4:40pm Tuesday 14th July 2009
By John Harrison
Four carrier bags stuffed full of Watford Football Club training kit are to be shipped to Africa to help equip budding footballers.
The donations, all made by Watford FC to a national campaign, are to be flown to Rwanda, where young footballers in the war-torn country will be able to pull on the gear.
The donations were all made to the Conservative Party and the Tory election candidate for Watford, Richard Harrington, this morning popped into the Hornet's London Colney training centre to pick up the kit.
It will now be transported to the Houses of Parliament, where it will be piled high with donations from football clubs across the country.
Alistair Burt, the Conservative MP for North East Bedfordshire, will then lead a team of 100 volunteers to the continent this week, to deliver the goods.
After being presented with the kit by Watford FC stars Lloyd Doyley and Don Cowie, Richard Harrington said: “This is about helping a country where children have so little and we can give them a possible path to a better life through the generous actions of Watford FC and others.
“I will take the kits straight to the Houses of Parliament where the team of 100 volunteers will take them to Rwanda.”
Richard was joined by 15 young party who have joined the local party for the summer to deliver the kit.
Richard added: “I am so happy that Watford is part of this. The football club has given us so much kit and we would like to thank the staff, players, management and the the board for doing this.”
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