CTRL Christmas Charity Valorant Tournament with Next In Line Esports announced, will raise money for Safe In Our World

Dom Sacco, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 18/06/2025

UK esports organisation CTRL Esports are kicking off the second CTRL Christmas Charity Valorant Tournament this week.

This event, put together with fellow esports org Next in Line (NiL) Esports, is intended to bring grassroot esports teams and other companies together to raise money and awareness for UK-based video game mental health charity Safe In Our World.

There’s a £5 minimum entry fee which all goes towards the charity.

The 2023 CTRL Christmas Charity Valorant Tournament will be hosted on December 8th, 16th and 17th 2023 as a 5v5 Valorant tournament. It follows the debut event that took place this time last year.

The tournament – sponsored by esports and gaming career platform Hivefolio and consultancy NTEsports – will be streamed live on the CTRL Esports Twitch channel.

CTRL COO George Lewin told Esports News UK: “We have been lucky enough to partner with the amazing team over at Next in Line Esports to bring as much awareness to the event as possible and provide some additional staffing support to help run the event.

“On top of that, they have a fantastic community to help boost the tournament and get some money raised for an amazing course.

“We have also been incredibly lucky to be sponsored by NTesports and Hivefolio for this event. Not only do both of these companies provide fantastic services in esports, they are willing to help out teams such as ourselves promote an amazing cause and support the ever growing grassroot scene within the UK.”

You can read more about CTRL Esports in our interview from earlier this year here.

Whaleofdoom, NiL COO, also commented on the CTRL Christmas Charity Valorant Tournament, saying:

“This will not be the last time us two organisations will work together – and I am looking forward to what the future brings. Also, thank you to all the admin staff of the event and members from CTRL and NiL for working hard and being fantastic over the setup period. Really looking forward to the event.”

Teams set to take part include those from Coventry Crosshairs, Swans Esports, Vexed, Paragon (who recently held the PRG Gauntlet) and more.

Those looking to participate can contact CTRL Esports on Twitter. They must be from the Northern EU region to take part.

The CTRL Christmas Charity Valorant Tournament donation link can be found here, while team captains can join the CTRL Esports Discord and there’s more info on the Challengermode CTRL Christmas tournament page here.

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Dom Sacco, Senior Editor

Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He has almost two decades of experience in journalism, and left Esports News UK in June 2025. As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late '80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He also previously worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation.

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