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.

	Fantastic! Donation by Jill Claxton 24/05/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Best of Luck Nigel :-) Donation by akil shah 23/05/06	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Best of luck Nigel and team. It makes me feel tired just thinking about it. Donation by Richard Asquith 23/05/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Guy & Julian...Best of British...make sure you tuck 'yer crown Jewels' up properly. Donation by Pete & Babs Anderton 22/05/06	£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid
	Good Luck TOM. I heard that a couple of ripe bananas down the shorts help stop the chafe! Donation by Steve Boote 22/05/06	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	good luck Donation by Gregers 22/05/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Best of luck Donation by Rod Stacey 22/05/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck - hope Caerphilly mountain was good practice Donation by Cardiff family 22/05/06	£30.00
	Good luck Nigel!!! Donation by andy turton 20/05/06	£50.00
	Donation by Aaron Mundy 19/05/06	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Hinault, Fignon, Indurain, Lemond, Spackman..has a certain ring to it! Say hello to Tommy. Donation by Pete Watson 19/05/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good Luck Donation by Carole George 19/05/06	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Well I suppose it's all downhill when you get to the top. Donation by David Currie 19/05/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck. You are clearly insane. Donation by Nick Loom 19/05/06	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Don't forget your PRK... Donation by MQF 18/05/06	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good luck!! Original message eh? Donation by haydn 18/05/06	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	My granny started cycling at 97 yrs old. She does 10 miles per day - now we don't know where she is! Donation by Martin 'not saddle saw' Oxley 18/05/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck Nigel - rather you than me! Donation by Annette Edwards 18/05/06	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Good luck and take care Donation by Emma 18/05/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Best of luck. Hope its a easy ride!! Donation by Helen Rowe 18/05/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good Luck Donation by Julia Goss 18/05/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Hope you claim the Yellow Jersey Nigel...best of luck. Donation by Tim Pritchard 18/05/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Ditchlin Beacon was more than enough for me! Donation by Sharon 18/05/06	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	They say a pound of mince down the shorts helps prevent chaffing! Good luck. Donation by Chris Eynon 18/05/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck to all of you - a fantastic challenge and a brilliant cause Donation by Paul Griffiths 18/05/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	This sounds like a nightmare! Fast pedalling required I think... Donation by Helen Froggatt 18/05/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Go for it Nigel! Donation by Pam Walker 18/05/06	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Donation by Gavin 17/05/06	£14.00
	Donation by Jean G 17/05/06	£20.00
	Donation by P & C I 17/05/06	£50.00

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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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