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Local Business Community Helps OIAM Charity Reach Towards Its GOAL!

22nd January 2020. On Tuesday 21st January 2020, a great afternoon’s football was played at One In A Million’s 8th Charity 5-a-side Football Tournament at 5aLive, Bradford. The occasion saw 18 organisations compete in fantastic spirit to support OIAM’s work amongst children & young people in Bradford. 

This years tournament saw our OIAM Celeb team comprising of; Andy Gray, Wayne Jacobs, Dean Windass, Mark Bower, Danny Forrest, Isaac Jacobs and Paul Stevens, competing against a stellar line up of local organisations; Arena GroupAWB Charlesworth SolicitorsBermar BuildingBHP LLPBlacks Solicitors, BorgWarner, Elite GroupThe Broadway BradfordJayBee SuppliesLCF LawNaylor Wintersgill, NPS Engineering GroupSchofield SweeneyTL Dallas and University of Bradford.

Following a competitive round of group matches, followed by a Quarter Final, Semi Final and Final, congratulations to overall winners 1st BorgWarner Team A, 2nd The OIAM Celeb Team, 3rd Arena Group and 4th Bermar Building (all pictured below).

Highest Goal scorers prizes went to; Jacob Holt – Arena Group and Patrick Sykes – Naylor Wintersgill, who were joint top scorers with 10 goals each.

“Just wanted to say thanks for organising yesterday’s charity football tournament. Brilliantly organised as ever, amazing opportunity to network with other businesses from the area in a relaxed manner, all whilst playing football against true legends of the game and raising money for a superb charity. All of this made the day a great success for everyone”. Danny Olivieri – JayBee Supplies

“I just wanted to say what a great day yesterday was!! Everyone from Borg Warner that took part absolutely loved it, they’re all still buzzing today!  Well done for organising”. Frauke Woodhead – Borg Warner

“On behalf of myself and the Schofield Sweeney team, thank you for organising a brilliant day yesterday. We really enjoyed it, despite only managing a couple of goals. It was my first time playing 5-a-side but it was really good to take part”. Craig Derrick – Schofield Sweeney.

Thank you to everyone who took part and help make the tournament a resounding success whilst raising money to support our charities work.

We would also like to thank 5aLive Indoor Football Centre in Bradford for being great hosts and contributing to the event’s success.