Pete Vallance

Five a side Football World Record Attempt for Yorkshire Air Ambulance

Fundraising for Yorkshire Air Ambulance Charity
£5,021
raised of £7,200 target
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Five a side football marathon, 7 June 2012
Participants: Matt Syrat,Andy Armitage,,Martin Burton,Dave Appleby,Dave Horner,Paul Kilner,James Vine,John Baxter,Chris Vallance,John Rose,
Yorkshire Air Ambulance Charity

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Hello the day (s) of reckoning arrived however due to constant rain and a string of injuries we were unable to beat the current world record of 40 hours. The teams battled through 28 soggy hours before seccumbing to the elements.We are already planning to undertake a second attempt on the record in October but this time indoors !! Thank you to everyone that supported us it has been greatly appreciated by us all. I will update the site when we have a total amount for the donations raised.

The Yorkshire Air Ambulance charity works tirelessly to raise funds to keep this vital life saving service in the air. As paramedics working on this service we decided to try to do our bit to raise the £7200 needed to operate these aircraft for one day ! Foolishly perhaps a suggestion was made to attempt a world record. Being keen five a side footballers we chose to attempt to better the "longest five a side football game" challenge which currently stands at 40 hours ! ! So a group of 16 paramedics, ambulance service colleagues,friends and family will attempt to play a continuous game of five a side football at "Goals Soccer Centre" Sheffield from Thursday 7th June to Saturday 9th June hopefully achieving a Guinness world record on completion. We hope you feel this is a worthy challenge and cause and that you will support us on this venture. Please spread the word on our efforts and we will keep this site updated on our progress.  

Well time is moving on quickly now and the day or days ! of reckoning are fast approaching. Please help us to publicise our event and raise as much money as possible for this worthy cause. We still require more referees along with food and drink to keep us going and of course keep the donations coming in.

Thanks Pete & the lads 

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Yorkshire Air Ambulance Charity

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Thank you for choosing to support Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA). As a charity YAA relies on the generosity of individuals & organisations to help save lives across Yorkshire. To keep both of Yorkshire’s air ambulances in the air we need to raise £19,000 per day. Thank you from the team YAA.

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Total raised
£5,021.00
+ £374.00 Gift Aid
Online donations
£1,721.00
Offline donations
£3,300.00

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