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Christie charity news

Bowled over by Mark’s support

We’d like to say huge congratulations to our volunteer Mark Senior on raising £7,200 in memory of his late wife Susan. Mark has taken on a number of fundraising challenges over the years for the Christie, but with Susan’s 60th birthday approaching, Mark wanted to challenge himself further and do something a little out of the ordinary. Christie catchphrase

As a cricket enthusiast and a scorer for Glossop Cricket club, Mark decided to take on a walking challenge, which would see him walk to every single away match in the Greater Manchester Cricket League. A challenge which would see Mark walk the length and breadth of Greater Manchester for 22 weeks. Mark walked to 11 clubs, with one walk starting at Glossop and ending at Brooksbottom. This walk alone totalled 42k, that’s a whole marathon!

Mark even walked when cricket matches had been postponed due to weather conditions. In 22 weeks, Mark covered 165 miles for The Christie. That’s 350,000 steps, two pairs of walking boots and 1 pair of trainers!

Will you join us on Snowdon?

Join Team Christie for this fantastic challenge as we explore and summit the highest mountain in England and Wales throughout the night! Trekking Mt Snowdon (1,085m) during the day time forms a great challenge, but by using torches to light our way and having the moon as our back drop, Seeing the sunrise across Snowdonia National Park will be a memory never forgotten! Upon our descent we will witness the breath-taking mountain range open up to give glorious views and then we tuck into a delicious celebration breakfast! The trek will take place from Saturday 13 June to Sunday 14 June 2020. summiting at night brings another sense of achievement to an already recognised trek.

A big congratulations and thank you to actor and comedian John Thomson who won an episode of Celebrity Catchphrase in November. John selected us here at The Christie as his chosen charity, winning an amazing £14,600.

If you love a challenge, are thirsty for adventure and want to support the fight against cancer then come and join Team Christie, find out more: www.christies.org/snowdon

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