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Felly’s Football Tour Sprint/Summer 2021 (tbc) Fundraising for Fellysfund in memory of our good friend The Motivation To Turf Moor To the University of Bolton Stadium Supporting Felly’s Fund To Deepdale To Goodison Park To Boundary Park Felly's Football Tour Introduction 3 Redwood Events have been arranging charity walks and cycle events since 2007 and have recently started to work with the Darby Rimmer MND Foundation. This has given us a great exposure to, and understanding of, the challenges that the Motor Neurone Disease can bring. Life changes very quickly for those diagnosed with MND and for their families. The average life expectancy for someone with Motor Neurone Disease is just 2-5 years from the onset of symptoms. A third of people diagnosed will die within a year and half within 2 years. It’s a 1/300 lifetime risk in the UK of being diagnosed with MND. That’s 3 children in each and every school today. There is no known cause of MND and there is no cure or effective treatment, it’s always fatal. When Paul Stanway talked to us about the great work they have done in memory of their great friend Felly, we were very keen to help. Felly’s Football Tour will combine a 131 mile continuous walking tour from Liverpool FC (Felly’s favourite team) to Fleetwood Town FC calling at fifteen other football grounds in between. This is a journey of 130 miles. After a short break for breakfast, the walking will give to cycling as riders will then head north from Fleetwood Town to Barrow AFC via Morecambe FC, a journey of 73 miles. Mike Wilson Redwood Events Felly's Football Tour Felly’s Story 4 Paul Stanway. Felly's Football Tour The Event To Old Trafford To Anfield Remembering Peter ‘Felly’ Fell To Ewood Park To the Etihad Stadium To Highbury Stadium Felly's Football Tour Plan of the Event 6 This event will start with a continuous Start Start End End Stage From To Miles 130 mile team walk from Anfield to Day Time Day Time 1 Liverpool Everton 0.80 Day 1 16.00 Day 1 16.14 Highbury Stadium visiting 15 ground 2 Everton Knowsley 4.45 Day 1 16.24 Day 1 17.44 3 Knowsley Windle Island 4.59 Day 1 17.44 Day 1 19.08 in between. This walking stage will be 4 Windle Island Billinge 4.00 Day 1 19.08 Day 1 20.20 5 Billinge Wigan Athletic FC 4.08 Day 1 20.20 Day 1 21.33 split into stages of around 4 miles 6 Wigan Athletic FC Aspull 3.15 Day 1 21.43 Day 1 22.40 each. 7 Aspull Bolton 3.85 Day 1 22.40 Day 1 23.49 8 Bolton Queens Park 3.95 Day 1 23.59 Day 2 1.10 9 Queens Park Bradley Fold 3.85 Day 2 1.10 Day 2 2.19 10 Bradley Fold Bury 3.71 Day 2 2.19 Day2 3.26 A team of 12 walkers will be recruited 11 Bury Whitefield 2.88 Day 2 3.36 Day 2 4.28 12 Whitefield Salford City 2.54 Day 2 4.28 Day 2 5.14 to complete this 131 miles journey. 13 Salford City Manchester United 4.37 Day 2 5.24 Day 2 6.43 14 Manchester United Manchester City 4.58 Day 2 6.53 Day 2 8.15 After a short walk from Anfield to 15 Manchester City FC United 2.98 Day 2 8.25 Day 2 9.19 16 FC United Oldham Athletic 4.13 Day 2 9.29 Day 2 10.43 Goodison Park where all team 17 Oldham Athletic Balderstone 3.15 Day 2 10.53 Day 2 11.50 members will walk, the rest of the 18 Balderstone Rochdale 3.33 Day 2 11.50 Day 2 12.50 19 Rochdale Whitworth 3.70 Day 2 13.00 Day 2 14.07 journey is broken down into 36 stages 20 Whitworth Bacup 3.63 Day 2 14.07 Day 2 15.12 21 Bacup Whitewell Brook 3.69 Day 2 15.12 Day 2 16.18 and three walkers will be allocated to 22 Whitewell Brook Burnley 3.49 Day 2 16.18 Day 2 17.21 23 Burnley Hapton 3.84 Day 2 17.31 Day 2 18.40 each. All team members will complete 24 Hapton Accrington Stanley 3.19 Day 2 18.40 Day 2 19.37 25 Accrington Stanley Intack 3.36 Day 2 19.47 Day 2 20.48 9 stages. 26 Intack Blackburn Rovers 3.23 Day 2 20.48 Day 2 21.46 27 Blackburn Rovers Beardwood 3.71 Day 2 21.56 Day 2 23.03 28 Beardwood Samlesbury 2.82 Day 2 23.03 Day 2 23.54 At Highbury stadium, a team of 29 Samlesbury Preston North End 3.89 Day 2 23.54 Day 3 1.04 30 Preston North End Jubilee Park 3.34 Day 3 1.14 Day 3 2.14 cyclists will head north to Barrow 31 Jubilee Park Clifton 3.46 Day 3 2.14 Day 3 3.16 32 Clifton Lytham Golf Acad'y 3.25 Day 3 3.16 Day 3 4.15 calling at Morecambe on the way. All 33 Lytham Golf Acad'y Lytham Beach 3.34 Day 3 4.15 Day 3 5.15 34 Lytham Beach Blackpool Airport 3.43 Day 3 5.15 Day 3 6.17 cyclists will ride together and will 35 Blackpool Airport Blackpool 3.00 Day 3 6.17 Day 3 7.11 36 Blackpool Cleveleys 4.51 Day 3 7.21 Day 3 8.42 complete the journey in Barrow after 37 Cleveleys Fleetwood Town 4.09 Day 3 8.42 Day 3 9.56 73 miles in the saddle completing the 38 Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Ferry 1.29 Day 3 10.30 Day 3 10.35 39 Fleetwood Ferry Knott End Ferry Ferry Day 3 10.45 Day 3 11.00 200 mile journey from Merseyside. 40 Knott End Ferry Morecambe 19.97 Day 3 11.15 Day 3 12.35 41 Morecambe Barrow 50.66 Day 3 12.45 Day 3 16.08 42 Barrow Furness CC 1.00 Day 3 16.30 Day 3 16.48 Felly's Football Tour How the Event Works 7 JOINING THE TOUR • Core Walkers – The core team needs 12 walkers all capable of walking a minimum of 32-24 miles in 9 three to four mile stages over 36 hours • Cyclists – The team of up to ten cyclists capable of completing 73 miles in a five hour period • Open Walkers – In addition to the core team of walkers, we invite others to join along the route at locations of their own choosing. TOUR SUPPORT TEAM Redwood Events will aim to support the event from start to finish. Events like these are a challenge for those taking part so we will aim to support the teams from a support minibus ensuring that team members have all routes and plans in place allowing them to concentrate on completing the walk. When walkers are not on their assigned stages, they will be resting in the minibus. For the cycling stage, further support will be needed. An additional support team will be in place to transport the cycles down to Fleetwood on the final morning and to support the cyclists on their journey to Barrow Felly's Football Tour What We Will Need 8 Main Sponsor We need to find one main sponsors to provide £500 to cover the costs of the event. The donation will cover core team t-shirts, minibus costs including fuel, banners and signage. In return, the sponsors name will appear on the t-shirts and their logo on the banner and minibus signs. We will give them regular shout outs throughout. T-shirts and Hoodies These will be designed and manufactured by White Lodge Group. T-shirts will be designed for the core team in navy with gold and white print. These will be paid for by the main sponsor. Open walkers, those joining the event at any stage can purchase a t-shirt with a similar design in gold with navy and white print. These will be available for £10 each. Hoodies can be purchased too in navy or gold. These will be especially valuable for all the walkers in the core team as they will be useful on the night time stages. These will cost £15. Social Media / Internet We will publicise the event using numerous sources • Twitter – Under hashtag #FellysFund • Facebook Group – Felly's Football Tour • Internet via www.redwoodevents,co.uk Felly's Football Tour Fundraising Opportunities 9 Individual Sponsorship Like any event of this type, we will look to those taking part as members of the core team to raise individual sponsorship. This group has a great track record for this type of fundraising so this could bring in significant funds for Felly’s Fund. T-shirts and Hoodies More money will be raised by the sale of hoodies and open walker t-shirts. Every purchase will lead to a small donation being made for the Fund. Stage Sponsorship In addition to our main sponsors, we can recruit stage sponsors. There are 41 stages for this event. For a donation of £100, companies can sponsor one of the stages and in return, they will • See they logo displayed on our event banner which will be seen in photos at all grounds and at other landmarks • Receive regular shout outs through social media • Know that they have supported a great event and a great course Sports Memorabilia Auction We will collect sports memorabilia (signed shirts etc) along the way and stage an auction to bring in more donations for Felly’s Fund Felly's Football Tour The Route To Bloomfield Road To the Globe Arena Supporting Felly’s Fund To the Crown Ground To the DW Stadium To the Crown Oil Arena Felly's Football Tour Walking Stage – 11 Liverpool to Fleetwood Town Start Start End End Stage From To Miles Walkers Day Time Day Time 1 Liverpool Everton 0.80 Day 1 16.00 Day 1 16.14 All Walkers 2 Everton Knowsley 4.45 Day 1 16.24 Day 1 17.44 Kenny Dalglish Tom Finney Alan Shearer 3 Knowsley Windle Island 4.59 Day 1 17.44 Day 1 19.08 Graeme Sharp Colin Bell George Best 4 Windle Island Billinge 4.00 Day 1 19.08 Day 1 20.20 Tony Kelly Steven Gerrard Franny Lee 5 Billinge Wigan Athletic FC 4.08 Day 1 20.20 Day 1 21.33 Roger Palmer John McGinlay Ryan Giggs 6 Wigan Athletic FC Aspull 3.15 Day 1 21.43 Day 1 22.40 Kenny Dalglish Colin Bell Franny Lee 7 Aspull Bolton 3.85 Day 1 22.40 Day 1 23.49 Graeme Sharp John McGinlay Alan Shearer 8 Bolton Queens Park 3.95 Day 1 23.59 Day 2 1.10 Roger Palmer Steven Gerrard George Best 9 Queens Park Bradley Fold 3.85 Day 2 1.10 Day 2 2.19 Tony Kelly Tom Finney Ryan Giggs 10 Bradley Fold Bury 3.71 Day 2 2.19 Day2 3.26 Roger Palmer Alan Shearer Franny Lee 11 Bury Whitefield 2.88 Day 2 3.36 Day 2 4.28 Kenny Dalglish Steven Gerrard Ryan Giggs 12 Whitefield Salford City 2.54 Day 2 4.28 Day 2 5.14 Tom Finney Colin Bell Tony Kelly 13 Salford City Manchester United 4.37 Day 2 5.24 Day 2 6.43 Graeme Sharp John McGinlay