Newbury Rugby Club and was a roaring success! Over 130 people attended the event, which was featuring cover band Project Three Sixty. The auction was a hit and led to a lot of people parting with some serious cash! Great stuff!
The event was also attended by Barry’s parents and brother as well as representatives from the Newbury Cancer Care Trust and the Charles Clore Unit. ‘We had a great time! Thanks to everyone involved it was a wonderful event!’ said Maria Heron from Charles Clore.
The night managed to raise just over £7,500, a fantastic start to the fundraising…..but still a long way to go yet!!
Thanks to all who made this event possible, including Heather, Shelley, Tanya, Angie and Debi.
The highlights from the ball are now available on Youtube.com
Thursday, 21 June 2007
Wednesday, 6 June 2007
Operation What?
As the bright eyed among you may have noticed, we are now working under Operation £25K (O25K) Yes, this is al very confusing –but it is necesary. Due to various discusions with trustees of the two cancer units that we are fund raising for (Charles Clore and Cancer Care Trust) it has been decided that the funds raised would be of a far greater benefit if they were used towards equipment used in the units.
This would have much more an impact and we would realy be able to make a diference. So what has changed: the name, logo, and of course we are now not going to buy a minibus! So all that remains is that we are stil striving for £25,000 –it is still a MASSIVE chalenge, but together this is totaly achievable. As a group we can make such a diference for curent and future patients in Newbury and make the community aware of the work that the units .
This would have much more an impact and we would realy be able to make a diference. So what has changed: the name, logo, and of course we are now not going to buy a minibus! So all that remains is that we are stil striving for £25,000 –it is still a MASSIVE chalenge, but together this is totaly achievable. As a group we can make such a diference for curent and future patients in Newbury and make the community aware of the work that the units .
Coming Up - Events for your diary
Tuesdays and Wednesdays –Training up Beacon Hil 19:30 (see Owen for further details)
Thursdays -Circuit Training at NBC 18:30.
8th June -Summer Bal!
10th June—Training walk
Thursdays -Circuit Training at NBC 18:30.
8th June -Summer Bal!
10th June—Training walk
The Teams
TEAM A
James Wadham
Nick Freeman
Nikki Wilby
Matt Johnson
Shelley Johnson
Jason Johnson
Tony Johnson
Jamie Gough
TEAM B
David Johnson
Steve Vardy
Stephen Gowdy
Owen Joyce
Dave Fortey
Keith Dent
Sarah Dent
Andy Gallaugher
Claire Warburton
Mike Eaton
TEAM C
Dan Ward
Tom Chicken
Jon Stannard
Kate Ward
Anna Tidy
Alex Tame
Claire Lewis
Dave Bright
Richard Slater
Tim Bird
James Wadham
Nick Freeman
Nikki Wilby
Matt Johnson
Shelley Johnson
Jason Johnson
Tony Johnson
Jamie Gough
TEAM B
David Johnson
Steve Vardy
Stephen Gowdy
Owen Joyce
Dave Fortey
Keith Dent
Sarah Dent
Andy Gallaugher
Claire Warburton
Mike Eaton
TEAM C
Dan Ward
Tom Chicken
Jon Stannard
Kate Ward
Anna Tidy
Alex Tame
Claire Lewis
Dave Bright
Richard Slater
Tim Bird
Proposed itinerary
Proposed itinerary:
Friday pm
Saturday
Sunday
Friday pm
- leave Newbury for Lake District, stay in accommodation (Youth Hostel).
Saturday
- travel to Fort Wiliam, lunch, start around 4-5pm.
- Leave for England around 10pm
Sunday
- Scafel Pike, 5am -9am.
- Travel to Wales. Snowdon around 1pm -5pm.
- Then to the pub before traveling to Newbury in the evening.
- Further information and a kit list wil be available soon -please watch out for the next newsleter update!
Your mission, should you choose to accept it…..
Raise over £25,000 to buy a minibus to benefit cancer patients in and around the Newbury
area, in memory of Barry Evans.
The Three Peaks Challenge
Three teams have been formed from the 28 confirmed walkers (see below for team details). The primary concern for the weekend is that al groups successfuly and safely complete the three peaks and thatal wil complete the chalenge within 24 hours.
Contacts
Steering group:
Alex Tame:alex.tame@vodafone.com
Dan Ward: daniel.ward@uk.pgds.com
James Wadhamjames.wadham@clinisys.co.uk
Kate Ward:wardkj@penningtons.co.uk
Owen Joyce: gunnercasper@hotmail.com
Steve Vardy: steven.vardy@virgin.net
Paul Davey: daveypr@btinternet.com
Bex Bright: bexbright@hotmail.com
area, in memory of Barry Evans.
The Three Peaks Challenge
Three teams have been formed from the 28 confirmed walkers (see below for team details). The primary concern for the weekend is that al groups successfuly and safely complete the three peaks and thatal wil complete the chalenge within 24 hours.
Contacts
Steering group:
Alex Tame:alex.tame@vodafone.com
Dan Ward: daniel.ward@uk.pgds.com
James Wadhamjames.wadham@clinisys.co.uk
Kate Ward:wardkj@penningtons.co.uk
Owen Joyce: gunnercasper@hotmail.com
Steve Vardy: steven.vardy@virgin.net
Paul Davey: daveypr@btinternet.com
Bex Bright: bexbright@hotmail.com
Summer Ball
Plans are well under way for the Summer ball taking place Friday 8th June -get your glad rags ready as we kick of the fundraising chalenge in style! The ball is featuring the band Project ThreeSixty who are sure to be a hit! Confirmed Auction items:
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased from Debi Arden-Hunt or Angie Bryant (abryant@baptist.org.uk, 07770636638) at £20. Don’t forget to buy a ticket for yourself….! They are selling out fast, with over half already sold—so please buy now to avoid disappointment.
- Mont blanc pen
- Light aircraft flight
- Week’s accommodation in Cornwall
- Champagne
- Signed England cricket team photo
- England cricket tickets
- Man's haircut
- Sony Ericsson handset and top up voucher
- Catered dinner for six
- Bed and breakfast at the Crab
- Dinner for two at Jamie Oliver’s London restaurant, Fifteen (up to £200 plus £50 travel expenses)
- Tickets to Newbury Racecourse
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased from Debi Arden-Hunt or Angie Bryant (abryant@baptist.org.uk, 07770636638) at £20. Don’t forget to buy a ticket for yourself….! They are selling out fast, with over half already sold—so please buy now to avoid disappointment.
Wednesday, 30 May 2007
Who we are raising money for
The Charles Clore Macmillan Day Unit based in Newbury our aim is to support people who have a serious and progressive illness who would value support with coping with the physical, emotional and social aspects of their illness.
The Unit provide a prompt assessment, advice on symptom control and regular support from a comprehensive medical team. There is also an opportunity to meet with others who are in similar situations.
They devise individual programmes of activities and therapies, various crafts and creative opportunities which they are very fortunate to have staff and students from Newbury College who facilitate these.
They hope that when attending Charles Clore can provide you with the missing pieces to enable you to have as a fulfilled life as possible. The unit is a cheerful and happy place and visitors are often surprised by this as they expect it to be quite sombre. If the people attending the unit go home with a smile on their face, having had an enjoyable day then we feel we have accomplished our goal. If you would like more information about the service we provide or are interested in becoming a volunteer, then please contact the unit on 01635 273725.
Download further information
Therapy Leaflet 1
Therapy Leaflet 2
The Unit provide a prompt assessment, advice on symptom control and regular support from a comprehensive medical team. There is also an opportunity to meet with others who are in similar situations.
They devise individual programmes of activities and therapies, various crafts and creative opportunities which they are very fortunate to have staff and students from Newbury College who facilitate these.
They hope that when attending Charles Clore can provide you with the missing pieces to enable you to have as a fulfilled life as possible. The unit is a cheerful and happy place and visitors are often surprised by this as they expect it to be quite sombre. If the people attending the unit go home with a smile on their face, having had an enjoyable day then we feel we have accomplished our goal. If you would like more information about the service we provide or are interested in becoming a volunteer, then please contact the unit on 01635 273725.
Download further information
Therapy Leaflet 1
Therapy Leaflet 2
Thursday, 10 May 2007
Latest News
Plans for the Three Peaks are progressing nicely and last night the steering group met up to start discussing the details for the challenge. I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for showing an active interest in the Three Peaks and let you know the current developments.
The Plan
We have decided that the best option is to start the challenge in the afternoon of Saturday 21st July at Fort William in Scotland. This is based on sunset falling on Ben Nevis around 22:00 and sunrise at Scarfell around 5am. All guides advise against starting Scarfell before 5am so we have therefore planned our timing on a 5am start in Wasdale Head. The timetable for the weekend will therefore be as follows:
Friday 20th July
Leave Newbury late afternoon and head to the Lake District where we plan an overnight stay. Accommodation is currently being investigated but we are looking at B&B/Youth Hostel options.
Saturday 21st July
Continue our journey to Fort William with the intention of arriving sometime around lunchtime and a visiting the famous Fort William chip shop.
4.00pm - The slow team will leave Fort William and head off to Ben Nevis.
5.30pm - The fast team will leave Fort William and head off to Ben Nevis.
The staggered start is planned so that both teams should be retuning to the minibuses around the same time. After a warm snack (hopefully prepared by the support team) we will depart Fort William and head to Wasdale in the Lake District (approx 260 miles).
Sunday 22nd July
We will depart Wasdale and head for Scarfell at 5am, returning to the minibuses by 9am.
The drive to Llanberis (Snowdon) is expected to take just over 4 hours so we should be starting our ascent to Snowdon around 1.30pm, giving us 4 hours to complete the challenge!
Next Steps
Given the financial commitment to prepare for the Three Peaks we have decided that in order to take part, all participants must pay £30 to reserve their place. As I am sure you will appreciate, we will need to make a number of financial decisions quite quickly (i.e. booking accommodation, minibus hire, fuel costs etc) so we need to know that people are committed to take part - if we hire three minibuses and then a number of people drop out, it will cost us around £500!
We are currently compiling a brief questionnaire, medical disclaimer and information pack that we will have available from Wednesday 18th April. You will need to to complete the form and pay £30 ASAP after this date so that we can start booking the accommodation, deciding the teams etc. The cut off date for the form and money will be Sunday 6th May as the steering group will be meeting again on Tuesday 8h May to start planning the next phase
Training
Training walks are planned to take place every two weeks on a Sunday afternoon - these are open to all. Dates and details of the walks will follow in due course but please note that the first walk will take place on Sunday 15th April from around 3pm.
We are also looking at the option of running weekly circuit training sessions at NBC - details to follow.
Obviously everyone will not be able to make all of the training dates but they will provide a great opportunity to work on our fitness!
Fundraising
The fundraising team have been busy making good progress and we will hear more about that in due course but a date for your diary is Friday 8th June. Newbury Rugby Club has been booked for a fundraising "Summer Ball" evening that will feature the band (Project ThreeSixty), food and an auction - details to follow.
It has also been suggested that we make a small donation to the Mountain Rescue charity.
Support/Misc
Regular updates will be included in the weekly NBC newsletter with prayer requests.
The website/blog is nearly ready.
Well that's it for now...please look out for the introductory forms later this month and make sure that these are returned to us with the £30 fee ASAP.
If you have any questions then please let me (or one of the steering group) know.
Steering Group - Alex Tame, Kate & Dan Ward, Steve Vardy, James Wadham, Bex Bright, Owen Joyce & Paul Davey
Catch you later.
Alex Tame
The Plan
We have decided that the best option is to start the challenge in the afternoon of Saturday 21st July at Fort William in Scotland. This is based on sunset falling on Ben Nevis around 22:00 and sunrise at Scarfell around 5am. All guides advise against starting Scarfell before 5am so we have therefore planned our timing on a 5am start in Wasdale Head. The timetable for the weekend will therefore be as follows:
Friday 20th July
Leave Newbury late afternoon and head to the Lake District where we plan an overnight stay. Accommodation is currently being investigated but we are looking at B&B/Youth Hostel options.
Saturday 21st July
Continue our journey to Fort William with the intention of arriving sometime around lunchtime and a visiting the famous Fort William chip shop.
4.00pm - The slow team will leave Fort William and head off to Ben Nevis.
5.30pm - The fast team will leave Fort William and head off to Ben Nevis.
The staggered start is planned so that both teams should be retuning to the minibuses around the same time. After a warm snack (hopefully prepared by the support team) we will depart Fort William and head to Wasdale in the Lake District (approx 260 miles).
Sunday 22nd July
We will depart Wasdale and head for Scarfell at 5am, returning to the minibuses by 9am.
The drive to Llanberis (Snowdon) is expected to take just over 4 hours so we should be starting our ascent to Snowdon around 1.30pm, giving us 4 hours to complete the challenge!
Next Steps
Given the financial commitment to prepare for the Three Peaks we have decided that in order to take part, all participants must pay £30 to reserve their place. As I am sure you will appreciate, we will need to make a number of financial decisions quite quickly (i.e. booking accommodation, minibus hire, fuel costs etc) so we need to know that people are committed to take part - if we hire three minibuses and then a number of people drop out, it will cost us around £500!
We are currently compiling a brief questionnaire, medical disclaimer and information pack that we will have available from Wednesday 18th April. You will need to to complete the form and pay £30 ASAP after this date so that we can start booking the accommodation, deciding the teams etc. The cut off date for the form and money will be Sunday 6th May as the steering group will be meeting again on Tuesday 8h May to start planning the next phase
Training
Training walks are planned to take place every two weeks on a Sunday afternoon - these are open to all. Dates and details of the walks will follow in due course but please note that the first walk will take place on Sunday 15th April from around 3pm.
We are also looking at the option of running weekly circuit training sessions at NBC - details to follow.
Obviously everyone will not be able to make all of the training dates but they will provide a great opportunity to work on our fitness!
Fundraising
The fundraising team have been busy making good progress and we will hear more about that in due course but a date for your diary is Friday 8th June. Newbury Rugby Club has been booked for a fundraising "Summer Ball" evening that will feature the band (Project ThreeSixty), food and an auction - details to follow.
It has also been suggested that we make a small donation to the Mountain Rescue charity.
Support/Misc
Regular updates will be included in the weekly NBC newsletter with prayer requests.
The website/blog is nearly ready.
Well that's it for now...please look out for the introductory forms later this month and make sure that these are returned to us with the £30 fee ASAP.
If you have any questions then please let me (or one of the steering group) know.
Steering Group - Alex Tame, Kate & Dan Ward, Steve Vardy, James Wadham, Bex Bright, Owen Joyce & Paul Davey
Catch you later.
Alex Tame
Friday, 4 May 2007
Operation Minibus Summer Ball Auction
OPERATION MINIBUSInvites you.… attend the
Operation Minibus Summer Ball Auction.
Friday 8th day of June, 2007
from 7:30 p.m.
The festivities will be held
At the Newbury Rugby Club
Monks Lane
Newbury
Tickets are £20 and are available from Newbury
Baptist Church
Dress code: Black tie and glamorous!
For further details please contact: bexbright@hotmail.com
Original Poster for you to print
Monday, 16 April 2007
Friday, 30 March 2007
Remembering Barry - The Three Peaks Challenge
Many of you will remember Barry Evans, Heather's husband, who lost his fight against bowel cancer last year. As you can imagine, the past 12 months have been a difficult year for many people in our small group, across NBC and especially for Heather. Over the past year, Heather has been actively raising money to support the work of Cancer Research and many of her friends and family have taken part in events such as the run for life.
Barry was an integral part of our small group and his determination to remain focused on Jesus despite all he was going through has been an inspiration to many people. Barry constantly challenged those around him, asking open, honest, heartfelt questions and encouraging everyone to keep on searching for answers. The memory of Barry will live on in the hearts of those people whose lives he touched and this year our small group has decided that we want to do something in honour of Barry that will have a lasting impact and continue to encourage other people in the way Barry encouraged us.
We have therefore decided to undertake the THREE PEAKS CHALLENGE in memory of Barry. For those who are unaware, the goal is to climb Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowden (the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales) within 24 hours. The money we raise from the challenge will be used to benefit cancer sufferers in Newbury. We are currently exploring various options regarding the specifics and will let everyone know as soon as we have decided on how the money will be spent.
Barry was an integral part of our small group and his determination to remain focused on Jesus despite all he was going through has been an inspiration to many people. Barry constantly challenged those around him, asking open, honest, heartfelt questions and encouraging everyone to keep on searching for answers. The memory of Barry will live on in the hearts of those people whose lives he touched and this year our small group has decided that we want to do something in honour of Barry that will have a lasting impact and continue to encourage other people in the way Barry encouraged us.
We have therefore decided to undertake the THREE PEAKS CHALLENGE in memory of Barry. For those who are unaware, the goal is to climb Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowden (the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales) within 24 hours. The money we raise from the challenge will be used to benefit cancer sufferers in Newbury. We are currently exploring various options regarding the specifics and will let everyone know as soon as we have decided on how the money will be spent.
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