RAITH ROVERS have gifted cancer charity Myeloma UK the chance for their logo to appear on their away strip after being hand-picked by a supporter.
A competition was run earlier in the year by the Championship club for the opportunity to become a shirt sponsor for the forthcoming campaign, with the Edinburgh-based organisation the winner.
The decision to award Myeloma UK – a charity set up to aid the awareness of the incurable bone marrow disease – the unusual prize fell to competition winner and life-long Rovers fan Douglas Roberts.
He said: “As a Raith fan for over 25 years I support my club in whatever way I can, and I jumped at the chance to enter this competition.
“I always knew that if I won I’d give the sponsorship to a charity and Myeloma UK is a charity that is important to me.
“A good friend, Eric Low, set it up almost 20 years ago and since then it’s gone from strength to strength. The team at Myeloma UK do a great job of supporting myeloma patients in Scotland and across the UK.”
Raith Rovers CEO Eric Drysdale said, “The competition that we ran earlier this year was the first of its kind for Raith Rovers, and generated significant interest from a wide range of RRFC Supporters Groups, charities and local businesses.
“The prizes ranged from away shirt sponsor through to back of shirt sponsor plus other smaller prizes. There could be only one winner, however, of the main prize and Raith Rovers FC are delighted to be able to help support Myeloma UK and aid in awareness of this disease.”
The strip launch takes place during Myeloma Awareness Week (21 – 28 June).
Every year approximately 390 people in Scotland are diagnosed with myeloma, a cancer that currently affects 17,500 across the UK. Myeloma UK is the only charity in the UK dedicated exclusively to dealing with myeloma and the organisation supports patients and is working towards finding cure.
Myeloma UK Chief Executive Eric Low said, “A big thanks goes out to Douglas and Raith Rovers FC – we are thrilled to have been named as their away strip sponsor.
“Myeloma might only affect a relatively small number of cancer patients in Scotland but its impact on people’s lives is huge. This kind of visibility will mean an enormous amount to the people we work with every day.”
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