Past Fundraising Events

 

Buy My Bag - 6th November 2011

Buy My Bag in association with The Silver Spirit Fashion Show was a wonderful fundraising event enjoyed by all.

Thank you to everyone who donated handbags and came along on the night. Thank you to Mia and Ironfist for donating some wonderful new handbags.  Also a big thank you to all the retailers and volunteers that sold tickets and helped on the night. An extra special thank you to LMP Models who put on an absolutely fantastic fashion show, hosted by Fire Radio's Jay Rachet.

We managed to raise enough funds to help grant some very special wishes including; Sapphire aged 12, currently being treated for stomach cancer. Her wish was to be a model for the day. Her dream came true when she strutted down the Catwalk alongside the professional models in The Silver Spirit Fashion Show. Her wish also included a makeover and photo shoot in London where she got to travel around in a pink limo.

 

 

 

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Great North Run (13 miles) - 18th September 2011

A great day was had by all at the Great North Run in Newcastle on 18th September.  Our team of runners enjoyed a sunny start but it ended with a downpour of rain on the last stretch of the run!

Kevin Allars - a great supporter of the charity, went along to support the RTCW runners by waiting at the finish line to cheer on our runners and then met them at the Family Reunion Area afterwards for a chat and some photo's.

A big thank you to all our runners for completing the Half Marathon and for raising funds which will be allocated to wishes happening in the North of England.

The fastest running times I have had in so far for the RTCW team are as follows:

Ben Fielding          1:38:18
Paul Berry            1:40:08
Kevin Shoesmith    1:50:24

One final thing to say, thanks so much to Kevin for going along and supporting the charity by supporting the RTCW Team of Great North Runners. 

Hope you can all join us again next year!

 

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Wish Walk - 16th September 2011

A big THANK YOU to all the Wish Fairies who took part in this year’s Wish Walk.

Everybody looked fantastic in their fairy outfits. Thank you to everybody who has sent their sponsorship money to us so far, we are on target to raise £5,000. Many fairies have exceeded their £25 minimum sponsorship which is absolutely fantastic and we will let you know the final figure in a few weeks.

Please join us in thanking each individual Wish Walk sponsors (in no particular order); Poole Dolphins (Cheerleaders), Samba Panashe, Peeks, Dianne Lorna Cakes, Virgin Active, Manor Press Printing, Springbourne Fireman, RNLI Lifeguards, All Out Leisure, Frances Solomons, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, NutriChef, Si Genaro, Phil King, Royal Bath Hotel, Charleys Waxing Bar, Bath House Spa, Coasters, Silkisoles, The Marshalls (41 Club), Aruba, Oceanarium, Rubyz and Bournemouth University Juggle Society. Also thank you to all the individual helpers on the night, especially Mike Stebbings one of the charity trustees, for working non-stop at the bar wearing a tutu!      

 

British London 10k Run - 10th July 2011

A team of 56 runners joined us in London to take part in the 10k Run and raise money for the charity on Sunday 10th July 2011.

It was a fantastic day and it was wonderful to meet the runners around St. James Palace as they headed past to the start line.  We got some lovely photo's before the run took place, which I have displayed below for you all to have a look at.

At around 10am the run started and we waited for you all to come running past. It was lovely to spot you go by, and cheer you on!  It means so much to the charity seeing you all it your RTCW t-shirts, supporting us!  We hope you might like to join us again for another run in the future!

A big thank you to our team of runners.  The monies you have raised will be helping to make wishes come true for some very poorly children.  You should all be very proud.

 

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Canford Magna Golf Day - 22nd June 2011

A big thank you to all the people that took part in our golf day on Wednesday 22nd June.  We raised just under £5000!

We had a wonderful day and the sun came out to make the day even better!

Thank you also to Harry Redknapp who came along to play golf and support the charity.

A huge thank you to our sponsors.  We really appreciate your support.

Thank you to Rhian and Charlotte who helped by serving the Pimms on the day!

Well done to the winning team "Don't Worry Golf Society" and the runners up "Has Anyone Seen My Balls?" 

Hope you can all join us again next year for another fantastic day!

Winners	Runners Up

Other photo's from the day:

The RTCW Team (above)

 

 

 

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Great Manchester Run - 15th May 2011

A big congratulations to our team of 40 runners, who joined us on the 15th May to take part in this year's Great Manchester Run.

Julie and Richard from the charity also took part in the run this year and very much enjoyed the day!  They thought it was a fantastic atmosphere and it was great to see some of the runners afterwards at the Old Grapes Pub in Deansgate.  Some of the RTCW runners were so quick, that by the time Julie had reached The Old Grapes they had already headed home!

Thank you to all the runners for taking part and raising those all-important funds!

The three fastest running times from our RTCW team are as follows:

1st - Ian Parnell - 39 mins 51 secs

2nd - Chris Jones - 43 mins 27 secs

3rd - Martin Scarborough - 43 mins 50 secs

Please continue to send in your running times if you were part of the RTCW team this year.

Phill Horrocks, Jim Shervey, Paul Harrison & Craig Nicholls

 

Julie Naylor, Catherine Preston, Heather Woolfall & Kathryn Hayes

I would love any photo's you may have from the day, so please also email these through to samantha@rtcw.org

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London Marathon 2011 - 17th April 2011

What a fantastic day?!  Just wanted to say how proud we are of all of our runners who managed to complete the whole marathon, and in such hot weather! It is an unbelievable achievement! 

This year we had a team of 39 runners all raising money for Round Table Children's Wish.  Collectively, the team did astonishingly well by raising just over £80,000 which will help us grant a staggering 32 wishes!!  Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for working so hard to raise this money, we really appreciate all your support - You really will be bringing alot of smiles to alot of children's faces!  The monies you have all raised is a massive help, for what is going to be a really busy year for the charity. Thank you so much.

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Rome Marathon 2011 - 20th March 2011

A fantastic time was had by all in beautiful Rome.  The Italians loved the wings that the Round Table Children's Wish Team wore as a symbol of the wish fairy work we do!! The charity was lucky enough to be able to work their way around the course and spectate to catch most of the RTCW team run past at the 3k mark, 12k and 32k which we all really enjoyed.

Everyone ran the race of their lives, beating expected times and our fastest runner, Martin Rock, came in at 3hrs 24mins 51secs.  Well done Martin!

Starting and finishing a Marathon is an inspiration in itself and on behalf of the charity we want to thank you all so much as the monies you raise will make such a difference to the children whose wishes you fund.

One of our runners Mike Bellamy said: "After we finished we said never again to a marathon, but now that we’re back and have been able to reflect I wouldn't mind giving it another go just to see if I could break four hours.  We'll see.  Running in Rome was just amazing, going past all the sights, the heritage, etc...and running on cobbled streets for quite a bit of the way was fun!!!!  The Pope was being broadcast on big screens as we went through St Peter's Square.  I'll never forget it.  The support from the crowd was fantastic.  The weather was kind to us too.  It did get very hot at some points (a touch of sun burn here and there) but on the whole it was perfect.

It's looking like we could end up raising about £3,000 between Jamie and myself." Well done guys!

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Santa Hat Challenge - 10th December 2010

Many thanks to all of the schools who took part in this year's Santa Hat Challenge. Almost 4000 children in and around the Dorset and Hampshire area joined in this year's challenge with the money raised helping towards sending 6 children and their families to Lapland.

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The One Night Party Frock Shop - 17th November 2010

A fantastic night was had by all at this year's Oceanarium event The One Night Party Frock Shop!  Another successful year following on from last year's event Heels 2 Help Heal.

A big THANK YOU to all the lovely dress shops that very kindly donated beautiful dresses from their boutiques to help us raise those all important funds at the One Night Party Frock Shop!  Our thanks go to:

Allure Bridal and Prom Wear in Maldon, Essex
Danielle Lara in Sheffield, S. Yorkshire
Fross Collections in Uckfield, East Sussex
Having A Ball Dress Hire in Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
L8 Nights Dress Hire in Maidstone, Kent
Looking Good in Billericay, Essex
The Wedding Service in Wallington, Surrey
JP Boden & Co, London

Our thanks also go to all the fantastic women who came along on the night and donated new and nearly new dresses when purchasing their ticket.  We had some fantastic stock at both sessions and everyone had a wonderful evening!

Also our thanks go to the various hotels, restaurants, shops and salons that donated raffle/auction prizes for the event.

A huge thank you to all the musicians who performed on the night including Uri Tal, Si Genaro, Phil King, Laura Charms and Stuart Gauntlett who very kindly donated their time to the event free of charge.

Thank you to Ironfist who sold their wonderful shoes at a snippet of the price, with any funds raised coming to the charity!

Thank you to all the volunteers that helped on the night, selling the dresses in the main room and also in the tunnel selling Christmas Cards.

Thank you to all the Retail Stands were dotted around the Oceanarium - they donated some lovely prizes to our raffle which helped towards raising those funds from the night.

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Great South Run - 24th October 2010

It was a great day with a really strong team of 50 runners.  Thank you to everyone for making it such a success especially to Vicki Shepherd and Bev Pearson, two of our wish mums, to John Kilshaw RTBI National President and some of his Plc and to all the other groups and individual runners who helped make it so much fun in the marquee.

A big congratulations to Terry Gayle who came 1st out of the RTCW Team with a fantastic time of 01:08:54.  Matthew Snelling who came 2nd with a time of 01:13:28 and Kathie McKay who came 3rd with a time of 01:14:08.

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Dorset Junior Chamber Diamond Ball - 1st October 2010

On 1st October 2010 the Dorset Junior Chamber held a dazzling Diamond Ball to raise funds for Round Table Children's Wish.  The evening included a champagne reception, a three course meal, a live band and a raffle which raised around £570 for the charity.  Thank you to the Dorset Junior Chamber for their support.
 

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Corporate Quiz - 23rd September 2010

Fun was had by all at our Corporate Quiz on 23rd September at Abbey Life where 13 teams competed for the Charity Shield. 

Our congratulations to the winners: Capita and thanks to everyone who took part, raising over £550. 

Thanks also to Abbey Life for hosting and supporting the event and to Tasty Marketing for all their help.
 

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Great North Run - Sunday 19th September 2010

It rained at the start and at the finish, and all places in between, but over 50,000 runners took to the streets of Newcastle collectively raising in excess of £4,000,000 for various charities.

Children's Wish are so proud of all our runners this year whose sponsorship will be allocated to the Wish children in the North of England.

Photos have started to arrive.  If you have some please send them in.

From left to right: Emma Mitchell, Mark Wadmore, Gill and Adrian Shandley, Wal Cope and Irene Ainscough. 

 

 

 

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TaxAssist Charity Ball - 18th September 2010

A Charity Ball was held at the Marriott Spowston Manor Hotel in Norwich by TaxAssist Accountants and Chamber & Co on behalf of Round Table Children's Wish.

Everyone enjoyed a wonderful evening with The Three Singing Waiters and a live band to entertain and the launching of lighted lanterns.  Our thanks to everyone who supported the event.

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Broadstone Golf Club's Captain's Charity Day - 12th September 2010

Broadstone Golf Club's, Neil Irish chose Round Table Children's Wish as his charity to fundraise for, in his year as Captain and has so far raised in the region of £14000! Thank you so much to Neil and everyone at the Club who have contributed in helping us to raise this fantastic figure! 

£7000 was raised from the Captain's Charity Day alone and all monies raised will go towards granting wishes for children in the local area.  A fantastic day was had by all and the sun even came out to make the day that bit more special!  

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Children's Wish Golf Day - 3rd June 2010

We had a fabulous day at the Canford Magna Golf Club for our annual golf competition.  We had 22 teams who took part and they were all blessed with beautiful sunny weather.  Thank you so much to all the teams who took part.  We raised around £4000, which is fantastic!

We hope to see you again next year for another successful golf day on 8th June 2011.

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Midnight Wish Walk  - 7th May 2010

Our 3rd Midnight Wish Walk on Friday 7th May saw almost 200 ladies pound the prom from Bournemouth to Southbourne at midnight.  A fantastic evening with everyone getting into the spirit of the event wearing their feather boa's and flashing bunny ears with pride.  Many of  the ladies arrived in fancy dress, some ready for their bed but others ready to party !  Also joining in were the guys and girls from Baysup Paddleboarders who covered the distance fully illuminated in the sea.
 
Many many thanks to all who took part and made the evening such a great success and who's efforts will ensure that we continue to grant the Wishes of local children.

 

Our thanks go to our sponsors who make the evening possible. We were entertained by Samba Panashe at the start and by the juggling society of Bournemouth University at the Boscombe Pier. The warm up by was by the girls and boys of Virgin Active and the refreshment was courtesy of Nutrichef, Aruba and Bookers. Our thanks also the St John Ambulance without whom we would not be able to host the event.

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London Marathon - Sunday 25th April 2010

A huge thank you to the team in London this year.  Everyone finished, some with just a few injuries but nothing major and all euphoric about finishing and raising those all important funds. We think you are all brilliant! 

 

Morris Man - Dave Tindall makes it into the Guardian Newspaper for his 14th Marathon.  He is hoping to run for us again next year.	Neil Petrie at the end in Horseguards finding Colin Jackson for a celebrity shot.	We bumped into our 1000th wish child Matt Arding who ran with his dad Paul.  Matt is now 21 but at 17 he wished to go, again with his dad, to Germany to watch England play.  They both ran the Marathon for the 2nd time to raise funds for Wessex Cancer Trust who Matt now works with.  We are trying to get them to run for us at the Great South and think we might just have talked them into it...

 

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David Slade carries a torch for Round Table Children's Wish! 

 

We thought you all might like to see this photo of one of our great supporters David Slade who carried the Olympic Torch in Toronto at the Winter Olympics.  We were delighted to learn that David dedicated his efforts to Round Table Children's Wish and are proud to be associated with the event.

 

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Avonbourne School - Cheque Presentation

We were delighted to have been chosen by the Head Girls Team at Avonbourne School for the 2009/10 academic year as their Charity. At their Easter Assembly they presented us with a cheque for £1454.14 from all their fundraising events that have been held throughout the year so far.

It has been a pleasure to work with the Team during their year and we are thrilled at their fantastic achievement.  We send our heartfelt thanks to all who were involved.

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Rome Marathon - 21st March 2010

We had our first Round Table Children's Wish Team fly out to Rome to take part in the Rome Marathon on Sunday 21st March 2010. We were overjoyed to be there supporting our runners who had chosen to take part in this to raise money for RTCW.

Please visit our Facebook page as we have a fantastic video from one of our supporters who was out in Rome running the marathon for us.  Please visit http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Bournemouth-United-Kingdom/Round-Table-Childrens-Wish/61848394856?ref=ts

There were lots of hills and plenty of cobble stones, which I am sure was very exhausting, but it was a beautiful place to explore and a fantastic setting to be running through. They did all this to make many more wishes come true for children with life-threatening illnesses.

We want to say a huge and heartfelt thank you from everyone here at the charity for everything you did and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

We hope to see you again next year!!

 

These are the RTCW runners, with the Fundraising Team and all of our wonderful supporters

 

 

 

 

These are the runners on the podium who came first, second and joint third out of our group.  Well done guys!

 

 

 

 

Below are the Yeovil Round Table team who came out to Rome to take part in the Marathon and raise money for the charity.  A huge thank you for your support.

 

 

 

 

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Jon Snelling Returns from his Kilimanjaro Trek - March 2010

In his own words:

"Kili was an amazing experience – certainly the most physically, mentally and emotionally challenging thing I’ve ever taken on.   Things were made a bit tougher as we had heavy rain every day/night, and a bad snow blizzard on our summit night which brought the temperature down to -30C!!   Unfortunately I suffered from bad Altitude Sickness at just over 5,000 metres which meant I lost most coordination and the ability to walk, talk etc (which was an “interesting” experience.. ) so the trip doctor wouldn’t allow me to continue – this meant then having a 4 hour trek back down to our camp at 3 in the morning in the middle of a blizzard feeling cold, tired and pretty disappointed at not having quite made it;  All part of the challenge!!

Would I do it again knowing what I now do?  Unquestionably yes, although perhaps at a different time of year when it wasn’t approaching the rainy season!

I managed to raise just over £3.5k – hopefully this will help towards making wishes come true for the children that you do such fantastic work with."