We are Gary Tweedie and Ian Boyd. Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page, which we hope will help us raise loads of money for the Northern Ireland Cancer Fund for Children (NICFC)..

The NICFC is a fantastic charity that plays a vital role in helping children and families living with cancer in Northern Ireland. The charity offers practical, emotional and financial support to children, teenagers and young adults with cancer in Northern Ireland, and their families.

Our link to the charity is as follows - Ian's cousin Ellen Vance and her husband Simon have a lovely ten year old son called Todd who has a brain tumour.  Gary and his Dad Jim are family friends of Ellen and Simon, Jim and Simon worked together in Shorts.  Todd has just had over 90 weeks of Chemo treatment and has done really well. The NICFC have provided the family with amazing support since Todd's diagnosis. Todd and mum Ellen appeared on the recent Children in Need programme and Ellen paid glowing tributes to the charity for the total support her family have received. 

Having completed a wide ranging programme in 2012 including 6 half marathons and the Berlin Marathon, we have decided to continue in 2013 with the Rotterdam Marathon in April 2013 and the Belfat Marathon on May 2013. 

As at 18/12/2012, we have managed to raise £3700.00 (including gift aid) so from us both a massive thank you to all who have helped in any way.  We would love to raise a whole lot more money for the NICFC - therefore have commited to a another tough training programme at the start of 2013 to allow us to 2 full marathons in a 3 week period.  We also plan to run some events to include a pub quiz and a night at the races so watch this space.  This charity, more than ever needs our support so any donation, whatever amount is greatly appreciated. Thank you. 

Our 2013 programme is

Rotterdam Marathon - April 2013

Belfast Marathon - May 2013

Our 2012 programme is 

Larne half marathon - 24/03/2012

Omagh half marathon - 31/03/2012

20/04/2012 - CitiGolf, Cromac Street, Belfast - 3 hours golf, ballots and drinks £25 per head of which Citigolf will give £10 to NICFC - all welcome - please contact Gary or Ian - Citigolf owner has just confirmed he will also provide free pizzas

Titanic 10K - 22/04/2012

Newry half marathon - 03/06/2012

Lisburn half marathon - 20/06/2012

Ards half marathon - 29/06/2012

Cookstown half marathon - 29/07/2012

Berlin Marathon  - 30/09/2012

Dublin Marathon - 29/10/2012

Again thank you for taking the time to read our page.  Details of how you can donate are below.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - we raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

If you feel you would like support us and make a donation - thank you very much for supporting such a worthy cause.   

Gary and Ian 

 

Please note - every penny donated will go directly to the charity - we will meet all our own costs for travel, hotels and race entry fees