raised too! You can go to www.uksevens.com for more info.
Building Services World Cup 2009
Based in Liverpool, the Building Services World Cup Tournament was organised by Engineering Sport Ltd and open to all individuals, businesses and institutions who work within the Building Services and Built Environment sectors.
A charity auction took place on the evening of Saturday 20th June and there were some amazing lots up for auction including a signed Manchester Utd shirt, signed Everton shirt and a signed Liverpool football! The event raised almost £2000 for Everyman through their auction and registration fees. Click here to go to the Building Services World Cup website and to sign up for next year!
Liverpool One were the winners of the Everyman Shield
HMS Iron Duke grow beards!
HMS Iron Duke's sponsored beard grow and race night raised a fantastic £1500! The ship has links to the city of Kingston upon Hull and indeed Hull City AFC and a couple of Tigers fans on board had heard about Matt Duke's campaign and volunteerd to help! You can donate directly to Matt on his Just Giving page.
It's a game of two halves for Action Claims!
Insurance company Action Claims have raised a brilliant £3714 for Keep Your Eye On The Ball by holding a charity football tournament with their sister company Lex Vehicle Leasing. How did they raise such an amazing amount you might ask? Well, local businesses chipped in by sponsoring each player at £50, the match ball at £100 or the actual game at £250, so that was already lots of money raised before even a ticket was sold!
And the match itself? At the final whistle the score was 3-3 so it went down to penalites and Action Claims beat Lex Vehicle Leasing 6-5 on penalties.
They all had so much fun they've already planned another game and hope to raise a further £1150! Well done everyone at Action Claims and Lex Vehicle Leasing for getting involved!
Alan Birchenall runs for testicles!
Former Leicester City player Alan Birchnell runs 50 laps of the pitch each year before Leicester's last home game of the season in aid of his chosen charities. Alan ran around the Walkers pitch for 90 minutes before the game against Scunthorpe United on April 24th 2009 and hopes to raise a fantastic £30,000!
Football centrepieces launch AmbitionFootball.com!
AmbitionFootball.com are inviting their founding members and others to the official launch of their new website on 12th May 2009. As well as raising awareness for Keep Your Eye On The Ball, AmbitionFootball.com plan to have signed footballs (by the ambitionfootball.com team) as centrepieces on each table which will then be raffled off on the night. Visit www.ambitionfootball.com for more info!
