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Fundraisers club together in tribute to member Bert
Stirling Observer
|May 21, 2025
Bridge of Allan Sports Club hosted a remembrance fundraiser event in honour of dedicated member Bert Mitchell, who sadly died of a stroke last April.
His wife Arlene and daughter Ava put on a day to celebrate their beloved Bert and to ensure his legacy lives on at his club.
The day boasted everything Mitchell enjoyed: sport, food and socialising.
Ava said: "With excellent cuisine thanks to the Secret Chef, everyone was kept happy with the vast selection of food options.
"A thanks needs to go to Louise from Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland who said a couple of words on the day on the impact of strokes and how many people in the UK are affected.
"Approximately 100,000 people have a stroke each year in the UK.
"Stats like that put into perspective how important it is to raise money for causes like CHSS, to help ensure no-one is alone when going through a stroke."
The first exhibition of the afternoon was tennis, featuring Jonny O' Mara [Andy Murray's coach for his last year on court] and some of Stirling University's best players: Scott MacAulay, Matthew Earnshaw and Robert Cawley.
This story is from the May 21, 2025 edition of Stirling Observer.
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