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Great Britain v The North  !!

Great Britain v The North !!

ian thorne16 Feb 2018 - 11:19
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What a day!! What a Night!!

Great Britain v The North

Ben Rawson Charity Match
A day that those who were there, will remember for a very long time. Mid afternoon, a veritable tsunami of young kids flooded on to the Brooklands pitch to enjoy their coaching session with the Great Britain players. Thankfully the constant rain of the previous days had gone, and the kids ran around the many skill courses laid out all over the pitch in winter sunshine.
No sooner had the first ours session been completed, a second wave of elder kids appeared for their session.

See here for more great photos from the day

After the fun of the coaching sessions, things started"warming up" for the main event - Great Britain versus a North Invitational Squad, as the players arrived and started practising.

Sadly the promised just above freezing temperature arrived just as the main match started, and from the very start the pitch was starting to ice over. However nothing could hide the tremendous speed and skill of the GB team as they cruised into an early lead. The North struggled to get going with their untested teamwork, and GB thrilled the 500+ crowd with their speed of pass and directness of attack which led to further goals.
The match finished 6-0 to GB, hopefully the skills and athleticism on show will have inspired many of the hundreds of kids there watching to chase their dreams in hockey.

A big thanks to many, many people who helped out - I'm not going to name them here, there are way too many.
A special thanks to Bobby Crutchley and the GB players, for starting the idea, and then throwing themselves fully into the day with the kids and then the match.

The day raised approximately £7800 for Ben's charity and it was great to see him in the bar, watching in the warmth!, enjoying his special day.
We look forward to hopefully one day, Denbigh having a league game here at Brooklands, with Ben in their team.

Great Day!
Great Fun!
Brooklands - a special place!!

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