Richard Stones
RWGC Seniors fundraising for PLANETS cancer charity
Fundraising for Rotary Club of Romsey Test Trust Fund
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On 29th September a team of 5 seniors from Royal Winchester Golf Club plus Lou and Zoe, from the RWGC bar management staff tackled the daunting 25.5 mile walk along the Testway.
Despite a 6.30 am registration, several hours of rain, miles of muddy paths, and far too many stiles and 9 hours of walking the team all successfully completed the walk.
It was as tough a challenge as we expected and the knowledge that we were doing it for PLANETS, a very worthwhile cause, was what kept us going over the last few miles when our bodies were telling us we had
done enough.
Many, many thanks for your sponsorship
The five seniors , Richard Stones, Ray Jones, Bob Sprague, Eugene Stapleton and Andy Quick ( who lived up to his name and finished ahead of us so is missing from the photo ) with Zoe Jennings and Lou Tustian,
We are raising money for PLANETS cancer charity . You will see from the details below that this a very worthwhile enterprise and we hope that you will sponsor us in our endeavour and ideally Giftaid your donation.
PLANETS Cancer Charity serve the needs of the 4 million people who live across Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, the Isle of Wight, the Channel Islands and West Sussex. They specifically focus on pancreatic, liver, colorectal, oesophageal, stomach and neuroendocrine cancer.
To Date it has :
- Established a network of patient support groups across the Wessex region.
- Funded the introduction of intra operative radiotherapy (IORT) with the UK’s first mobile electron beam radiotherapy machine, able to deliver radiotherapy to advanced cancers during surgery.
- Funded a full-time pancreatic and neuroendocrine tumour researcher to work with the clinician scientists in Southampton’s world leading cancer immunology research department.
They are looking to raise £1 million over the next five years to
• to secure the future of the IORT machine through to the end of its working life (2030
• maintain our ongoing commitment to patient support
• fund the introduction of Nano-knife and HiPeC treatments for advanced cancers during 2018. S
• continue to fund research into the immunology and tumour micro environment of pancreatic and neuroendocrine cancers.