Jacob Buckle Complete The Rowers Revenge (Twice!)

Jacob Buckle has competed in his first triathlon to raise money for the Youth Sport Trust in memory of his friend, Harry Mills. The Youth Sport Trust aims to empower young people through sport and this is something Jacob believes strongly in. You can still support Jacob at his JustGiving page. He says “The image of Harry's smiling face helped him through the tough bits as did the generosity of friends and family who have raised £485”

Sarah, Jacobs Mum says.....

Jacob had a fantastic 4k ergo time of 14' 23" and was doing really well on the bike until he had a puncture near Danesfield House...oops forgot to pack spare inner tube! Ran most of the way back to Higginson Park carrying the bike. Supported his friends as the came over the finish line. But very despondent until I joked that he could always join in the last heat of the sprint event which was about to start (which is exactly the same as the standard triathlon apart from a 2k ergo instead of 4k.) So he quickly arranged to borrow a bike and shoes and started the triathlon all over again...

Successfully completed it in 1hr21minutes putting him in 2nd place for the junior sprint event. We're all really proud of him and he said that thinking about Harry helped him get through the final stages when things were really tough.

He was given a special prize by the event organisers for his grit and determination and the press will be giving his chosen charity (the Youth Sport Trust) a plug when they write up the triathlon.

Thanks to everyone who has sponsored him so far. If you'd like to sponsor him now that you know he's done the course (and some!), here's the link http://www.justgiving.com/Jacob-Buckle.

Many, many thanks on behalf of Jacob.

Visit Jacobs Justgiving page for photographs of the event.

Jacob who is an accomplished rower is also getting a new boat very soon and he's decided to call it Harry.

Leanne Runs The Sydney marathon for Harry

Leanne has run the Sydney Marathon and rasied £838 for Meningitis Research Foundation.

Leanne says "Would like to thank all the people that sponsored me and supported me to run the Sydney marathon today! I’m overwhelmed that so many people have given me so much support :) love everybody that got behind me! My site is still open for donations, click here - love you all! Xx

DialAFlight have offered to donate £20 per booking direct to the Oxford Transplant Foundation for each booking received over the next 6 months – ie: 21.9.11 - 21.3.12.

This applies to all guests at Harry’s Lunch or bidders on the Silent Auction.

To book call 0208 784 6120 and quote Oxford Transplant Foundation to automatically generate £20 towards the OFT
Charity.

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Bon Voyage!

Harry' Lunch a Great Success

Harry’s Lunch raised £3,565 plus Waitrose raised an additional £485 via its Community Charity scheme which brings the total to £4050. This may well increase as Dialaflight, in addition to donating our star silent auction prize of a Weekend for Two to Paris, have also offered to donate a further £20 per booking to the charity for guests who book travel services with them. Thank you to all who came and all who through donations and bids supported the event for the Oxford Transplant Foundation.

Harry's own organs were donated via the Oxford Transplant Foundation at the John Radcliffe Hospital and we hope that the event raised awareness of the organ donor scheme and highlight the ongoing need for organs.

The speakers were very moving and we would like to thank Peter Marshall CMG OBE and Miranda Dodwell. Peter is Chairman of Oxford Transplant Foundation and he spoke about the work of the Foundation & the need for more people to register with the Organ Donor scheme & inform others' of their wishes. Peter has firsthand experience as his wife had her first kidney transplant in the 1960s

Also representing the charity was Carol Bradford on behalf of Professor Friend, Founder of the OTF ll: the recipient of a kidney.

Miranda gave a heartfelt talk about her experiences - her sister donated - and about how wonderful it was just to feel normal and be able to do normal everyday things. In addition to Miranda there were at least 3 others at the lunch who had also received kidneys, one person within the last 12 months.

Miranda has supported Harry's Lunch since their beginning in 2007.

The Raffle & Silent Auction raised a large proportion of the funds and could not have been achieved without people's generosity - of time as well as money - individuals, High St businesses and organisations in Marlow & Oxford, Dialaflight, internet gift companies and of course our guests. A full list of the silent auction prizes & donors is listed here.

Wendi Parcell (joint organiser) said 'It's a fabulous sum and it shows how many wonderful people there are out there. I feel privileged to be a part of Harry's Lunch and as always will remember him and the fun he and my daughter Livvy had together.'

Pictures of the lunch can be found here

You can register for organ donation here