My story

On 2 January 2010 my wife Samantha Shattock (Sam) suffered a cardiac arrest at the age of forty-one. As a result of her heart stopping for over forty minutes Sam has suffered a severe hypoxic brain injury. After time in hospital in both Peterborough and Lincoln Sam is now being cared for at The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability (RHN) in Putney, SW London. Sam has been a patient at the RHN since May and is now receiving the very best in therapy, treatment and care. Despite Sam making some good progress since May she is still a long, long way from a full recovery. The realistic likelihood is that Sam will never come home.

Prior to January 2 Sam led a perfectly normal life. She worked, exercised, walked her dog and was a fantastic mum to our two teenage children. Although rare, a brain injury like Sam’s could happen to anyone, a result of a cardiac arrest, a brain haemorrhage brought on by stress or a road traffic accident.

The Yellow Beetle Challenge is to complete three BIG events in three continents within a twelve month period, and hopefully reach my fundraising target of raising £30,000 for the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability.

The events are:

·         April 2011 – London to Paris Cycle Ride – on a fixed wheel bike (no gears, no freewheeling)

·         November 2011 – New York Marathon

·         March 2012 – Climb to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

As well as the above I also hope to complete a number of training events including three or four 10k runs, the Great Eastern half marathon, the Dragon Ride Cycle Sportive in Wales, the Dunwich Dynamo bike ride, complete the Yorkshire Three Peaks hill walk and climb Mt. Snowdon twice. 

It’s called The Yellow Beetle Challenge because Sam was known in our home town for driving her yellow VW Beetle.

So why? Well I need to do something or else I will go mad. This is my way of motivating myself and dealing with the life-changing events of 2010.

If you would like to get involved with The Yellow Beetle Challenge by participating in 1, 2 or all 3 of the main challenges or some of the training events please visit www.yellowbeetlechallenge.co.uk for more details

 Thank you for your support.

Mike

 

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Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

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The RHN cares for people who have brain damage or a disease affecting their brain. People come to the RHN for many reasons, from a stroke to a traffic accident, or a disease. The RHN provides services and therapies to ensure people with Neuro-disability can have the best quality of life possible.

Donations 287

Donation by meg jungmann on 11/11/11

£50.00

a donation for Mike's heroic efforts in New York from the Society of Ridiculously Slow Marathon Runners of Donegal

Donation by harvey trotman on 11/11/11

£50.00

Hope the run went well.

Donation by jeremy harrison on 08/11/11

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Well Done Mike!

Donation by Nicola Cartwright on 07/11/11

Enjoy the run MIke. Love you man!

Donation by Ben Garbutt on 06/11/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Good luck tomorrow!

Donation by K Vance on 05/11/11

Donation by Claire Piercy on 05/11/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Donation by Tim Knight on 04/11/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck. xx

Donation by Lisbeth Shaw on 04/11/11

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

Good luck Mike!

Donation by Lee Sandy on 04/11/11

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I got a free haircut today but Frazer of Spalding (official YBC barber) told me to stick the money on this page, so here it is. Thanks Fraze.

Donation by Michael Shattock on 03/11/11

£6.50

+ £1.63 Gift Aid

Mike, so proud of you very best of luck for the NYC marathon, remember jaywalking is a crime over there.

Donation by Burko, Clare and Jack x on 03/11/11

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

Hello Michael, you don't know us, but very best wishes for your next great challenge, the NY marathon, we will be thinking if you. The Toselands

Donation by Elizabeth Toseland on 02/11/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

I have just added a £500 offline donation from St. Pegas Masonic where my Dad was a member. Thank you to all at St. Pegas.

Donation by Michael Shattock on 31/10/11

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Best of luck Mike....hope your trainers are well worn in!! X

Donation by Joanna Eastwood on 28/10/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Best of luck! The last 26.2 miles are the toughest!!!

Donation by Ian Bond on 28/10/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck for the NY marathon Mike & for your remaining challenges, what an awesome job you're doing, keep up the good work. XxX

Donation by Lindsey Stocks on 28/10/11

£10.00

Good luck Mike.

Donation by Anthony Prigent on 28/10/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Respect m8

Donation by Joe Miller on 27/10/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Good Luck Mike :-)

Donation by JAYNE REED on 27/10/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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An evening with Dr. Jonathan Foyle.

Donation by Michael Shattock on 27/10/11

£427.62

+ £106.91 Gift Aid

Good luck with the marathon Mike....can't fault your training regime

Donation by David Aspinall on 27/10/11

Good luck Mike and great effort.

Donation by Erich Schmaranzer on 26/10/11

£50.00

Fantastic effort so far Mike. All the best for the New York Marathon and other challenges you have planned.

Donation by Murray Shaw on 26/10/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Congratulations so far on a fantastic effort, keep up the amazing work.

Donation by Paul Eastwood on 25/10/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations$22,545.50
  • Offline donations$20,473.25
  • Text donations$0.00
  • Total raised$43,018.75
  • Gift Aid$4,955.31

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