Incredible moment Super Bowl legend interrupts game to deliver 'special message'

Rob Gronkowski, aka Gronk, is simply a New England Patriots fable and four-time Super Bowl winner. He interrupted a watching enactment successful Swindon, Wiltshire, to archer a section American shot squad they had thing to cheer about

This is the unthinkable infinitesimal a Super Bowl fable interrupted Sunday's large crippled to present a "special message" to a grassroots club.

American shot fans were near stunned erstwhile New England Patriots fable and four-time Super Bowl victor Rob Gronkowski, aka Gronk, made an quality during the unrecorded sum of the crippled astatine a watching party.

Gronk amazed Swindon Storm, an amateur American shot nine successful Wiltshire, by revealing that they are the archetypal of 200 clubs crossed the UK and Ireland to person a stock of a £400,000 Cash4Clubs grant.

Members of Swindon Storm had gathered astatine a section sports barroom to ticker the Kansas City Chiefs instrumentality connected the Philadelphia Eagles – an lawsuit watched by millions astir the world.

And they got a daze erstwhile the unrecorded broadcast abruptly dropped, with Gronk appearing connected screen.

He said: "Hi Swindon! Rob Gronkowski here. Sorry to interrupt your Super Bowl Sunday, but I person a peculiar connection for everyone astatine Swindon Storm watching from Route 66 tonight.

"One of your coaches, Andy Wilson, applied for a Cash4Clubs assistance funded by Flutter. They heard astir each the large enactment you guys are doing to turn American shot successful the UK and support adults progressive successful sport.

"So present I am, connected the biggest surface successful Swindon, to archer you that your nine is the archetypal of 200 clubs crossed the UK and Ireland to beryllium awarded a Cash4Clubs assistance this year.

"Best of luck successful the BAFA league. And remember: You are the Storm! Enjoy the large crippled tonight."

The Cash4Clubs programme is funded by betting and gaming radical Flutter UKI and supports grassroots clubs with the purpose of keeping adults engaged with sport.

Founded astir 20 years ago, the inaugural has seen Flutter UKI, genitor institution of Betfair, Sky Bet, tombola, PokerStars, and Paddy Power, investing astir £6.5 cardinal into grassroots clubs.

Each year, the programme awards 200 grants worthy £2,000, with a absorption connected supporting clubs successful deprived areas. These grants supply indispensable fiscal support, enabling organisations to grow, thrive, and enactment their communities.

Last year, 85% of the those receiving backing said they had been capable to present much wellness and fittingness activities and thrust information arsenic a result.

Swindon Storm nine manager Andy Wilson said the “transformational” assistance would spell towards all-important pads and protective cogwheel for caller joiners.

He said: "The squad was floored erstwhile Gronk appeared onscreen. The full spot went crazy!

"We are truthful grateful to Flutter and Sported for this grant, but having Gronk present the quality during the Super Bowl was conscionable incredible. We’re truthful grateful to Route 66 for hosting america and making it a nighttime to remember.

"In the simplest terms, this assistance means that if caller radical privation to springiness American shot a go, they tin without the added fiscal unit of needing to bargain the instrumentality needed to play the sport.

"This backing could beryllium transformational for our nine and our membership, not to notation the lives of the caller members we anticipation to invited arsenic a result.”

Compared to the mightiness of the New England Patriots, 1 of the NFL’s top Dynasties, Swindon Storm is made up of American Football enthusiasts who founded the squad successful 2009 and vie successful the BAFA Division 2, SFC West.

Rob Gronkowski’s outings arsenic a choky extremity occurred astatine Gillette Stadium which has a seated capableness for 64, 628 fans, portion Swindon Storm choky ends Alfie Simpkins, Josh Gill and Angela Bartram, stitchery connected Sunday mornings astatine their section assembly transportation connected Southbrook Playing Fields.

Flutter UKI volition beryllium announcing the remaining 199 awards successful the 2024-2025 Cash4Clubs strategy astatine the extremity of the month. But the steadfast couldn’t defy the accidental to outpouring this astonishment connected Swindon Storm.

Last year’s winners included the Gosport Bowmen archery nine successful Hampshire and the London Wheelchair Rugby Club – which sent 4 players to the Paralympics GB squad successful Paris.

A Flutter UKI spokesperson said: “We each cognize the powerfulness of sports and we genuinely judge Cash4Clubs tin assistance tiny clubs play an adjacent bigger relation successful their community.

“It was large to person ‘Gronk’ present the quality of this year’s archetypal grant to the Swindon Storm – and we anticipation they tin replicate his occurrence connected the playing field!”