Lucky duo scoop Loughborough's 'Lotto'-style jackpot!

12 December 2002
PR 02/96

Lucky duo scoop Loughborough’s ‘Lotto’-style jackpot!

Christmas came early for two members of staff at Loughborough University recently, when they struck it lucky in the University’s 250 Club prize draw to win a combined jackpot of £1,500.
Former tennis coach Anne Meredith and director of sports development Rod Thorpe won the November and December draws of the 250 Club, which helps to raise funds to support the University’s sports scholarship scheme.

Two hundred people have now signed up to the Club, paying a fee of £25 per year. For this small contribution, each member is eligible to take part in ten monthly draws for a £50 prize, the £500 November prize, and the bumper Christmas draw of £1,000. The remaining funds help to support Loughborough’s sports scholars.

The sports scholarship scheme provides financial and in-kind support to help talented Loughborough students succeed in both their sporting and academic development. Past and present Loughborough Sports Scholars include Commonwealth gold medallists and world record holders Paula Radcliffe, hurdler Chris Rawlinson, and swimmer James Gibson.

(L-R):
Professor Jim Saker, chair of the Loughborough Students’ Sports Foundation which administers the scholarship scheme; sports scholars Lisa Dobriskey and Zoe Brown; and Kelly Downs and Caroline Nash from Gill Cooke Personnel Ltd.

This year’s November and December draws were made on 28 November by Caroline Nash from Gill Cooke Personnel Ltd, which, for the last two years, has generously matched all individual 250 Club donations pound for pound, helping the scheme to generate over £8,000 for Loughborough’s sports scholars.

“The 250 Club is a great way for us to raise funds for the sports scholarship scheme, and Gill Cooke’s generous matched funding is fantastic,” said Development Executive Lisa Farmer, who raises funds for Loughborough Sport.

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For further information contact:

Lisa farmer, Sports Development Executive, Loughborough University,
T: 01509 228698, E: L.Farmer@lboro.ac.uk

Hannah Baldwin, Head of Publicity,
T: 01509 222239, E: H.E.Baldwin@lboro.ac.uk

Notes to editors
Loughborough has an established reputation for excellence in teaching and research, strong links with industry, and unrivalled sporting achievement. Assessments of teaching quality by the Quality Assurance Agency place Loughborough in the top flight of UK universities, and industry highlights Loughborough in its top five for graduate recruitment. Around 30% of the University’s income is for research. The University has been awarded four Queen’s Anniversary Prizes: for its collaboration with aerospace and automotive companies such as BAE Systems, Ford and Rolls Royce; for its work in developing countries; for pioneering research in optical engineering; and for its world-leading role in sports research, education and development.

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