10 THE TELEGRAPH Monday, June 27, 2011 STE-E01-S2

Tottenham shirts up for grabs at Pink Ball fundraiser

Signed sportingmemorabilia goesunder the hammerSIGNED sporting memor-abilia from a boxingchamp, a Premier Leaguefootball team and a WorldCup referee are just someof the items to go underthe hammer at the fifthannual Pink Ball.

A bundle of items are openfor closed bidding ahead ofthe pink fundraiser, whichwill be held once again atForest Pines Hotel and GolfResort on Saturday, July 23.

An autobiography signedby Irish professional boxerBarry McGuigan is set topack a punch on the night.

Dubbed “The Clones Cyc-lone”, he became a worldfeatherweight champion in1985.

Organiser Paul Hope said:“I’ve sorted out most of thetable plans and a few ticketsare still on sale. I’m givingpeople until the end of thisweek to book tickets.

“If people want to come theywill have a great night andthe money goes to good local

causes – McMillan Nurses,Ward 18 at Scunthorpe Gen-eral Hospital and LindseyLodge Hospice.

“On the night we will havean auction, a raffle, stand-upbingo, plus another thing thatremains a surprise.

“We just hope to raise asmuch money as possible. Todate, the Pink Ball has helpedraise £23,675.”

Paul Hope and his daughterCharlie set up the annual fun-draiser in 2007 in memory ofPa u l ’s wife, Diane, who diedaged 48 in November 2006after a ten-year battle withbreast cancer.

Also in the auction is a

Tottenham Hotspur shirtsigned by Gareth Bale and aSpurs away shirt signed bythe full Tottenham Hotspurteam.

And any football fanwould love to get their handson a World Cup football,signed by 2010 World Cupfinal referee Howard Webb,which comes complete with asigned photograph andsigned red and yellow refereec a rd s.

For the younger audience,there is a tour programmesigned by children’s TV starsThe Chuckle Brothers, andfor fans of ITV2’s award-win-ning show The Only Way IsEssex, bids can be placed on apicture of some of the cast,signed by Mark, Lauren,Lydia and Arg.

Paul said: “It’s a good night.It’s nice to see people enjoy-ing themselves.

“I’ve already had a £50 start-ing bid for the Gareth Baleshirt and I am acceptingclosed bids on any of the auc-tion items.”

by Selina MaycockActing Chief Reporter

selina.maycock@gsmg.co.uk

Tickets include a three-course meal

World’s Biggest Coffee Morning aiming to top £8m total

Get involved in yourlocal school’s activitiesBAYSGARTH Secondary School is invitingparents and carers to get involved in theirch i l d re n’s education.

A special coffee morning will be held onTuesday, July 5, for people whose children are inYears 7, 8 and 9 at the school.

The event is also open to families whosechildren are in Year 6 at primary school and areset to attend Baysgarth in September.

The event is aimed to encourage more parentsto find out ways in which they can volunteertime to the school and build up relationshipswith teachers, staff and governors.

The coffee morning will take place between9.30am and 11.30am at the schools LearningResource Centre.

For more information about the event or tofind out ways to volunteer at the school, callLindsay Codd on 01652 632576.

Are you the next star?A SCUNTHORPE optician is launching itsannual competition to find the Sound BarrierStar of 2011.

The event, run by Specsavers in conjunctionwith charity partner Hearing Dogs for DeafPeople, targets the one in seven people in theUK that have some form of hearing loss.

Anyone can nominate themselves, a friend orfamily member by visiting the Scunthorpe storeon High Street to collect an entry leaflet.

The closing date for entries is Friday.For every entry to the awards, Specsavers

will donate £5 to Hearing Dogs for DeafPe o p l e.

The charity helps transform the lives of itsdog-owners by alerting them to sounds.

In Brief

Your newsArtworks, by Rama Ramski, that combine a widevariety of influences, from a childhood inYorkshire to the international rave culture of Goa,India, Thailand, Singapore and Cambodia, will beexhibited at the 20-21 Visual Arts Centre,Scunthorpe, until Saturday, July 16.

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Comic-bookartist helpsstudentsA COMEDIAN, writer,producer and comicartist has visited aNorth Lincolnshireschool to work withp u p i l s.

Kev F Sutherlandworked with twogroups of 30youngsters atBaysgarth School, inBar ton-Upon-Humber.

The artist listsproviding work to alarge number of worldfamous publications onhis CV.

This portfolioincludes providingcomic strips to TheBeano, Doctor WhoAdventures, Match andmany more.

Each student whotook part in thesessions with Kevproduced their owncomic strip by the endof it and took themh o m e.

Kev also drew acaricature of everystudent taking partand presented them asa souvenir of theoccasion.

All students whoattended the sessionsenjoyed the activityand proved that eachand every one of themcould draw.

A SPECTACULARsummer fair and carboot sale will takeplace next month inaid of the BreastCancer Care Unit atScunthorpe GeneralHospital.

The event will beheld on Sunday behindBlyton Ice-creamParlour at Old HallFarm in High Street,B ly t o n .

The fair will includea whole host of tradestalls, a tombola,activities and games.

Visitors can alsorumble through thejumble at the car boots a l e.

Pitches are availableand all pitch fees willbe donated to theBreast Cancer Unit.

To book a stall, callKev on 07878 706752 ore-mail kev.bigbash@yahoo.co.uk for mored e t a i l s.

Bag lots ofbargains

In the courtsBenjamin EdwardCurtis, 23, of StPaul’s Gardens,Ashby, was foundguilty at NorthL i n c o l n s h i reMagistrates’ Court offailing to deliver tothe Secretary of Statepart of the registrationdocument containingdetails relating to thetransfer of a vehicle.He was fined £175and ordered to pay avictims’ surcharge of£15 and costs of £60.

MACMILLAN CancerSupport hasannounced the datefor this year’s “Wo rl d ’sBiggest CoffeeMor ning” f u n d r a i s e r.

The charity’s biggestfundraiser of the yearwill be held all acrossthe UK on Friday,September 30.

People from everycorner of the countrywill hold a coffeemorning on the sameday, with donationsgoing to MacmillanCancer Support.

With this year’sevent just threemonths away, thecharity is calling for

local fundraisers toget involved.

Last year, the event’s43,000 coffee morninghosts helped to raiseover £8 million forpeople living withc a n c e r.

This year MacmillanCancer Support ishoping that even more

money will be raised.Sally Millington,

local fundraisingmanager, said: “T hisyear is Macmillan’scentenary and weare hoping to doeverything bigger andbetter than before.

“The coffee morningis such an easy way to

raise money tosupport people livingwith cancer andeveryone can geti nvo l ve d . ”

To register for yourcoffee morning andget involved, or formore information,visit coffee.macmillan.org.uk/home

PRICELESS: Pink Ball organiser Paul Hope with the signed Tottenham shirts that will be auctioned at the event. Picture: Carl Gac

THE ticket-onlyPink Ball will takeplace from 7pm to1am on Saturday,July 23.

The venue isForest PinesHotel and GolfResort, nearB ro u g h t o n .

Tickets are stillavailable. Theycost £28 andinclude a three-course meal.

To book, e-mailPaul Hope atthehopes@talktalk.net

If you wouldlike to make aclosed bid forany of the items,e-mail Paul withyour name,age, address,telephone numberand details of howmuch you arewilling to bid.

Also, if anybodywould like todonate raffleprizes to theevening or givecash donations,e-mail Paul.

At the time ofgoing to press,Paul had soldmore than 200tickets, so thereare about 30tickets stillre m a i n i n g .

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