Jubilee Saturday saw Camborne Park Football Club perform a charity bedpush from Land's End to Camborne in aid of Help For Heroes. Members also took turns carrying a stretcher burdened with a 12 stone dummy 'Dead Fred', as used by the Royal Navy in search and rescue operations.
The 'Push & Carry' set off from Land's End at 8am in the glorious morning sunshine with an entourage of 12, plus a safety vehicle and driver. The route took in all the main villages and towns along the way, and many locals were on hand to applaud as the procession passed.
Many also contributed with cash donations happily collected by the 7 Camborne Park WAGs, who were wielding official Help For Heroes collecting buckets. The sun was replaced by showers at the halfway stage, but this didn't deter the determination of those taking part, who were hoping to raise £500 by the end of the day.
The team arrived at Camborne Cricket Club at 7.25pm, several hours ahead of schedule, to free beer and sandwiches, having raised nearly £900 including online donations. Camborne Park manager, David Bartlam who recently returned from active service in Afghanistan with the Royal Navy said “That was a fantastic effort by all involved. Many had blisters and by the halfway stage, but carried on to the finish. They should all be very proud of themselves”.
David went on to thank Creative Signs of Camborne for providing all the Banners and signs for the support vehicle, Warren's in Camborne for providing pasties for the crew, Redruth Rugby Club - stretcher, and Trophy Textiles - shirt embroidery. Special thanks for First Buses of Truro for providing a coach and driver to get all taking part from Camborne to Land's End, and Penrice Hospital for supplying the hospital bed. And major thanks to all the people along the way that contributed and cheered the team on.
People can still donate by visiting www.justgiving.com/Camborneparkfc but please remember to tick the Gift Aid box, which makes a big difference to your donation.
Camborne Park FC also took part in the Carn Brea Mount Everest Shelterbox Challenge on Jubilee Monday, just two days after the gruelling Push&Carry, where it's members not only successfully negotiated the trek up and down Carn Brea several times whilst carrying the Shelterboxes used for supplying aid around the world, they also completed a circuit in eleven minutes, beating the previous record by a full three minutes.
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| Camborne Park Football Club charity bed push |
The 'Push & Carry' set off from Land's End at 8am in the glorious morning sunshine with an entourage of 12, plus a safety vehicle and driver. The route took in all the main villages and towns along the way, and many locals were on hand to applaud as the procession passed.
Many also contributed with cash donations happily collected by the 7 Camborne Park WAGs, who were wielding official Help For Heroes collecting buckets. The sun was replaced by showers at the halfway stage, but this didn't deter the determination of those taking part, who were hoping to raise £500 by the end of the day.
The team arrived at Camborne Cricket Club at 7.25pm, several hours ahead of schedule, to free beer and sandwiches, having raised nearly £900 including online donations. Camborne Park manager, David Bartlam who recently returned from active service in Afghanistan with the Royal Navy said “That was a fantastic effort by all involved. Many had blisters and by the halfway stage, but carried on to the finish. They should all be very proud of themselves”.
David went on to thank Creative Signs of Camborne for providing all the Banners and signs for the support vehicle, Warren's in Camborne for providing pasties for the crew, Redruth Rugby Club - stretcher, and Trophy Textiles - shirt embroidery. Special thanks for First Buses of Truro for providing a coach and driver to get all taking part from Camborne to Land's End, and Penrice Hospital for supplying the hospital bed. And major thanks to all the people along the way that contributed and cheered the team on.
People can still donate by visiting www.justgiving.com/Camborneparkfc but please remember to tick the Gift Aid box, which makes a big difference to your donation.
Camborne Park FC also took part in the Carn Brea Mount Everest Shelterbox Challenge on Jubilee Monday, just two days after the gruelling Push&Carry, where it's members not only successfully negotiated the trek up and down Carn Brea several times whilst carrying the Shelterboxes used for supplying aid around the world, they also completed a circuit in eleven minutes, beating the previous record by a full three minutes.
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