Thanks for visiting my fundraising page.

My name is Michael Wall and I am 15 years old and go to Chenderit school in Oxfordshire currently in year 11, and I also attend Cherwell college 1 day a week to  study a national diploma award.

The object of this event is to raise awareness and funds for people with spinal cord injuries.  Aspire provide the pratical support from injury to the important road to independance.

I would like to ask anyone who visits my webpage to kindly sponsor me.  In return I will visit the local sports centre and swim the equivalance of  'swimming accross the channel' - in total I will swim 1416 lengths! (22 miles)  The lengths will be completed over a 2 week period.

My sincere THANKS  for the support offered by my local leisure centre 'Spiceball'  of Banbury to allow free entrance and agreeing to verify my visits.  My lengths completed will be counted my Mum or Dad.

Thank you to all my family, friends, neighbours, tutors of Chenderit School and Oxford & Cherwell College Banbury Campus, Moreton Pinkney Garage, Moreton Pinkney Indoor Bowls Club, EVERYONE at OEMETA (UK) and anyone else who has kindly sponsored me - your donations have gone to a really good charity. 

Each day from the 26th of September I will be updating this page to show all how many lengths I have completed.

So please sponsor me now for this very good cause!

Date    Lengths swam   Still to swim!?!  

26th Am         102                 1304    OMG-still dark when we left 4 pool!   

26th Pm         116                  1198   OOOOwww!  Boy will I sleep tonight!

27th Am                                   1198   Big intentions but TOO tired to get up!

27th PM           122                  1076   Getting faster all the time!

28th PM            102                   974   Yipee, under 1000 mark!?!

29th AM             72                     902  I DONT do early mornings! SOoooo Tired

29th PM             76                     826 Public swim time, so not able to complete as many as I would have liked!?!?

30th September   My day of rest from swimming today, time to catchup on my school homework and I have an indoor bowls match tonight and see if I can obtain more sponsorship!

1st October AM     74                    752 Getting up early isnt that bad really....hahaha

1st October PM      82                   672 Totally exhausted!  But well over half way so I am on track to complete within 2weeks........Thanks Will for your support and encouragement!?!

3rd October   AM       30               642   Not many this a.m but everything aches! But I am still on track......half way into my challenge and I'm over half way there!!! Keep watching my blog x

3rd Oct PM               101              541   Really pleased with how the swimming lengths are being completed.  Suffering with earache tonight tho!  Next swim tomorrow night.  Mum said she wouldnt want to do anything else on a Saturday night....thxs mum x

4th Oct PM                40                501   Odear! Mum got the opening times wrong so we only had 45 minutes to swim!!! 

5th Oct PM               104               397    Who's the man, I'm the man...under 400 YESSSSSSSSSSSS!

6th Oct PM                 58                339    Pool VERY busy tonight, difficult to get a decent amount of lengths done...also, MUST hand in English tomorrow!!!  Or i will be in Trouble (note capital T!)

7th Oct PM                100              239     OMG THANKU all for donations to date, definately making me feel all my efforts are DEFINATELY worth it.  Last few seem the longest x

8th Oct PM             96            143             Arrived home from swimming tonight at 10.25pm  which has been relatively normal for swims showing PM.  Have had earache today but still wanted to swim.  If I WAS swimming the channel I should be able to see the end at sight....People at the pool and the staff at Spice Ball have all been great when they know I'm doing a charity swim taking loads of interest and praising my commitment........not long now but no late night swim on Thursdays so I will go Friday AM and PM to complete my task!  Thanks family and friends who have been watching my performance!  I just really hope I will complete my fundraising target!

10th Oct 7AM        48               95             Yes,Yes, YES!!!  95 to go yeehah

10th Oct 8-10pm  95             NONE!       Ok folks I've reached France!  22miles or should I say 1416 lengths completed!!  Now I need to collect sponsor money for those who haven't sponsored on line.  Dig deep for this charity PLEEEEASE x

Maybe after a bit of a rest, I might swim from France to England!

I AM THE MAN!