Here’s all the latest on the campaign.
Two more fantastic fund raising events have recently taken place. Our friends over at Irish Kop have held a football tournament in support of the memorial. It was held at ASTRO PARK in Tallaght near Dublin. Very special thanks go to the good people at Astro Park for donating the pitches, the playing time and also for helping with the organisation of the event, which was a massive task given that 17 teams entered. Well done to all involved and congratulations to the winners of the Bob Paisley Memorial Cup – Rafa’s Rejects. Special thanks go to Mark, a board member from Irish Kop who very kindly donated all the medals and trophy’s - a fabulous gesture and very much appreciated. Around 2000 euro’s was raised at this tourney. A magnificent amount which will go a long way to help build the memorial.
The other event was me and my son Jacks walk up England’s highest peak – Scafell Pike. The weather was fantastic all day long which we where thankful for. The terrain on the mountain is really rocky and in wet weather it is usually treacherous and may well have forced us to call off the climb. Even so, I’m told that four people had to be taken off the mountain by Wasdale MR with the usual sprains and strains of such an arduous walk. I’m happy to announce that we completed the walk in a personal best time of…..9 hours! As you can imagine I’m very proud of my lad. He’s only 12 but was determined to get to the top. Well done Jack! I left this one to Jack to raise sponsorship for and up to now it looks as if he may have hit the £400 mark.
Pictures from the walk can be viewed here….
BPM walk scafell pike :: Fotopic.Net
A word about T shirts. If anyone has any outstanding orders that they are waiting on please rest assured that they are being dealt with as we speak. The response for the shirts was a bit overwhelming so we got snowed under at one point. We’re right on top of it now so any issues will be dealt with ASAP. Thanks for your patience.
Now, about the actual building of the memorial. It looks as if the holidays and the architects other projects have held us back a little bit but rest assured things are moving forward. Our aim is to get this built in time for a nice sunny unveiling and we are still on track for just that.
Thanks very much for all the fantastic support,
Ian.