Canterbury Hockey Club President John Maylam (centre) with Ziggy Ericson, Vice Chair of Juniors Section and Georgie Ericson

Sports club announces draw winners

Canterbury Hockey Club stages its prize draw tonight (30 Nov) to raise funds for East Kent Mind, in memory of student Chris Figgis.

The Deputy Head Boy at Kent College and Canterbury Hockey Club member took his own life. To help support mental health services in the Canterbury district the hockey club held a grand draw organised by Ziggy Ericson. Club President John Maylam began announcing draw winners at 7pm.

The amount raised for East Kent Mind is expected to be known with the next two weeks by the hocky club.

Simon Dolby from East Kent said the club house was packed on the night of the charity draw.

He added: “We are so grateful to Ziggy and her team for all the hard work in staging the prize draw.”

Organisations wanting to support East Kent Mind by staging a fundraiser or sponsoring one of its events or services should contact Simon Dolby by emailing: simondolby@eastkentmind.org.uk