The St Andrew’s Players are putting on a performance of Calamity Jane – The Panto in aid of our charity and Shine Together.

The production will be held at St Andrew’s Methodist Church, Elm Park, Filton, Bristol BS34 7PS.
Wednesday, 15th to Saturday, 18th February, starting at 7.30 pm
Saturday Matinee, 18th February, starting at 2.30pm

Tickets: Adults – £6, Children – £3
Please call the Box Office today on 0117 9755538 to book your tickets!

Our team all donned our Robin outfits and entertained the crowds with our amazing rowing skills, lol!
The first race was fab, we managed to pull away from the other team. In our second race we got absolutely thrashed!! And our third race we finally got it together and really pulled it out of the bag and came second. I think we came about 14th which wasn’t bad for a team that had never met, let alone rowed together!

We all had so much fun, we can’t wait to have another go at it next year. Anyone who wants to join in next time, you’re most welcome!

To see the photos from the day, click here!

Thousands of runners, thousands of people watching, dry sunny weather, a perfect day for the Bristol Half Marathon.

It was great to see so many illuminous yellow shirts all in one place and between the team they all raised a huge amount of money, £13,000!

I can’t thank all the team enough for the efforts you put into training and raising money for our charity, you are all fabulous!

To see all the photos please click here

As well as a FREE drink on arrival and a delicious three course dinner (3 different choices available) there will be a raffle, small auction and then everyone can let their hair down and boogie into the small hours of the morning.

Arrival time – 7pm with dinner being served at 8pm.

Hotels rooms have been secured at a discounted rate for parties wishing to stay overnight and FREE parking is available in Cabot Circus Carpark.

The dress code is black tie and posh frocks as well as masks. Tickets are £35 and will go on sale, on our website shortly. If you wish to purchase tickets by paying by cash or cheque, then please contact Jo at jobray@llrbristol.org.uk

To purchase your tickets please click here!!

Our team members so far are, Jo Bray, Kate Street, Nigel Legg, Neil Evans, Alex Mardon, Brian Mardon, Nicola Flay, Karen Steven, Jackie Taylor, Andrew Newman, Kirsten Butler, Dominic Butler, Haley Pearson, Adam Sadar, Charlotte and Thomas Vincent.

We have now set up a fundraising page, so please keep the team motivated and lets see that total start to rise!

Also need three more people to complete the team, so any budding rowers out there please get in touch. No training needed, just a great day of fun.

To make a donation please go to http://www.justgiving.com/RobinsRowers

Thank you!!!!

The challenge involves the following:

Day 1- Overnight sleeper train to Fort William
Day 2- Climb Ben Nevis
Day 3- Cycle Ben Nevis to Loch Lomomd Youth Hostel (85 miles)
Day 4- Cycle Loch Lomond to Lockerbie (95 miles)
Day 5- Cycle Lockerbie to Seetoller (Lake District) (67 miles)

Day 6- Climb Scafell Pike & cycle to Keswick (9 miles)
Day 7- Cycle Keswick to Rufford (81 miles)
Day 8- Cycle Rufford to Pen-Y-Pass (88 miles)
Day 9- Climb Snowdon
Day 10- Cycle Snowdon to Porthmadog (16 miles) train back to Weston-s-Mare

The team of 3, will be undertaking the challenge without any support vehicle, so they will carry all they need. It will be a gruelling endeavour!

By way of background, Gareth was diagnosed with CLL 6 years ago at which time he decided to face up to the condition by making himself as fit and healthy as possible, at the same time as trying to raise funds for research. He initially set a target to directly raise £10,000. He has so far raised over £4,000 undertaking initially bikeathons and then cycling Lands End to John’O'Groats and running marathons.

He remains very positive about fighting the disease and would appreciate it if you could help him reach his £10,000 goal. The just giving page is www.justgiving.com/Gareth-Hiscock

Fabulous, we will have a sea of bright yellow running in Bristol Half Marathon!

A big thank you to everyone who sponsored us in our recent bike ride.  Money is still coming in but we hope to make between £800-900 which is brilliant.

Attached is an all action photo just to prove that we did really do it!  Don’t laugh too much at the white skinny legs.

I have to say it was a pretty tough ride.  Trust us to pick the hottest Sunday so far this year.  The 52 mile trip took us in a figure of eight from Battersea Power Station out to the Thames Barrier, back to Battersea and then out to Ham House (Richmond) and back.  Traffic on the second half of the route was pretty heavy at times and for those of you who have cycled in London will know, cars and cyclists do not have a good relationship in the capital.  However, we made it and amazingly enough Mike and I are still talking to each other.

Once again, many thanks for your support for such a good cause.

Also fundraising is kicking off well. Six runners have set up “Just Giving” sites so far and several team members have started getting letters out. Some of the team are running regularly on the Downs if you want someone to run with get in touch.

Thanks once again for joining the team, we are off to a great start!

They have managed to enrol 40 runners and raise over £2000 already!

If you would like to join the team please contact Jo at jobray@llrbristol.org.uk or alternatively to add to the total please visit http://www.justgiving.com/teams/beatingbloodcancers

We will keep you updated on how things are going.