F4P Fundraising events

27/06/08
3 Peaks Challenge in UK, Germany and Israel

UK
A group of staff and students have returned from completing the 3 Peaks National Challenge. The fastest individuals completed the epic hike in 22 hours and 23 minutes! All are now feeling battered, bruised and sore! The challenge involved ascending and descending the three highest peaks in Great Britain (Ben Nevis in Scotland, Scarfell Pike in England and Snowdon in Wales) within 24 hours. This included time travelling between each mountain. Those participating in the challenge all came from the new UBSU Chelsea Students’ Society and participated to raise money for Football 4 Peace (F4P). At the same time, F4P teams in Israel and in Germany completed their own versions of the 3 Peaks challenge.

Germany
Students and Lecturers of the German Sport University Cologne climbed the three highest mountains in Germany together with a delegation of the sponsor PRODYNA to raise money for the July project 2008 in Israel. Led by a professional mountain guide the group mastered to ascend to the top of the Zugspitze (2962m), the Schneefernerkopf (2874m) and the Wetterspitzen (2747m) in the Alps. The adventure asked to walk on narrow ridges, cross snow fields and master proper climbing, but the hard work was rewarded with wonderful views and memories.

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17/06/08
Run for Inspiration

Starting out from Brighton pier on 17th June a group of 16 University of Brighton students and six staff began a gruelling fund-raising event by running a relay from Brighton to Leeds, a total of 28 half-marathon legs in five days. The event was planned following an invitation by Mike Tomlinson to run the Leeds 10K on the 22nd June. Mike is husband of the truly inspirational Jane Tomlinson, who ran marathons and completed Ironman triathlons despite terminal illness. James Wallis, organiser and Chelsea School senior lecturer, said: “Simply running the 10K did not seem enough to honour the achievements of Jane and so the Run for Inspiration was born.” The team ran between 66 and 84 miles each day carrying a baton containing messages in English, Arabic and Hebrew culminating in the Leeds 10K. The aim of the event was to raise funds and awareness of the Football 4 Peace project which takes place in Israel and uses football as a medium for the teaching of a series of key human values.

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