The world's 1st Extreme Ironing attempt!
Event: Flora London Marathon 2004 on 18/04/2004
£1,385.00 raised of £1,500.00 target
41 donations
My Target:
£1,500.00
£1,385.00 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/ironmanbagwell
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By text message to donate £10 Text £10
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My story
Imagine yourself ironing for five hours.
Now imagine yourself running the 2004 Flora London Marathon.
For most of us, neither of these is a particularly inspiring thought.
Imagine doing both. At the same time.
On April 18th 2004, I will attempt the World’s first Extreme Ironing Marathon, running 26.4 miles with an iron and ironing board. I will iron the creases out of a sponsor’s T-shirt as I cross the finishing line.
I need you support. Establishing this new World record should help raise as much money as possible for SPARKS, the charity I have been fundraising for in the last three years. SPARKS (www.sparks.org.uk) is a charity dedicated to raising money for medical research into infant health. With their support doctors are able to continue vital work for example, development of an anti tumour therapy using cells from the immune system and a study into corrective treatment for cerebral palsy. By attracting the support of some of the UK’s top sports personalities and organising a whole host of activities throughout the year, these types of projects should be set to continue with the help of SPARKS. Last year I raised over £780 pounds by competing in the London Triathlon in August. This was made possible by two factors, the generosity of all those who contributed (my warmest thanks to you) and the easy to use sponsorship page I created at www.justgiving.com/ironmanbagwell. With my training well underway, I now need to generate as much support and awareness for my attempt as possible. I will be working tirelessly over the next few weeks to appear everywhere with my sponsored ironing board; in the local press, National press and on TV. How can you help? Please sponsor me and I’ll add your name or your company logo to the ironing board. if you prefer to sponsor me offline please contact me directly, either by phone (+44 7901 555536) or by email at m.bagwell@syzygy.net How will you benefit? You’ll be recognised as part of a remarkable new World Record and with an emerging global phenomena, Extreme Ironing. Find out more about Extreme ironing at www.extremeironing .com Also, every £10 you donate guarantees you another ticket in a prize draw that will take place just minutes after I complete the race. The Prize? The iron of course and I can guarantee it will only have been used once!
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My charity
SPARKS
Charity Registration No. 1003825 (England & Wales), SCO39482 (Scotland)
We fund life-saving medical research into conditions affecting babies, children and mums-to-be. We aim to improve the quality of life for children and families affected by serious illness or disability today, whilst seeking ways to better diagnose, treat and prevent these conditions in the future.
Donations 41
Great achievement, congratulations on behalf of SyzAG!
Donation by Harjit Samra on 19/04/04
£500.00
Donation by Kief Morris on 19/04/04
£25.00
+ £7.05 Gift Aid
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Donation by chris may on 15/04/04
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
That's pretty steep
Donation by Erwin Greiner on 08/04/04
£20.00
Donation by Mick Rigby on 08/04/04
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 07/04/04
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
I'll hang the shirts just after the finish line...so keep the iron hot
Donation by Thomas Nicol on 02/04/04
£25.00
Donation by Harjit Samra on 30/03/04
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
Do not rust, Ironman!
Donation by Frank Wolfram on 26/03/04
£25.00
Donation by Anonymous on 24/03/04
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
Sorry I can't be there to cheer you on (pressing engagement elsewhere)
Donation by Anonymous on 24/03/04
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
Donation by Leonie Profit on 24/03/04
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
Donation by Sarsha Francis on 24/03/04
£15.00
+ £4.23 Gift Aid
Good Luck Matt!!!!!
Donation by Joanna Jewitt on 24/03/04
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
Iron on dude
Donation by Philip Szomszor on 23/03/04
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
Donation by chris robson on 23/03/04
£100.00
+ £28.21 Gift Aid
at least it'll be worth watching on TV now...
Donation by Faye Bosworth on 19/03/04
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
go get 'em ironman!
Donation by Kay Grant on 18/03/04
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
Donation by Karen Le Marquand on 17/03/04
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
Donation by John Hunter on 17/03/04
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
Donation by andy horn on 15/03/04
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
Good luck Iron man!
Donation by Jenny Gwynne on 15/03/04
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
Donation by roger gray on 15/03/04
£25.00
+ £7.05 Gift Aid
Donation by Marco Seiler on 10/03/04
£25.00
Donation by Anonymous on 08/03/04
£25.00
+ £7.05 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£1,385.00
- Offline donations£0.00
- Text donations£0.00
- Total raised£1,385.00
- Gift Aid£222.82
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