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Celebrity Question of Sport 2006
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Date: 15th Nov 2006
Venue: The Marriott Hotel, Gosforth Park
A star-studded sporting extravaganza raised thousands for the Chronicle’s Sunshine Fund.
In November, sporting legends past and present joined forces with business leaders across the region at the Gosforth Park Marriott Hotel to compete in a special Question of Sport evening. Among those taking part were Newcastle United’s Peter Beardsley, Steve Harper, Steven Taylor and Peter Ramage as well as Niall Quinn and a whole host of Newcastle Falcons players.
The winner of one of the raffle prizes caused quite a stir. Up for grabs were four executive tickets to see Newcastle United play West Ham. As Sky Sports presenter and ex-Scottish football international Alan McInally announced the winning number there was some embarrassment as Sunderland winger Tobias Hysen’s number came out. He very generously asked for a redraw!
Elsewhere on a star-studded night, everyone got the last photo in the picture round right – except for one. Ex-Sunderland star Kevin Ball’s table caused amusement by failing to recognise a very young Paul Gascoigne.
And there was a battle in the auction between Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn, pictured, and Newcastle United defender Peter Ramage for two shirts signed by Pele. The Magpie came out on top, contributing £2,000 to a night which raised £31,000, but we suspect he got a little bit of help from his friend as fellow defender Steven Taylor was seen leaving with one of the framed shirts under his arm!
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