England Rugby Union World Cup winner Kyran Bracken MBE has become the latest in a long line of sporting celebrities to throw his weight behind up and coming sportsmen and women from Suffolk. Bracken, one of England’s rugby heroes at the 2003 Rugby World Cup and former England captain, was …
Three young Suffolk athletes were today presented with SportsAid grants by Lord Holmes of Richmond, MBE, at the latest Ipswich Sporting Lunch Club, of which we are a long-time supporter and co-sponsor. The athletes included:🏓 Joe Fortnum-Adams, from Ipswich, who is the reigning British Para Under 19 table tennis champion🏃♂️ Stan Chevous, …
Two aspiring gymnasts from Ipswich are head over heels after receiving funding to support their sporting endeavours. Abigail Roper (18) and Charlie Harvey-Lloyd (18), both members of Pipers Vale Gymnastics Club in Ipswich, attended an Ipswich Sporting Lunch Club event recently to receive grants of £1,000 each to help them …
The man who trained, motivated and successfully coached the likes of David Walliams, Eddie Izzard, John Bishop and many other household names, to complete extraordinary challenges in aid of Sport Relief and Comic Relief was in Ipswich today (Friday 17 March) to help raise money for up and coming sportsmen and …
League, FA Cup, League Cup and European Cup Winners Cup winner and England football international Paul Merson has helped the Ipswich Sporting Lunch Club to restart after a two year break due to the pandemic. The club, which was launched in 2015 to raise vital funds to enable SportsAid to …
Eight super talented young sportsmen and women from Suffolk have received a major funding boost thanks to the Ipswich business community. Phoebe Hayden (rowing), Oliver Juszt (hockey), Nathaniel Wilding (para powerlifting), basketball trio Susannah Rafu, Ella Pearson and Esther Little, and golfing duo Habebul Islam and Lily May Humphreys, all …
Beckett Investment Management Group has become the latest Suffolk business to throw its weight behind talented up and coming sportsmen and women from the county. The chartered financial planners have joined Pound Gates Chartered Insurance Brokers, Ensors Chartered Accountants, Ellisons Solicitors, Concertus and StrategiQ as sponsors of the hugely successful …
Local boxing hero Anthony Ogogo was in Ipswich last Friday (21 September) to help the Ipswich business community raise funding for Suffolk’s future sporting stars. Ogogo, who won a bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympics, was guest of honour and headline speaker at an Ipswich Sporting Lunch Club event at …
Seven super-talented young sportsmen and women from Suffolk have received a big boost following recognition from SportsAid, the national charity for sportspeople. Each was presented with a SportsAid grant by the charity at a special reception at Ipswich Town Football Club. The grants recognise their sporting achievements to date and …
Peter Shilton, one of England’s greatest ever goalkeepers, was in Ipswich last Friday (23 February) to help raise vital funding for Suffolk’s future sporting stars. Shilton who was capped 125 times by England was guest of honour at the Ipswich Sporting Lunch Club at Wherstead Park. He commented: “It’s wonderful to …
