Academy coaches need your help to climb 5 peaks in 55 hours for Wooden Spoon - The Children's charity of rugby.
ERRFC coaches are seeking your support to climb the 5 highest peaks in 55 hours and raise £5,000 for the Wooden Spoon Children's rugby charity.
Ian Marshall, Gavin Wakefield, Olga Marshall (U13s Coach and Senior Player, Manager, Parent/First Aider respectively) and Mark Johnson ( U14s Coach and Senior Player) have signed up for the Wooden Spoon High 5 Challenge, from Thursday 25th to 27th June 2015.
The Challenge and Ask:
The High 5 Challenge, represents scaling the 5 highest peaks in each of the 5 countries of our home 4 Rugby Nations in 55 hours.
This represents climbing Snowdon in Wales, Helvellyn in England, Ben Nevis in Scotland, Slieve Dionard in Northern Ireland and finally Carauntoohil in Kerry, Rep of Ireland. The challenge includes driving over 1,000 miles between each peak.
Their aim is to raise £5,000 for Wooden Spoon, and they are looking for sponsorship for the event. Please help them raise money for this fantastic cause by clicking on the link below and making a donation.
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/ERRFCHIGHFIVE
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About Wooden Spoon
WoodenSpoon was founded in 1983 and since then have been committed to providing vital funds to organisations such as specialist schools, other charities and community projects that provide support, treatment or respite care for children with disabling or life-limiting medical conditions or living in areas of severe social deprivation.
They are one of the largest UK funders of respite and medical treatment centres, sensory rooms, specialist playgrounds, sports activity areas, and community-based programmes and have so far granted over £20 million to these fantastic projects.
Inspired and motivated by a rugby heritage and by working together with the rugby community, they have been able to help over 1 million children and fund over 600 projects. They leverage the Rugby core values of teamwork, respect, enjoyment, discipline and sportsmanship to transform young people’s lives . These underlying values drive the ethos and spirit in everything they do.