Atlantic Firefighters v Poly FC Chairman's
Posted 20/10/08
A great game of football was had at Chiswick Polytechnic on Sunday - Aldo and his team Atlantic Firefighters v Poly FC Chairman's - it was a great match with the final score at 2-1 to Poly FC.
A raffle was held in the bar after and raised £100.00. A big thank you to Aldo to organsiing the event, to Alan McDermott for all his hard work and generousity, to Dawn for arranging the raffle and for filming the match and to Jason Squire for the photographs.
The support shown for Aldo and for RAFT was fantastic - thank you to all who came along to watch the match and donate to RAFT and the Atlantic Challenge expedition.
More about the Atlantic Challenge
Community Fundraising
RAFT would like to say a big thank you to the following supporters who have recently been involved in various forms of community fundraising:
- Phil Warren for running the Berlin Marathon on 28th September 2008 in memory of his late Uncle, Dave Perkins. Phil completed the marathon in a time of 3 hours 24 minutes. His total sponsorship to date stands at £687.00.
- Fiona Walker (neé Harrison) for raising £357.00 on her wedding day in August. Fiona and her husband Peter chose to put out collection tins in order for their guests to donate to RAFT instead of paying for their drinks.
- Dale Hackney for running a half marathon in Southend in aid of RAFT. The proceeds of £170.00 have just been gratefully received.
- Duncan Laverick, celebrated a special birthday in September and decided to ask his party guests to donate to RAFT instead of giving him presents. This was a fantastic idea and raised over £450.00.
ECSAPS 2008
Congratulations goes to our Surgical Research Fellow - Sophie Dann - for winning best presentation at ECSAPS (European Conference of Scientists & Plastic Surgeons) which took place in Bern, Switzerland in late September.
Sophie’s presentation was on the ‘Smart Matrix’ and her prize was an invitation to speak at the next European Association of Plastic Surgeons Conference in May 2009 as an invited speaker.
Well Done Sophie.
