Craig's Heartstrong Foundation are pleased to announce next years annual ball will take place on Friday 20th March 2009 at the Hilton Hotel.  This years guest speaker will be none other than Chris Kamara. Tickets are available NOW by calling the Charity hotline on 401761 or Chairman Paul Healey on 460918.  Please book early to avoid disappointment.

Chris Kamara (born 25 December 1957 in Middlesbrough) is a former professional footballer in England. He retired from playing in 1995 but since he last managed a club in 1998 he is best known for his work at Sky Sports as a football analyst, and his famous catch-phrase, "Unbelievable, Jeff!"

Kamara was born in Middlesbrough to a father of Sierra Leone roots. After serving with the British Royal Navy, Kamara joined Portsmouth in 1975, beginning a professional footballing career that saw him move between nine clubs, scoring 71 goals in 641 league appearances.

After acquiring a reputation as a hard man as a player, this continued into his forays as a manager, resulting with him being censured for his conduct. Kamara spent short spells as manager of Stoke City and Bradford City, nearly relegating the former and the latter being the club he ended his playing career with. He steered the Bantams to promotion in the 1995-96 season through the play-offs, and is very highly thought of at Valley Parade.

Kamara presents Sky Sports' Goals On Sunday show and provides additional commentary on some of Sky's televised matches. Perhaps he is most renowned for the Soccer Saturday programme, where he usually appears over live video link providing brief updates on the match he is watching. He also guests on Soccer AM where he brings live link ups hours before games from various stadia and inevitably gives away both teams' line ups and tactics. He is often known to get overexcited and exclaim "Unbelievable, Jeff!" to host Jeff Stelling, a phrase which has become his trademark catchphrase.

We would like to take the opportunity to thank the event's main sponsor, The Bedouin Group for their kind support.  Please click on their logo to visit their website.