Middle Wallop Air Traffic Control Isle of Wight Charity Walk 2009
Fundraising Target: £3000
My Donations to date: £2153
Fundraiser(s): Sally Vant, Mike Vant, Rick Connors, Chris Muldoon
Event: Isle of Wight Charity Walk 2009
Event Date: 02nd May 2009
Charitie(s) Supported: Hampshire & Isle Of Wight Air Ambulance Limited,

Sally, Mike, Rick and Chris, all air traffic controllers at Middle Wallop, will be walking the entire coast path of the Isle of Wight non-stop, starting on Saturday 2nd May 2009.
We will be raising funds for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance. The charity provides a vital service to Hampshire & the Isle of Wight, yet it relies entirely on voluntary donations. It needs to raise approximately £85,000 a month to succeed. We have set ourselves a fundraising target of £3,000 - the money needed to keep the air ambulance in the sky for just one day!
In advance of the event we would like to thank the following for their support - our employer Serco for contributing towards our transport and accomodation costs whilst we are on the IOW, Jenny from E4 Embroidery at Thruxton airport who has customised our T shirts for the event and finally to the air ambulance crew who put up with us very early one Saturday morning for the photo to be taken.
Please think of our tired legs and feet after our 72 mile non-stop challenge and give generously!!
Update: 17 April 2009 - Only 2 weeks to go! A HUGE thankyou to everyone who has sponsored us already. We also have approx £600 sponsorship in cash from work colleagues, family & friends. Once this money has been collected and paid into the bank it will also appear on this website. So we are closer to our target than you may think!
Update: 29 April - Absolutely fantastic support from everyone who works at Army AIr Corps Middle Wallop. We collected over £250 this morning at the main gate as people came in to work. Thank you for such generosity. Fundraising total is now approaching £1300!!
Update: 1st May - Andover Sound 106.4 FM will be covering our walk! We have a live studio link planned for Saturday afternoon while we are walking.
Update 4th May - ***WE DID IT !!!!!***
We are all back at home safe and sound. We finished the 72 miles at 9pm yesterday evening after 39 hours!! Sal's Mum, Pat Edmunds, deserves a special mention as the support vehicle driver. She met up with us on the route every 2 hours throughout the day and night to make countless cups of tea and cook us food. We really could not have done this without you - Thankyou!!!
We will be keeping the website open for the rest of May so please keep the donations coming in. So far we think the total is in excess of £1500!
We really appreciate all your support.
Many thanks
Sally, Mike, Rick & Chris
Contributions
| Display Name | Date | Amount | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sally Vant | 10th March 2009 | £20.00 | Thought I would get the ball rolling by sponsoring ourselves!! Good luck for the big day. Hope all our training walks go well. I'm feeling tired by just thinking about how far we will be walking! Sal x |
| Dean Miller | 10th March 2009 | £20.00 | enjoy!!!!!! |
| Russell Lavis | 10th March 2009 | £10.00 | Good Luck! |
| DIANE McHUGH | 10th March 2009 | £10.00 | I THINK YOU ARE COMPLETELY BARMY BUT GREAT CAUSE SO HOPE ALL GOES WELL AND HOPE THE LEGS STAND UP TO IT OK. LOVE DI, PAUL & EMILY X |
| Leanne Brighton | 15th March 2009 | £20.00 | All the best of luck Rick - I know your determination to succeed will get you across the line |
| Tony Ashwood | 15th March 2009 | £10.00 | Fantastic stuff Rick...well done mate! You'll obviously have to walk further than everyone else because of your short, little Tottenham-like legs! Hope it goes well. Tony A |
| Nicholas Quinn | 16th March 2009 | £36.00 | I think St Mary's has a poor reputation but I may be wrong and rehydrating retards who undertake long distance walking isnt much of a challenge anyway. Good Luck !!! |
| Garry,Sarah & Ella | 17th March 2009 | £20.00 | Good luck, hope it doesn't take you a week to recover !! |
| Mrs JE Morgan | 18th March 2009 | £10.00 | |
| Stephen White | 22nd March 2009 | £15.00 | Good luck and I hope the weather treats you well! Don't forget to enjoy the scenery. |
| Clare Muir | 30th March 2009 | £30.00 | There must be easier ways of raising money!! Couldn't you sit in a bath of baked beans? Good luck guys. |
| Ray & Neelia | 31st March 2009 | £20.00 | Best of luck. hope the blisters aren't to bad at the end of the walk. |
| Joanne & David | 31st March 2009 | £20.00 | Good Luck Sally - as mad as ever I see!! |
| Steve O'D | 03rd April 2009 | £20.00 | Sponsored Pub Golf next year?? Good Luck! |
| Helen Richings | 03rd April 2009 | £10.00 | |
| Susie Pitt | 20th April 2009 | £10.00 | Good Luck Sally |
| Ian Bocking | 28th April 2009 | £10.00 | If Tony Ashwood can give a tenner, so can I. |
| Anonymous | 28th April 2009 | £10.00 | |
| Rowan Astur | 28th April 2009 | £5.00 | Such a worthy cause…. Good luck ! |
| Irene Hillier | 28th April 2009 | £10.00 | I wish you all the best with your challenge in support of such a vital service. |
| Amanda Edward | 28th April 2009 | £20.00 | You clearly inherited all the "crazy" genes in our family. Good on ya! Best of luck to our favourite cousin xx |
| MICHAEL EDWARD | 28th April 2009 | £20.00 | |
| Andrew kinnear | 28th April 2009 | £25.00 | Good luck on the walk, good cause thanks for the work with the Beavers. |
| Nicky & Gary | 29th April 2009 | £5.00 | good luck all, quite a challenge! |
| Eamonn Sean McCarney | 01st May 2009 | £10.00 | Go for it folks! Hope you are all keeping well......need to catch up sometime. S |
| Ian Cook | 01st May 2009 | £75.00 | Well done guys.With approx 2000 steps in a mile i say start with the right one! Best wishes. |
| JJ | 02nd May 2009 | £20.00 | Good luck folks |
| Nicholas Clyburn | 04th May 2009 | £5.00 | |
| Tracey Perrett | 06th May 2009 | £20.00 | Well done - top job! |
| Annette Fisher | 10th May 2009 | £20.00 | Congratulations - I'm assuming that you completed the walk! Sorry that I'm so late sponsoring you guys!! Hope to see you soon! Love Annette, Tom and Jimbo X |
| VIVIENNE MARTIN | 14th May 2009 | £10.00 | |
| Susan and Chris Brighton | 14th May 2009 | £20.00 | Well done to you Rick and the rest of your team |
| Anonymous | 22nd May 2009 | £30.00 | |
| 22nd May 2009 | £1547.00 | ||
| N Abnett | 17th July 2009 | £10.00 |

