Middleton Rotary Club donate £500 to local football club

Paul Hindley and Lee Wolf from Middleton Rotary Club with Middleton Colts

Members of Middleton Rotary Club visited local football club, Middleton Colts to confirm funding for the football club for 2019.

Team Leader for Middleton Rotary Club’s funding initiative 'Dragon's Den', Lee Wolf and Rotarian Paul Hindley, gave the club £500 to support running costs and league fees throughout the year.

The Middleton Colts train at St. Annes Academy each Tuesday evening with training sessions split between coaches and age ranges.

The night Lee and Paul from Middleton Rotary Club visited it was the turn of the very young players to hone their skills and impress.

Lee said: “Middleton Rotary Club have supported Middleton Colts over a number of years and the football club is going from strength to strength, their engagement, especially with juniors and youth teams, is paying dividends both for the club and the individuals.

“It’s great to see the success created by these committed coaches, and club officials.

“The funds for the 'Dragon's Den' initiative are the proceeds from last December's Rotary Christmas Street Float collections which are given to Middleton causes and charities each January and February.

“The scheme has awarded nine grants this year.”

The scheme will open again for applications in September 2019, look out for the announcement on the club website:

• ww.rotarymiddleton.org.uk