In our efforts to assist our large amount of juniors, the Doncaster Rovers committee has decided to launch a program whereby we can provide assistance to young players. This assistance scheme will benefit not only elite but the club is also looking to launch an assistance program for those players, boys or girls, that may find the financial burden of fee's, boots, etc difficult to meet.
At elite level players must pay for their own way to represent the state at outdoor or Futsal and that is also the case if you are a VIS player and playing in tournaments to assess players for selection into the Joeys. This can cost between $1,200 and $2,000 per trip and at the sharp end of the elite you need to go on 3 to 4 of these a year, so you can imagine the burden this places on the family.
In an effort to raise further funds to supplement financial commitments already promised by the club , DRSC will be holding its inaugural ‘Pasta Night’ on Friday August the 31st, commencing at 7.15pm.
There will be 3 pasta sauces on offer (Bolognese, Carbonara and Siciliana [Tomato, salami, olives and Spring Onion]) served with a choice of Spaghetti or Penne (tubes).
All pasta dishes will be priced at $10 a plate for a main course sized serve. The canteen will be open and soft and alcoholic drinks will be able to be purchased as people want. The senior women will be playing on the night so everyone will also be able to lend some support to the senior women’s team as well.
Note that this date allows the junior and senior teams invited to attend and ‘load up on carbs’ for their matches on the weekend. As a result, all players will be doing themselves a favour as well as helping our first recipient, Rani, achieve a possible dream. It is hoped that if this first ‘Pasta Night’ is a success, it will become a regular event and fundraiser for the club which will be channelled towards assisting children & families to achieve goals whether that be at elite level or to simply assist in playing at Doncaster Rovers .
The CoM wants this night to be a real success and to show Rani and his family how proud we are for them. We therefore request and urge that all players with partners or parents to attend from 7.15pm to approx 9pm, including Seniors, Ressies and Senior Women as well as all the U/15 and U/16 teams as Rani would have played with many of the players spread through these teams over the course of his career at DRSC.
