Ashbrooke Fireworks is back with a bang.

The sports club teamed up with Sunderland heart health charity The Red Sky Foundation to bring the event back for the first time since 2016.

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00:09Sergio Petrucci from the Red Sky Foundation, it was a bit of a gamble bringing back the

00:13Ashbrook Fireworks, are we happy with how it's gone?

00:16I'm delighted, I wouldn't say a gamble, I think it was a safe bet that this community

00:20has been crying out for the Ashbrook Fireworks to come back and I'm so so proud of everybody

00:26associated with the Red Sky Foundation, that gave us the belief and the confidence and

00:31do you know what, the smiling faces out there, the children, the adults, the grandparents,

00:37it's a family event, that's what it's all about, I really say thank you to everybody

00:41who has supported and bought the ticket and enjoyed tonight, most of all to the volunteers

00:46that we had because without them this simply couldn't have happened, we had a very very

00:50short window of opportunity to put this on but in true Red Sky Foundation style we nailed

00:55it and we smashed it but like I say, it's a team effort and with the trustees of Ashbrook,

01:00with the trustees of Red Sky Foundation, we're here to stay and I hope everybody enjoyed

01:06it and come back again next year and help us raise vital funds, not just for Red Sky

01:10Foundation but for this fantastic sports club, it really really does make a difference to

01:15the local community, so thank you.

01:17And obviously speaking of the tickets, what sort of numbers have we had, is it sell out?

01:20Yeah absolutely, it always is, we have 3,000 tickets available for sale and that's right

01:27within our plan and our event plan with health and safety, emergency services, I'd like to

01:33thank them and also the people from Sunderland Council as well for believing in Red Sky Foundation

01:38and make sure that we actually absolutely put a show on for everybody to enjoy.

01:44And we'll be back again next year?

01:46Absolutely, again, please come back again and support this place, it deserves everybody

01:52to come and visit and just enjoy the sport that you can enjoy here, rugby, cricket, bowls

02:00and squash and it's a fantastic social scene as well and like I say, it is the heart of

02:05the community and what better place to enjoy it than to help people with problems with

02:10their heart and we can all work together for a better life and a better world, thank you.