A CHARITY football tournament organised by a Crossflatts worker was such a success it is poised to become a two-day extravaganza.

Three weeks on from the inaugural Bingley Charity Cup, Elliott Horan has been inundated with offers of help to give the competition a major expansion.

He has already assembled an eight-person volunteer committee – which could rise to ten – and is in the process of setting up an organisation called the Five Rise Foundation to apply for things like funding to help the event grow.

This year’s competition raised £3,000 for stillbirth and neonatal death charity Sands.

Mr Horan, who works at UKAR, said money would be raised for a different charity every year now – possibly chosen by a public vote – and with more focus on local groups and charities.

The new committee is headed by Mr Horan and his 'next-in-command', Ashley Martin. Bingley town councillor Michelle Chapman will be in charge of PR and marketing and will aim to turn the tournament into “more of a gala”, said Mr Horan.

Mr Horan said FA referee, Jason Miller, will be sports director and Emma Miller will be public liaison officer. Other committee members include representatives from Beckfoot School, where the tournament is held.

“We decided to re-brand ourselves as a community interest company, called Five Rise Foundation,” said Mr Horan. “We can apply for grants for things like equipment, including nets and a scoreboard.

“We want to make it more of a professional thing. Everything will be more streamlined.”

The tournament could be spread over two days, featuring quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final on the second day.

Mr Horan also has plans to incorporate a junior tournament, big screen coverage of the matches, results and tables, a fair and possibly live on-stage entertainment. He also wants to enlist a Bradford celebrity/ambassador to present trophies.

Mr Horan said: “The football tournament did really well, but there was nothing for children to do, so we want a bit more entertainment next year.”

He added: “I am really excited. I just want to try and make it even bigger and better and get as many people on board as possible. So many people have spoken to me and said don’t be scared of pushing it.”

On the event’s instant success, Mr Horan said: “I could not imagine it going like this. It started off as something so small and has just snowballed.”