The final total has been calculated for Dave John’s donation to the Sussex Football 5K for the NHS Challenge with the Hassocks chairman set to hand over £160 to the cause.
Johnsy pledged to give £1 for every current and former Hassocks player who took part in the challenge that had played at the Beacon during his 30 years with the club.
129 individuals with Hassocks connections undertook their 5K to raise money for the NHS. Johnsy’s donation was then swelled when he agreed to pay a further £1 for every minute that his grandson, Ben took to complete the run.
Ben finished in a time of 29:01, with 29:01, with Johnsy also offering a further £1 for the friend who ran alongside Ben which added £31 to the cause.
The campaign was set up by Kevin Keehan and former Robins midfielder Scott Kirkwood with the aim of raising £3000 for the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS charitable funds.
Non league and grassroots players from across Sussex undertake a 5k run, take a photo of themselves doing so and then make a donation to the NHS.
Within days, that £3000 target had been exceeded. Currently, Sussex football has raised over £45,000. Brighton & Hove Albion players and England internationals have got involved and the idea has been replicated across the country by many similar fundraising efforts.
The identity of Hassocks’ quickest player over 5K won’t come as a surprise to anyone, our marathon man James Westlake finishing 5k in an astonishing 15:52.
The full list of current and former Hassocks players to have completed the challenge reads:
1) James Westlake
2) Lewis Westlake
3) Liam Benson
4) Dan Stokes
5) Harvey Blake
6) James Littlejohn
7) Will Broomfield
8) Dan Jacques
9) Dan Stokes
10) Louis Pople
11) Bradley Sweetman
12) Phil Wickwar
13) Owen John
14) Lord Phil Gault
15) Pat Harding
16) Joel Harding
17) Anthony Hibbert
18) Spencer Slaughter
19) Jamie ‘The Wizard’ Weston
20) Stuart Faith
21) Richard Thomas
22) Ian Simpson
23) George Willett
24) Josh Hawkes
25) Luke Akehurst
26) Simon Lehkyj
27) Tom Stripp
28) Steve Spies
29) Charlie Pitcher
30) Scott McCarthy
31) Alex Gathern
32) Joe Maskell
33) Scott Kirkwood
34) Charlie Bennett
35) Alfie Loversidge
36) Harrison Lees
37) Jayden Dunkley
38) Luke Vick
39) Chris Maynard
40) Ellis Common
41) Sam Jeremiah
42) Tony Burnham
43) Joe Russell
44) Jake Atherton
45) Tom Howes
46) Harvey Enticknap
47) Luke Marshall
48) Michael Death
49) Brian Husbands (same number as his age)
50) Ollie Lambert
51) Luke Paskins
52) Jame Ingham
53) Elliott Butler
54) Stuart Brown
55) Jack Simpson
56) Mark Enticknap
57) Emma Flin
58) Reece Wickwar
59) Neil Smith
60) Joe Tatford
61) Jack Gardner
62) Lewis Reep
63) Steve Bright
64) Jermaine Blankson
65) Gary Honeysett
66) Jack Troak
67) Eddie French
69) Rob South
70) Arni Kublickas
71) Harvey Ransome
72) Adam Phelps
73) Alex Crawford
74) Kit Tregear
75) George Galbraith-Gibbons
76) Matt Charman
77) Alex Beard
78) Connor Evento
79) Jake Lindsey
80) Joe Bull
81) Mark Darbyshire
82) Jack Wilkins
83) Nick Pitcher
84) Lewis Beebee
85) Ellie Moquet
86) Sam Newman
87) Max Donaldson
88) Sam Cash
89) Joe Fernley
90) Ben John
91) Neil Kane
92) Jordan Badger
93) Sam Badger
94) Alex Spinks
95) Stuart Ritchie
96) Alex Ternouth
97) Ashley Marsh
98) James Broadbent
99) Charlie Jones
100) Paul John
101) Ben O’Leary
102) James Laing
103) Phil Johnson
104) Paul Thorpe
105) Bradley Bant
106) Ria Banitas
107) Tom Green
108) Martin Lee
109) Sarah Chappell
110) Rose Jump
111) Jess Craig
112) Gemma Craig
113) Brendan Leahy
114) Lee Darbyshire
115) Mark Price
116) Ben Palmer
117) Stuart Faith
118) Paul Elphick
119) Charlie Tyzack
120) Rob Gallota
121) Simon Maskell
122) Shaun Kevern
123) Matt Denyer
124) Steve Hudson
125) Dan Turner
126) James Oliver
127) Ben Jonas
128) Kieran Dimelow
129) Joe Thorley
Thanks to all our Hassocks-related runners for ensuring that Johnsy has to pay out so much. If you wish to donate yourself, then you can do so through the Sussex Football 5k for the NHS Just Giving Change
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