Abingdon Hockey Club: Sticks Together 2023

On 10.09.23 Abingdon Hockey held their first Sticks Together charity event, this year raising funds for Oxford Hospitals Charity.

Earlier this year we found out that our unborn baby wasn’t going to survive. On 21.04.23 we said ‘goodbye’ at 15 weeks pregnant. During this time, we were cared for by the Bereavement Midwifery Team at the John Radcliffe Hospital and Sticks Together raised money for the work they do.

The Butterfly Suite is based at the John Radcliffe, Maternity Level 7 and helps to care for women and their families when they have lost a baby after 12 weeks in pregnancy or shortly after giving birth. The Ashfield Fund (part of Oxford Hospitals Charity) helps to support the bereavement suites, fund specialist counselling for families, and provide items such as cooling cots and hand and feet castings, which enable parents to spend a little more time with their baby and create lasting and tangible memories.

A massive thank you to everyone who took part and special thanks to Witney, Oxford Hawks and Bicester Hockey Clubs who provided the opposition for the four charity games that were held. We were also supported by many local and hockey-based organisations who provided incredible raffle prizes.

We are delighted to have raised £3642.00 through our match fees, a raffle, a silent auction of signed GB items and a cake sale.

Thank you so much to everyone involved and to our hockey family at Abingdon for being so incredibly supportive.

Look what you achieved!

Megan and Lizzie