Fund raising in Wales

Darren, Deb and Karen with signed football shirts

On Saturday 31 January, Deb and I travelled to Llantwit Major in South Wales. Darren (who is the son of Julie - Deb's niece) had organised a fund raising event in his local rugby club. It was a great night. The place was packed (Darren had sold 160 tickets). I made a short speech saying why we were there. The highlight of the evening was an auction of signed football and rugby shirts. The shirts, including those signed by the first team squads at Chelsea, Arsenal and other major premiership clubs (and Nottingham Forest and the Wales Grand Slam winning team of 2008) went for enormous amounts of money - between £200 and £300 each. There were also other prizes auctioned (including a sailing holiday on the Isle of Wight, a signed book by David Campese) and a raffle. In total over £4000 was raised. The money will be split between Brain Tumour UK (a charity which gives support to brain tumour sufferers their family and friends) and our local brain tumour support group. After the auction a local band played - who were really good - they started with a cover of the Kinks 'You Really Got Me': excellent). All the Tattersall clan were there and Deb had a great night out. Thanks to Darren who made all this happen.