Academy Fundraiser
A massive well done to the coaches of our 2011 side, Darren Sneddon and Stuart McCormack, who completed their fundraising marathon from Portland Park to Largs yesterday, to generate funds for the whole Youth Academy.

Their challenge was to run a complete marathon of 42 kilometres (they actually ran 43.28km!) and they are trying to raise £1000 for all the kids in the Academy to benefit from. They have raised 68 per cent of their target so far, and the Just Giving page is open til Monday night.

This is pure & simple dedication from our coaches to our Youth players: from mini kickers all the way to our development team, Darren and Stuart are doing this in order to create a comfortable Academy experience from our youngest player to the oldest player.

When you take a child to a new activity, and the equipment is already there and ready for them to use, that helps them develop vital skill sets to progress in their youth years. It’s fundraisers like this that provide that essential equipment; and in this instance, it’s literally attained with blood sweat & tears (and I’m sure our marathon coaches will agree!)

Thanks go to Stuart & Darren from all at the club, and I’m sure this well-deserved, post-race pint was the sweetest you ever tasted!

The link to donate to this amazing effort is HERE