DURING THE PANDEMIC, DALBEATTIE STAR BID FAREWELL TO THREE CLUB LEGENDS. HONORARY PRESIDENT FRANKIE STYLES, ASSISTANT MANAGER GARY HOLDEN AND FORMER PLAYER/COACH JAMES ‘JIMMY’ HANNAY ALL PASSED AWAY BETWEEN OCT 2020 AND MARCH 2021.

ALL THREE MADE A HUGE CONTRIBUTION NOT ONLY TO DALBEATTIE STAR BUT ACROSS LOCAL FOOTBALL AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY. THEIR LEGACY WILL LIVE ON FOREVER.

ON 24/25 JUNE, A 7-MAN TEAM OF FORMER AND CURRENT STAR PLAYERS WILL TAKE ON A UNIQUE CHALLENGE, WITH THE AIM OF RAISING FUNDS FOR CHARITIES CLOSE TO THE HEARTS OF THE THREE FAMILIES INVOLVED.

THE TEAM WILL PLAY 7-A-SIDE FOOTBALL FOR 24 HOURS STRAIGHT, TAKING ON A NEW SET OF OPPOSITION EVERY HOUR.

THE CHALLENGE WILL START AT 6PM ON FRIDAY, JUNE 24. THE TEAM WILL PLAY FOR 24 HOURS. IT WILL END AT APPROX. 6PM THE FOLLOWING DAY (SATURDAY, JUNE 25).

IT WILL BEGIN IN DUFMRIES AND CONTINUE THERE OVERNIGHT. THE TEAM WILL THEN TRAVEL TO DALBEATTIE TO COMPLETE THE CHALLENGE AT ISLECROFT ON THE SATURDAY.

THE FUNDS RAISED WILL BE SPLIT BETWEEN TWO CHARITIES CHOSEN BY THE FAMILIES OF JIMMY, GARY AND FRANKIE. THOSE ARE MARIE CURIE AND THE BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION. IN HONOUR OF THEIR COLLECTIVE LOVE OF FOOTBALL, A SMALL PERCENTAGE WILL GO TO STAR’S YOUTH TEAM.

SPECTATORS WILL BE WELCOME THROUGHOUT THE EVENT BUT IT IS HOPED THAT THERE WILL BE A BUMPER CROWD IN DALBEATTIE TO CHEER THE TEAM ON DOWN THE HOME STRETCH ON THE SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE REFRESHMENTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ON OFFER THROUGHOUT TO MAKE FOR A GREAT FAMILY DAY OUT.

THERE WILL BE A RAFFLE AND AN AUCTION BOTH ON THE DAY AND IN THE BUILD-UP TO THE CHALLENGE TO HELP RAISE EVEN MORE FUNDS. KEEP AN EYE ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS FOR MORE DETAILS IN DUE COURSE.

IF YOU WISH TO ENTER A TEAM OR DISCUSS EVENT SPONSORSHIP, PLEASE EMAIL RGM4@HOTMAIL.CO.UK OR CALL 07500056783.