Cape Town will play host to this year’s unique gathering of the rugby fraternity on 12 August 2008 when the 11th annual Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund fundraising banquet dinner is staged in the Mother City’s Grand West Casino.

Joel Stransky will be the master of ceremony and the key note speaker will be another well known rugby personality, Kobus Wiese.

The charity banquet dinner takes the form of a glitzy up-market event with a host of exciting entertainment which includes the likes of singing sensations’ Die Broers and the highly successful band, FreshlyGround.

Another prominent highlight in store for the fundraiser evening will include the current World Cup Winners’ Springbok Squad, coach and management who will join the dinner for part of the evening.

The Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund, a non-profit organization, pays homage to two young players who died playing the game they loved.

The Fund fulfils two core objectives, firstly to assist the unfortunate victims of catastrophic/serious rugby injuries, and secondly to develop and implement initiatives that aim to educate, inform and create awareness with the purpose of making rugby safer and thereby reducing the number of injuries.

Morné Du Plessis, Chairman of the Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund said: “We are excited that the event is being hosted in Cape Town this year. Our welcome to Cape Town, local is lekker trademark will surely entice a huge audience.”

Other activities’ on the night’s programme includes an interactive Rugby Trivia Game Show, an award presentation by the Springbok Captain and an auction of popular rugby memorabilia and other sought after lifestyle items.

Another prominent highlight in store for the evening will include the current World Cup Winners’ Springbok Squad, coach and management who will join the dinner for part of the evening.

Chris Burger Petro Jackson Charity Dinner

Date: 12 August 2008
Venue: Market Hall
Location: Grand West Casino, Cape Town
Price: R10, 000.00 per table which includes nine guests plus one local Ex Springbok, which is priceless for such a good cause.

Please contact +27(0)21-659 5615/41 for more information on this charity dinner.

A little bit about the Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund:

In 1980, Western Province fullback Chris Burger broke his neck and died in a Currie Cup match in Bloemfontein, this led to the founding of the Chris Burger Fund by then WP Captain Morné du Plessis and his teammates.

Petro Jackson, a young player from Kylemore in Stellenbosch died during a match in 1989, prompting SARU to establish a similar Fund in his honor.

In 1992, the two Funds were united to form the Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund as it is known today.

The Fund hosts an annual banquet and golf day through which it raises much needed funding for its activities.

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