Sunday was the annual St Albans Street festival. With the temperature at 30 degrees, the town centre cordoned off and filled with food stalls, live music, creative activities, live performance and much more - and the Cents had a stall in the middle of it all.
The stall was organised and run by Cents physio Len McMain, with help from committee member Brian Parker and several players and volunteers. The idea was to let the people of St Albans know about their local rugby league club, answer any of their questions, socialise and of course, raise a bit of cash. Photo left - club stalwart Joe Shaw and fianace Ellie working hard on the stall. Photo below - the Cents stall in all it's glory. Len McMain added "It went very well, there was huge interest and support in the club. We sold a fair bit of stuff and I must say that the raffle went very well. We had lots of interest from potential new players and all of our leaflets and flyers were taken. A very successful day." We'll leave it to Brian Parker to sum up the day - " Soaring temperatures, smiling faces, mouth-watering prizes and at least one corset … yes, St Albans Centurions market stall was in town. At the Annual St Albans Street Festival, sandwiched between a spicy-lemonade stall and The Portland Arms, Len McMain and his glamorous assistants enticed passers-by to buy raffle tickets, purchase merchandise and sign up to rugby league. A number of the 1st team rocked up to help the physio-cum-entrepreneur promote the Club to a wider audience. Special thanks to Roy who started things off, to Simba, Alex, the entire Lawrence clan, Mr & Mrs Swede-To-Be and Niall Braniff who not only donated a raffle prize but also sold raffle tickets like they were going out of fashion. However, the biggest thanks of all must go to Len who manned the fort all day long and turned his original idea into a hugely successful day, with dozens of new contacts made and over £200 + raised for the Club. Well done Len and everyone else who supported the club. " Comments are closed.
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