To mark his final season after 20 years as Northern League chairman, Mike Amos, 70 next year, plans a 500 mile sponsored walk – around 12 pre-match miles to each of the League's 44 grounds.
The Sunderland RCA leg of the Northern League Chairman’s Last Legs Challenge* will start at:
9:00am, Saturday, 19 December from Bournmoor Church
You can join us at later stages of the route.
The first half of the route takes in the River Wear to Cox Green, Penshaw Monument, Herrington Park and The Board Inn, East Herrington, where there will be half time sandwiches and refreshments provided between 11:15 and 12:00. The second half begins with a couple of substitutions and continues to Silksworth Country Park, down the old pit railway track over Ryhope Colliery with full time arrival at Meadow Park for 2pm refreshments – plenty of time to enjoy the pre match for RCA v West Allotment Celtic.
Walkers can also join the group at the top of Penshaw Monument for the team photograph.
This is a pit-themed walk covering three old colliery sites and you need to bring your own helmet!
All walkers are invited to donate a Fiver (or Tenner) and a further bucket collection will be held at Meadow Park - over £10,000 has been raised to date and Mike's target is £20,000.
*Last Legs Challenge
http://www.lastlegs.northernleague.org/
The Challenge:
To mark his final season after 20 years as Northern League chairman, Mike Amos, 70 next year, plans a 500 mile sponsored walk – around 12 pre-match miles to each of our 44 grounds.
The beneficiaries:
Half of every penny raised will go to the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation – the Northern League and its clubs had few better friends than Sir Bobby. The other half, in £1,000 segments, will be given to community-based charities nominated by our clubs and drawn at the annual league dinner in May 2016.
How to donate:
Donations can be made electronically, and automatically attract Gift Aid, via www.justgiving.com/lastlegschallenge
Cheques should be made payable to the Northern Football League and sent to Mike Amos at 8 Oakfields, Middleton Tyas, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10 6SD.
The chairman would also be very happy to accept cash donations, large or small, as the walking season progresses to its exhausted conclusion.
Joining in:
Some legs will be entirely on roads, some on footpaths, none along coastal paths – the chairman is scared of heights. Anyone is very welcome to join a leg of the walk, whether sponsored or not and whether club official or not. Details from Mike Amos.