Dave John has pledged to donate £1 for every Hassocks player past or present who has played for the club in his 29 years at the Beacon that completes the Sussex Football Run 5k for the NHS Challenge.
Johnsy made the promise as the total raised by the campaign rockets towards the £10,000 mark. Many hundreds of players have represented Hassocks in Johnsy’s three decades with the club – if even a quarter of those run 5k for the NHS then his contribution is going to be a significant one.
The campaign was set up by Kevin Keehan and former Robins midfielder Scott Kirkwood. Non league and grassroots players from across the county undertake a 5k run, take a photo of themselves doing so and then make a donation to the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS charitable funds.
Keehan and Kirkwood originally set a target of £3000. That was exceeded within days and the fundraising shows no sign of slowing as footballers from across Sussex take up the challenge.
Our statisticians at the Beacon have so far calculated that 58 current and former Hassocks players have completed 5k for NHS. If you’ve already done so but aren’t on our list, then please let us know so we can add you:
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
If you’ve played for the Robins at any time in the last 30 years, then please remember to tag us when you upload your run to Twitter – @hassocksfc – as well as Run5k4HNS. That way we can add you to Johnsy’s donation.
To make a donation yourself, you can go to the Run 5k for NHS Just Giving Page.
