A Drayton mum has just made the news by completing the London Marathon – guess what, it was me! I’m Caroline Wishart and I’ve been preparing for the run all year but as the big day drew nearer I just wanted it to be over. I achieved my goal, which was to complete the race in
On Sunday 18th March the excited 8 met up for a magnificent 7 in the cafe before embarking on their challenge. They had 24 hours to get as far away from the Tesco store in Thetford, Norfolk with only £25 each to help them on their way. Traveling in pairs David Granger & Brendon Kelly, Spencer
This year 118 runners completed the London Marathon. Caroline Gard ran in memory of her son Andy who died a sudden cardiac death. Caroline’s third London marathon and she found it quite a different experience from before! Paul Davison ,Mat Wilson ,the first costume to cross the line. Captain Charlie Roberts from the Lincoln Army Mess
When I first met Roy Ball about five years ago I did not have an inkling of how similar our circumstances were. From time to time when I passed him as I was going for a run we would exchange a few pleasantries and we would go our own separate ways, he with is wife and
Posties diet for appeal Three postal workers are aiming to lose weight and raise money for the Julian Wort Memorial Appeal. Darren Coles, Debbie Jelly and Chris Arnold have joined Shapes Slimming Club at Frome Library and want to lose 2 stone each in six months. It was Darren’s idea to do the sponsored slim for
DOCTORS have received vital equipment to test for heart defects thanks to the ‘awesome’ courage of a bereaved mother. Diane Tolley of New Road, Bewdley, whose teenage son Robert died suddenly while out on his bike four years ago, is celebrating the success of her £5,000 fund-raising campaign to pay for an electrocardiogram (ECG) machine for
Too dizzy to talk. Lungs and heart fit to burst. Wouldn’t be too surprised if they already had to be quite honest. Legs insisting that they should, by rights, be detached from the body. It’s cold. It’s wet. We’ve just paid £3 a head to run up a big hill in the middle of December. However,
Saturday 21st. October – the eve of the Great North Run 2000. I was sitting in a B & B somewhere to the west of Durham City, and feeling extra-ordinarily nervous. I can honestly say. I had always enjoyed running for my own sake and although this was the first time I had taken part in
More than 100 golfers held their breath on Sunday morning before it was announced that Little Hay Golf Course could open for their charity tournament after the previous day’s continual rain. They had feared the course might be too waterlogged, but Sunday’s glorious sunshine quickly lifted their spirits. The tournament included five women golfers for the first time this year and