The Son-Rise Cup

Good News for the event! The original trophy from October 2006 will once more be played for by TAVISTOCK TYRES v THE UNION INN. This will be an 11 aside fun match to continue to keep the history of why the event started. As many of the original players will take part!

 

 

More Good News! Heather Fell  Olympic Silver Medalist from Bejing 2008 is to be the Patron of the Son-Rise Cup! Our Committee are thrilled!

 

Date for 2012 – 19th.20th. May. Tavistock Community sports centre will host the Mens and Ladies 1 day tournament on the Sunday, all their competition will be 7 aside.A bar/BBQ /music/bouncy castle will be on site for their use. Tavistock AFC will host the Ability Counts Son-Rise Cup tournament. The Crowndale pitches will hold all the childrens and youth tournaments and businesses will be offered trade stall spots so as to give the event a real festival atmoshere!

MACRON SPORTS PLYMOUTH will Sponsor the Men’s Tournament 2012!

OCEAN BMW Plymouth will be supporting the Event and we are thrilled to have them on board.

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Nigel Eadie and his team from the Pasty house will have the catering rights for the 2012 event!

Rob Rich’s ”I love Candy” sweet shop are right on the case to support the Son-Rise Cup!

Nick Henderson and the Mansbridge team have put a super touch to the 2012 event by sponsoring the Officials with a uniform shirt, so the Ref’s will be very well turned out!

MEN’S Devon FA Trophy winners OGGY OGGY

Ladies Winners ‘Bay Ladies’

Disability Adults Winners Plymouth Argyle

Disability Mixed-Newton Soccability FC & Tavi Specials tied!

Under 8’s Winners TCFC

Under 9’s Winners Plymouth Trophyman FC

Under 10’s Hooe Rovers

Under 11’s Plymstock Utd.Colts

Under 12’s

Under 13’s

Under 14’s

Under 15’s Ivybridge

Under 16’s Tavistock Town

Under 14’s Girls Morley Rangers

Under 16’s Girls Callington

Newton Soccabilty & Tavi Specials- 2010 Rachel from Newton Soccability FC who won the Special Prize in 2010In October 2006 a Football Match started on the Crowndale Pitches called the ‘Son-Rise Cup for Autism’.

Two Teams played for this Trophy in October 2006, Tavistock Tyres and The Union Inn to raise funds for Paul Lewis’s Son-Rise Programme of America Therapy ,which was used by his parents to help him communicate and get him to break free from his secret World where he never spoke or looked at anyone!

Paul was diagnosed with Severe Autism in December 2003 and in October 2004 Raun Kauffman from the Autism Treatment Centre of America was interviewed on Richard and Judy’s Channel 4 Show using this therapy.

Following up leads and reading up on the internet about this powerful therapy Paul’s Parents Sheena and Allen decided to adopt the ideas and go on a course at Enfield with over 200 parents and carers.

Allen was convinced he had found the key to unlock his son.

On their return to Tavistock they began fund raising to get enough money to build a playroom as close to the designs in America.

A walk across Dartmoor by 12 people raised £5,000 and to follow Allen organized 5 horse rides, the last one Famous Horse Racing Celebrities attended , including Bob Champion MBE and Trainer Martin Pipe CBE.

Xfactor and Happy Mondays Singer Rowetta came for a publicity story to get interest in this therapy and with the football matches and support from other Fund Raisers the Family raised over £40,000 to help their son and promote Autism Awareness.

In May 2012 it will be the 7th. Son-Rise Cup Event and money raised will help other Local Charities now Paul is at school. Disability football will be one of them.

The Lewis Family worked non stop for 4 years to help their son and succeeded in getting him to use eye contact and speech in a specially designed playroom and with the help of over 35 volunteers , one Professionally Trained Child Facillitator they managed to get their son to communicate well enough to attend Main Stream School. First St. Rumons in Tavistock and now on to St. Peters Primary School.

The Son-Rise Cup for Autism is now an Established DEVON FA Event for the people of Tavistock and the 2011 Event involved over 100 businesses! We hope that in 2012 we will break all records with hopefully 1,500 footballers taking part.

Allen said, “Without the Support of the Tavistock People and Rural Community our goal would never have been achieved. We have made so many friends because of Paul and I have a fantastic relationship with all the businesses in this Area. A big thank you is all I can say!”

To learn more about this therapy visit-www.son-rise.org