Shrewsbury Town in the Community have held a number of fundraising events of recent, raising over £3,000 to help continue the work that coaches do within the community on a range of programmes.

First up was the annual snowdon event, which saw 5 volunteers pack their rucksacks and take on the “Adventurous Ewe Snowdon Challenge”.

After an overnight stay and a hearty breakfast in the town of Llanberis the team set out, starting their adventure with a 17km cycle along the quiet Welsh country roads passing through the Snowdonia’s slate quarry’s. After a tough cycle the team stopped to collect their lunch, swap their bikes for boots and started the 7km assent of Snowdon via the Ranger Path, occasionally stopping to enjoy the view as they made it to the summit for a well-deserved lunch. Heading back down Snowdon after lunch, those undertaking the challenge went onto the final part – a 4km canoe across Llyn Padarn lake to the finish line.

Employee of Shrewsbury Town in the Community Sian Jones who undertook the challenge said – “the event was both physically and mentally demanding but was great fun and I can’t wait to take part again next year.”

A special thanks to Adventurous Ewe for their support – https://www.adventurousewe.co.uk/

Next up was an event in partnership with Nick Jones Wealth Planning, which saw 72 golfers take part in an annual golf day at Shrewsbury Golf Club. Despite a wet start to the morning, skies soon cleared to create a great day for golf, with those playing faced challenges from bunkers, water and more, whilst competing against each other in individual and team challenges on a number of holes.

The team totals saw Shropshire Chamber of Commerce come out winners, closely followed by 2017’s winners Ed Tomkiss Brickwork Ltd & HP Carpentry & Joinery, with third place going to the Gilmour Allstars.

The day concluded with lunch, an auction and raffle helping to raise additional funds for the charity. Prizes included; experience days, BWM hire and a weekend of golf at Celtic Manor. 

Thank you to everyone that donated prizes to the event; The Wingfield Arms, Montford Bridge, Mile End Golf Club, Oswestry, Ludlow Golf Club, ExperienceDays.co.uk, BMW Rybrook Shrewsbury and Celtic Manor Resort.

June also saw Shrewsbury Town supporter Mike Dovaston complete the Shrewsbury Half Marathon in 1 hour 59 minutes and 39 seconds.

Most recently, Shrewsbury Town in the Community held an exclusive fixture breakfast for their Friends of the Community partners. The event was held at the football club’s community hub and allowed those in attendance an early look at the fixtures for Shrewsbury Town’s 2018/2019 League One campaign. Chief Executive, Brian Caldwell was there to give his reaction and thoughts on the year ahead. The audience also heard from Head of Community, Jamie Edwards who spoke about new plans and the development of the community hub.

The release of the fixtures saw Shrewsbury Town in the Community start to plan their 2019 big cycle event, with the help of this year’s cyclist Paul Bennett of Aaron & Partners the event announced is Bike2Barnsley. Cyclists are set to ride the 120 miles over the peak district to Shrewsbury Town’s penultimate away game at Barnsley.

For more information of upcoming events – https://www.shrewsburytowninthecommunity.com/events/

Join our ‘Friends of the Community’ partnership scheme – https://www.shrewsburytowninthecommunity.com/friends-of-the-community/