Come on guy's it's Sponsorship time

[The Patrolman]

I Did mention this a while ago:doh

My youngest Son Jacob has set him self a challenge of raising £5000 to buy 10 Sports Wheelchairs for his school, he has had to use a chair and crutches for the last 18months since damaging his ankle due to weak joints and ligaments. fortunately all his swimming and training for these swims has helped build him up and he is on his way to being back on his feet.

This summer Jacob will be taking part in the 'Epic swim series', 3 open water 500m swims in the Lake District.
Please follow his progress and support him all the way!
His goals are-
*Personal Achievement.
*To raise awareness of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome/Joint Hypermobility Syndrome.
*To raise money through sponsorship and donations for his school to buy a set of sports wheelchairs.

If you would like to sponsor him or make a donation it would be very much appreciated.

Please take a look at his facebook page and feel free to share.

www.facebook.com/jacobsepicchallenge

His first Swim is tomorrow in Derwent Water in the lakes 09:00 :eek:
so an early start for us all:( thats got to be worth a bob or two on its own.:clap:clap

[The Patrolman]

And We're off:thumbs

[The Patrolman]

And we're back 220miles later:thumb2
Great swim and afew random people sponsored Jacob to £30:thumb2:clap

[Andy L]

And we're back 220miles later:thumb2
Great swim and afew random people sponsored Jacob to £30:thumb2:clap

Well done to the lad, PM me your addy I'm good to send.

Andy

[The Patrolman]

Many thanks Andy L:clap:clap

[The Patrolman]

Jacob with his finishing Medal:thumb2

[The Patrolman]

In The Water:eek:

[The Patrolman]

Just another picture:thumb2

[solarman216]

done mine, well done, Rick

[The Patrolman]

Many Thanks Rick,
Very much appreciated. Jacob and his Mun have worked so hard over the last 6 months. He is an inspiration to many.
we are now nudging the £2000 mark.
Thanks
Again:thumb2

[makeitfit]

I'm worn out just looking for the link to pay :lol
Done now :thumb2
and for others here's the easy way to pay link :cool:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=D2KKADEVM2VCE

[The Patrolman]

I'm worn out just looking for the link to pay :lol
Done now :thumb2
and for others here's the easy way to pay link :cool:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=D2KKADEVM2VCE

Stars all round, I just knew you guys would come up trumps..

I think a free tour of the North Yorkshire moors is in order.

Start planning a date n I'll plan a route:clap:clap:clap

[firebobby]

Just sent, good luck :thumb2

[The Patrolman]

Just sent, good luck :thumb2

Many Thanks John:thumb2

[The Patrolman]

Just an Update

Jacobs Time finally came through this morning
"My time was 8 minutes and 33.95 seconds and I was 30th out of 86."

Not bad as 6 months ago he couldn't manage 2 lengths of the pool in one go.

Now he's after bettering his time in 3weeks at Ullswater:eek:

Thanks again for all your support:thumb2

[The Patrolman]

Well done to the lad, PM me your addy I'm good to send.

Andy

Thanks Andy:clap:thumb2

[johnb5177]

Done last night, well done the lad...:thumb2:thumb2

[The Patrolman]

Done last night, well done the lad...:thumb2:thumb2

Ah Ha! That solves the ridle of the mystery donation.

Many thanks John alll your support is much appreciated:clap:clap

[The Patrolman]

Just a note from My Son we are now at £2100

Thank you to everyone who has helped us raise over £2000!! Almost halfway there! Your support is amazing!!
Here is the link to Paypal for those who have asked how to donate. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=D2KKADEVM2VCE

From Jacob:thumb2

[firebobby]

That's great news Jacob, well done so far :thumb2:thumb2

[The Patrolman]

Hi Gents and Gent'esses,
just an update we are upto £2273.00 total Paid and pledged:clap:clap:clap
Next swim is a week on Sunday in Ullswater:thumb2
It would be good to get over the £2500 half way mark by then:augie
please share and give mates a nudge too.

Again thanks for all the support:clap:clap:clap:bow

[The Patrolman]

Just a quick update...

Jacob's Second of 3 swims tomorrow, so another early start for the 2hr drive to Ullswater in the lakes'.

And new wrist bands have arrived, these are for raising awareness of his condition.

If any of you that haven't would like to sponsor him the link is earlier in this thread.

Tahnks again for your support

[The Patrolman]

BBQ 4-6pm,
50th Birthday next door till 9pm:(just had to leave early to get stuff packed and sorted for the morning.
May have a cheeky glass of Vino b4 bed.:augie

[The Patrolman]

Another 200Mile round trip....
Here's Jacob, the missus n me From our best side :rolleyes:
They did great, again, just waiting for the times to be posted:clap

We had these T shirts n hoodies made locally, they are great quality and raised a few conversations about what we are doing:thumb2

[The Patrolman]

Total Update:thumb2:thumb2:thumb2

[The Patrolman]

Jacobs last swim is a week on sunday, location Coniston water.

If any of you good Chaps and Chapesses would like to help Jacobs total feel free to check out his facebook page.

www.facebook.com/jacobsepicchallenge

We have raised, including pledges, just over £3,500 so far and things are going swimmingly:doh:clap:clap:clap

[The Patrolman]

Jacobs last swim is a week on sunday, location Coniston water.

If any of you good Chaps and Chapesses would like to help Jacobs total feel free to check out his facebook page.

www.facebook.com/jacobsepicchallenge

We have raised, including pledges, just over £3,500 so far and things are going swimmingly:doh:clap:clap:clap

Jacob's Last swim tomorrow:clap

Looks like it's going to be a tough one to:eek:

Water temp of 15Degrees, 90% chance of heavy rain and 25-35Mph winds.

On top of all that he as had a shoulder injury for the last week or two.

We strapped it up yesterday and hes went for a practice swim at Ellerton Lake, and just for authenticity it rained.:bow

So come on guys if this isn't worth a Bob or two what is.:nenau

Thanks

[The Patrolman]

Ellerton practice swim:thumb2

[The Patrolman]

Total So far £3,801

Thanks Everyone:thumb2

[solarman216]

Result mate well done, Rick

[The Patrolman]

Thanks Rick:thumb2

Let's wait n see what tomorrow can throw at us:eek:

Everything is still good to go at the moment, fingers crossed for some reasonable weather:rolleyes:

[The Patrolman]

Thanks to all of you that sponsored my son for his challenge.
To day we hit the target of £4568.00 this will enable the school to buy 10 Sports Wheel Chairs.
Jacob and his mum have worked really hard over the past 8 months and we are all very proud of them.

So again a Massive thank you to all that have donated and followed jacob's Epic Challenge
:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap :clap:clap:clap

[johnb5177]

That is brilliant news, a superb effort by a highly motivated and responsible young man.

You should be very proud of him.

Behind every good man is a good woman (& family).........:thumb2

[firebobby]

:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap

That's great news :thumb2

[The Patrolman]

Thanks Gents:thumb2

[The Patrolman]

And Finally....:bow
After all the hard work the fundraising, collecting, school sorting out storage the 10 Wheel Chairs turned up at school yesterday and we had a look today:D

So once again thank you to all that sponsored and Supported us with this :thumb2:thumb2:thumb2

And even better than this Jacob is now back on his feet enjoying a normal school life:D

[solarman216]

All well worth it at the end of the day, nice to see the results, Rick

[AlexD333]

Lovely result :thumb2 good job to all :clap

[johnb5177]

Proper job, a great effort and wonderful result. You should be very proud.....:thumb2