Sheriff YC are hosting a Race Night at Lloyd's bar on Amien Street February 23 - the fundraiser is seeking to raise much needed funds to send Sheriff YC's U9 and U13 teams to the Blackpool Cup International Football Tournament.

The Blackpool Cup Tournament is organised by Sir Tom Finney FC and offers children of all social backgrounds and opportunities to play the English game. Over 350 teams take part annually making up 10,000 participants from 10+ countries.

Kicking off at 8pm, the Race Night promises to be a night jam packed with craic and action all in the name of supporting the vital work Sheriff YC do- work that has not proven to be easy in recent months. Sheriff YC saw their pitch completely destroyed by joy riders earlier this month which left the football club without a functioning pitch.

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Speechless! This is how our pitches were left in Fairview Park this morning absolutely destroyed, somehow a car was able to get into the park last night and absolutely wreck the place

Where do we go now? pic.twitter.com/bOSAaZhOFg

— Sheriff YC (@Sheriff_YC) January 6, 2024

The football club is not the only youth club in North inner-city Dublin struggling with lack of pitches as Belvedere Football Club, EastWall, Bessborough FC  and Marino AFC have also been victim to vandalism and misuse of pitches, with Dublin City Council slow to enact effective responses.

The inner city north football pitch situation has become so critical that Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon brought up the issue in the Dáil, while conceding in his speech that 'Frankly it should be a city council issue but in the absence of actions I have been forced to bring it to the chamber".

 

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The event on February 23 is one of many initiatives that Sheriff Football Club is running to support kids and teenagers living in the area. The club is also running an old clothes drop off from the 5th-14th of February to collect re-wearable clothes, paired shoes, soft toys, blankets and handbags.

The Race Night at Lloyd's Bar on Amien Street on February 23 also has a host of sponsorship opportunities to support the club with packages allowing sponsors to take out ads in the club's race booklet or to sponsor a race. The packages are as follows:

Main Sponsor: €500

Front and back page of the race booklet. The MC will regularly mention the name of said sponsor throughout the night.

Premium Sponsor: €125

2 options to choose from - inside the front back page of the race booklet or inside the back page of the booklet.

Race Sponsor: € 150 

Race banned after sponsor plus full page advert in the race card opposite your race.

Full page Sponsor: €100

Full page in race card

Half page Sponsor: € 50

Half page advert in the race card

For those interested in sponsoring a race or taking an advert in the Sheriff YC football club fundraiser get in contact with Austin 0863446459 or Bren 0851761576.