A friend to lifesavers; Wheats' nifty feat adds up to cash boost for the RNLI.Byline: DAVE A file sharing program from Thursby Software Systems, Inc., Arlington, TX (www.thursby.com) that allows a Macintosh to share files with a PC. Designed specifically for and needing installation only on the Mac, DAVE works with Microsoft's native SMB/CIFS file sharing protocols and uses ROBSON DAVID Wheater David James Wheater (born February 14, 1987) is an English footballer, currently playing for Middlesbrough, having recently returned from loan at Darlington. He is a central defender with a penchant for scoring from set-pieces. , he's one of our own - and all season his keenest fans have been backing a cause close to his heart. For Boro home games, the towering England U21 defender has been giving his friends and family the use of a hospitality box at the Riverside Stadium. In return, he asked them to donate to one of his favourite charities, the Redcar RNLI RNLI (in Britain) Royal National Lifeboat Institution RNLI n abbr (BRIT) (= Royal National Lifeboat Institution) → organización benéfica que proporciona un servicio de lanchas de socorro lifeboat station. And they chipped in a tidy sum, which after last Saturday's match topped pounds 350. Redcar rock David David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. - Boro's Community Player of the Year for the second year running - said: "I chose Redcar RNLI because my uncle Tony is a volunteer crew member there. I arranged for my family and best mates to use a hospitality box at the Riverside ground. Every time they went to the match, they made a donation by putting money in to an RNLI collecting box. "I was delighted when the club said I could hand the money over to uncle Tony on the pitch before the last home game of the season in front of the rest of my family." David's uncle, Tony Wheater, has been a Redcar RNLI crew member for the past 12 years. He said: "'It was a thrill just to be on the pitch. David is a local lad and all his family are proud of what he's achieved at the SUPPORTIVE: Wheats with his Uncle Tony, an RNLI crew member, above, and with team mate Stewart Downing, right football club. "When he said he was going to collect money for the RNLI, I was really pleased. I could see the rest of the family in the stands cheering when David handed the cheque over." The cheque was presented before the start of Boro's last home game of the season. Find out more about the RNLI at www.rnli.org.uk CAPTION(S): THOUGHTFUL: David Wheater's family ties sparked charity effort |
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