Pitch In for Cheltenham Tigers

A much slower second week, but key milestone with our 100th supporter and still 19 days to go. 

We have already seen 114 separate supporter pledges and total funds pledged of over £18,371 some 33% of the £55,000-target. 

Big thank you’ s this week to: 

• Local Bishops Cleeve businessman Jason Stipling for his generous support 
• Matt Francis and Kristian Williams of Apollo Paramedics 
• Barry Hewer for sponsorship of the Physio/medical room 
• Tim Bradshaw of Fatra Ltd 
• Neil and Abi Cheeseman of Harlequins Civil Engineering for being our 100th supporter. This is not the first time Neil and Abi have helped the club, they have close family ties with Newlands Park, provided sponsorship to Cheltenham RFC and FC Barometrics over the year’s and their continued support is truly appreciated. 

 Thank you 
 
With all six changing rooms now been named, we still have a further ref’s room and the sports office to go plus open to pledges around other aspects of the project that anyone may wish to propose sponsorship of. 
 
The Business Wall of Fame continues to grow, we are up to 9, but we need many more. Spread the word, and ask your boss to get involved when you get in tomorrow! 

Thank you to: 

• Andy Buxton or Azura Engineering 
• Alison Jones of Vets on the Park 
• Charlie Daniell of CPW Daniell Ltd 

"Not enough noise" 
 
Fundraising manager Dan Townsend said: “We are really pleased with the first two weeks, but something is amiss. I can’t put my finger on it, but we still don’t seem to be getting the message as far and wide as we need to if this is to be a success”. 

We had a great weekend with Presidents day and it was amazing to see so many of the mini’s and youth at home Sunday with almost clean sheet of wins across the board, but the volume of pledges just isn’t reflective of the great supporters base we have. 

We really need everyone to not just pledge, but share the story. 

We should not underestimate what we have achieved so far, but with so many players past and present with so many families involved throughout the club over the years we really should be showing three times the number of supports. 

Crowdfunding is all about lots of people getting behind the cause, to create a wave of enthusiasm that almost that drags the campaign along so please don’t put off pledging, please  “pitch-in” today. 

What's next? 
 
With the Cheltenham Festival upon us, our next milestone is huge and we aim to be at 55%, or £30,000.00, by this time next week. 

To support this the fundraising team will be adding some exciting new rewards in the coming few days, so keep your eyes on social media and our page at Crowdfunder.co.uk/tigers. 
 
Spread the word 
 
In the meantime please spread the word. We all want this amazing project to happen so share the campaign on social media – on your Facebook and Twitter pages. 
 
Get in touch if you think you can help with rewards. We want to offer stuff, time and experience in return for pledges so if you think you can help, drop us a line.  

We've had an amazing start, and there is a long way to go but we can do this together. 
 
Pitch In team