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Rovers Football in the Community team has joined forces with the
library service to run a RIF
project from September 2004.
Here's a librarian's report of what happened at one of the events:
"We had our second event at the Stockport game on Saturday
- or should I say they did! (I was allowed to be there though!)
The FITC guys were brilliant - as always, giving the kids had a
tour of the ground. They were told lots of stories, showed the changing
rooms, board room etc, they even went into the new executive boxes.
They then did some footy skills with them on the 5-a-side pitch.
They fed them with jacket potatoes, cheese & beans very kindly donated
from a local firm free of charge. Then there was juice, bikkies
& crisps. The kids got to see the players arriving, spent their
pocket money in the club shop, & of course free entry into the ground.
Just before the game the Vice-chairman presented the kids with their
books on the pitch. FITC had put something in the programme, and
it was announced over the tannoy. With the 3 -1 victory it really
completed a brilliant day - even though we all froze to death!"
Doncaster libraries also worked with Doncaster Rovers
during Euro 2004 and compiled a quiz - you can download
this (and the answers) from RTG
Resources. They also worked together during the
2002 World Cup, when the club provided free tickets
for games as prizes. There was a 'design a kit' competition
for ages 7 and under, which were judged by Rovers staff,
and the designs displayed in the library.
Try the World Cup quiz!
(you will need Adobe
Acrobat Reader) Or, try the quiz online.
It's pretty hard, so it helps if you're in a library
to do some research. Now there's a challenge.
To read a full account of the innovative ideas which
the library employed, go to RTG
Resources.
Contact: Carol Wootton drbellevue@hotmail.com
Reading Champion: Paul
Heffernan (pdf).
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