#BigUpBudeYouth – Young Footballers Swim for Charity
A group of Budehaven students who all play for Morwenstow Youth Football Club U13s and U14s took part and completed a sponsored swim on 18th November. They wanted to raise money for the charity Aspire who help people with a spinal cord injury. Every 8 hours in the UK someone is paralysed by such an injury.
They swam the length of the Channel 22 miles in Penstowe pool and raised a staggering £400! Well done to all those listed below.
Year 7
Leon Cherrington-Jones
Year 8
Ben Meaker
Tomos Trotter
Joseph Hynes
Emily Roberts
Kieran Jeffery
George Hargreaves
Jason Heard
Rocco Dyer
Henry Lumley
Year 11
Oakland Dyer
Year 13
Aaron Kendal
George Lumley
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