Club Member Bob Francis is about
to take a leap into the unknown! Who said, that's a little
like his table tennis! And, of all places, from the roof
of the stand at his favourite football club! Bob writes:-
"In a moment of sheer
madness I volunteered to complete a freefall abseil to raise
funds for the Bobby Moore Fund. The abseil takes place on
the 17th March 2007 from the roof of the Bobby
Moore stand at West Ham football ground. It’s a grand
total of 140 feet high which is about 135 feet more than
I’m comfortable with!
The
Bobby Moore Fund was set up following the great man’s
death in 1993. It raises money for research into bowel
cancer.
I
realise that people's preferences over the charities that
they choose to support is a very private matter and hope
that you won’t be offended by me contacting you. If you
are unable to help then that’s no problem. If you are able
to help me raise funds for this worthy cause then that’s
fantastic!
I
have set up a web page at http://www.justgiving.com/bobfrancis
,here you will find some more details about the charity and
a swanky photo of me. I will update the photo every few days
or so, showing some of the football related fashion and
hair crimes I have been responsible for over the years!
You
can sponsor me at the web page in the form of a donation.
For this service the page's host charges a small fee. For my
part I will pledge to pay this fee for all donations made
through this page, so if you do sponsor me via this method,
you know that the whole amount will go to the charity.
If
your preference is for an old fashioned sponsor form,
that’s fine too. Please e-mail me at this address with
details of the amount and I will add it to the forms that I
have."
Do
support Bob in this venture if you can.
Apparently
this is Bob in his West Ham gear in 1995 in India!
Usually people say something like he's a shadow of his
former self, but judging by this picture don't think one
would say that of Bob now!
