Burnham All Stars Moonwalk 2013

Kat and Holly at our 2012 Ball  

When:              11th May 2013

Where:            London Moonwalk

Somerset group members Holly and Kat will be joining thousands of other fundraisers for the London Moonwalk this year.

The London Moonwalk is an annual Walk the Walk event where intrepid participants powerwalk a half marathon around the capital in their brassieres, starting at midnight. 

The girls would love to raise as much as possible, so if you can spare some money, no matter how small, it will help spur them on as they strut (trudge) their way around the 13+ mile course.

The girls' walk the walk page is here, with the main walk the walk page here. 

No doubt we'll be posting pics from the event and updating you on how they got on.

Thanks for reading!

UPDATE:       Moonwalk Completed and £400 raised!  
CLICK HERE FOR PICS

Brean Golf Club - Captains Charity Golf Day

When:              From 10am Friday 12th April 2013

Where:            Brean Golf Club, Berrow, Somerset

Somerset group founder and chair, Christine Piper, is thrilled to announce that Breakthrough Breast Cancer has been chosen as the Brean Golf Club Ladies Captains Charity of the Year for 2013! 

To launch the fundraising and awareness, the good folk from Brean Golf Club are holding a Charity Golf Day, so fingers and toes crossed for lovely weather on April 12th!

Entry is £130 per 4 man team, which includes a bacon roll, 18 holes of golf, carvery, prizegiving and a charity auction.  At just £35 per person, it will be a great way to spend a day with friends, enjoy a great golf course and help fund the work at Breakthrough's work class research centres.

For more information, including how you can sponsor a hole on the day for only £25, please contact Brean Head PGA Professional Andrew March on 0797 972614.

Here's a link to the club website, along with their page about the golf day, and the club press release below.

"The new Captains at Brean Golf Club, Brian Read and Sheila Rouse, are launching their fundraising for the chosen 2013 charity of Breakthrough Breast Cancer with the annual Captains Charity Day on Friday 12th April.
The format of the day will be teams of 4 playing 18 holes over the testing new layout at the Leisure Park before a superb carvery lunch and charity auction in the Tavern. This day is always popular and well supported by local golfers and businesses and the price for a team entry costs £130 and individual hole sponsorship is just £25 per hole.
If anyone would like to get involved by either competing or sponsoring a hole on the day to help raise funds for this Charity they should contact Brean Head PGA Professional Andrew March on 0797 972614 for more details."

UPDATE:  Golf day raises £1,500 - see link!       

Life After Breast Cancer

Wendy, Christine and Susie

Somerset group members Christine Piper and Susie Loosley, along with friend and supporter Wendy Cox, spent an afternoon with Taunton based photographer Andrea Duncan as part of her project to capture beautiful images of breast cancer survivors.

Andrea's vision is to photograph women of all ages who have overcome the disease, to create meaningful photographs that portray their personality, femininity and love for life.

She hopes the pictures will be something for the women to treasure but that the project will also inspire other women about life before, during, and after breast cancer.

Our ladies certainly found the experience fun, light-hearted and very rewarding, with group chair Christine expressing her thanks. "We are very grateful to Andrea for the opportunity to be a part of the wonderful photos, and we all hope to meet up again soon".

  

Andrea is looking for other women who may be interested, so if you would like to know more please do contact her to arrange a chat. The photosessions will be 'on location' rather than in a photo studio, these were taken inside the lovely Cosy Club in Taunton, but Somerset has many great locations outside as long as the weather is kind!

Thanks for reading.

www.andreaduncan.co.uk

www.cosyclub.co.uk/taunton

 

A Very Healthy Cheque




Christine and John with our Trimwise friends  

 

Group founders, Christine and John Piper, were thrilled to start the new year by receiving a whopping cheque for £1,338.32 from the wonderful people of Trimwise Gym, Bridgwater. They raised the money through two great events in 2012, a gruelling 24 hour non-stop spin cycle challenge and a fabulous naked calendar which tested everyone’s nerve!

The gym’s weight loss group wanted to show and celebrate the benefits of exercise & healthy eating, and Breakthrough was chosen as the lucky beneficiary by gym member Debbie Farkas when she won their biggest loser contest in the summer. Debbie’s choice was in memory of friend and former Somerset group member Julie Selway who inspired our TLC campaign Julie’s Legacy.

On top of last year’s efforts, the intrepid Trimwise folk are now planning a cycle ride from Bridgwater to Land’s End in the summer of 2013, so if you fancy joining them for a fresh air adventure while raising awareness and money for Breakthrough, then please do contact the gym for more details.  

All of us at the Somerset group, and Breakthrough as a whole, would like to thank everyone from Trimwise and all their supporters for helping us keep the world class research going. Even the smallest donation helps us work towards a future free from the fear of breast cancer.

THANK YOU!!!

 

Trimwise Health Club 
01278 727990
keepfit@trimwisefitness.co.uk  
24 Hour Non-Stop Spin Cycle Challenge
Naked Calendar 
Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Julies Legacy

Hooray For Hollywood - And All Our Supporters



Put simply... THANK YOU!



Another successful night at the Batch raised a fabulous £3,471 for Breakthrough!

We love our annual Ball and this year was no exception. Surrounded by friends old and new, our supporters and guests helped us celebrate, wine, dine and dance, and all the while working towards a future free from the fear of breast cancer.  

There were many great costumes on display, along with all the elegant ball gowns and smartly dressed men.

The lovely and talented pianist Andrea Monk provided the perfect accompaniment to the three course meal, until the marvellous Bravo Singing Waiters burst into song and soon had the guests on their feet!

After the meal, our varied auction lots received good support from the guests, so thanks again to all who donated the lots and everyone who bid on the night. All the auction winners received their own gold statuette!  

With the auction done and dusted, the dance floor was soon full thanks to the fantastic Riverbrew who always put on a show for us. Guests not yet ready to boogie were able to try their luck in the casino and also have their photos taken by David and Dawn from Flash Pictures.

After the Riverbrew left us wanting more, DJ Chris took over and kept the party going until the lights dimmed.

As you can imagine, its difficult to list everyone who helped behind the scenes and made the ball happen, but all the support is hugely appreciated and really does make a difference, so THANK YOU once again!

Tickets are now available for our next Ball on Saturday 7^th December 2013, theme and details to be announced soon but plans are underway, so please let us know if you would like to join us!

Here's a few photos from the night, mostly taken by David from Flash Pictures, but with a couple of guest pics thrown in:

Here are a few of the 'studio' pics that David from Flash Pictures took of our guests. Many more can be viewed here and details on how to order from here!

 

Andrea Monk
Bravo Singing Waiters
Flash Pictures
Batch Country House
The Riverbrew
Auction Items 2012
Christmas Raffle 2012
Ball 2011 - Night At The Captains Table
Ball 2010 - Guys And Dolls

Breakthrough Breast Cancer

And finally, here's a few pics from behind the scenes:

Trimwise 24 Hour Cycle Completed



Hard Work But Great Times!

 
Started:            Noon Saturday December 1st 2012
Finished:          Noon Sunday December 2nd 2012
Where:             Trimwise Gym, Bridgwater, Somerset

Huge respect!   Awesome effort from all involved.

For 24 hours, dozens of members from Bridgwater's Trimwise gym joined four teams from their Fit And Trim Club to keep the wheels of spin cycles spinning non-stop, all in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer. 

We won't know the final total of money raised for a number of days but there's still time to get involved and help fund Breakthrough's world class research centres:
TRIMWISE BRIDGWATER JUST GIVING PAGE

It really was a great event with friends and supporters dropping in to join in the fun and keep spirits high. As well as having a range of Breakthrough literature on show, with Julies Legacy and TLC leaflets available, the TRIMWISE 2013 NAKED CALENDAR was also on sale - proving very popular indeed!



Sneak peek


The cycle challenge came about when the gym's weight loss group wanted to show and celebrate the health benefits of exercise and healthy eating, and a full day spinning seemed like a good idea at the time.

Each team had a spin bike that a member was cycling at all times, in various time slots, all under the watchful eyes of several instructors throughout the 24 hours. There were eight other bikes in use most of the time... apart from the two bikes that were broken overnight of course!

To complement the fundraising, the four teams sported Breakthrough awareness names:

Team 'TOUCH' was captained by Kate Henstridge
Team 'LOOK' was commanded by Melanie Bicknell
Team 'CHECK' was inspired by Laura Lee Parker
Team 'AWARE' was marshalled by Hayley Dhaliwal 


Team Captains


Details of hours cycled and names of all who took part are not yet available but all of us at Breakthrough Breast Cancer Somerset Group would like to thank everyone who eased into a saddle and made this event possible. It is only with the help of people like yourselves up and down the country that we are able to work towards our goal - a future free from the fear of breast cancer.

Thank you all.

Here's a rather large amount of pics from various stages of the cycle challenge, along with a video of the FINAL COUNTDOWN - thanks for reading and enjoy!

     

     

     

     

                       

                       

  

        

                       

                           
                    
                    


  

                                        Final Countdown Video!! 

Trimwise Health and Fitness Club 
01278 727990
keepfit@trimwisefitness.co.uk  
Breakthrough Breast Cancer

Julies Legacy