Calling all Poker Players, Friends and Supporters, this is a GOLDEN opportunity to play in a Rio warm-up Charity Blue Blood Bounty game on CORAL.
- Monday 9th May on CORAL
- Start time 7.30pm.
- Buy-in €11 with 1 re-entry for the first hour.
- Starting stack 5,000.
There will be 1 bounty only and this will be on the head of the ‘Blue Blood Bounty’ player (prize donated by Blue Blood). Coral are guaranteeing a prize pool of £500 this will be in two parts. £250 being donated to Rebecca Redfern and £250 divided percentage wise to Gold, Silver and Bronze winners of the tournament (1st, 2nd, 3rd only).
Any monies over this will be divided equally between Rebecca and top 3 finishing players.
Not only is this great value for money but you will also be supporting a Paralympic Swimmer and her family in Rio 2016.
Please carry on reading all about Rebecca and her achievements.
Rebecca Redfern Silver Medalist on Left
Rebecca Redfern in the daughter of Team Blue Blood Member, Steve Redfern. Rebecca is a visually impaired (VI) swimmer who has recently been offered a place on the World Class development program of British Para Swimming and she is currently making a name for herself within the para swimming world.
Rebecca was first diagnosed with a degenerative visual condition called Retinitis Pigmentosa when she was 8. This has resulted in very poor central vision without glasses (i.e. when swimming), and zero peripheral vision. Her visual fields have reduced over time and will continue to reduce as her vision degrades – she currently has a field of around 10 degrees. To get a better understanding of this, try looking through a toilet roll with one eye whilst the other is closed – this would demonstrate a visual field that is much larger than Rebecca currently has.
In para swimming, VI swimmers are classified between S11 and S13, where S11 has no sight at all and S13 has limited sight. Rebecca is currently an S13, but as her vision degrades over time, she may find herself re-classified as an S12 or ultimately as S11.
Rebecca has been a competitive swimmer since the age of 9 and with the support of her family she now trains 10 sessions per week in the pool starting as early as 5.30am and combined with running in the evenings. On top of this, she attends regular swim camps with Team GB.
In December 2015 Rebecca swam at the British Para Nationals event in Manchester and broke the European S13 record – her first major achievement. In April of this year she attended the British Para Swimming International Meet in Glasgow which was being utilized as the trials for the GB para swim team for the Rio Paralympics. Rebecca would have to record a trial time of 1:19:74 which she smashed and set a new World Record for S13 100m Breaststroke when she clocked 1:16:86 – a time that also ranks her #2 in her local county for able bodied swimming. No rest for Rebecca as she was whisked off to Madeira to make her international debut swimming for Team GB at the IPC European Championships, where she claimed a Silver Medal in the S13 breaststroke.
The family now waits with anticipation on selection for the Rio team, which is announced on 16th May. Should Rebecca qualify, she will leave her home for a month in late August living with the team throughout this period and return home in late September.
All this comes at great expense and the Redfern Family support all their children continuously. Unfortunately Katharine (Rebecca’s Mum) will not be able to travel due to pressures of work and commitments to the other children and the start of the new school year. Steve (Rebecca’s Dad) would like to travel to Rio and support his daughter, seeing her swim and potentially bringing back the Gold Medal for her Country.
So please join in the Blue Blood Bounty Game and show your support by sponsoring Rebecca and her family. Thank you.
