Thursday 22 November 2007

Fund Raising for Matt Hampson in Koh Samui


A Special Event to support the Matt Hampson Trust will be held on
23rd February 2008
at Coco Blues in Chaweng, Koh Samui.

Matt Hampson is a young Tigers prop forward who suffered a serious neck injury whilst at England U-21 training in March 2005. Matt returned home in early August 2006, after spending 17 months recovering from his injuries at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. He is currently paralysed from the neck down and is still unable to breath unaided.
Despite the nature of his injuries, Matt continues to show great courage in the face of adversity. He is constantly looking to raise the profile of other paralysis victims and is determined to become heavily involved in publicising research into spinal injuries.

A large amount of fundraising has taken place both inside and outside the rugby community since Matt's tragic injury - something for which Matt and his family have expressed their heart-felt gratitude and even surprise. However, if Matt is to continue to make progress, he will need support for many years to come.

The evening will be attended by Roy Jackson, President and Director of Leicester Tigers Rugby Football Club and Chairman of the Matt Hampson Trust Fund. Roy Jackson, lost an incredible two stone through his sponsored slim last year, designed to raise money for the Matt Hampson Trust Fund. At his final weigh-in on Friday May 5, Roy totalled 16stone 6lbs.

We are therefore looking for sponsorship and support for this worth while cause. Many of us enjoyed the 2007 Rugby World Cup and if it were not for this terrible injury, Matt Hampson could well have been one of the bright young stars of the future for the England Team.

The aim of the evening is to raise money for Matt.
If you can help in any way please contact me.

We are looking for Raffle Prizes in particular which by their nature create cash.

We have already been offered Footballs to raffle or give away.
We are trying to get a guest speaker.
We are looking at organizing fund raising events in the week before.

Do you have any ideas or suggestions to help us make this successful?

All Sponsorship will be acknowledged.

Sponsors to date
Coco Blues Company – Ko Samui Properties – Lynx Developments – Sabai Properties - Samui Golf

Roy Jackson, President of Leicester Tigers Rugby Football Club and Chairman of the Matt Hampsopn Trust will be present and will accept the proceeds on behalf of the Trust.

For further details please contact
Harry Bonning at hbonning@kosamuiproperties.com
Mobile: 081 741 6443


The Matt Hampson Trust Fund web page can be found here
http://www.matthampson.co.uk/