After setting out with an preliminary goal to boost £4000, the MAN v FAT Yeovil gamers have now surpassed £6,000, placing them on the high of the occasion’s fundraising leaderboard.
“Diabetes UK is a charity near lots of our hearts, and being a weight reduction league it ties in very effectively with the journey we’re all on,” explains Aaron.
“We took half within the steps problem as groups, and my very own private crew managed to do over 10 million steps between the eight of us. The three months of fundraising have been superb and one thing I’ve completely loved organising and being part of. It’s a bit of unhappy it has come to an finish so we’re taking a look at what extra we are able to do early in 2024 to hold on our efforts, with some smaller fundraising between every now and then!”
Kevin Ayling, coach of the Yeovil and Weymouth MAN v FAT golf equipment, echoes Aaron’s sentiments: “As a weight reduction soccer membership, we’re acutely aware of our sugar and calorie consumption. We’ve reversed kind two diabetes with a number of of our males however primarily we did it due to our ball boy Jaden Finest.
“This little lad has been diabetic for so long as I can keep in mind, all the time carrying round his backpack and now his cellular machine repeatedly checking his ranges, being acutely aware of what number of biscuits he eats, what number of instances he runs across the pitch and all the time listening out for his alarm. He’s a correct trooper who turns up week in week out. It was our flip to do one thing for him.”
And, as Kevin testifies, it wasn’t a simple problem.
“Strolling 26 miles with lads with a BMI of 30-40 for 12 hours on the most popular day of the yr was one of many hardest challenges and I’m extremely pleased with the lads. However it additionally hospitalised me for seven days with dehydration and diverticulitis. However we’re already gearing up for the following problem.”
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