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Rick Taylor Memorial Game - Stockton v Acklam
The winner ? - The British Heart Foundation who are now £3791 richer!
Many thanks to the seventy plus players who supported the game and gave an afternoon's enjoyable entertainment to a sizeable gathering of spectators in order to aid a most worthy cause. The exact sum raised for British Heart Foundation Dan Taylor has now calculated was £3791.51
The score line was incidental, as both teams played the game in the correct spirit for a memorial game - competitive without overstepping the mark.
Some of the Stockton squad had not donned their boots for several seasons,but did so in order to honour Rick's memory.
Four separate twenty-five minute sessions meant everyone had a decent run out(or walk , in some cases)- from Sean & Liam our 18 year olds, to Jimmy our 70 plus year old.
Mention must be made of our very own Carl Hall and our new Treasurer Nick Moore for officiating in exactly the right way, and of course Mike Appleton,(in full summer plumage), for running touch.
Dave Willets, a former Stockton prop now based in Toronto (the one in Canada, not the one north of Bishop Auckland!) - and a friend of Rick's for thirty plus years despite the distance - made a moving speech and then managed the raffle superbly - surely you could have squeezed the meat hamper into your hand luggage, Dave?.
The piece de resistance of the formal part of the evening was Mike Appleton's auctioneering of the excellent array of donated prizes which brought in much needed funds for the British Heart Foundation.
For those that are interested, the final score was Stockton Select 55: Acklam 22
And the craic in the bar continued til late- as Rick would have wanted.
The score line was incidental, as both teams played the game in the correct spirit for a memorial game - competitive without overstepping the mark.
Some of the Stockton squad had not donned their boots for several seasons,but did so in order to honour Rick's memory.
Four separate twenty-five minute sessions meant everyone had a decent run out(or walk , in some cases)- from Sean & Liam our 18 year olds, to Jimmy our 70 plus year old.
Mention must be made of our very own Carl Hall and our new Treasurer Nick Moore for officiating in exactly the right way, and of course Mike Appleton,(in full summer plumage), for running touch.
Dave Willets, a former Stockton prop now based in Toronto (the one in Canada, not the one north of Bishop Auckland!) - and a friend of Rick's for thirty plus years despite the distance - made a moving speech and then managed the raffle superbly - surely you could have squeezed the meat hamper into your hand luggage, Dave?.
The piece de resistance of the formal part of the evening was Mike Appleton's auctioneering of the excellent array of donated prizes which brought in much needed funds for the British Heart Foundation.
For those that are interested, the final score was Stockton Select 55: Acklam 22
And the craic in the bar continued til late- as Rick would have wanted.
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Raffle winners from Rick Taylor Memorial game-
1. Pack of 15 golf balls & T-Shirt -Elaine Richardson 00872
2. Bottle of red and white wine -Rob Green 01905
3. Bottle of La Chasse red wine -Rachel Peacock 01311
4. Bottle of mcguigans wine -Steve Bartliff 00289
5. Moulton & Brown Miniature set -Brian Jnr 01173
6. Austin Reed belt- Pam Rose? 01299
7. Ladies Necklace and handcream-Sandra 00128
8. Ladies scarf and necklace-Rich Boardman 00130
9. Bottle of Bailey’s-Jimmy Collins 01423
10. Bottle of Bombay Shapphire Gin-Rich Bain 00894
11. Bottle of Teachers whisky-Ray Kelly (Acklam) 01916
12. Highland Park bottle of whisky-Alex Lynn 00877
13. Bottle of Jim Beam Bourbon whisky-Pam Hildreth 00010
14. Bottle of Talisker Whisky-Lisa Mackenzie 01184
15. Bottle of Glenmorangie whisky- E Hodgson 01435
16. 8 x beer tokens for Unicorn pub-Lewi Powell 00101
17. 2 * day tickets Woodlands lake-Andy Eccles 00929
18. Trolley Style Picnic Hamper-Babs 00421
19. Cut & Blow Dry at Saks David Lloyd Teesside-Keith 02005
20. House of Lords Bottle of Champagne- Newts 01365
21. Signed Middleborough Football-Andy Eccles 00920
22. Signed Sunderland Football Shirt-Phyllis Taylor 00352
23. Signed Newcastle falcons shirt-Sue Richardson 01993
24. £50 Meat Hamper Yorksire Dales Meat Co-Noddy 00495
25. Sunday Lunch at Pump House-Mrs J Jackson 00027
RIP Rick
Was not able to attend on the day but have made a donation to BHF in memory. God bless you mate.
Jon Markl
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