Blues chip in for Loudy

[Donstuie]

From today's hun

Loudy Wiggins went along to a cocktail party on Saturday to raise money for the Carlton Football Club and came arawy $40,000 richer without even buying a raffle ticket.

Wiggins, nee Tourky, is the national diving champion who is making a comeback after taking last year off.

She is married to Carlton player Simon, hence was at the party at the Templestowe home of Carlton supporter Scott Didier. Guests had paid $1350 a head to attend.

As people drank champagne by the pool and listened to Ross Wilson, Brian Cadd and Russell Morris, Wiggins performed some dives off the half-metre board.

Then Brenad Fevola and Nick Stevens grabbed the microphone and made an impassioned plea.

They said Wiggins was struggling to find sponsors after a year out of the sport and that her campaign to dive at the Beijing Olympics was in doubt, despite her winning national 10 platform title last month.

After describing her as "a member of the Carlton family", everybody dug deep and raised $20,000, and president Dick Pratt did what so often does and matched it.

"I was speechless after it happened, and actually felt a bit funny," Wiggins said.

"But I'm so thankful to everybody there and to Richard Pratt.

"The money means I'll be able to train full-time and not work. I'd been doing some coaching, but it was taking up so much time, I quit a while ago.

"The timing for this couldn't have been better."

Good to see us looking after one of our own. Let's hope she comes back from Beijing with the goods.

(But does anyone else find the idea a bit weird of having a girl dive into a pool to 'entertain' people at a cocktail party? )

 

[Dk#1]

From today's hun

Good to see us looking after one of our own. Let's hope she comes back from Beijing with the goods.

(But does anyone else find the idea a bit weird of having a girl dive into a pool to 'entertain' people at a cocktail party? )

are yer wtf?

 

[Beloved]

Jesus, this just proves that Richard really cares about the people in the club, not the just the financial part of it.

Well done, and congrats to Loudy and Simon.

 

[Johnny Utah #9]

are yer wtf?

If anything she was showcasing to the crowd her skill and talent. Heck, it most likely helped her to raise the money so it was worth it.

 

[Donstuie]

Oh I'm not disputing that for a second. It just seems...weird

 

[HBF]

As has been said, great to see the Carlton Family looking after one of their own. Good luck to Loudy at the Olympics later in the year.

 

[Kooley]

was she a carlton fan before she hooked up with wiggo?

anything less than a medal in china will be not acceptable.