My story

On 2 January 2010 my wife Samantha Shattock (Sam) suffered a cardiac arrest at the age of forty-one. As a result of her heart stopping for over forty minutes Sam has suffered a severe hypoxic brain injury. After time in hospital in both Peterborough and Lincoln Sam is now being cared for at The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability (RHN) in Putney, SW London. Sam has been a patient at the RHN since May and is now receiving the very best in therapy, treatment and care. Despite Sam making some good progress since May she is still a long, long way from a full recovery. The realistic likelihood is that Sam will never come home.

Prior to January 2 Sam led a perfectly normal life. She worked, exercised, walked her dog and was a fantastic mum to our two teenage children. Although rare, a brain injury like Sam’s could happen to anyone, a result of a cardiac arrest, a brain haemorrhage brought on by stress or a road traffic accident.

The Yellow Beetle Challenge is to complete three BIG events in three continents within a twelve month period, and hopefully reach my fundraising target of raising £30,000 for the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability.

The events are:

·         April 2011 – London to Paris Cycle Ride – on a fixed wheel bike (no gears, no freewheeling)

·         November 2011 – New York Marathon

·         March 2012 – Climb to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

As well as the above I also hope to complete a number of training events including three or four 10k runs, the Great Eastern half marathon, the Dragon Ride Cycle Sportive in Wales, the Dunwich Dynamo bike ride, complete the Yorkshire Three Peaks hill walk and climb Mt. Snowdon twice. 

It’s called The Yellow Beetle Challenge because Sam was known in our home town for driving her yellow VW Beetle.

So why? Well I need to do something or else I will go mad. This is my way of motivating myself and dealing with the life-changing events of 2010.

If you would like to get involved with The Yellow Beetle Challenge by participating in 1, 2 or all 3 of the main challenges or some of the training events please visit www.yellowbeetlechallenge.co.uk for more details

 Thank you for your support.

Mike

 

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Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

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The RHN cares for people who have brain damage or a disease affecting their brain. People come to the RHN for many reasons, from a stroke to a traffic accident, or a disease. The RHN provides services and therapies to ensure people with Neuro-disability can have the best quality of life possible.

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Pleased with the excellent sportive photos. Good Luck Mike, nearly there !

Donation by Alex Moore on 18/01/13

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Donation by Anonymous on 11/10/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Apologies for the delay in getting this to you; i had completely overlooked it! Anyway, well done in all of your challenges; Cheers! Ian T

Donation by Ian Todd on 13/08/12

£80.00

+ £20.00 Gift Aid

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Here's to seven medals on Friday 3 August, at the London 2012 Olympics.

Donation by Naomi, Jonathan, Katie & Matthew Hand on 06/08/12

£70.00

+ £17.50 Gift Aid

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Great photos from the PCC sportive

Donation by Alex Harrison on 02/08/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Pete & Sue Woolfitt on 26/07/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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The incredible Encore Dance Academy raised this fantastic amount at their recent dance shows. Thank you to all at Encore.

Donation by Michael Shattock on 25/05/12

£135.00

+ £33.75 Gift Aid

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This is a donation from the fantastic Deeping Swimming Club who raised money at the recent County Championships for the YBC.

Donation by Michael Shattock on 25/05/12

£250.00

+ £62.50 Gift Aid

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Donation by Tim Wapshott on 11/05/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Way to go. Ss in well done not lost in the middle of Scotland somewhere.

Donation by William Galloway on 11/05/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Donation by George Crabb on 11/05/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Donation by Tamsin Gallie on 24/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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sorry there is not more but i spent a fortune on crisps and lemon fanta in the pub waiting for you too finish

Donation by harvey trotman on 23/04/12

£25.00

You're incredible! Keep up the fantastic work!

Donation by Jill on 23/04/12

£10.00

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Donation by Sharon Just on 21/04/12

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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A donation in recognition of your upcoming jog around London! Good luck Mike, as always you are inspirational. :-)

Donation by JAYNE REED on 20/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Mike, thank you for giving such an inspirational talk at our guide leaders meal on tuesday. Keep up the amazing work.

Donation by Michelle Herron on 19/04/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Hi Mike & Charlie. Mike senior & Sarah here. Good luck on Sunday.Great cause & hopefully we can meet up soon. Best Senior Mike, Sarah & family

Donation by mike convey on 19/04/12

£150.00

+ £37.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck Mike with the little run on the weekend. :)

Donation by Anthony Prigent on 17/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Better late than never - Contribution to the target following Pete C's and my coast to coast trip last year!

Donation by Steve Barker on 07/04/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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All the best from Sally at fitnaturally

Donation by Sally Pinnegar on 03/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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This is a donation from the Bourne Wheelers Cycling Club. The money was raised at cycling sportives during 2011/12

Donation by Anonymous on 27/03/12

£660.00

+ £165.00 Gift Aid

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This is monies raised by the fantastic Deeping Swimming Club from the sale of their YBC County Championships squad shirts.

Donation by Michael Shattock on 12/03/12

£33.00

+ £8.25 Gift Aid

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Well done Mike. Extremely proud of you. Your family will always be 110% behind you!

Donation by Adele Garbutt on 02/03/12

£20.00

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This donation is from the fantastic staff at Bakkavor who raised £38 from a Kilimanjaro sweepstake. Richard Briers also donated hi £12 winnings

Donation by Michael Shattock on 27/02/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£14,785.90
  • Offline donations£13,426.87
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£28,212.77
  • Gift Aid£3,249.81

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