That was Wednesday manager Brian Laws' verdict after he became one Owl who really did take to the skies.

Brian overcame a longstanding fear of heights to make a parachute jump from 15,000ft in aid of Sheffield Children's Hospital - raising as much as £8,000.

Brian visited the hospital last year and was inspired by the courage of 12-year-old Daniel Grice, who has been bravely battling leukaemia.

So when Daniel, a keen Scunthorpe United fan, challenged the Owls boss to make the jump, he felt he had to do his bit.

Before taking off at Hibaldstow Airfield in Lincolnshire, Brian admitted he had been very worried the previous night.

"I'm definitely not good with heights, not at all. But I'm determined to conquer my fear and if I make it, then perhaps I can even persuade Daniel to put a Sheffield Wednesday shirt on!"

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Daniel seemed unconvinced - even though Brian was previously Scunthorpe's manager for many years. Brian made his jump with Rachel Bunting, Theo Club co-ordinator for the hospital's charity - and just a few minutes later was safely back on the ground.

"I'm shaking - the adrenalin is still flooding through me," he said as he returned to the airfield. "They had to shove me out, and it was a fantastic feeling coming out of the plane. For the first few seconds it was scary, then after that it was all so calm.

"But it was really exhilarating too - though not as exhilarating as beating Sheffield United! Wow, what a day," Brian said.

"The Children's Hospital does a wonderful job in providing the much needed, sometimes life-saving health care to countless children so that's why I agreed to take up the challenge."

Rachel, whose daughter has been a long-term patient at the hospital, said she had experienced at first hand the difference its work made to families from across the region.

"I've been a nervous wreck about this jump. But when you see what some of the families and patients that we see at the hospital go through, then this is the least I can do," she added.

- Photos by Blair Stent at Target Skysports and Katie Lunn

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