Over the last five years it’s become a regular fixture in the Alive and Kicking calendar, but this year’s Westminster 24 Hour Football Marathon was like no other.
It was a record-breaker.
On 6th March 2020 48 brave students from Westminster School took on a mighty challenge – to play football for 24 gruelling hours to raise funds for A+K. By the time they’d completed the challenge in the late hours of the 7th March, they’d raised an astonishing £31,745 (including Gift Aid). As far as our records show, this is the largest amount that has ever been raised for A+K from a single event!
Since the fundraising tournament was started by Welles Iselin in 2016, the annual 24 Hour Football Marathon has raised an astonishing £99,265 in support of our work. These are vital funds for a charity like ours that strives to deliver a big impact on a small budget.
We’d like to thank Ross Plowman, Sachin Thuraisingham and Arun Ghai, the organisers of this year’s tournament, for all their hard work.
A big thank you to all of the Westminster students that took part, and especially to the top fundraiser, Nikdad, who was also last year’s top fundraiser! We hope your legs have recovered…
Many thanks also go to Mr Kingcombe for lending his support to the organisers, as well as to all the staff and parents who gave up their evening, morning and afternoon to keep the players fed, rested and hydrated.
