Past Events - How we got on and stories from our supporters who organised events or fundraised for us...
This is a new part of our website and we welcome stories or diaries and pictures from anyone who has attended an event or organised an event on behalf of The Youth Cancer Trust. Please email us with your experiences and photos.
First of all - Thank you!
Mark Scrimshaw - Skydives for Youth Cancer Trust 2008
Mark Scrimshaw threw himself out of a plane earlier this year for YCT and raised over £200. He loved it so much he's going to do it again. Thank you Mark!!
Would you like to find out more about skydiving for the Youth Cancer Trust then view here
Or telephone Georgina on 01202 762591 for more information.
Three Peaks 2007
What an amazing challenge - Three Peaks 2007!
We thought a good idea would be to put up some of the teams diaries and newsletters about their actual experiences. it makes great reading - click on the pdf's below...
Barclays - Operation 3 Peaks 2007
chs creative.com - Newsletter 2007
Check in here for more pictures and stories about the Three Peaks 2007
David Coombs
Lands End to John O'Groats - David Coombs 14 day Cycle Challenge
He's Back!
Well done David for enduring floods and the terrible british weather on your cycle ride and thank you for raising over £2000 in sponsorship for the Youth Cancer Trust. www.justgiving.com/davidcoombsyct
David started at Land's End on the South West coast of England and cycled a total of 954 miles (1,545km) to John O'Groats on the North East coast of Scotland. David and his friend Neal completed this within 14 days, cycling an average distance of 68 miles (110km) per day.
Coming soon - David's story about his cycling challenge.
How Barclays Tackled the 3 Peaks Challenge 2006
16 June 2006, a team of five - two drivers Anita Wyburgh and Tim Clark
and three climbers Tanya Langhor, Neil Fewins and Dave Whaley set out
from Barclays HousePoole with the intention of climbing the 3 highest
mountains in Wales, England & Scotland and raising money for Youth
Cancer Trust.
"Our first evening was spent at Llanberis in Wales at the foot of Snowdon,
with 81 other teams from across the country taking part. A meal of pasta
was provided and a talk by Ricky the 3 peaks organiser and the Army who
were assisting on the Mountains, was given on the do's and don'ts of the
challenge- no road racing, no running and drink, drink, drink- but only
water!
Our start time of 8.52am on Saturday morning meant we had to be at the top
of Ben Nevis in Scotland by 8.52 Sunday morning if our team was to be
successful. It was hot, very hot but up and down Snowdon in less than 3
and a half hours we thought was good going; a few teams ahead of us but
they included runners, teenagers and the army. Tim & Anita with brakes
screeching picked us up and after a quick altercation (fight) with a
marshal we were on our way to the Lake District to climb Scafell Pike.
Traffic, traffic, traffic - the M6 was closed but with help from Sven
Goran Ericksson (our auto route reader) we were diverted via Wigan.
Now seriously behind schedule we began the ascent of Scafell Pike at
6.30pm it was still hot and the initial climb very steep and hard work.
Neil drove the team on and the three of us reached the summit in less than
2 and a half hours. A few photos taken, fantastic scenery - but time was
precious so we couldn't hang around long. Managed to reach base camp just
before nightfall, no scratching around in the dark with torches, but other
teams without the driving skills of Tim, Anita and navigation from Sven were
less fortunate and were still climbing in the dark.
Onward through the night to Scotland & Ben Nevis, not much sleep but six
hours later at 4.40am we arrived. It was cold, foggy and raining and we
were all tired. How long to the top? we were told 3 and half to 4hours
or more depending on how quick you are ! Dave was now hampering the team,
knees were seizing up and it was a long hard slog to the top- but with
encouragement from Neil & Tanya we finally reached the summit of the
highest mountain in the UK at 8.40am.We'd achieved our goal with 12 minutes
to spare- easy !
Expert driving and organisation from Anita and Tim and we were safely back
in Bournemouth within ten hours having successfully completed the 3 peaks
challenge and raised over £3,300 for Youth Cancer Trust. Volunteer to
have a go next year but remember Sven won't be around to help you!"
Dave Whaley (Climber)
Fallen Angels Work their Magic
Mother and daughter team Jenny Woodcock and Lesley Franklin who run
Knights Dry Cleaners in Westbourne are real life angels for organising
a group skydive at Salisbury airfield this August for the YCT and for
raising a brilliant £2,500 with their friends. The Fallen Angels
Lesley, Jill, Karen, Alicia, Barbie and Jennie (organiser) really
enjoyed the experience.
"We all had a fantastic day and it was a brilliant opportunity to do
a skydive especially on behalf of such a worthwhile charity. Thanks
to everyone who helped from the staff at Netheravon to all at Tracy
Ann House".
You can take part in your own skydive click here for more info
Ramshackle Rally
The ultimate European banger rally which has it all - sun, sand, and ketchup! Join the biggest mobile fancy dress party in the world as 100 teams head south from Dover to Valencia for the biggest food fight in the world....... La Tomatina!
Ramshackle Valencia is the epitome of absurdity. The willing participants must place their trust in a hundred quid's worth of scrap metal and set off on an epic road trip covering 1450 miles. One hundred teams will compete in what promises to be the craziest banger rally on the European circuit before joining in with 40000 others lobbing squashed tomato's at each other. Sounds fairly tame from a Ramshackle perspective!
The rally lasts for four days as teams compete in the daily challenges to score points and simply put the team with the most points at the end of it all is the winner.
Whichever way you choose to look at it - a Ramshackle Rally has it all and there's something for everybody. These are rallies for fans of fun not just for people who's big hearts pump petrol through their veins.
Our Youth Cancer Trust team - The Ramshackled RedBulls
The Ramshackled RedBulls (pictured at the top) are taking part in the Ramshackle Rally to kindly raise money for the Youth Cancer Trust.
The team consists of:
Sheree Pell (New Zealand) in the red head band
Colin Torrie (New Zealand) in the blue head band
Vincent Van Neuren (New Zealand) in the helmet
Scott Harrison (English) in the white head band
Sheree kindly sent us the story of their journey:
We made it!!
Yes 'Team Red Bull Racing' managed to survive the Ramshackle Rally 07 and whats more we even managed to achieve 2nd place. What a result. Second place means an extra £375 for the YCT (on top of what we have already raised which is £415 plus gift aid)
The car we purchased for £75 nicely lasted the entire journey for us, only starting to make complaints as it was heading to the scrap yard, but after four solid days of being in the thing we were happy to get rid of it.
The journey this year took us from London, across the ferry to Calais which is where we meet up with the 102 other teams competing and onto out final destination of Valencia with a few other stops in between.
The first day of driving took us through France and ended in a very pretty little town near the Swiss border called Annecy. All the teams meet up that night to discuss the days events and Team Red Bull Racing got to tell the tales of how, as we were the first car through one of the French toll gates, we got stopped and the entire car was searched... by sniffer dogs. Turns out that perhaps driving a car covered in Red Bull logo's in a country where it is illegal to sell Red Bull is not a good idea. After we told them it was a charity rally and they decided we had nothing to hide, they finally let us on our way!!
The challenges for the first day was to do the mentos challenge (drop a packet of mentos into a coke bottle and watch the coke explode out the top of the bottle) on top of our car, in front of a local monument... it was quite funny and messy especially for the teams that had covered their cars in fur!!
The next day saw us leaving France and heading to San Remo in Italy travelling through some really pretty country side and trying to tackle a challenge which involved buying as many items as you can for less than €1. Which amazingly is quite easy to do when you go to a supermarket and buy 1 grape, 1 piece of lettuce leaf and so on... Again we meet up with all the teams that night in a great little bar that had a swimming pool. Needless to say many people went for a 'swim' that night.
The third day of driving took us back into France and through Monoco and the F1 circuit which was pretty appropriate for our little car. So yes, we had to make sure we did at least a part of the F1 circuit with our version of a formula one car. The challenge for this day was to get a photo of your car in front of one of the grandest hotels in Monoco... they weren't too impressed when 100+ cars all painted up with people in costumes parked in front of their building to take a photo... the spectators thought it was rather fun though. After all this excitement we heading off to our destination for the day which was Perpignan which again is in France.. We all meet up again at a great bar that was located right on the beach to tell our daily tales, and to commiserate with our friends who's car had broken down and was un repairable on the journey into Perpignan. They managed to get some seats in the remaining cars that were still drivable and did actually finish the journey.
The last day of driving was to finally get us to Valencia. This day also proved to be the hardest challenge wise as it involved a game of snooker, but instead of actually playing the game, we had to take photos of cars, from our car while both cars were moving. The idea with snooker is to sink a white ball, then a red ball then a coloured ball, well we had to take a picture of a red car, then a white car, then a coloured car. Different coloured cars were worth different points (a pink car being the highest points). This may sound easy, but believe me it took some doing.
Finally we ended up in Valencia (having seen a pink car, but only to have it disappear by the time we had turned around) and we to catch up with all the remaining teams. It was at this venue that Greg, the fantastic guy that organises the event each year, announced the winners, handed out the trophies and discussions on who was going to beat who at the La Tomatina or tomato festival the next day.
So much fun was had, many new friends were made and we even managed to raise a little money for a great charity... all in all a great holiday.
Hope you like the photos and the story.
Best Wishes
Team Red Bull Racing
A BIG thank you from all of us at the YCT - congratulations on 2nd place!
Pete and Ian's Cornish Record Trek!
This July Pete Roper, a gym instructor from Shaftsbury Leisure Centre
and his friend Ian Tidbury attempted to cover 164 miles of rough
Cornish coastal path to raise money for YCT and succeeded in walking
an average of 27 miles a day for a week to complete their challenge!
Not only did they walk this fantastic distance non-stop but they
travelled with all their equipment on their backs, sleeping under
the stars en route.
Pete and Ian were honoured to have started with a send off from celebrity
chef, Rick Stein in Padstow from his famous seafood restaurant and to have
had support along the way from the local residents and many individuals
and businesses in the Dorset area. Their fantastic efforts this summer
have raised nearly £1,500 for the Trust and Pete plans to try something
even trickier next year!
