Official Fundraisers Gary Fullerton and Ernest Bickerstaff are travelling to Japan in December to represent the ProKick Gym in Northern Ireland.

The pair were fundraising to help make the trip possible as kickboxing will receive no official funding for the trip.

Gary and Ernest would like to thank the shop owners on the Woodstock and Cregagh Rd's for their kind generosity and words of encouragement.

In just under four hours the two spongers (as in Wash down) lifted £209 pounds. You'll see the two bucket boys on the Newtownards Rd tomorrow ( Tuesday).

Day 2 Ernest and Gary where out on the road again - the Newtownards rd and only for an hour and a half. The two bucket boyslifted another £100.

Later that night the pair were joined with Nuala Ward and attacked the Belmont Streets and managed to sponge a whooping £144 ...Wahey!