BOLTON Wanderer's management duo Sam Allardyce and Phil Brown kicked off the town's Children In Need fundraising efforts in style with a charity penalty shoot-out.

Sam and Phil took time out from preparing for tomorrow's Premiership clash with Leeds to take part in yesterday's charity event at the club's training ground at Euxton, near Chorley.

Players Ivan Campo and Jussi Jaaskelienen also joined them for the shoot-out against Graham Warner and Dieter Clausnitzer, of Manchester-based insurance broker, Manson Warner Healthcare.

The event raised £3,000 towards a regional total of £538,434 for the day. Throughout the country fund raisers boosted the charity total to a record £13.5 million.

The Wanderer's boss said he was delighted to have taken part in the shoot-out to raise cash for such a worthy cause as Children In Need.

Sam added: "Children In Need is such a worthy cause to get involved with and we are only too happy to help.

"I am a great supporter of Children In Need. I think it's brilliant how everyone in the country gets involved to raise money for the charity, and best of all it helps children who live in the local area."

There were plenty of other Children In Need events that took place around Bolton yesterday.

Staff at Hair Studio 336, in Bridge Street, were dressed casually when they came into work, swapping their clippers and rollers for pyjamas and slippers.

Students and staff went into North Bolton Sixth Form College in fancy dress, with the students dressing up and the staff dressing down. And Maurice Lane proved he was willing to make a real sacrifice for the sake of Children In Need, when the Walkden man had his head shaved and chest waxed.