A 10 person strong Rossendales football team put their boots on and took part in a ‘Legends Charity Soccer Tournament’ recently, helping to raise over £500 for the McMillan Cancer Relief Charity.

The Rossendales’ team took on 21 other business teams throughout the UK who all travelled to the JJB Soccerdome, Blackburn just as the football season kicked off earlier in the year.

They played against footballing legends such as Ronnie Whelan, Gary Gillespie, Alan Kennedy, Jan Molby, John Durnin, Bruce Grobbelaar and Michael Thomas. 

The 21 teams were split into four groups with the top two teams from each group progressing through to the next round. Each team also had the chance for a ‘legend’ to play for them in one of their games in the group stage and the eventual winners of the tournament had the once in a lifetime chance to take on the legends.

Rossendales managed to get through to the quarter finals and had Bruce Grobbelaar and Alan Kennedy playing for them during the competiton.

Later the teams attended a gala dinner at Blackburn Rovers Football Club where ex-England goalkeeper Peter Shilton was the guest of honour.

Once again staff at Rossendales helped to raise funds for Children in Need. This year we raised £117.00 for the charity.  Staff had a dress down pyjama day to raise money, while the bakers among the team made and sold cakes supported by a raffle.

The company also helped to raise £65.05 for the Royal British Legion’s annual poppy appeal.  Finally we also received a thank you from Breast Cancer awareness for raising £207.95.

Thanks to everyone who helped raise the money – it goes to very important charities.

On the 5th November 2010 our bailiff Jamie Lee Bills climbed for four days to get to the Ancient Inca Site of Machu Piacchu in the South American Country of Peru.

Jamie raised £3,600.00 for the Cornwall Hospice Care which treats terminally ill patients.  Jamie lost his mother to Cancer and she was cared for at the Hospice.  He said that it was extremely challenging but  great fun and he is even thinking of doing The Three Peaks of Britain in Twenty four hours in June for Charity, That’s Three mountains, One in England, One in Scotland and One in Wales in 24 Hrs, which two of our office staff Chris and Gary Dobson completed last year.

http://www.cornish-hospices.co.uk/