17/07/2026
15th Football Tournament Nets Over £7k!
What a day that was and another incredible amount raised too - and still rising!
That was our 15th milestone Football Tournament at Wallingford Sports Park last Sunday
Over £7k plus netted in the bag 🏆
After many months of planning, organising, late nights especially in the final few days including the usual stress of obtaining referees, long hours, stress, tears and tribulations, what another triumph our 15th special charity football tournament was ✨️
We smashed it 🙌
Sunday saw us hit Wallingford Sports Park to host our annual footballing fest - the grand fifteenth and it was another great day, and a sizzling success all round not just with the heat, but the action too also sizzled on the pitches
Sunday's weather couldn't of been more amazing although 🥵🥵 We were truly blessed with super sunshine 🌞 and another hot one but we beat the heat to make the 15th milestone event one of the very best!
17 wonderful teams from Oxfordshire, and beyond came together and all turned up (extra impressive with the big match the night before!) took to the pitches to battle it out, and a packed day with a great crowd coming down to support the day.
From local companies including Explosive Learning Solutions, ATA, F Church and first timers Robinsons Self-Storage and The Jones Robinson Group
to our friends at fellow local charity The Cornermen to squads of friends and even members of Snap Fitness Didcot and barbers Youngmans a diverse range of teams came together to unite for the love of the beautiful game and fun along the way, and nearly all teams embracing the charitable spirit which is what it is all about as a fun and friendly contest, helping to make this year's tournament the very best match of the day yet!
We are also delighted to announce that thanks to everyone's generosity and kindness with many teams going above and beyond to make a difference, we have raised the second most ever from this event in history with over £7,203 raised so far (and there is still teams boosting the coffers higher! so we are told). So, today almost a week on, we are still on a high and are still celebrating a premiership victory, and all thanks to our incredible team of volunteers, supporters and of course our sponsors who made this event possible
✨️ Congratulations to this year's awardees:
ATA - Top Fundraising Team Award 🏆 (for a third consecutive year)
Beyond Athletic - The P2G Plate 🏅
Robinsons - 2026 P2G Cup Champions 🏆
We would love to extend another great big thank you to all of this year's teams and all who took part, to all those who officiated including our refs - including players from some of the teams who stepped up to come to the rescue to help out on a whim, helped, volunteered, our pro photographer Courtnay Denham Photography and to Sarah from Oxford Hospitals Charity, to those came along, dug deep, Radio Cherwell, our very own Cath Convery for parking marshaling, John's Whippy, bought raffle tickets, companies and individuals who donated raffle prizes, and the event sponsors Jones Robinson, Allum's of Oxon, and Bubble Finance Hub Oxfordshire and of course a big thank you to the Wallingford Sports Park for hosting us. They love this event and are always so supportive
Our thanks also to Oxfordshire FA and Berks & Bucks FA for their help and support.
What a year it has been so far and the year is still looking young with some more fun, engaging and exciting events and activities to come including Play2Give's Christmas Market in November and our Heroes and Villains Disco at end of October, as well as the launch in September of our 12th Christmas Appeal.
P2G is all about changing, transforming, and saving lives locally and this latest amazing effort will do just this.
Once again 🫶 thank you ❤️
