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Giant Conga 4 Matt
Wednesday 19th May 2010
A GIANT conga kick-started a programme of activities in city schools to support the Move4Matt campaign.
400 pupils from Sandfield Close Primary School performed a conga around the school grounds on Wednesday (May 19). They were be joined by Special Olympics tennis star Zara Jurenko.
Headteacher Amanda Dhillon said: "The children are very excited to be welcoming such a special guest. Move4Matt is all about fun, physical activity and what could be better than a huge conga at the start of the school day?"
All participating schools have been given a Move4Matt educational resource pack, devised by the Schools Development Support Agency (SDSA). This includes a range of tips and suggestions to promote physical activity.
Cllr Vi Dempster, Leicester City Council cabinet lead for children and schools, said: "It is wonderful to see local partners coming together to motivate and encourage young people to adopt healthier and more active lifestyles."
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Shoot 4 Matt
Sunday 16th May 2010
A team of Leicester councillors took to the football pitch this Sunday 16th May to support Islamic Relief UK's "Dare 2 Care" challenge for the Matt Hampson Trust.
The five-a-side team - led by Cllr Wayne Naylor, city council cabinet member for health and community safety will be hoped to better their record at previous tournaments.
Cllr Naylor said: "The team has decided to return to the pitch to support the Matt Hampson Trust. And if we take our performance at last year's event in support of the Special Olympics as a benchmark, the only way is up. We might even score a goal this year.
"Events like this are a great way of getting out into the community and promoting the benefits of physical activity. It's a great laugh and we really enjoy it."
Team members include High Bailiff Cllr Colin Hall, Cllr Patrick Kitterick, Cllr Deepak Bajaj and Cllr Mian Mohammed Mayat, with city council sports marketing manager (and former Foxes goalkeeper) Steve Humphries.
Cllr Hall said: "It will be great to get back out on the pitch. We'll be relying on Steve in goal while we do whatever we can to better last year's performance - there's some real competition in the team to see who will be the first councillor to actually score a goal!"
The 'Shoot4Matt' five-a-side tournament took place at Goals Soccer Centre, Wakerley Road.
The event was organised by Islamic Relief in support of the Matt Hampson Trust. Salim Yusuf Lorgat, East Midlands fundraiser for Islamic Relief UK, said: "On behalf of Islamic Relief I would like to thank everyone involved, our amazing volunteer Jinx for putting this together with Goals, The Trophy Parlour for its generosity, Steve for his inspiring words and motivation and all the teams for taking part.
"It is deeply humbling to see so many people supporting our Shoot4Matt event."
Bleddyn Jones - Leicester Tigers commentator read this message from Matt Hampson:
‘I'm really sorry I cannot be here today unfortunately I have another longstanding commitment I need to fulfill, the fingers crossed I'm off to watch tigers beat bath!
I just want to thank you all and in particular Salim, Jinx, for organising this fantastic event shoot4matt.
Since my accident in 2005 I have been overwhelmed by the support I have received from the people of Leicester, who have done so much for me not just rugby fans but people from all walks of life.
We live in a great city and one I'm very proud to call home. I wish you all the very best for today’s competition.
Cheers hambo
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EBDOG Conference
Thursday 13th May 2010
The Educational Building Development Officers Group Conference held in Leicester on the 13/14th May were very keen to have a special guest at their Conference Dinner who better than Matt Hampson.The simple deal was we deliver Matt as the guest speaker the EBDOG organisers raise £2000 for the Matt Hampson Trust and promote the Move4Matt Project.
The evening could not have gone better nearly 200 at the dinner at the Ramada Jarvis Leicester.Matts presentation was very well received well supported by Roy Jackson a previous President of the Leicester Tigers and Aaron Mauger Leicester Tigers and All Black.Everybody appreciated what a great role model Matt is and fully understood why the Move4Matt initiative deserved to succeed.I managed to summarise the evening thanking the particularly Edelle Fennelly,Rob Thomas and particularly John Garratt.
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