It was a bootiful day as Sports Hawke's Bay staff Kevin Murphy and Sally McKenzie filled their boots with boots yesterday.
The mainly second-hand boots and other sports shoes, mostly in good condition -- even if still showing some signs of last year's sportsfield engagements across Hawke's Bay -- had been gathered in the second Bring Yer Boots campaign run in conjunction with Hawke's Bay Today.
While the target was boots for children whose families may not have been able to afford new gear -- and whose winter season gets under way in most winter codes today -- there was an array of adults' boots and shoes, including turf and golf shoes.
Ultimately, there are too many to count, but early estimates yesterday were that there were at least as many as the almost-300 pairs donated last year. As with last year, some of the footwear is new.
Sport Hawke's Bay development officer Sally McKenzie said seven of the primary schools on which her work focuses are likely to receive the bulk of the sportswear, but she wants other schools and sports clubs to contact her if they have players needing the boots and shoes.
