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North Yorkshire football tournament raises more than £5k for wellbeing charities
['Gavin Engelbrecht']
Darlington and Stockton Times | News
The Pig Cup, a six-a-side tournament held in Ripon, was the brainchild of Stuart and Katie Ross, who worked with Helen Cotterill-Smith - an English Football League regional safeguarding officer - and her husband John to bring the event to life.
"As well as raising money, the Portly Pig’s high-profile promotion of the Pig Cup tournament was invaluable as it raised awareness of the suicide prevention work that we do."
The 16 Pig Cup teams (Image: Supplied)"The money that we are receiving as a result of the Pig Cup is well-timed, as it will help us with the creation of our new workshop.
The tournament was held at Ripon City AFC’s Mallorie Park Drive ground, where a minute’s silence was observed before kick-off in memory of men lost to suicide.
Lilla Bathurst, manager of Ripon BID, said: "The Pig Cup tournament is another shining example of how Ripon’s independent businesses and organisations work together to back community-based activities, from Saturday’s St Wilfrid’s procession to last month’s Ripon Theatre Festival.