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| Deeside's James Parsons at the Rob Craig Memorial game (Photo by @_jiminal) |
Deeside was well represented at the annual Rob Craig Memorial match thst took place at Blackburn Arena on Sunday, featuring a wide range of current and former NIHL league players, along with recreational players from various north west clubs.
The game is
played every year in memory of former Blackburn recreational player Rob Craig
who took his own life in 2017 and aims to raise funds and awareness for mental
health charities.
A healthy
crowd of over 1000 cheered the teams on and they were treated to an
entertaining goal-fest worthy of the occasion.
The “Blue”
team included current D2 Dragons player/coach James Parsons while Marc Lovell
and Ethan Mayoh played on the “Black” team.
Dragons Assistant Coach Steve Hirst made up the Deeside contingent by running
the Black team’s bench for the game.
The money
raised from this year’s event will go to the CALM Zone (Campaign Against Living
Miserably). Co-organiser – and Team Blue bench coach for the game - Wez
Spurrett said:
“We aren’t
finished with our fundraising yet as we have the jersey auction to go, but it’s
on plan to beat our record last year of £12,700.”
For the
record, Team Black beat Team Blue 14-10 but, on this occasion, the taking
part was certainly much more important than the winning.
You can see lots more great match photos from Jiminal - and keep up with the latest fundraising news - on the Rob Craig Memorial Game's Facebook Page HERE
And find out more about the Calm Zone charity HERE
