Howdra, a British-owned cleaning company in Dubai, has been a good friend of the Happy House for several years now and raised a lot of money to help us.
It kicked-off the new year by hosting the Happy House Charity Shield, a junior football tournament for Under 8s and Under 10s.
On hand to cheer them on was English soccer legend, Trevor Sinclair.
Chris Howard from Howdra said eight enthusiastic teams took part, involving children aged from six to ten, and the entry fees plus a collection raised an amazing £1,000 - plus raising awareness of our work at the Happy House, via publicity material and on the Howdra and the Howdra Boys Football Club websites.
It sounds like a very happy day and Trevor Sinclair did the honours by presenting the trophies to the winning teams.
Pictured at Under 10s champions Mini Milan (red/black) with their trophy; the Howdra Boys Under 10s (light blue) collection their runners-up medals from Trevor Sinclair, the under 10s teams, Trevor's team (yellow/blue) and Trevor with the trophies..
Many thanks to Chris Howard everyone at Howdra, to Trevor Sinclair, to sponsors and to all the boys who took part and to those who went along to watch. Your efforts will bring so many smiles to our Happy House kids .... who, like kids the world over, love football!
