Crowborough rugby veteran going 'above and beyond' to raise money for charity

By Frankie Elliott
Published 28th Sep 2022, 17:46 BST
Updated 30th Sep 2022, 15:50 BST
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A Crowborough rugby player has gone ‘above and beyond’ to raise money for a national charity his club is partnered with.

Nigel Pooley first came across Wooden Spoon, the children’s charity of rugby, through a chance meeting with an old school friend and rugby manager for the organisation - Matt Mitchell - in 2017.

Nigel said: “The Sussex branch Wooden Spoon had just funded Grove Park School for a new sensory room and Matt phoned up and asked if I would like to go along and represent Crowborough Rugby Club and I did.

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“Afterwards we went out for lunch and had a little chat and before long Crowborough rugby club was the first rugby club in Sussex to be a partner of Wooden Spoon.”

Two Sussex Veterans team members - Ben Martyn and Dan Turnock- cycled from Twickenham to Marseille in just 7 days to deliver the match ball for the European Rugby Champions Cup and raise funds for Wooden Spoon.