Two teams of Saltash footballing legends go head to head at Saltmill Park, Saltash, on Christmas Eve for charity.
The noon kick-off sees ex-Bodmin, Saltash and Plymouth Argyle centre back Brinton Nute with ex-St Stephens Borough defender Will Swales select a team to go up against a side picked by Callington Town goalkeeper Sam Borthwick assisted by Adam Stiff.
Brinton and Will have selected a side of over-28s to take on Sam and Adam’s young pretenders who will be under 28 – although they have drafted in ex-Saltash United and St Stephens Borough playmaker Andy Wright as a designated over-age player.
Others featuring in the line-ups include the likes of Stuart Fort, George Stokes, Luke Kelly, Tony Jane, Jeremy Blake, Sam Ticehurst, Tyler Borthwick and James Phelps.
Benefiting from the match will be ex-Borough secretary Julian Chenery’s kit collecting project which donates sports kits to children and young people in Africa.
The money is is used to encourage children back into education, as explained by a volunteer in aecent email...
Katie Hayes, a volunteer at the Kailend project in Togo, said: ‘Last Friday we donated some of the kit to the 10-17-year-old street kids. We have kept the remaining kit to use as their match kits. The kids were ecstatic when we gave them out and all were on their best behaviour for the rest of practice. Many of these kids are orphans or come from broken homes and as a result sleep rough every night.
‘We are using football as a way to engage them and offer them educational or vocational training opportunities to get them off the streets and into real jobs. Your kit has been used as a great incentivising mechanism.’
To support the appeal anyone attending the game is asked to take an old item of sports kit to donate. This can be a shirt, a pair of shorts, socks, boots – basically anything. If in doubt donate. In the absence of a kit donation an entry fee of £1 will be collected to go to the charity Kits4Causes.