Calzaghe set to knock out competition at Stamford Bridge
Date: Thursday 14th May 2009
Contact: Claire
Duncan
Phone: +44 (0)20 8394 8345
Email: Out of hours press phone: +44 (0)7943
809162
Samaritans is charity of the year for star-studded football
match
Undefeated world super-middleweight boxing
champion Joe Calzaghe has announced he will be challenging fellow
sports stars and celebrities at Samaritans’ Soccer Six tournament,
taking place at Chelsea Football Club on Sunday 24th May.
Samaritans is Soccer Six’s charity of the year
for the fifth year running and proceeds from ticket sales and
celebrity donations will be given to the emotional support charity
to ensure that Samaritans’ service remains available 24 hours a day
to support anyone in emotional distress.
Calzaghe, former BBC Sports Personality of the
Year, will be battling against teams made up of band members from
music groups including JLS, The Hoosiers, The View, Babyshambles,
and NDUBZ. Other celebrities dusting off their football boots
to support Samaritans will be actor Danny Dyer, X Factor finalists
Austin Drage and Diana Vickers, models Caprice and Bianca
Gascoigne, former Liberty X singer Michelle Heaton and stars from
hit TV shows Skins, Shameless, Waterloo Road and Casualty.
Ex-professional footballers Frank McAvennie and Neville Southall
will also be taking part.
Samaritans’ Claire Duncan said: “It’s
fantastic that Joe Calzaghe is supporting Samaritans at this year’s
Soccer Six. His team will undoubtedly be strong contenders for the
Championship trophy. Soccer Six is a great event that helps us to
raise awareness of the 24:7 emotional support service we
offer.”
For your chance to visit Chelsea FC at the
historic Stamford Bridge Football Stadium and see who will triumph
as 2009’s Samaritans’ Soccer Six champion log on to http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/
or call 0870 534 4444.
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Notes to editors
Ticket prices for Samaritans’ Soccer Six
tournament:
Adult: £12
Child under 12 years: £10
About Samaritans
It is the aim of Samaritans to make emotional
health a mainstream issue. Samaritans' vision is for a
society where fewer people die by suicide because people are able
to share feelings of emotional distress openly without fear of
being judged. Samaritans believes that offering people the
opportunity to be listened to in confidence, and accepted without
prejudice, can alleviate despair and suicidal feelings.
Samaritans is a registered charity, founded in
1953, which offers 24-hour confidential emotional support to anyone
in emotional distress. The service is offered by 16,534
trained volunteers and is entirely dependent on voluntary
support. Across the UK, you can call Samaritans on 08457 90
90 90 (1850 60 90 90 in the Republic of Ireland) email jo@samaritans.org, write to
Samaritans at Chris, PO Box 9090, Stirling, FK8 2SA, or if you are
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