Top football fans from the roofing trade recently joined forces to raise £4,000 at a charity football match final at Villa Park, the home of Premier League Club Aston Villa FC.
Staff from across Russell Roof Tiles Burton and Lochmaben (Scotland) sites gathered at the stadium, on 27 May, to go head-to-head with its customers and suppliers in a bid to raise money for its ambitious Give 4 Good programme.
The pitched roof tile manufacturer launched its ‘Give 4 Good’ programme this year to raise £50,000 for local charities and organisations.
The RRT players were joined by staff from Avonside Group, SIG PLC, Roofspace Solutions, Bloor Homes, Barratt Homes, David Wilson Homes, Tarmac, Odisha FC, Davidsons Homes, Crest Nicholson and Kingsley Roofing, all of whom provided great support and generous donations towards the ‘Give 4 Good’ programme.
The first half started at a frantic pace as the Aston Villa Allstars took the lead after just 5 minutes with Adam Tippins, commercial director at Bloor Homes East Midlands, getting the opening goal in front of the famous Holte End.
There was some great build-up play between Russell Roof Tiles managing director, Andrew Hayward and Davidsons Homes Group procurement director Chris Wood who then allowed Tippins to hit a great strike from 20 yards which sailed over the Rangers Keeper, John Dervey’s head and into the net to open the scoring.
After leading for the vast majority of the game, it was the Aston Villa Allstars who held their nerve and won the shoot-out 4-3. All 4 of their penalties were scored by Hayward Jnr, Wood, James Pendleton and Danny Mulholland as Rangers unfortunately missed 2 of their 5.
The match, set up by Ross Hayward, area sales manager at Russell Roof Tiles added: “We would again like to thank everyone who supported and donated to some truly worthy causes, and we would also like to thank Aston Villa Football Club and their staff, especially Frankie Harrison, for their extremely exceptional service throughout the whole day. Whilst all the players thoroughly enjoyed the experience, the main success of the day was raising an astounding £4,000 for our ‘Give4Good’ Programme.”
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