London Marathon, 13 April 2008
Kurt is a doctor who looks
after very sick babies, especially twins, and is an
experienced ski mountaineer.
Lisi is a midwife and competed in the Iron Man Challenge
last year. They both raced in the London marathon
for Tiny Tickers. Visit their web pages:
https://echo.workwithus.org/fundraising/Donate.aspx?page=1862
(this is our old mini-site)
Black Tie Charity Ball,
Swansea, 2 May 2008
Thanks to Delyth, Gill and Shelley of
Swansea Radiology Department for organising a Black Tie
Ball including three
course meal and coffee, Wine, Band and Disco, Raffle and
Auction of a signed Osprey's Ball, all in aid of Tiny
Tickers.
Tour de France 2007
Sershin competed in the gruelling mountain
stage of the Tour De France on 16 July 2007 and has
raised over £600
Half
Marathon, June 24th 2007
Trish ran in memory of her
nephew
Kieran on 24 June 2007 raising over
£300
Enterprise at George Watson's
College, 2007
Students
at George Watson’s College in
Edinburgh took part in the
Young Enterprise scheme and set up a company called “Crunch
Ltd”, to sell canvas shopping
bags that say “green
at he©rt”
and t-shirts that say “I
©
GWC”
(using a heart symbol, as shown
in the picture, below).
Crunch gave all their profits
(about £900) to 2 charities, so
half went to Tiny Tickers.
The idea behind this scheme is
for students to work in teams to
see how business works. They have
to follow the process through
brainstorming, negotiating with
manufacturers, advertising and
selling their product and
distributing it. They then have
the opportunity to sell their
products at a trade fair at a
local shopping centre.
Top Award, 24th March '07:
Crunch
went to the awards evening on
the 22nd
March and came out with the top
award, for the best company in
Edinburgh, beating 23 other
companies. They then went
on to the next stage of the
competition, competing against
all the best companies in
Scotland in June. Sadly
they did not win, but they
really learnt a lot from the
experience.
Tiny Tickers is delighted to be one
of the charities chosen by Crunch and wish the members of the team
every success in the future.
The London 10K run, July 3rd 2005
Tony & Gary completed the London 10K run
in memory of the baby daughter of
close friends. They had great support and said, "It was really
enjoyable to be part of such an event ... We
have caught the running bug now so intend to do
some more runs and raise more money in the
future".
Link to the
London
10K run ...
The London Marathon, 17th
April 2005
Thank you to everyone who supported Christina, who ran in
memory of her brave little grand-daughter, Kacie,
who was born with Tetralogy of Fallot and raised
over £500.
Parachute Jump, August 6th
2005
Gary's first ever parachute
jump - solo - was in memory of his nephew, Ben, who
sadly died of a heart problem almost 2 years
ago. Before
his jump, Gary said: "I'm
not that scared - yet! I'm really looking
forward to the jump and to raising some cash for
this fantastic cause. I can't think of a
better reason to jump out of a plane!" And
afterwards: "The jump went really well - what a
buzz! I'm planning to do another one in the next
few weeks".
London Triathlon, 31
July - 1 August 2004
Congratulations to
Darrell who completed the
London Triathlon, 31st July
- 1st Aug. We would like
to thank everyone who sponsored
Darrell for their great
generosity.
London - Brighton, 20 June
2004
Congratulations to
David & Barbara who survived the
cycle from
London to Brighton on 20th June, in memory of their grandson
Dylan.
The Runners, 2003 - 2005
Pictures of some of our Marathon runners, 2003 - 2005
The Shakespeare Half Marathon,
24th April 2005
Darryl
from Warwick completed the Half Marathon on
a course that starts and finishes in historic
Stratford-upon-Avon, raising £500.
(pictures: top right & bottom left)
The London Marathon, 13th April 2003
Rory finished the London Marathon in 3 hrs 29 mins 30 seconds
and raised over £1,100.
Rory set off at 09.47 and was looking good running over Tower
Bridge. He hit the wall at about 20 miles (where the body's
energy supplies are effectively exhausted), but carried on to
the Mall to finish at 13.16. Not quite as fast as Paula, but
an impressive finish none the less!
(picture: top left)
Caroline's marathon challenge in
2003
On May 25th 2003 Caroline and members of her family
completed the Plymouth half marathon.
The course included hills, so was more gruelling than
expected, but Caroline still clocked up a personal best
time of 1 hour 58 mins. (picture: bottom right)
Why is Caroline running?
Caroline is a
nurse and mum of two. She has had a heart murmur caused
by a leaky mitral valve from birth and has always been encouraged
to keep fit & healthy.
A friend's little baby was born
in April 2003 with Aortic Stenosis & damaged valves.
She was very
poorly, but has received excellent care in hospital, including
a successful Ross procedure and inspired Caroline to run
to help other families in the future.
The Early Years - events and milestones ... 2000 - 2002
Heart Stories & Songs, 2002
An amazing evening of traditional storytelling and music was held
on Nov. 29th , based on the theme of the heart: from heartless giants to Sid the snake's love affair.
Ladies lunch & Wine-tasting dinner, 2002
Our Ladies lunch & Wine-tasting Diner with Louis Jadot wines on
Nov. 14th & 19th raised £4,500; Two lucky raffle winners visited the
beautiful Louis Jadot region for a great weekend of wine-tasting.
Launch of the Training Initiative, 2001
On 25th October 2001, we launched
the Fetal Echo Training Initiative at a reception hosted by Lord Geraint at the House of Lords Terrace,
with superb views across the Thames. (This was featured in
The Times'
Court Circular).
Antenatal Screening on Radio4, 2001
On 9th October 2001, Women's Hour, Radio 4 broadcast an item on Antenatal Screening, involving medical advisors from the
charity and parents of heart babies.
Launch of the Charity, 2000
The charity was formed in 1999 and publicly launched on 5th July 2000
in London.
Congratulations
to Helena, Ian, Jennie, Julie, Alex, Lucas, Kirsty, Matt,
Rory and Kathy who ran the British 10k in London for Tiny
Tickers and thanks
to our generous sponsors raised over £2,000!
Kids with a heart: Super
Wardens U8s 