East_Stand_Al Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 I posted this in another thread and some of the guys suggested it merits its own thread. http://www.tributetophil.com/ Trek Cotopaxi is an ambitious project where 12 men will spend 10 days trekking Mount Cotopaxi in Ecuador in an attempt to raise £100,000 in memory of Phil O’Donnell for the British Heart Foundation. The trek is scheduled to take place during summer 2011 and training has already begun. The trek is being attempted by Phil's friends and previous teammates at Motherwell FC and Celtic FC. Those undertaking the challenge are Simon Donnelly, Jackie McNamara, Kenny Crichton, Alan Archibald, Willie Kinniburgh, Greg Anderson, Darren Jackson, Ross Anderson, Craig Hinchcliffe, David Rowson, Jim Patterson and Bill Leckie, with support and assistance from Martyn Corrigan, Phil Scott and Martyn Hamilton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dossertillidie Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Just beat me to it. I am one of the adventurous and slightly off my head people undertaking this trek. The trek was discussed by many in the group as an appropriate way of marking phil's passing and doing somthing in his memory for him to be proud of. We set out to make this a charity trek with hopes of raising money for The British Heart Foundation. In a short space of time with the full backing of The British Heart Foundation, Irn Bru, The scottish Sun, Mfc, and Celtic Football Club, the challenge has quickly gathered pace and it is our hope now to raise £100,000 in Phil's memory. so far we have raised approx £12,000 You may have seen the launch recently in The scottish sun, it is by no means an easy challenge and one in which has us all slighty worried as there is an enormous amount of training to be done in undertaking the challenge. The 12 of the trekkers have also been working tirelessly on various fundraising events such as a Question of Sport night at the Holiday Inn East Kilbride on the 6th Feb, £20 per ticket includes pies and pakora etc where we will have two celebrity football personality teams competing against 20 other tables. The idea of this night is to provide us all with a typical inexpensive lads night where we can all get together and show off our sporting knowledge in the hope of beating our celeb teams to the top prize. We have a number of confirmed celeb team members including Stevie Craigan so its a great chance for all football fans to have a laugh with friends and raise money for a fantastic cause in honour of phil. The second event we have planned is a dinner dance at The Thistle hotel on the 13th March, ticket prices are £75.00, with celebrity hosts and entertainment, further details on both these events I will update on this post, however if anyone would like more information or would like to attend any of these events please send me a PM. We are also seeking any forms of sponsorship and donations of raffle and auction prizes for both events, its a huge challenge but one made easier with the support of the Motherwell and Celtic Communities. For further details please check out our facebook and web page's http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pag...36392493?v=info http://www.tributetophil.com and to see our press launch http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/ho...-volcanoes.html and finally for any donations which you can contribute to the pot, no matter how big or how small please log onto http://www.justgiving.com/TributeToPhil Thank you in advance guys for all your support from all of us taking part in the trek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dossertillidie Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Hi Folks an error has been highlighted on our website that the event on the 6th feb is an old firm quiz, this is NOT the case, it is a question of sport quiz to mirror the tv show and we have a fantastic company in putting this together on the big screens in the function room of the holiday inn. Our web guy is now rectifying his error. This will now be changed on the site to " a question of sport night", so i am hoping to see plenty of well fans there on the night showing there support. for tickets please call 01355 521325 cheers guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 £20 sent come on SteelmenOnline dig deep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dossertillidie Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 cheers delboy top man, much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trafficlight Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 £20 sent come on SteelmenOnline dig deep Hear hear. £25 sent. A great thing to do dossertillidie and all else involved. A big commitment for a very worthy cause Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Is it £75/couple for the Dinner Dance ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dossertillidie Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 trafficlight- top man thats fantasic, thank you kylie- no its £75 per head for the dinner and £700 per table working on some top entertainment acts for this event, with a lot of scottish footballs past and present being in attendance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Diggle Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Need to wait til payday mate but I'm in. All the very best with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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