Tuesday 15 December 2009

Whereeeeerrrreeereee has the t-shirt been this week?

Well then! The Run Geordie Run t-shirt continues to lead one heck of a journey. Last week it was in the company of The Newcastle Falcons squad. The week before that Melinda Messenger and Kate Walsh got their hands on one.

This week it was the turn of one of my heroes from the nineties. I remember his debut for Newcastle and the goal he scored in that game as if it were yesterday!

So you can imagine my excitement when ex Newcastle United midfielder Paul Bracewell declared his support for the Run Geordie Run cause this week. I was lucky enough to meet him while on a tour of the superb COMPLETE FOOTBALL complex near Newcastle Race Course.

"Brace" seemed to be very impressed when I told him about the run and after a good half an hour chat he was more than happy to sign a Run Geordie Run t-shirt. Perhaps another one to auction off in the future?

I must admit that I found Paul to be a very nice guy indeed. As for the COMPLETE FOOTBALL complex that he is involved with, all I can say is that the facilities are absolutely first class. My son, Jack, started goalkeeping coaching there this week and he loves it. He's also signed up for the Christmas Football Camp they are running in association with the Newcastle United Foundation. I think he's almost more excited about that than Christmas Day (Almost!).

Don't forget to tune in next week to find out where the Run Geordie Run t-shirt gets to.

In the meantime, please remember that T-Shirts are priced at £10 each with the FULL £10 going to the charities. Production for each t-shirt was paid for by nufc.com reader Peter McCowie and made, at cost price, by my friends at www.customplanet.co.uk. They are screen printed, front and back, for durable and long term use. If you would like a t-shirt then please follow these 2 easy steps:

1) Pay £10 per t-shirt required to www.justgiving.com/rungeordierun1 (St Benedict's Hospice) or www.justgiving.com/rungeordierun2 (The Children's Foundation). Or you could choose to split your payment and pay £5 to each charity. The choice is yours. Cheques payable to either charity are also accepted. Please get in touch at rungeordierun@googlemail.com for details on where to post your cheque.

2) Email rungeordierun@googlemail.com with details of how many t-shirts you would like, size(s) and where they should be posted to.