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Page creator: John Boileau
Page closes: 31st Dec 2007
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Great North Run 2007
About the charity : Breast Cancer Care Breast Cancer Care
Breast Cancer Care is the leading provider of breast cancer information and support across the UK. It is committed to providing accessible, high-quality services for everyone affected by breast cancer. All services are free and include a helpline, website, publications, and practical and emotional support.
Charity Registration No 1017658
Fundraising target:  £5,000.00
Donations to date:  £ 3,666.00
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Hello people

 

The nice people at justgiving.com have allowed me to keep this page open so I can continued to be sponsored on behalf of Breast Cancer Care.  In April 2007 I (slowly) completed the London Marathon and, incredibly, a load of strangers stumbled upon my website and donated money.  Along with family and friends around £2400 was raised, which I thought was pretty damn ace.

 

On 30 September 2007 I will be doing the Great North Run in Newcastle.  Survival was the key word for the London Marathon but I'm going to aim to do this one in a half decent time.  However, I always say that then do bugger all training.

 

I am again raising money for Breast Cancer Care.  My Mum was orginially diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2005 and has actually started a second course of chemotherapy this week.  How her and my Dad remain as upbeat as they do is rather beyond me, so the least I can do is stumble around a course and try and raise some cash.

 

Cheers!

John

http://www.beforethirty.co.uk

 

 P.S.  In usual fashion I have left getting a hotel a bit late.  Any nice person in Newcastle want to put me up for the night before?!

 
Online fundraisers to date: Page 1 of 2     Latest  << | < | > | >>  Earliest
Display Name Date Amount Tax Bonus  Comment
Solihull Supporter 31/12/2007 £1,000.00 £282.05 Well done! A good cause to support 
Justin Houlihan 13/12/2007 £10.00 £2.82 Great work - Mr Gibson proved himself to be a bit of a legend! 
Bryan Mycock 28/11/2007 £3.00 £0.85  
Ian Collings 22/11/2007 £10.00 £2.82 From an Ipswich Town fan - the best of luck - c'mon you Reds 
James Godfrey 22/11/2007 £10.00 £2.82 All the best, very impressed with the application and Steve Gibson's response! 
boney 13/11/2007 £5.00 £1.41  
Russ Horne 02/11/2007 £20.00 £5.64 Great Stuff John - if you top this one before ur 30. Let me know 
Mark O'Rourke (complete stranger) 02/11/2007 £20.00 £5.64 You made me piss my pants this is what football should be all about! Good luck with the fundraising. 
AJ 26/10/2007 £20.00 £5.64 Fantastic work - keep it up. Maybe see you on the GNR next year. 
Hawks 24/10/2007 £10.00 £2.82 fair play to ya horse.good work and all the george (best) 
Rich Platt 15/10/2007 £5.00 £1.41 A fellow Liverpool fan, but love the cheek of your letters, it made me smile and such a good cause 
Michael Green 11/10/2007 £5.00 n/a Great letter exchange with Steve Gibson 
Graham Last 10/10/2007 £5.00 £1.41 As a supporter of the now managerless Norwich I suggest youget your application in quick. 
Chris Winstanley 10/10/2007 £5.00 £1.41 Absolute quality 
penkitten66 20/09/2007 £10.00 £2.82 genius!... 
Muireann 14/09/2007 £20.00 n/a  
TM 13/09/2007 £3.00 £0.85 For Brass neck  
Mark Briggs 31/08/2007 £5.00 £1.41 Thanks - it was an enjoyable read during my lunch hour! 
KP 27/08/2007 £30.00 n/a  
Jonathan Rowney 25/08/2007 £11.00 £3.10 Good story! Good cause! The power of email/internet to help people find out months after the origina 
Mrs Lilian Bradley 21/08/2007 £10.00 £2.82 I know how important this fund raising is, so well done you. 
Ian Sharpe 21/08/2007 £3.00 £0.85 Good Luck with the run. :) 
James Wright 15/08/2007 £10.00 £2.82 Nice work! made me laugh loads keep up the good work 
andy r 27/07/2007 £10.00 £2.82 John, lovely story and fair play to Steve Gibson at Middlesborough - class act! Good cause as well. 
Sandra's mom 25/07/2007 £5.00 £1.41 Good luck John! 
Andrew Potter 16/07/2007 £10.00 n/a A fantastic story, and I'm thrilled you found a way to help this charity through it. God bless you! 
planetsmid 20/06/2007 £10.00 £2.82 very funny story :-) good on steve gibson for being such a sport too. 
Chris Armstrong 02/06/2007 £16.49 £4.65 Nice work fella, a really funny site with a noble cause! 
Paul 21/05/2007 £5.00 £1.41  
kiruji 16/05/2007 £5.00 £1.41 Middlesborough story made me chuckle enough for a fiver... Steve Gibson seems to be a dude! 
Chris Jones 16/05/2007 £10.00 £2.82 The Boro story was hilarious - worth a tenner to read. And what a guy Steve Gibson is! 
Ellie C. 14/05/2007 £10.00 n/a The story of your application to become Boro manager is so funny, I just can't stop laughing!  
The Cooley's 12/05/2007 £10.00 £2.82 Well Done. We will think of you over the 22 miles of the bridgnorth walk :) 
johnmmcparland 11/05/2007 £5.00 £1.41 I'm (another) FM fan who thought your application to Middlesborough was a brilliant read- well done 
Beno 08/05/2007 £5.00 £1.41 From a random Everton fan (and fellow football manager legend!). Well Done! 
Damien Biggs 04/05/2007 £10.00 n/a Well done for running the marathon. Liked the emails! From an Arsenal fan. 
Aberdeen Fan 04/05/2007 £10.00 £2.82 I just read the story on your website and it had me chuckling for a while, you're a top man! 
Jon Southgate 04/05/2007 £20.00 £5.64  
Ann (Nick's Mum) 02/05/2007 £20.00 £5.64 You are brave to do this John! 
janice24166 02/05/2007 £20.00 £5.64 best of luck with this 
anonymous 02/05/2007 £3.00 n/a  
Smifter 01/05/2007 £5.00 £1.41 Well done, hope your were wearing your Boro Shirt, from a Boro Fan 
anon 30/04/2007 £5.00 £1.41  
Judy Williams 30/04/2007 £10.00 £2.82 Go Scum, go!!! 
Lyn Bailey 27/04/2007 £10.00 £2.82 Well done John. Your mum and I have become good friends. Luscious Babes Rule! (Ask your mom!) 
Anita and Tom Farren 27/04/2007 £20.00 £5.64 Well done John. Keep up the good work!! 
Catherine Abell 27/04/2007 £10.00 £2.82 My pleasure to contribute to such a good cause 
mark evens 26/04/2007 £5.00 £1.41  
Tricia & Steve 26/04/2007 £50.00 £14.10 Well done John! A fantastic achievement and it was so hot too. 
From Mary and Ian Rendell 25/04/2007 £5.00 £1.41 Well done John 
Sue Hammond 25/04/2007 £5.00 £1.41 Your Mum is a constant inspiration to me. Well done at the weekend. 
Atherstone A Team 25/04/2007 £15.00 n/a On behalf of Sandra, Chris and Phil and collected at Phils retirement meal 
Norwich Matt 24/04/2007 £10.00 £2.82  
Philippa Jones 24/04/2007 £30.00 £8.46 on behalf of Stephanie Hinton 
Colleagues at Bushey Fields Hospital 23/04/2007 £80.00 £22.56 Fantastic effort and good time too 
Villagers and Easter Egg Hunters 23/04/2007 £147.00 £41.46 Well with the run and the fund raising, we know how hard that is. 
Alan Y 23/04/2007 £50.00 £14.10 Bit late for the marathon but I promised Steph I would sponsor you so well done! 
Freddy 22/04/2007 £5.00 n/a Your letter (and Steve Gibson's) were great laughs, best of luck on the run! 
Mavis Sinclair aka rozi 22/04/2007 £10.00 £2.82 Just had another look at your site as today's the day, hope the lad in Boro shirt is doing ok!  
Becky Jukes 21/04/2007 £20.00 £5.64 good luck john!  
John Bailey 21/04/2007 £20.00 £5.64 Good effort, so you're gonna be dressed as a man on a stretcher?? 
Carys 20/04/2007 £5.00 £1.41 Good Luck!! Hope to see some updates on the site soon! 
Mrs Mary Rock 19/04/2007 £20.00 n/a All the best with your efforts  
Su 19/04/2007 £5.00 £1.41 Good luck on Sunday. Great website. Very good cause.  
Aveen Linden 19/04/2007 £3.00 £0.85 Good luck for Sunday and hope you get the Middlesborough job in the future! 
Jade (claires offspring) 18/04/2007 £15.00 £4.23 Good luck John and thanks for my guitar!! 
Neil Andrew 18/04/2007 £5.00 £1.41  
Charlie 17/04/2007 £3.00 £0.85 I love your website, thanks for the laughs. Good Luck xx 
judith round 16/04/2007 £5.00 £1.41 well done! 
Bristol Rovers Fan & FM07 Addict 16/04/2007 £2.00 n/a Good effort mate 
Chris.t 13/04/2007 £5.00 £1.41 Top drawer stuff, good luck 
Luigi Colombo 11/04/2007 £20.00 £5.64 Good Luck!  
Peter Taheri 09/04/2007 £3.00 n/a Your Gibson correspondence was genius! Good luck with the marathon! Big respect, from an Arsenal fan 
Rob 09/04/2007 £3.50 n/a Good luck, from a fellow football fan, football manager player and cancer aware person 
Joanne Rushforth 08/04/2007 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck John, hope the training is going well. 
the cat 07/04/2007 £10.00 £2.82 Loving your work. Great entertainment and an even better cause - well done mate (and Steve Gibson) 
Sandra & Bob Thursfield 02/04/2007 £20.00 £5.64 Good luck for the Marathon John - yu can do it! 
I & B 22/03/2007 £20.00 £5.64 From I & B, supporters in Solihull 
www.23sweetFAs.com 21/03/2007 £5.00 £1.41 Great work. It's always worth a letter... Steve Gibson, fair play. 
Uncle Alby 24/02/2007 £20.00 £5.64 Well done John-Running is easier than Golf believe me 
Brian 20/02/2007 £20.00 n/a After all the laughs I got from reading the site I had to make a donation. Best of luck with the run 
Ian McIntyre 15/02/2007 £10.00 £2.82 Hope your Mum is OK 
Anonymous 14/02/2007 £10.00 £2.82 Wouldn't the world would be a better place if more people made as much effort?...good luck! 
boro granny 02/02/2007 £10.00 £2.82 do the shirt proud! 
Padraig McCloskey 02/02/2007 £10.00 n/a read the dialogue with 'boro and had to give, keep up the good work. 
Ben Walton 01/02/2007 £23.47 n/a Boro fan in Bermuda. Good luck in the Marathon. Good work!! 
JohnnyBoy 01/02/2007 £20.00 n/a  
Phil Anderson 01/02/2007 £20.00 n/a Good luck with the run, and keep up the goodwork 
raglasher 01/02/2007 £10.00 £2.82 Boro supporter 
Stewart 01/02/2007 £5.00 £1.41 For your blinkin' cheek. Good luck - Boro Fan 
Gina Reid 31/01/2007 £10.00 n/a  
Zoe Wragg 17/01/2007 £20.00 £5.64 Good Luck with the Marathon (I work at the Register Office)) 
Kath 28/12/2006 £40.00 £11.28 Your doing a great job well done! 
Sky Blue Gav 19/12/2006 £3.00 £0.85 Well done. Steve gibson seems a good bloke and its about time fans got some money back from our game 
iceman 18/12/2006 £5.00 £1.41 Mr Gibson is a true legend and the story behind your link up is worth £5 of everyones money. 
Dave Holmes 15/12/2006 £5.00 £1.41  
Mavis Sinclair 13/12/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Good luck with your fund raising for such a great cause. Keep on Running! 
Joe Boyle 13/12/2006 £5.00 £1.41  
Nick Miller 13/12/2006 £10.00 £2.82 BORO supporter from the Boy's End to Europe. Steve G is wonderful. Good Luck 2 u. 
jastie 13/12/2006 £2.00 £0.56  
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