# 32 City institutions raise funds with charity rugby tournament

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/05/11/32-city-institutions-raise-funds-charity-rugby-tournament/
- Published: 2003-05-11T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Leading City companies played in the 31st annual S.P.A.R.K.S. rugby tournament

at Richmond this weekend sponsored by Mako.
Mako Global (“Mako”), a leading European
derivatives trading house, was the

sponsor behind this year’s S.P.A.R.K.S. City Sevens Rugby tournament that took place
yesterday. The tournament is in its 31st year and 32 City-based institutions competed
for the S.P.A.R.K.S City Sevens Rugby Cup.

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The Cup winners were Dresdner KW scoring 32 / 14 against PricewaterhouseCoopers 
and the winners of The Plate were CSFB scoring 19 / 5 against BNP Paribas.

S.P.A.R.K.S. (SPort aiding medical Research for KidS) is a children’s

charity dedicated to giving every child the chance of a healthy start in

life. The charity received over £10,000 from the event.

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