It was a successful day on and off the field for the Glen Innes Elks when they took on the Barbarians for their Sponsors' Day and Nathan Stapleton fundraiser event on Saturday.
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It started when the Tenterfield Bumblebees ran away with a 50-19 triumph before the women were beaten by the undefeated Barbets 19-15 while Glen Innes Elks second grade team won 48-nil.
Then the focus was turned to raising funds for Nathan Stapleton.
There were items raffled and auctioned off including a signed Australian women's 7s jersey, donated by Rhiannon Byers, and a signed Waratahs jersey donated by Alex Newsome.
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Organiser Sarah Byrne said plenty of funds were raised and there is still money being donated.
"We haven't got an exact amount but upwards of $8000 which we deemed a great success," she said.
"Massive thanks to all those who donated items."
It was helped by gate donations.
"We had great crowd numbers there, more than a couple of hundred people through the gates," Byrne said.
"The community really rallied behind the cause and we had lots of bids on auctions items and heaps of raffle tickets sold."
Tenterfield president Jeremy Phipps went to school with Stapleton and their club put forward $500.