Marion's Still Smiling: Ardrossan's 'It's a Knockout' event to be held this weekend

The event will be held at the Ardrossan Accies Rugby Club’s Memorial Field from 1pm this Saturday July 23.

The fundraiser has been organised in partnership with NHS Ayrshire & Arran our purpose is raise funds by various methods to give terminally ill cancer patients the opportunity to go on short holidays/mini breaks.

This is being done in conjunction with Crosshouse and Ayr Hospitals.

The event is being organised by charity ‘Marion’s still Smiling’ in honour of late Saltcoats woman Marion Callaghan.

The event is run by the charity in memory of Marion Callaghan

Marion, her husband and the rest of the family feel greatly rewarded from such breaks and have many happy memories and say “sometimes laughter can bring a better feel good factor better than medicine”.

They continued: “We were so very fortunate that we were able to fund our breaks away, but many people are not – cancer often brings financial hardship.”

The charity has the full support of local the venues: the Seamill Hydro Hotel/Resort in Seamill, the Piperdam Leisure Resort in Dundee and the Auchrannie Resort in Arran.
The event itself will feature all the typical fun of an ‘it’s a knockout’ event, with teams competing across an inflatable obstacle course.

Teams will be competing in fancy dress, with a little bit of soapy water added just to making things more challenging!

As well as the obstacle course, face painting, hot and cold snack and ice cream stalls will also be present.

There will also be a kids fun zone, at a cost of £10 for a wristband for a full day of play.

For more details about the charity and event, check out the ‘Marion’s Still Smiling’ page on Facebook.