Great-Save Does It’s Bit For Charity

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On the 24/07/2010 I took part in a ‘Beat The Goalie’ competition for Queen Mary’s Hospital which is the local children’s hospital. The event took place at my workplace Sutton Arena so I was chomping at the bit when my manager asked me if I was interested!

Martin was able to give me some bits for the day at short notice which gave the event the finishing touches. He and Rinat sponsored me for the event and supplied with a black Rinat top and Rinat’s Gladiator glove.

The gloves were fantastic straight out of the packet; all they needed was a bit of dampening and they were good to go. They gripped very well and the gloves fit well. As with most Rinat gloves they do have internal latex which I’m not a fan of but in this glove is doesn’t have full internal latex, more like positioned nodules. Bearing in mind they were worn for a good 3 and half hours in which many fingertip saves and catches were made they didn’t wear that badly. You also have to remember I am diving on mats and it was a dry hot day.

Although it was tiring and I came away with a few grazes it was a great day and we were able to raise around £160 which will go towards building a children’s playground in the grounds. So it was a great effort to raise money for the Queen Mary’s Hopsital and S.T. Helier Neonatal Unit and I hope they get to do everything they were aiming to do.

Also Martin donated a football as a prize which we put into the children’s raffle draw which was won by a lady called Jackie who will now have a happy child to take the ball back to! This is Nikki below who I presented the ball to as she was picking up on Jackie’s behalf.

Martin donated the adidas champions league finale replica ball which retails at £9.99.

A big thank you to Martin and everyone at Great-Save who helped out and supported me in this at such short notice. I really like the gloves and I hope to see more of Rinat in the UK market.

Great-Save has recently reduced the Kaliaaer XGM GS Edition 2 to from £39.99 to £29.99. Not only that but every £10 from each purchase will go to the charity ‘It’s In The Bag’ which is supporting research into testicular cancer. There are limited amount of sizes left so do not miss out on a bargain but most importantly the chance to donate money to a worthy cause.