THE OLIVER GOBAT SPORTS FUND

(TOGS FUND)
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DEAR FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS,

We set up the TOGS fund as a legacy to Ollie, and to keep his presence alive in St Lucia. He would be delighted, always a sports-obsessed boy and man. Sadly we are no nearer finding justice for him many years since he left us too early in April 2014.  

TOGS actively raises and allocates funds to deserving young St Lucian athletes and to date we have help teams and individuals in swimming, football,  athletics, golf, boxing, cricket and tennis. We have even had one of our athletes represent St Lucia at the Tokyo Olympics and achieve sporting scholarships in the United States. 

Like everyone else on our planet we were hugely impacted by Covid, but have made up for it since with many successful local, regional and international sporting achievements and are extremely proud of the commitment and drive of our young St Lucians in difficult times. 

You can follow details of all our recent athletes awards and successes on our facebook page (please insert link)

Thanks to all who make our events a success, including some great friends of Ollie who help keep his memory alive: Mike Green, Ben Gilmor, Jane Benfield, Joan Paul, Stuart Purling, Brendan Taylor, Chris Owen and and to all our volunteers. 

We miss Ollie desperately every day but we know how proud he would be of what his legacy has achieved.

Yours in sport
The Gobat Family

SPENDING

Balancing supply with demand, I believe we have done a lot with the funds we’ve raised. Many of our young St Lucian athletes, struggle with the financial demands of equipment, training, travel, supplements and good diet…

GIVING

You can make a donation at any time and this webpage link tells you how to wire funds to the St Lucia account – or in the UK via our account

THE OLIVER GOBAT SPORTS FUND

The Oliver Gobat Sports Fund (TOGS fund) has been set up by the Gobat family in Ollie’s memory, to offer financial support to Saint Lucian nationals under 21 years of age, who wish to pursue their sporting endeavours, whatever they might be. This might include sporting equipment, travel to events, coaching.

We would like to cover support which is not available through a sporting association or from government.

CRITERIA

The applicant must be a Saint Lucian national, preferably under 21 of age, but requests will be considered on an individual basis

ACCESS

Complete application form below..
Providing sponsorship? There is also a form below for that!

REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE


WIRE TRANSFER INSTRUCTION
BENEFICIARY NAME

The Oliver Gobat Sports Fund Inc.
P.O. Box 2188, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Account Number – #107048582

For Sponsors wishing to wire transfer to Rodney Bay, St Lucia Branch:

FOR ONWARD TRANSMISSION TO:

The Oliver Gobat Sports Fund Inc.
FirstCaribbean International Bank (Barbados) Limited, St. Lucia FCIBLCLC
Account Number – #107048582


CAD FUNDS

Payment Bank:
ClBC, Toronto, Canada
Swift Code: ClBCCATT

Beneficiary Bank:
FirstCaribbean International Bank (Barbados) Limited, St. Lucia FCIBLCLC

Beneficiary:
Account name and account number at FirstCaribbean International Bank


EURO FUNDS

Payment Bank:
CIBC, Toronto
Swift Code: CIBCCATT

Beneficiary Bank:
FirstCaribbean International Bank (Barbados) Limited, St. Lucia FCIBLCLC

Beneficiary:
Account name and account number at FirstCaribbean International Bank


STERLING FUNDS

Payment Bank:
Barclays Bank PLC, London, United Kingdom BARCGB22
Swift Code: BARCGB22

Beneficiary Bank:
FirstCaribbean International Bank (Barbados) Limited, St. Lucia FCIBLCLC

Beneficiary:
Account name and account number at FirstCaribbean International Bank


AUSTRALIAN FUNDS

Payment Bank:
ANZ Bank Ltd, Melbourne, Australia
Swift Code: ANZBAU3M

Beneficiary Bank:
FirstCaribbean International Bank (Barbados) Limited, St. Lucia FCIBLCLC

Beneficiary:
Account name and account number at FirstCaribbean International Bank


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ABOUT OLIVER GOBAT

THE MAN BEHIND THE FUND

A BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL
AVID SPORTSMAN
A FRIEND TO MANY
AN ADVENTURER & EXPLORER
A SON & BROTHER

Ollie Gobat was tragically murdered in Saint Lucia on 25th April 2014, at the age of 38. He was born in Saint Lucia, and loved the country of his birth. He was training to represent Saint Lucia at squash in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow when he died.

Sport was Ollie’s great passion: whichever sport he chose to play he gave it his all and excelled. Every day, wherever he was in the world, he felt it imperative to exercise and as a result he kept extremely fit. At the age of 13, Ollie was diagnosed with bone cancer, and spent a year in treatment, in and out of hospital 17 times, and he conquered the disease. The week he was diagnosed, he played in 2 school cricket matches, an athletics competition, a swimming meet, and had a trial for Surrey Cricket – all with a painful swelling in his chest. That shows his dedication to sport. He began playing golf during that year, the only sport he could really manage, and shared a round with Nick Faldo, the 1990 British Open winner.

Ollie would want to encourage other young people to have the opportunity to pursue and achieve their sporting goals. As a family, we want to remember him in this way, and to make it as easy as possible to meet these needs, by setting up a charity to be called: The Oliver Gobat Sports Fund (TOGS fund). Fund raising events will be held in Saint Lucia and elsewhere – our first golf event in May in the UK was very successful.

Criteria for sponsorship will be that the young person should be a Saint Lucian national, and ideally under the age of 21, although all requests will be carefully considered, whether for travel to events, sporting equipment, or coaching. We would not want to duplicate what is already being funded by sports associations or by government.

For those who would like to support this charity, we will be offering an annual membership/sponsorship of US$20, and of course would keep you updated through our website.

ABOUT TOGS

TOGS offers financial support to Saint Lucian nationals under 21 years of age, who wish to pursue their sporting endeavours, whatever they might be.

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