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Rhiwbina RFC NHS Fund-Raising Initiative raises over £2,000

The Rhiwbina Squirrels and the wider community have come together, with the support of Sam Warburton, to raise a magnificent £2,025 to be spent on supporting our wonderful NHS workers in the Cardiff & Vale University Health Board (CVUHB).

Sam was asked to select a number between 1 and 1948 (the year the NHS was formed). His selected number was then put into a sealed envelope. The club members and wider community were asked to guess the number at £1.00 a try.

Sam revealed his number at 7pm on Thursday 23dr April and the winning number was 800. And the significance of the number? …..Sam was the eight hundredth player capped by the British and Irish Lions.

There were four winners who all guessed the number 800: Larry Spittle, Ryan Stacey, Steve Malone and Gareth Hutchings and all have received a bottle of champagne and other goodies.

In consultation with key workers and the fund-raising team at CVUHB, it has been decided that the proceeds should be spent on providing a fully-stocked hot drinks machine for one of the wards at Llandough Hospital and five Amazon Echo Dots. There will also be a bulk purchase of DAB radios to use on the wards.

This initiative has really brought the community together and special thanks to everyone who took part, to the team at Rhiwbina RFC who organised the whole initiative and a big thank you to Sam Warburton for his continued support.