Michael Chilman is fundraising for Demelza, Hospice Care for Children

The Commando Challenge in The Lake District, 5th September 2009

Commando Challenge

on 05/09/2009

Setting off across Ullswater. 7.45am

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Team members:

M Chilman,R Pimenta,A Sommerville,B Morris,C Johnson,D Penney,E Askell, L Askell,J Scott,K Crook, R Hinton,D Topping,S Murray,E Bradshaw,C Porter,P Tierney,P Cole,N Sarilan, A Hordon,A Cranham,P Young,Caroline,Steve

Raising money for

Demelza, Hospice Care for Children

Charity Registration No. 1039651

Demelza Hospice Care for Children cares for life-limited children and their families across Kent, East Sussex and South London. The services combine Demelza House, an eight-bedded hospice in Kent; Demelza Community, a hospice-at-home service based in East Sussex and Demelza South London, a new six-bedded hospice opened in April 2009 in Eltham.

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Michael Chilman

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Raised: 217%

Target: £3,000.00
Raised so far: £6,520.00

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The Next SearchFlow Charity Event in aid of Demelza House - The Commando Challenge

UPDATE!!!!!!

Guys, what can I say. We have now hit well over £6000, which is double what we hoped to raise. An incredible effort by everyone and it dwarfs what we did into insignificance. Thank you so much for every donation - the aching bones and limbs were well worth it and we will go through hell again if we can get this sort of money. Wait for what we have planned next year.........

Many many thanks again - we couldn't have done it without you!!!

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After the great success of last year when our team of brave fearless warriors successfully completed The Yorkshire Peaks in under the 12 hours, we have now come up with an even bigger and more scary challenge to test even the most athletic and foolhardy competitor. This year's challenge will take place in the stunning Lake District on the weekend of the 5^th Sept, it will consist of the following individual events:

=> Canoeing 13km across Ullswater

=> Walking 10km up Striding Edge to the summit of Helvellyn (the 3^rd highest peak in

England

)

=> Cycling 20km across rough terrain to Derwent Water

=> Canoeing 3.5km across Derwent Water to Keswick, our finishing line

A Total Distance of 46.5km in under 12 Hours !!!

We are all putting ourselves through hell and back and risking our lives in the deep waters of Ullswater and the frightening and dangerous ridge that is Striding Edge (on the way up to the peak of Helvellyn) to raise money for our wonderful charity, Demelza House (their home page can be located at http://www.demelza.org.uk/). Please, please, please can you dig deep into your pockets and pledge some money to support our efforts. Anything will be gratefully recieved.

And just to provide a little incentive, we are giving every person that makes a donation the chance to enter a guess at our finishing time for completion of the three activities. The clock will stop when the last person in the team crosses the line, which is essentially when they touch down on the shores of Derwent Water at Keswick. The person who estimates the nearest time will win a fantastic prize. Just enter your predicted time when you make your donation in the comment section - if you can try and come up with a unique time by checking which times have been taken already. We'll be recording to the nearest milli-second (well second at least!).

Finally, everyone who is part of the SearchFlow team and all the staff at Demelza House would like to say a big thank you for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now!!!

	Hey Mickey, well done! See you at Glasto! Donation by Simon Pimenta 02/10/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	I guess 10 hours and 24 minutes!!!! Have I won? Donation by Micky Chilman 18/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Well done Caroline and Steve from Mum and Dad Donation by Christine Baker 13/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Well done!! Donation by Clive Davies 11/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Richard Hinton 11/09/09	£150.00 + £42.31 Gift Aid
	Donation by Gregory Gill 11/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Well done everyone Donation by Tom & Celia Penney 10/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	well done Rob.....keep walking....MUFC will keep winning Donation by desmond pimenta 09/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	"We were touched by the committment to a wonderful charity"...Hedgehog Hill B&B - Keswick Donation by Keith & Shona Wiggle 08/09/09	£10.00
	Very well done from all at Landmark, what will you do next!? Donation by Steve Johnson and Landmark 08/09/09	£150.00
	I assume Barry is now expired.... not known this level of exercise before... Donation by Peter Gamson 08/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good effort! Donation by George Henderson 08/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck guys!! Donation by Paul Abbott 08/09/09	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	Well done Christine and Team! Donation by Val & Ron. 07/09/09	£5.00
	Well done everyone - to have done it in that time you clearly went "the best way" Donation by Mark Riddick 07/09/09	£500.00 + £141.03 Gift Aid
	Donation by Hannah Walton 07/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	bloody rowing Donation by Rob Pimenta 07/09/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Well done Barry! Donation by Corita 07/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Well done! x Donation by Karen Marchant 07/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well done Team. Did Micky do it Commando style? Donation by Bob Fairchild 07/09/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Congratulations to everyone involved in the challenge. You can be very proud of your achievement and well done on raising such magnificent target. Keep up the good work. Stuart. Donation by Stuart 07/09/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Great stuff Mama! We knew you could do it! Donation by Gee & Lizzie XXXX 07/09/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Not my idea of a relaxing honeymoon! Best of luck Mr & Mrs Chester! Hope your new shoes were kind to your feet and you're recovering well. Donation by Nick & Sue Harper 06/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	What a great cause! Hope the muscles don't ache too much tomorrow!!! Hope it all went well Tony (& team) - Kurt, Bert, Toby & Lucas x x Donation by Bernice Dennison 06/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Well done Micky + everybody! Donation by Glen Boggis 06/09/09	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	Good luck Caro & Steve - great effort!!! Donation by Justin Baker 06/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck Em ya nutter x Donation by Lins Peters 06/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck to all the team; especially Steve and Caroline!! Go for it!! Donation by Nick and Celia Brewin 06/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Steve & Caroline-Good luck. We're so proud of you both!! Donation by Vera Chester 05/09/09	£30.00
	Good luck Daddy and Uncle Andy, you can do it! love from Joseph, Georgia and Freya Donation by kay young 04/09/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£5,583.00
Offline donations:	£937.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£1,184.05

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