A battle of the sexes football charity event in Workington at the weekend raised more than £2,200 for charity.

Footballers from the town’s Yankees FC team took on a side made up of female staff from Yankees bar in a charity football match at the football pitches at Workington Leisure Centre on Sunday.

The match and an after-party raised more than £2,200 for Cash for Kids, a charity which helps disabled and disadvantaged children in the UK.

The female team beat Yankees FC, whose players dressed in tutus, 8-5 to claim the victory.

An after-party was held at Yankees, on Washington Street, where there was live music, leg waxing, cream pie throwing, a raffle and auction.

Maddie Edgar, one of the organisers and a member of the Yankees’ bar staff, said: “It went really well.

"It was a brilliant turnout considering the weather.

"We are wanting to do it again next year."