Kevin Sinfield assured of a warm reception in Hull for latest challenge

Rugby League and fundraising legend, Kevin Sinfield CBE is hoping for a warm reception when he comes to Hull in his latest challenge on Thursday 5th December.

During his playing career, there were not many cheers for Sinfield when he travelled across to East Yorkshire with Leeds Rhinos but his incredible fundraising efforts inspired by his friend Rob Burrow have made Sinfield the pride of Rugby League in recent years.

Sinfield will run in memory of Burrow, who passed away from MND in June this year. This will be Sinfield’s fifth annual challenge for the MND community having raised nearly £10million in the first four events but this will be his first visit to Hull.

The day will start at 7am at Beverley Racecourse before Sinfield heads down through North Ferriby before heading East towards the MKM Stadium then to Queen Victoria Square before finishing at Sewell Group Craven Park at around 1.30pm.

Sinfield will wear a black and white running top for the first half of the day before swapping to a red and white top as he travels to East Hull. This year’s challenge has the tagline of ‘Running home for Christmas’ as the seventh day will end in Sinfield’s home area of Saddleworth.

Sinfield will be raising money for six MND charities with the MND Association being the primary partner and will aid the association’s work in the region.The week long challenge will start on 1st December with Sinfield and the team covering over 50km per day, visiting seven regions across Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Each day will be broken down into 7km blocks, the number 7 as always central to Sinfield’s challenge in recognition of his friend and former team mate Rob Burrow, who wore the number during his glittering career alongside Sinfield at Leeds Rhinos.

The team will aim to complete each 7km within one hour before the next block must start on the hour, meaning the only rest the team will get between each leg is the time spare after they have completed the block.

Commenting on his new challenge, Sinfield said, ’I have wanted to integrate Hull into our challenges for a couple of years but the opportunity has not be there so I am delighted to be able to come this year. Hull is a Rugby League mad city and Hull FC and Hull KR fans gave so much support to Rob throughout his battle with MND.

‘We have many friends in the city and this is definitely one of the days we are very much looking forward to in this year’s challenge.’

Members of the public can sponsor Kevin at https://donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/kevin-sinfield-and-teams-fundraising or by texting Kevin10 to 70143 to donate £10.