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Fans Urged To Join World Record Bid In Aid Of Cancer Research UK
Fans Urged To Join World Record Bid In Aid Of Cancer Research UK
Hampshire Cricket fans can take part in a record bid at the Vitality Blast match against Essex Eagles this August
Hampshire Cricket fans are being offered the chance to be part of an official Guinness World Record attempt and help raise thousands of pounds for Cancer Research UK (CRUK).
The record bid to create the biggest human exclamation mark is taking place at Hampshire’s Vitality Blast match against Essex Eagles at the The Ageas Bowl on Sunday 12th August.
The event is being organised by the newly-formed organisation Southampton Beats Cancer (SBC) – a group of business leaders from across the city who have united to join the fight against cancer through regular fundraising initiatives.
The SBC which has representatives from businesses including Old Mutual Wealth, Aviva Health Insurance, Lee Peck Media, St James Place Wealth Management, Paris Smith, Executive Headhunters and the The Ageas Bowl, are launching a multi-year fundraising campaign.
Thanks to the generosity of the public, CRUK has been at the heart of progress that has seen cancer survival in the UK double in the last 40 years. In the South cancer death rates have decreased 10 percent in the past 10 years.
But there is still much to be done - in Southampton alone, around 510 people still lose their lives to cancer every year.
We want to make sure that not only do we break the record but we make it stand for some time. The great thing is that we will have a big crowd attending the Vitality Blast fixture on the day and it should take no more than 30 minutes before we know if we have managed to break the world record - we hope our supporters will get behind us and help raise vital funds for a good cause.
Stuart Robertson, Director
We chose an exclamation mark for our world record attempt as our vision is to bring forward the day when all cancers ae cured. One in two people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives and we couldn’t continue our life-saving work without the support of the public.
Nick Johnson, CRUK Local Fundraising Manager
CRUK is the world’s leading cancer charity dedicated to saving lives through research. Last year the charity spent more than £6m in Southampton, where more than 150 scientists, doctors and nurses are working to beat cancer sooner.
Work is specifically focussed on tackling oesophageal, bowel, breast and head and neck cancers while our CRUK-funded Clinical Trials Unit is working with local researchers to design and run trials of new treatments and therapies, recruiting patients both from Southampton and across the UK.
Hampshire Cricket staff, Club captain James Vince and all-rounder Chris Wood are throwing their weight behind the record-breaking attempt and are hoping to get more than 3,000 cricket fans on to the outfield to help them achieve it. The current record was made in Spain in 2016 when 806 people formed a human exclamation mark.
