Category Archive for: ‘Charity’
Mount Snowdon Completed
0On 9th September 2017, supported by a team of 12, I successfully climbed to the top of Mount Snowdon, whilst wearing full stormtrooper armour! It certainly wasn’t easy though. Steep paths, rugged terrain, large rocks to clamber over, thick fog, near zero visibility, howling winds, …
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Mount Snowdon Challenge
Having run over 1,000 miles dressed in full Stormtrooper gear, I’ve decided to rotate the challenge slightly… climbing 3,560 feet straight up Mount Snowdon, the highest mountain in the British Isles, south of the Scottish Highlands. On 9th September 2017 I will be climbing up …
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First Costume Run of 2015
Last year I wore one of the fabulous stormtrooper costumes produced by Andrew Ainsworth at Shepperton Studios. He’s the guy who, back in 1976, designed and manufactured the original stormtrooper costumes for the Star Wars films. My costume was made using the same moulds, and …
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Kidscape Case Study
Right from the start of this challenge I have been formally associated with Kidscape, helping to raise money for them, and awareness of what they do. But in turn, Kidscape have been incredibly supportive of me, offering advice, helping to arrange interviews and opportunities, providing …
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Great South Run 2014
This was my second time completing the 10 mile route through Portsmouth which is the Great South Run, although my first time as a stormtrooper! I loved it – it’s one of my favourite runs, and as ever, the support was incredible. An extra boost …
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The Great South Mini Run
I am an extremely proud father. At 8 years old, Jack took part in the Great South Mini Run, a distance of 1.5 km, and ran the entire distance wearing an extremely cumbersome and challenging Darth Vader costume. Given that it was Jack’s obsession with …
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Kidscape Fundraising Leaflet
The charity I am running for is of course Kidscape, the UK’s first charity set up specifically to help tackle bullying and child abuse. Little did they imagine 30 years ago when they began their fantastic work that bullying would take such a disturbing new …
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Stormrunning at Toys R Us, Hull
Today we had great fun thanks to the generous support of the managers and staff at Toys’R’Us, Kingston Retail Park, Hull, who allowed me to spend most of the day in store collecting for Kidscape, and being photographed quite a lot! Fortunately I only made …
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Stormtrooper invades Hull city centre!
On Wednesday 19th March anyone in the city centre of Hull was greeted with the sight of a stormtrooper from the Star Wars films, in full armour and carrying a laser rifle casually striding through the shopping precincts, and running through Queens Gardens. This was …
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Publicity Events in Hull
Although I’m running all across the UK as a Stormtrooper, one of the first runs on the calendar is in Hull, and as I’m currently based in Hull it seems as good a place as any to kick start the publicity. We therefore have two …
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