BEN, The Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund, is a registered charity which helps over 15,000 people each year aged from 3 to over 100 years. Some of the problems these people suffer from include cancer, physical disability, medical conditions, financial difficulties, drug and alcohol related problems and age related infirmities.

BEN's National 5-a-side Football Championship is a great way of getting the automotive industry together to support such a worth while cause.

ZFTUK have a team of 7 employees raring to take part against all other contenders. The team players have been announced today.  Steve Hickman, James Campbell, Danny Braaksma, Martin Bunning, Rudo Pavlik, Rob Montgomery & Lee Constable.     

Each team will play 3 games of approximately 15 minutes duration.  Winners from the Regional Heats will play in the National Final.

Regional heates are being held on:-

Sunday 16th July - Fairlop (East London), Slough (West London), Peterborough, & Sheffield.

Sunday 30th July - Manchester

Sunday 6th August - Birmingham & Gateshead.

The National Final will be held on Sunday 13th August at Powerleague Birmingham, Salford Stadium, Lichfield Road, Birmingham, B6 7TG Tel: 0121 328 4842

For more information contact Adam Hanrahan - BEN's National Volunteers Co-Ordinator on Tel: 01344 294719 Fax: 01344 622042 or E-Mail: adam.hanrahan@ben.org.uk

Good luck to everyone taking part, especially the ZFTUK team!