Richard's 24hr Paddle Challenge page
£1,629.57 raised of £2,000.00 target
74 donations
My Target:
£2,000.00
£1,629.57 raised so far
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My story
The challenge will take place on February 17th 2012.
This year Myself and Rob harris will be pairing up to do the challenge side by side. We also will be having friends join us to keep the pace up through the 24hrs.
After my Dad pushed himself in his open boat paddling a massive loop around the norfolk coast i will have to up my game to push myself. I have decided to paddle the upper Dart, not very hard i hear you say, well i will be doing loops without stopping for 24 hours, yes paddling in the dark!!! I have been asking around and no one has know of anyone paddling for 24 hours on such a high grade of water before, so it could be a first in the UK or the world.
Why am I doing this ? Well my Mum was diagnosed with cancer in 2009, went through treatment and in 2010 she found out it had come back, so she is under going another course of treatment. The Big C appeal which is based in Norfolk does a lot of work to find treatments for cancer which benefits the whole country and needs help funding it.
The river Dart is situated in the Dartmoor National Park, the section I will be doing is between Dartmeet and Newbridge, the paddle is 7km long or 147 Olympic swimming pools in length, the river is graded at a 4 which being the grading system goes up to 5 as the hardest means this is not an easy river. The next biggest danger will be the temperature, February is going to be chilly enough during the day so I will have to watch my layers under the drysuit, I need enough to keep warm but not to much to make me sweat and loose the warmth.
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My charity
Big C
Charity Registration No. 281730
Every year over 4,000 people across Norfolk and Waveney are diagnosed with cancer. Big C equips scientists, nurses and hospitals to give them a fighting chance of life and hope for the future. Thank you for helping Big C support local people through their cancer diagnosis, treatment and life.
Donations 74
Well done Rich.
Donation by William Fryer on 26/03/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Well done!
Donation by James Brown on 15/03/12
£12.00
+ £3.00 Gift Aid
Great effort, hope you hands heel up soon!
Donation by James Dennis on 29/02/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Hey brosef's, epic work on the paddle once again! Hopefully catch up on the water soon! p.s. sorry its a late one... had to wait for pay day
Donation by Ed on 28/02/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Well done Richard and Rob, a great effort for a good cause.
Donation by Jackie Stewart (Paul's Mum) on 25/02/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Great effort, well done
Donation by Graham & Vicky, Harvey & Amy on 24/02/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Good work boys, I'm in for next year, although at current rainfall rates it might be a 24hr walk of the upper! Great effort, catch up soon.
Donation by Will Hatt on 24/02/12
£25.00
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 24/02/12
£30.00
+ £7.50 Gift Aid
Well done guys. To attempt this at all is awesome to do it low is madness. Good stuff.
Donation by Jacob FitzGerald on 24/02/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Well done Rich!!!
Donation by Lauren Mackereth on 22/02/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Well done Rob
Donation by Mike Enser on 20/02/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Well done Richard - Super effort! We wish you all the very best Susan.Love Daphne & Reg xx
Donation by Daphne & Reg Ivany on 20/02/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
great effort, excellent cause, good man.
Donation by james wyatt on 20/02/12
£25.00
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
Well done - I don't know how you did it in such low levels, you must be exhausted, you deserve all the sponsorship you get+more for determination!
Donation by KERRY ARNOLD on 19/02/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Donation by Chris n Dave French on 19/02/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Carol Stubberfield on 19/02/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Well done :)
Donation by Greg and Gina on 18/02/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Nutters!
Donation by Mark Rainsley on 18/02/12
What a weekend to paddle - still the more water the better! As always, enjoy and achieve the challenge. Rob's mum
Donation by Sandra Harris on 18/02/12
Great effort guys!
Donation by Callum Stewart on 18/02/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 18/02/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Rich and Rob, your both a bit mad! But an excellent cause GOOD LUCK hope the river looks after you both. Now Paddle harder...
Donation by pete scutt on 18/02/12
£60.00
+ £15.00 Gift Aid
Good Luck Team Rich!! Hope it's going well! x
Donation by Sam Glanfield on 17/02/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by George Betts on 17/02/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good luck ....
Donation by michael warner on 17/02/12
Donation summary
- * Online donations£1,211.40
- Offline donations£418.17
- Text donations£0.00
- Total raised£1,629.57
- Gift Aid£286.60
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