HDA fundraising: London Marathon
2010 Virgin London Marathon
We have 6 Gold Bond winners running the Virgin London Marathon for the HDA this year, plus several others who have managed to gain their own place in the Marathon through the ballot process. The Virgin London Marathon takes place on Sunday 25th April 2010 and we will be there to greet our runners at the finish.
If you are interested in running the Virgin London Marathon for us next year, please contact our Head Office on 0151 298 3298 or e-mail info@hda.org.uk, and an application form will be sent to you as soon as our application process opens.
2009 Flora London Marathon
June 2009
Sunday 26th April 2009 saw the world famous Flora London Marathon. Ruth Sands, Sue Hill and Sue Young, all Regional Care Advisers from the HDA set up our banners and balloons at Stand H in Horseguards Parade, in preparation to greet our Marathon runners.
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This year we had 4 Gold Bond winners; Matthew Ellison, Clifford Bowers, Damien Fortune and Andrew Vincent. Each runner has raised way in excess of the minimum £1000 each, plus at least 7 additional runners managed to secure their own places in the Flora London Marathon Ballot to support the HDA, including:
- Shane Dempsey
- Simon Mapes
- Ed Connors
- Michelle Summers
- Gair Matthews
- Julie Johnstone
- Mike Lord
Our Gold Bond Runners achieved the following times:
| Runner | Time | Position |
| Matthew Ellison | 4 hours 38 minutes | 15493rd |
| Clifford Bowers | 5 hours 6 minutes | 19647th |
| Damien Fortune | 4 hours 12 minutes | 10809th |
| Andrew Vincent | 3 hours 50 minutes | 6545th |
We are sincerely grateful to every one of our runners for the sheer hard work they put in, both in the lead up to and during the event, but also for their tremendous efforts to raise money to support our work. The HDA are very proud of you all, thank you!
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Money is still coming in from this year's Flora London Marathon, but current indications show that donations will exceed £12,000. Thank you to all of our runners and their supporters for raising so much money to support our work.
As you can see from the photographs, spirits were running high at what proved to be another very physically demanding and emotional London Marathon. This was the final year that Flora officially sponsored the event. Next year Virgin is taking over the sponsorship.
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