LION

Fundraising
It’s aKnockout!
Humberston North Sea Lions Club raise £26,700
After six months of organisation,
Humberston North Sea Lions’ ‘It’s a
Knockout!’ was all over after four
hours of madness. On 2 nd August
2005, 34 teams comprising of 300
competitors descended upon
Meridian Park in Cleethorpes to
compete in avariety of(silly!) games
to win points.
After the warm up, competitors ran,
jousted, climbed and pulled team
mates through many inflatables in
the race to win the cup. The
competition’s highlight was the battle
of the giants, where team members
dressed up in these huge outfits and
had to run from one end of acourse
to the other without falling over.
Sounds simple enough… except for
the fact that the course was littered
with slippery mats that could be
moved bythe competing teams. Let
the hilarity commence!
In addition to the main competition
in the arena there were several
refreshment areas and
entertainments including stilt walkers
and street theatre. The Lions also ran
lots of children’s games for the
visitors as well as their marquee full
of information and regalia helping to
raise the Lions profile to over 2,000
visitors who had come to the arena
to enjoy the day.
Frank Chalkley, Lions President said
his team, led by Lions Tim Donovan
and Clive Genney, had done a
brilliant job.
“It was tremendous fun. We even
had ateam from our twin club in
Duisburg, Germany and they said
they had the best time they had ever
had –and they came third! All the
money is going locally. Some of the
teams that took part were from local
charities sothey, ofcourse, have
been helped this year.”
The day raised over £26,700 for
charities that are mostly involved in
helping young people. The largest
donation of £12,000 went to the
Grimsby and District branch of the
NSPCC.
Sue Proudlove from the charity said,
"We are delighted the Lions have
chosen us as their main charity. They
have raised such alarge amount. It
will make ahuge difference to our
ability todeliver services to
vulnerable children in the Grimsby
and Cleethorpes area. It is not every
day you are given £12,000 and we
are most grateful to the Lions."
Home Start Chief Executive Officer
Tracey Ruddock received acheque
and was most grateful to the Lions.
"We put ateam in and helped raise
funds for our parenting programme
and improving healthy options for
families. It is alifeline to alot of
families in East Lindsey."
Another recipient was Macmillan
Nurses, which was the chosen charity
of the Knockout winners Lovelle
Bacons, Estate Agents. Property
management spokeswoman Chloe
Probert said: "We are already
preparing for the next Knockout
event. It is all down to tactics. We
were delighted to have won at our
first attempt, but we will be back as
reigning champions!" Chambers pub
team of Grimsby came aproud
second in the competition.
Other recipients included 195
(Grimsby) Squadron Air Training
Corp, Fusion Boxing Fit, St Andrew's
Children's Hospice, the Child
Development Centre, two narcolepsy
charities and St Luke's Hospice
in Sheffield.
This was Humberston North
Sea Lions’ 7th It’s a
Knockout. This year's total
has taken the Club's total
amount raised by this event
since it began in 2007 to
more than £140,000.
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