Alex's page
Event: Virgin London Marathon 2012 on 22/04/2012
£1,271.00 raised of £1,000.00 target
73 donations
My Target:
£1,000.00
£1,271.00 raised so far
How to make a donation
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My story
Hi there,
Thanks very much for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.
I am running both the Virgin London Marathon and the Paris Marathon in April to raise as much money as possible for the Ron Pickering Memorial Fund.
I have never run a full marathon before but I have (stupidly) decided to run 2 marathons in 2 weekends for charity. I had originally only planned to do one of the two as its very hard to get in to each, but I somehow I got the opportunity to enter both and so I thought it was meant to be!!
The Paris Marathon is on the 15th April and the London Marathon on the 22nd April.
I see this as my hardest sporting challenge to date and I have been advised by friends who have done marathons before that doing 2 in consecutive weekends is "mad" and "stupid" but I am extremely determined to compete in both and raise as much money as possible for my chosen charity!
I am so pleased and grateful to be able to compete in these 2 huge events, especially the London Marathon as I have applied for the past 2 years and I have been rejected on both occasions.
To give you a brief background on the Ron Pickering Memorial Fund. Ron Pickering was an ex-athletics coach who had a fund set up in his memory to raise money for young aspiring athletes.
Every penny I manage to raise will go to these talented young athletes aged 15 to 23 while they are in education. The grants are intended to help them with training & equipment expenses, thereby encouraging them to stay in the sport and realise their potential.
I believe the charity is a very worthy cause, especially due to being such a sporty person myself and therefore understanding how important sport can be to young people’s lives both through career opportunities and through the development of general life skills.
Finally, as we are in our very own Olympic year I believe there is no better time to raise awareness and therefore money for the Ron Pickering Fund as the publicity of athletics will be the largest it has ever been this year.
Thanks for taking the time to look at my page and I will be most grateful and very thankful for any donations.
Please please give generously. Thanks :)
Alex Smith
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My charity
Ron Pickering Memorial Fund
Charity Registration No. 1005166
Grants are awarded annually from the fund to talented young athletes between 15 and 23, who are still in education, in the hope it will keep them in sport and enable them to realise their potential. Grants are also given to coaches and coaching projects, and for sportshall athletic equipment.
Donations 73
R4L, Strength&Honour.....BOOOOOOOM!!
Donation by Rob SMASH Creighton on 23/04/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Congrats mate great effort
Donation by Duncan Taylor on 23/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Saving the best till last!..apologies for the belated delays. Hope you blitzed it mate x
Donation by Richard Allnatt on 22/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good work Ali. I wasn't waiting to make sure you did it by the way. Just lazy
Donation by Dav Waddell on 22/04/12
£10.00
Expecting sub 2hr30 Smithstermeister. Anything less I want my £10 back to buy some oranges :D (just kidding, smash it mate!!) Love xx
Donation by Jono Simons on 21/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Rushin Patel on 21/04/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Sorry this is a bit late! good luck Alex :) xxx
Donation by Fiona Ho on 20/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Well done Alex, almost there now!! Keep it up =D
Donation by Mandy Diep on 20/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Dean Catlow on 19/04/12
£10.00
Well done and good Luck!! Jude Newton
Donation by Judith Newton on 19/04/12
Keep going pal! Sterling effort x
Donation by Mark Bone on 19/04/12
£10.00
Well done for the first, good luck for the second! xxx
Donation by Katy Atkinson on 18/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
1 down :) Good luck for London x
Donation by Jessica Hawkes on 18/04/12
£10.00
Hopefully got you up to £900 now! Well done on Paris and good luck for London!
Donation by Antonia Brown on 18/04/12
£12.00
+ £3.00 Gift Aid
Good effort on Paris mate, and good luck for London x
Donation by Ben Tough on 18/04/12
£10.00
GOOD LUCK GOOD LUCK GOOD LUCK!!! x
Donation by Abby Ward on 14/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good Luck Ali!
Donation by Kimberley Loxley on 14/04/12
£10.00
Smithy smash it son! X
Donation by Andrew Waugh on 14/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Go on Smithy know you'll smash it mate.
Donation by Dave White on 13/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck! You'll do great R4L x
Donation by Katie Pytel on 13/04/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Daniel Hines on 13/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Great effort mate - All the best
Donation by Stuart Dorrill on 13/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
great effort mate. putting a royal shift in. x
Donation by James Whittle on 13/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Don't embarass yourself. x
Donation by Lauren Battrick on 12/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Do it for Greg dogg
Donation by Ben Wright on 12/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£1,015.00
- Offline donations£256.00
- Text donations£0.00
- Total raised£1,271.00
- Gift Aid£231.25
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