HUMPHREY Ker is set to run the Manchester Marathon in aid of the Wrexham Miners Rescue Project.
Wrexham AFC's Executive Director will take on the 26-mile run in April next year in a bid to raise funds for the miners project, located on Maesgwyn Road opposite the SToK Cae Ras.
The club have also announced that the project, for which Ker is a lifetime patron, as their Charitable partner for the 2024/25 season.
While we want to raise as much as possible for @WrexhamMiners, we also want to see @thehumphreyker run. pic.twitter.com/Syrzjfy9nj
— Wrexham AFC (@Wrexham_AFC) September 12, 2024
The Wrexham Miners Project is a local charity that works to preserve the history of Wrexham’s mining community and breathe new life into the Miners Rescue Station, an historic Wrexham building, transforming it into a museum, community hub and educational centre.
The charity is raising funds to restore the much-damaged building to its former glory and to support and expand the wealth of community activities that take place at the Station.
Mining and Wrexham AFC have always been inextricably linked and never more so than in the aftermath of the Gresford Colliery Disaster in 1934, when 266 men were killed, a great many of them Wrexham fans.
With many fans, and fan groups, asking the Club for ways that they can help both the Club and the local community, financially, Wrexham AFC Community Trust has set up a JustGiving page, with all of the funds raised going to The Wrexham Miners Project.
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To get the fundraising ball rolling, Chairmen Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds have pledged £26,200 each, to the fund, if Humphrey completes the marathon next year.
Humphrey said: “I can’t really think of anything I would like to do less, as my principle form of exercise is walking to the petrol station to buy a snickers ice cream, but the opportunity to secure these funds for The Wrexham Miners Project was too good to turn down.
"I have bought a pair of trainers and a huge vat of anti-chafing cream. If anyone feels inspired by the Chairmen’s generosity, all donations gratefully received. £2.62, £26.20, £262 – no amount too large or small.”
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