We are grateful to CASE, Dove House and the Red Cross who generously lent us buckets to supplement our own. We are also grateful to our friends and colleagues who helped us on the day. We are sure that all went away with happy reminders of the day - even if the score was not satisfactory to all!!
At half-time, there was a cross bar kicking competition. Amongst the competitors were Chris and Gregg Lound. Chris has more of an insight than most with regard to the Teenage Cancer Trust, having suffered a rare blood disorder, aplastic anaemia, when he was 12 years old. Although this illness is not actually cancer, it is a very close relation and Chris had treatment at the Teenage Cancer Trust Unit at Leeds.
Chris’ life was actually saved by his brother Greg, whose bone marrow was a perfect match. This is very motivating and has inspired many young rugby players to offer their bone marrow to help others.
Please see the article which Joanna Hunter published in the Hull Daily Mail prior to the match. This report raised the profile of the aims of our charity. We were really pleased about the interest in the article.
Although none of the competitors actual hit the cross bar, we are pleased to report that the sponsors agreed that the “near miss” was good enough and a substantial amount of money was raised to add to the day’s total.
Chris and Greg are pictured presenting Skipton Building Society’s cheque, to Tony Sutton, the financial director of Hull FC.
Tony was also pleased to receive a cheque from Carole Headley. Carole, who has her business, THE HEALING HUT in Cottingham, conquered her fears when she did a fire-walk for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
As a reflexologist she knows a great deal about feet but was very pleased that her own did not require repair following the fire-walk!
She actually found this challenge a very inspiring experience. She has been a fabulous supporter of the Teenage Cancer Trust since the start and is always ready to rise to any challenge to raise money for the charity.
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