Football and fun in memory of power colleague
The two teams from UK Power Networks who played in memory of a colleague. Photo: UK Power Networks.
A charity football match and a family fun day, in memory of a much missed colleague from UK Power Networks and featuring staff from their offices in Bury St Edmunds, has raised thousands of pounds and could become a regular event.
East and West Suffolk employees fought it out at the Woodbridge Town FC ground to raise more than £2,500 for Cancer Research UK, in memory of their colleague Duncan Bascombe who died last year.
Duncan, who was an engineer in the Ipswich area for 15 years, died of bowel cancer in September last year. A team of his Bury and Ipswich engineering colleagues tackled a team from customer services in Ipswich.
Family and friends of Duncan, from Martlesham, went along to the match and family day with around 150 people. His widow Lesley presented the trophy to the Ipswich team who won 3-0.
Organiser Simon Miller said: ‘It was a heartwarming day to remember someone who was thought about a lot by colleagues past and present. We plan to use the trophy again and will chose a different charity every couple of years.”
UK Power Networks area manager, Colin Agius, said Lesley and the family thought the day had gone extremely well and it was the sort of day Duncan would have enjoyed.