Asian bookmaker SBOBET has donated £1,000 to a charity linked to football club West Bromwich Albion. The gambling operator donated the cash to the Albion Foundation and its ‘Walk the Albion Way’ challenge.
SBOBET chairman Mr Wong Yew Choy said: “It is a special privilege to learn of the fantastic work by the Albion Foundation in the community. SBOBET as a company believes very much in engaging with and supporting the communities in which we operate across the world.
“There can be no better example of support in the community than the work carried out by the Albion Foundation in enabling young people from all parts of the society to fulfil their full potential. I fully endorse their motto of ‘Inspire to Achieve’. As a football club, I am sure you are very proud of the Albion Foundation.”
The donation refers to the challenge that the Foundation’s blind football team undertook at the start of February. They undertook the huge task of walking from Anfield, Liverpool to the Hawthorns, West Bromwich; a journey spanning 86 miles over five days.
More information on the challenge is available at www.walkthealbionway.co.uk
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