We are delighted to have received donations for the auction from many of the country's leading sports men and women. Below is a list of the items we currently have up for auction.
England shirt signed by 5 Manchester United and England players:
Signed book 'Be Your Best' plus a signed photo card by Sally Gunnell, Olympic gold medalist 1992 olympics.
Manchester United Football signed by many of the 1st team squad, donated by The Manchester United Foundation, comes with letter of authenticity.
Signed photograph of Roger Bannister.
Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister, CBE (born 23 March 1929) is an English former athlete best known as the first man in history to run the mile in less than 4 minutes. Bannister became a distinguished neurologist and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, before retiring in 2001.
Sir Roger was the inaugural recipient of the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year award in January 1955 (1954 Sportsman of the Year).
Signed Photocard of Bobby Charlton England World Cup winner in 1966 and European Cup Winner in 1968.
This rare and highly collectable item of signed 2008 Olympic Memorabilia contains an official issue Team GB cycling jersey signed by 12 cyclists who represented GB at the event, they include:
This item as been donated by British Cycling.
Surrey County Cricket Club full size cricket bat 2007 Ian Salisbury benefit year signed by squad including Mark Ramprakash.
Signed photo by Dame Kelly Holmes.
Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE (born 19 April 1970) is a retired British middle distance athlete. She specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events and won a gold medal for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She set British records in numerous events and still holds the records over the 600, 800, 1000, and 1500 metres distances.
Photo signed by Usain Bolt.
Usain Bolt (born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican sprinter. Bolt holds the Olympic and world records for the 100 metres at 9.69 seconds, the 200 metres at 19.30 seconds and, along with his teammates, the 4x100 metres relay at 37.10 seconds, all set at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Bolt became the first man to win all three events at a single Olympics since Carl Lewis in 1984, and the first man in history to set world records in all three at a single Olympics. His name and achievements in sprinting have earned him the media nickname "'Lightning' Bolt".
Limited edition print of the Stadium Of Light, Sunderland FC football ground signed by
Niall Quinn chairman.
Signed photograph of Victoria Pendleton taken just after her Olympic win in the women's sprint which Vicky has supplied for use at auction in aid of the Group B Strep Support charity.
Two signed photograpths of Steffi Graf.
Stefanie Maria Graf (born June 14, 1969, in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany) is a former World No. 1 female tennis player from Germany. She is married to fellow retired professional tennis player and Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi. Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24. She is the only player to have won all four Grand Slam singles tournaments (Wimbledon, the US Open, the French Open and the Australian Open) at least four times each. In 1988, Graf became the first—and still only—player to achieve the "Golden Slam" by winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same year.
Graf was ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for a record 377 total weeks—the longest of any player, male or female, since the WTA and the Association of Tennis Professionals began issuing rankings. She also holds the record for finishing as the year-end World No. 1 the most times, having done so on eight occasions.[2] She won a total 107 singles titles, which ranks her third on the WTA's all-time list after Martina Navratilova (167 titles) and Chris Evert (154 titles).