{"id":744,"date":"2011-01-24T16:56:12","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T16:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?744"},"modified":"2011-01-24T16:56:12","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T16:56:12","slug":"rugby-charity-match-in-aid-of-hero-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/rugby-charity-match-in-aid-of-hero-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby charity match in aid of hero soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"
A charity rugby match is to be staged in an effort to generate money for the Help for Heroes charity.<\/p>\n
Organised by local Flatbury resident Edward Cross, the game will see a Help for Heroes 15 – made up of current and former servicemen – pitted against an Evesham select outfit, the Evesham Journal reports.<\/p>\n
Many of those participating for the charity team are from the local area, with some of them only having recently returned from serving in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
Mr Cross said: "I have played for the Evesham Veterans team a few times over the past year and was really keen to get a group of former military colleagues together to challenge them."<\/p>\n
He added both teams will be eager to emerge victorious from the contest, but they will both perform in the true spirit of the game.<\/p>\n
The Redditch Advertiser recently reported a team from recruitment company e-Response are to compete in a Tough Guy contest – which includes a daunting assault course – to generate cash for Help for Heroes.<\/p>\n
Posted by Trevor Smith
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An armed forces select 15 will take to the field against an Evesham side to raise money for Help for Heroes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n