Faster, Higher, Stronger - A Celebration of Sporting Excellence

Fundraising Dinner and Auction to Support Excellence  in Disability and Para-Sport at Northumbria University

Guest-speaker Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE, 11-times Paralympic gold-medal winner and Chancellor of Northumbria University, will reflect on Northumbria’s

Paralympic success in Rio.

Joined by triple Paralympic champion and former world-record holder Stephen Miller MBE, Northumbria University alumnus and honorary graduate, and Northumbria

University’s para-athletes.

Hosted by Northumbria alumnus Scott Hastings, former Scotland rugby international and British Lions team member, and Fabulous Flournoy, player and head coach,

Newcastle Eagles.

 

The Dinner and Auction will raise money for the University’s Faster, Higher, Stronger Fund, providing:

• Disability Sport Scholarships for élite athletes studying and training at Northumbria;

• research opportunities to create and apply knowledge about sport performance,health and wellbeing; and

• specialist equipment and technology to enable more students to participate in sport at Northumbria.

 

When:

Thursday, 16 February 2017

Where:

Sport Central, Northumbria University

Time:

6.30pm

 

Dress code:

Black tie

 

To book:

nu.events@northumbria.ac.uk

northumbria.ac.uk/sportingexcellence

 

Price:

Tickets are £75 each or

£700 for a table of ten

 

Ticket price includes:

• Canapés and drinks reception

• Sport inspired three-course dinner with wine

• Music by Aukestra