Jemma Moore

[p]A marathon has always been on my bucket list and something I wanted to try and do. So this year I took the plunge and applied via the ballot and for a charity place. Little did my Dad know, there was no way I was doing this without him... so I made him apply too! We were BOTH lucky enough to secure a place to run the London Marathon 2019 for Headway – The Brain injury association. [url=http://www.headway.org.uk/]http://www.headway.org.uk/ [/url] [/p][p]This charity has been a support system for my family in particular for my Grampy Tony since he was involved in a lorry accident in 1982. He was only 25 when this happened with two young children, my Dad and Uncle Tom. As a result of the accident, Grampy Tony had some life changing injuries and Headway have been, and continue to be a support system, helping to improve the lives of survivors of acquired brain injuries, their partners, families, friends and carers. [/p][p]Our pledge is to raise £1850 each for Headway and the 26.2 miles will totally be worth it if we can reach our target to help this charity. I am so excited to be able to take on this challenge with my Dad by my side. If you can help us by donating anything you can we would really appreciate it. Keep an eye on our Virgin Money giving page and my Strava profile to follow our marathon journey! [/p][p][url=https://www.strava.com/athletes/21940409 ]https://www.strava.com/athletes/21940409 [/url][/p][p]30th April 2018 - Entered into London Marathon 2019 Ballot & Applied for Charity place with Headway[/p][p]20th July 2018 - WE GOT A CHARITY PLACE!!![/p][p]22nd July 2018 - First training run... 2.6km got to start somewhere.[/p][p]9th October 2018 - Ballot places announced. We didn't get one.[/p][p]18th October 2018 - Training runs are weekly now! Hoping to increase to two runs per week soon.[/p][p]1st November 2018 - We did our first Mickleton group run! 7k and up bakers hill!!!!!![/p][p]2nd November 2018 - We held a raffle at Chipping Campden Cricket Club presentation night and raised £197 between us! Thank you to those who donated!! [/p][p]18th November 2018 - We held a darts tournament at The Butchers Arms, Mickleton and raised £712 between us!! Thank you to everyone who played, supported and donated. [/p][p]5th January 2019 - we held a netball tournament at Meon Vale and raised £510! [/p][p]25th January 2019 - Chipping Campden Keep ‘Fat’ Club kindly donated £200 to us for Headway![/p][p]2nd Feb - Dad came 2nd in Bretforton Darts Tournament and has donated his winnings of £50![/p][p]10th Feb - The Volunteer in Chipping Campden held a charity quiz night for us along with a raffle and we raised £246!!! Thank you to everyone who took part and bought raffle tickets! [/p][p]17th Feb - We had another darts tournament at The Butchers Arms! We raised a total of £450, which has taken us so close to our fundraising target! [/p][p]24th Feb - We had a Race Night at The Butchers Arms and raised a HUGE £1000! We have hit our target with 2 months to go!! Thank you everyone! [/p][p]4th Mar - We have raised over £5000!![/p][p]6th April - We ran from Mickleton to Winchcombe for Grampy Tony to pick out the Meat Raffle winner! Congratulations to our winner Chris Walker and Massive thank you to everyone who bought a ticket. We raised £800!!![/p][p]20th April - We have raised over £6000!![/p][p][br][/p]