Since Matty's death, over £4500 has been raised by family and friends in a variety of ways including the Boxing Day dip, a bungee jump and a Race Night. Fund raising in this way, has helped all who knew Matthew to somehow make sense of his death. These valuable funds have been raised to support the immensely important Great North Air Ambulance which, let's face it, anyone could need at any time.
On July 12 2009, exactly one year since Matthew's death there is an opportunity for even more funds to be raised. A 7-a-side football tournament has been organised to be held at New Marske Sports Club commencing at 10:00 am. It is planned that this will be a fun family event which anyone can attend.
Twenty four teams are playing for the prestigious honour of being the first winners of the Matthew Heath Memorial Trophy. Entrance to spectators is free but there will be plenty of opportunities to donate to the Great North Air Ambulance as members of the Air Ambulance will be in attendance. There are fun events planned including a Raffle, Bouncy Castle, Beat the Keeper, Fifa 09 Tournament and a Crossbar Challenge. Refreshments are available from a variety of mobile food outlets and of course the Sports Club bar will be open.
A big thank you to Margret and Paul Green from New Marske Sports Club for allowing us to use the facilities free of charge.
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Wednesday, 15 July 2009
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Sunday, 12 July 2009
Don't Forget!:The Matthew Heath Memorial Trophy starts at 10am this morning at the New Marske Sports Club. All funds raised to go to the Great North Air Ambulance.
Saturday, 11 July 2009
Article in Tonight’s Evening Gazette:The following article is in tonight’s (11th July) Evening Gazette:
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2009/07/11/event-in-memory-of-matt...
The article is a reminder to the local community to attend the Matthew Heath Memorial Trophy. Our thanks go to the Evening Gazette and especially reporter Mark Welford. If you wish to contact us about the Matthew Heath Memorial Torophy please email: info@matthewheath.org.uk.
We're going to be in the Coop, Marske by the Sea today (11th July) from about 8:30am selling raffle tickets for the Matthew Heath Memorial Trophy. Come down and buy some if you are in the area! See below for the prize list.
Thursday, 9 July 2009
We're in Sainsburys @ Bells Marske Tonight!:We're going to be in the Sainsburys @ Bells, Marske by the Sea tonight (9th July) from about 6:00pm selling raffle tickets for the Matthew Heath Memorial Trophy. Come down and buy some if you are in the area! See below for the prize list.
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
We're in the Coop Marske Tomorrow!:We're going to be in the Coop, Marske by the Sea tomorrow (9th July) from about 9:30am selling raffle tickets for the Matthew Heath Memorial Trophy. Come down and buy some if you are in the area! See below for the prize list.
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
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Great North Air Ambulance:
The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) operates three helicopters based at Teesside, Cumbria and Northumberland. It has been proven time and time again that helicopters are vital for the transportation of time-critical injured or ill patients to specialising hospitals. The Service receives no government or lottery funding, relying solely on the generosity of the public and with costs of £3.6M per year to keep the helicopters running, fundraising is vital!