Sporting gesture to visiting clergymen from Burundi
TWO clergymen who visited a Rotherham church will be taking back sports shirts and a signed football to their homeland.
Anglican minister Claude and colleague Israel visited St Cuthbert’s in Herringthorpe where the congregation has supported their work with widows, orphans and young people in Burundi.
Around 100 sports shirts were handed over to the clergymen to help support their projects in the African country.
They were collected by Hadleigh Woodward, coach of the U9 Blacks team in Greasbrough, who was contacted by churchgoers Jayne and Chris Walton and their daughters.
Wickersley Cricket Club also contributed to the donation of shirts and Rotherham United have also supplied a signed football to be raffled to raise funds.