Euro 2016 Charity Sweepstake is Drawn

In a lavish late-night ceremony conducted on the desk of popular STAND HQ, the draw for our much heralded Euro 2016 charity sweepstake was finally held on Tuesday evening. Forty-eight entrants were drawn from the bootleg Doncaster Rovers mug, and assigned in group and alphabetical order to the competing teams; so first out the hat got Albania in group A, fifth out the hat got England in Group B and so on.

With 48 entrants, we have two separate tournaments going on, and the draw for both can be found below. There is a £29 prize fund in each tournament, with the winner getting £20, the runner-up £5 and £4 back if your nation is the worst in the tournament.

We received £273 in entry money, so that’s £215 once the prize money has been deducted. As promised popular STAND will round that up to a £300 donation to They Cut We Bleed to aid with their campaign to re-establish Women’s Aid services in Doncaster. So, regardless of whoever you’ve drawn, you’ve all done a really great thing, for which, we thank you.

popular STAND Euro 2016 Sweepstake 1

Here’s the line-up for our first tournament, which features two battles of the fanzine contributors. In Group B, jacknpeat’s England face DJLazarus’ Wales, and in Group C there’s three folk who’ve contributed to popular STAND at some point in the past; karl2smith as Germany, JohnLeslieCoyl1 as Poland, and ChrisDonald92 as Ukraine.

Group A		Group D
	@DrMuttley		@medibot33
	@IamDaley		@rtid75
	@RalphDavies1		@chrispeat56
	@glossopluke		@beetlebeard
Group B		Group E
	@jacknpeat		@redmenace_zine
	@DRSG_DRFC		@sarahrovers
	@matchstickowen		@jamesjammcmahon
	@DJLazarus		@ceylanhussein
Group C		Group F
	@karl2smith		@sheepskinstu
	@RussH808		Jonny Dyas
	@JohnLeslieCoyl1		@BenDudley88
	@ChrisDonald92		@_niallmccarthy_

popular STAND Euro 2016 Sweepstake 2

As mentioned, we’ve filled the sweep twice over, so here are the runners and riders in our second tournament. Two people heading out to France to support Wales, glenglenglen and matthew_gabb go head to head in Group E as Rep. of Ireland and Sweden respectively, whilst in Group C mirkobolesan completes the home nations hat-trick by living in England, supporting Wales, and drawing Northern Ireland in the sweep.

Group A		Group D
	@chsingthedragon		@PeatGeorge
	@Gazz_Long		@Craigthefub
	@reesj665		@michaeljjava
	@TonyCSGreenall		@extokyotyke
Group B		Group E
	@SteveLeedlae		@Cynderness
	@jamesmyers1991		@bloxhamangel
	@DONNYDIVArl		@glenglenglen
	@BirdBirdessence		@matthew_gabb
Group C		Group F
	@joe_peat		@DeeeKayy
	@mirkobolesan		@IrishMackem93
	@MikeSFollows		@DRFC_Pete1993
	@donnyboy71		@claire_hendry