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

Charity Registration No. 205907

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

best wishes for your bike ride

Donation by Ian Dabney, Lanner on 16/09/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Great cause, hope Andy cycles fast enough to help

Donation by Geoff, Lanner on 16/09/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Offline donations: J Garbutt £30 S Jones £10 P Shattock£5 D Orbell £50 M Moerman £50 Langtoft Village Hall £100 TandG Smith £30

Donation by Michael Shattock on 13/09/11

£275.00

+ £68.75 Gift Aid

I love New York but I couldn't run 26 miles around the Boroughs! The finish line is very close to where we got married! Good luck :-)

Donation by Lindsay Duckham on 09/09/11

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

A worthy cause Mike, I hope you achieve the goal and get all the events done successfully

Donation by Mbachi Nkana on 05/09/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Best of luck for NY run.

Donation by Debbie Shuttleworth on 04/09/11

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BEST EVENT OF THE YEAR, GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR OTHER EVENTS HOPE THERE AS GREAT AS THE PCC EVENT

Donation by jimmy mccormick on 31/08/11

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Sorry it's so late Burko. Well done on the amazing bike ride, marathon and beer in between! And congrats on everything else you're doing for the YBC x

Donation by Aoife Hogan on 19/08/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck with all of the challenging events.

Donation by Stephen Meadwell on 14/08/11

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

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Superb photos - the photographer has a real eye for composition. Good cause.

Donation by Michael Primavesi on 01/08/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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On behalf of Pat Bolton and all his sponsors for the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge!

Donation by Anthony Bolton on 27/07/11

£60.00

+ £15.00 Gift Aid

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Hi Mike, it was really hard on the Yorkshire Three Peaks but well worth it. All the best.

Donation by Iain Smith on 27/07/11

£110.00

+ £27.50 Gift Aid

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PCC Sportive

Donation by Chris Prior on 27/07/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Sponsorship from the amazing Rebecca Key after completing the Yorkshire 3 Peaks. Thanks Rebecca.

Donation by Michael Shattock on 27/07/11

£155.00

+ £38.75 Gift Aid

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PCC Sportive Pics. What a good cause. All the best. Adrian Read

Donation by Adrian Read on 24/07/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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PCC Sportive Photos Paul Linford 23/07/2011

Donation by Paul Linford on 23/07/11

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What you are doing is really marvelous and much admired by all of us in Grenada

Donation by Leo Garbutt on 20/07/11

£250.00

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3 peaks and Dun Run

Donation by Matt Garbutt on 20/07/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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PCC Sportive Photos

Donation by Tim Cockerell on 20/07/11

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

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PCC Sportive 2011

Donation by Ashley Foster on 19/07/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Great Sportive and great photographs. Thank you Peterborough CC for supporting my charity. Here is my payment for my pics.

Donation by Michael Shattock on 18/07/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Fantastic PCC Sportive event! Thank you very much.

Donation by Dan Murtagh on 17/07/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Hi,I am giving a donation following particpation in the PCC sportive on 10th July 2011. Howard Piccaver

Donation by Howard Piccaver on 17/07/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Thanks for great Photo's and a great day

Donation by Paul Griffin on 16/07/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Pcc sportive photos, great event and best wishes Mike

Donation by Alex Harrison on 16/07/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£14,785.90
  • Offline donations£13,426.87
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£28,212.77
  • Gift Aid£3,249.81

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