Julian Coombes is fundraising for The Institute of Cancer Research & Everyman

The TigerPuss Challenge

on 16/06/2006

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Team members:

Dave Atkins, Julian Coombes, John Crawford, Alan Hambrook, Anton Hulsink, Chris Kemp, Jos Leurs, TomMacMorran, Hans Merz, Nigel Spackman.

Raising money for

The Institute of Cancer Research & Everyman

Charity Registration No. icr(exempt)

The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) is one of the world's top cancer research organisations as well as being the home of the Everyman male cancer campaign. With the ICR working in all areas of cancer research from genetics through to drug development, its male cancer campaign, Everyman, focuses specifically on raising awareness and funds for research into prostate and testicular cancer.

For further information about the work of the ICR and Everyman, please visit their brand new JustGiving profile pages at: www.justgiving.com/icr and www.justgiving.com/everyman

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Julian Coombes

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Raised: 64%

Target: £25,000.00
Raised so far: £15,929.33

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My story

Hi. WELL WE DID IT !! We all made it to the top. Some glided serenely to the summit without even using all their gears. Others puffed, panted, sweated and toiled to get there. But we all did it. A great achievement. Now we need to capitalise on the post-event euphoria and maximise the final donations before we close the site.

We are mostly older guys with creaky joints, battered bodies after years of sporting abuse and many of us with a variety of sporting injuries. What we have done is nothing compared to many of the amazing feats of courage and endurance that some people undertake in aid of charity. However, every little bit helps and prostate cancer is almost as big a killer in men as breast cancer is in women. In the UK alone, one man dies from prostate cancer every hour. A non-smoking man is more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer than with all the other major cancers combined.

Everyman is very close to a major breakthrough in determining whether a man with prostate cancer has an aggressive cancer which needs an immediate operation (a tiger) or a benign cancer which will most likely lie dormant for very many years (a pussycat). The effects of surgery or radiotherapy for prostate cancer can have very distressing results for all members of a family – between 50% and 80% of patients can become impotent and surgery can also lead to incontinence. The successful completion of this project is vital for men all over the world.

YOU HAVE ALL HELPED TO MAKE THIS PROJECT A GREAT SUCCESS.

LET'S TRY TO REACH OUR NEW TARGET

EVERYMAN GUARANTEES THAT AT LEAST 90p IN EVERY £1 DONATED WILL GO DIRECTLY INTO THE RESEARCH.

PLEASE, PLEASE HELP US.

	Donation by sven skarendahl 14/06/06	£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid
	Donation by ian longworth 14/06/06	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Donation by James Hill 14/06/06	£100.00
	Donation by Keith Rumley 14/06/06	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Good luck up Mont Ventoux Jules! Donation by Al Cowin 14/06/06	£10.00
	Good luck to all couragous bikers! Donation by Peter & Jan 13/06/06	£100.00
	I hope you will make it, like I did!! Donation by cees 13/06/06	£100.00
	Tom and all those taking part - good luck. Donation by Colin Pennington 13/06/06	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good Luck :-) Donation by Paul Raine 12/06/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck! Donation by Julie Bevan 12/06/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	good luck Nigel, sounds too much like hard work to me! Donation by Amy Cashman 12/06/06	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Goeje aktie Donation by Rob de Graaf 11/06/06	£100.00
	You must be mad Alan! Donation by Derek King 11/06/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Make sure you fill your water bottle with a good red Donation by Rob and Marion 11/06/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	The cause will make you all cycle to the top, good luck Donation by Peter and Frank 10/06/06	£50.00
	John - Good Luck and Push, and A says, listen to your body!!!! Donation by Julia, Andrew, Emily & Will 09/06/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Alan Hambrook - Go ! Donation by Anthony Dunn 08/06/06	£503.00
	Go Nigel - next stop cycling all the Monroes.. Donation by Elaine Thompson 08/06/06	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Julian, you lot are all mad !! But good luck. Donation by Gavin & Mary 07/06/06	£140.00 + £39.49 Gift Aid
	Nigel: full & final confirmation that you're bonkers! Bonne chance Donation by Stephen Factor 07/06/06	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	can I have your bike if you don't make it? Donation by Jim 07/06/06	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good luck and listen to any message your body sends you Donation by Clare 07/06/06	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good luck all Donation by Len Atkins 06/06/06	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	You help me, so i help you! So much love .. good luck! Donation by Jonah Coombes 02/06/06	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Mad sods Donation by Alan purkiss 02/06/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	John, the very best of luck on your challenge for the worthiest of charities! Donation by Brian Donnachie 02/06/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Sorry about the amount. We are broke. Good Luck! Donation by Nick + Sarah (soon to be) Rapley 02/06/06	£5.00
	John & Co - Best wishes for this exciting challenge! Donation by Russell & Sue Cupitt 01/06/06	£50.00
	Go for it Julian, but carefully! We'll be cheering you on! Donation by David & Lesley 01/06/06	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Woohooo well done! Donation by Bee Brooke 01/06/06	£35.00 + £9.87 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£12,854.33
Offline donations:	£3,075.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£2,153.46

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