Flora London Marathon

Tony Sammut from Rochdale ran the London Marathon.

Also running were Sylvia and Wendy, old friends of Joan.

Reported in the Rochdale Observer

Marathon des Sables

Stuart Holt ran this Sahara endurance to raise money for the fund.
www.saharamarathon.co.uk

57hrs 55m, joint 536th position with a french bloke after 141 miles of being sand blasted and rained on! - Officialy some of the worst weather in the 17yrs of the event

Our thanks to Stuart for putting himself through this endurance

Stuart has completed several marathons in this country and has aspired to do the Sahara marathon for the last few years.

His Mother also suffered from ovarian cancer and lost her fight a couple of years ago. She might have thought him insane for wanting to do this but she would have been proud.

His training started gently running about 30 miles a week. He works for Dale joinery who have sponsored the first instalment of his trip. Additionally he is sponsored by the Highfield Hospital Manchester Road Rochdale OL11 4LZ and sportax.co.uk

He was interviewed by GMR radio on 23rd August.

[Dale Joinery Ltd, Cowm Top Lane, Queensway, Rochdale Tel 01706 350350]

Reported in the Rochdale Observer