Summer challenges Event:
Date: 26-06-2011



Nice Iron Man, Two English Channel Solos and a two way English Channel Relay

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Money raised off-line: €10,700.00
Money raised on-line: €8,771.00

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Hey Guys,

Thanks for visiting our fundraising page. The National Medical Rehabilitation Trust Ltd charity (also known as the NRH) is a very worthy cause and we would very much appreciate your support in helping us to raise funds for this charity.
There are 4 events that our group are taking part in aid of the NRH.

Event number one:
On June 26th of this year Kevin Thornton will compete in the France Iron Man in Nice. This entails a 3.75km swim, followed by a 180km cycle and then straight in to a full marathon!! Just copy and paste the link below to see a clip!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxbwZ9458f8

Event number two:
A 6 person two way English Channel Relay - Dave Farrell, Julie Galloway, Kevin Thornton, Lucy Gaynor (ONLY 16yrs!) Sorcha Barry and Susanna Murphy will swim the channel from England to France....and then back again. This is planned for any day between July 21st- 29th (weather dependent).

Just copy and paste the link below to see a clip!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPJpQoDZmK8&feature=related

Event number three:
After a short rest... Susanna Murphy will then swim the English Channel solo - during the period of August 7th- 12th

Event number four:
Between September 5th-10th Sorcha Barry will do a solo English Channel swim.

Thats a sizeable amount of blood, sweat, tears, salty water and potential jellyfish stings.
Together we will have swam over 140km!!!

Please read a few words below about the NRH, the charity that we have chosen to support. Sorcha and Kevin both work there. You can donate using the "sponsor me now" button below via credit or debit card. You can be assured that your transaction on the mycharity.ie website is very secure. You will automatically receive an e-mail from me thanking you for your support, and acknowledging the amount of your donation. Any donation no matter how small is hugely appreciated.

Many thanks in advance for your support,

Dave, Julie, Kevin, Lucy, Sorcha and Susanna

About my charity

NRH Foundation (formerly the National Medical Rehabilitation Trust Ltd.)
The NRH Foundation (formerly National Medical Rehabilitation Trust (NMRT) Limited) is a registered charity.   It aims to raise financial support from the community towards projects that will directly benefit the patients at the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH). 
 
The National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) provides a comprehensive range of specialist rehabilitation services to patients from throughout Ireland who, as a result of an accident, illness or injury require rehabilitation services in the following areas of specialty:
  • Brain Injury (including Stroke and other Neurological Conditions)

  • Spinal Cord Injury

  • Prosthetic, Orthotic and Limb Absence Rehabilitation

  • Paediatric Family-Centred Rehabilitation

  • Rehabilitation Treatment Programmes, as well as Assessments and Reviews, are delivered through our Inpatient or  Outpatient Services as appropriate. 
Backed by over 50 year’s experience, clinical expertise and a solid reputation for excellence, patients are given every opportunity to meet their rehabilitation goals through personalised treatment plans.  Many of our patients will have a life-long relationship with the hospital following completion of their rehabilitation programme.  
 
Rehabilitation is a lifelong investment in people; it is an educational process of active change by which a person learns the knowledge and skills needed to enable them to participate meaningfully in family and community life.
 


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My Online Sponsors to Date

Name Date Type Amount Comment
Caroline Kevany 18-10-2011 Donation €50.00 Sorcha..long overdue. Amazing work Caroline, Robert & Cleo xx
Caroline Orr 17-10-2011 Donation €25.00 Amazing feat - congrats
Anonymous 15-10-2011 Donation €50.00 -
Anonymous 08-10-2011 Donation €60.00 Well done on completing your challenge!
Anonymous 03-10-2011 Donation €100.00 So proud of you girls!Odile and Dara X
Cian Connaughton 27-09-2011 Donation €22.00 Well done guys :D
Karl Jordan 23-09-2011 Donation €100.00 A small contribution in recognition of an awesome achievement and a great cause
Anonymous 23-09-2011 Donation €150.00 Amazing achievements - well done!
Alun Davies 20-09-2011 Donation €25.00 -
keelin macd 19-09-2011 Donation €40.00 Well done Glenalbyn fishys - super feat!
sheena cheyne 16-09-2011 Donation €25.00 Congraulations Sorcha. fantastic achievement!!!
Emer O'Keeffe 15-09-2011 Donation €50.00 -
Anonymous 15-09-2011 Donation €10.00 -
Noel Murray 15-09-2011 Donation €60.00 Woo, well done!! from the Murrays ( Ciara and Aoife)
Tom O'Higgins 15-09-2011 Donation €50.00 well done sorcha, all that training has paid off,---Tom O'Higgins Estate Agent
Isabel COgan 15-09-2011 Donation €50.00 Well done Sorcha. What a legend!
Ruth Shelly 15-09-2011 Donation €50.00 Well done Sorcha, absolutely amazing achievement- Ruth
Aneesa Ally 15-09-2011 Donation €50.00 What an amazing achievement! Well done x Aneesa & Mark
Rachel Murphy 14-09-2011 Donation €40.00 Go Sorcha, best of luck! You and the team are inspirational!
Catherine Merrigan 14-09-2011 Donation €25.00 Best of luck! Go n-eirí an t-ádh leat!
Anonymous 14-09-2011 Donation €50.00 Amazing determination for a great cause, well done all!
claire o sullivan 14-09-2011 Donation €30.00 Inspirational!!
Anonymous 03-09-2011 Donation €25.00 You're bloody legends!
Anne Aston 31-08-2011 Donation €50.00 Good luck Sorcha - may the weather be with you! x
Sarah Early 30-08-2011 Donation €200.00 Brilliant cause. Congratulations!
trish holland 28-08-2011 Donation €150.00 think u are all amazing! go for the channel Sorcha! xxx
Anonymous 25-08-2011 Donation €22.00 Great swimming.
Eleanor Phillips 23-08-2011 Donation €30.00 You guys are amazing!! :-)
Éabha Rosenstock 21-08-2011 Donation €100.00 well done Murph!
Anonymous 17-08-2011 Donation €25.00 You're all an inspiration!
Aisling Comerford 16-08-2011 Donation €100.00 WOW Suzie, well done!!! You & the team are awesome!!!! Great cause too!! Ash & Aoife
Aedeen Conway 16-08-2011 Donation €50.00 Well done! Was tired just tracking Susanna's brilliant swim yesterday. Best of Luck Sorcha.
Anna Curley 15-08-2011 Donation €100.00 You are incredible-we're all so proud of you!! Even if you make us feel totally inadequate!!
Jennifer Broughan 15-08-2011 Donation €25.00 You're amazing, Susanna!!
Anonymous 15-08-2011 Donation €10.00 for Susanna who had to wait so dam long to go.
Michael Barton 15-08-2011 Donation €25.00 Best of luck to you all
Anonymous 14-08-2011 Donation €50.00 Best of luck tonight Susanna!! If you can swim to London after we'll have a glass of wine waiting :)
Brian Thornton 13-08-2011 Donation €100.00 Proud of you all. Well done!
Davina Geraghty 12-08-2011 Donation €22.00 Well done to you all, what a great challenge on the channel !!!
Moninne Agnew 11-08-2011 Donation €25.00 What an achievement, well done
Anonymous 11-08-2011 Donation €22.00 -
Anonymous 09-08-2011 Donation €50.00 Congratulations Sorcha and Kevin-just reading what you plan to do makes me tired!
Lucy Dowling 05-08-2011 Donation €25.00 Well done guys, great achievement.
Saly O'Herlihy 05-08-2011 Donation €50.00 Best of luck Susanna & well done everyone on really incredible achievements so far.
Kieran O'Dowd 05-08-2011 Donation €50.00 Well done ... you are all mad!!
Cara Mulcahy 05-08-2011 Donation €30.00 Congrats on brilliant job so far and best of luck for the 2 channel crossings coming up. Awesome!!!
Anonymous 05-08-2011 Donation €25.00 Well done and good luck with the rest of the swims.
Noel Murphy 04-08-2011 Donation €20.00 Summer Challenges. Lifetime Champions.
Kevin Healy 04-08-2011 Donation €100.00 Well Done!
Anonymous 04-08-2011 Donation €75.00 good luck
niamh fitzgibbon 04-08-2011 Donation €10.00 Great swim you guys!
Dinny Collins 04-08-2011 Donation €10.00 Well done guys, looked like you's had fun too great video
Anonymous 04-08-2011 Donation €30.00 Well done Sorcha & co, best of luck to you all! Jenny : )
Brianne Mulvihill 04-08-2011 Donation €50.00 You guys rock. Keep up the amazing swimming!
Anonymous 03-08-2011 Donation €70.00 Some people use boats, the cheek of them. Good cause, good test for you guys. Well done.
Anonymous 03-08-2011 Donation €100.00 Well done so far and good luck with the rest of the madness
Anonymous 29-07-2011 Donation €100.00 Well done, I appreciate the hard work you have put in to this.
Heidi Berger 29-07-2011 Donation €25.00 A worthy cause, good luck x
kevin tierney 29-07-2011 Donation €22.00 best of luck good cause
Anonymous 29-07-2011 Donation €30.00 Well done, guys, good luck with the next "steps"
Ronan Shortall 29-07-2011 Donation €30.00 Fair play & best of luck!
Julie Douglas 29-07-2011 Donation €5.00 Awesome challenge guys!! Hope it's going well!! Smash it!!
George Bartle 29-07-2011 Donation €25.00 Best of luck guys
marco benini 29-07-2011 Donation €50.00 -
Anonymous 28-07-2011 Donation €20.00 Youse crowd think yis are great. So do I. Well on the bit so far and best of for the solos.
David McLean 28-07-2011 Donation €50.00 Fantastic fund raising event, I wish you all the best
Anonymous 28-07-2011 Donation €125.00 -
Anonymous 28-07-2011 Donation €100.00 Go n-éirí libh, Susanna agus na cairde! Pauline n Eugene n co.
Philip O' Connell 27-07-2011 Donation €22.00 savage stuff well done!
Alice Flood 27-07-2011 Donation €100.00 Heroes
Anonymous 27-07-2011 Donation €100.00 -
Tighearnach McKevitt 26-07-2011 Donation €50.00 Good luck all
Padraig Keane 26-07-2011 Donation €100.00 Well done fiddler!
John Holland 25-07-2011 Donation €100.00 well done! fantastic!
Rachel Jackson 22-07-2011 Donation €100.00 Best of luck !!!
Anonymous 21-07-2011 Donation €20.00 Best of luck to you all!
Mark Battelle 20-07-2011 Donation €100.00 Good luck with the swim !
Gavin Curley 20-07-2011 Donation €50.00 Good luck guys!!!
Adam Barnes 20-07-2011 Donation €50.00 Best of luck Susanna!!
Deirdre Kearney 19-07-2011 Donation €25.00 The very best of luck guys.
Peter Casey 19-07-2011 Donation €100.00 Great cause. Great team. Good Luck! Peter & Taryn Casey
Anonymous 19-07-2011 Donation €50.00 Best of luck Sorcha and co
John Cunningham 19-07-2011 Donation €50.00 Well done Susanna and all! best of luck- John & Gillian
david cawley 19-07-2011 Donation €30.00 Well done guys and good luck!
Peter Turner 19-07-2011 Donation €20.00 Best of luck Dave & Co
Anonymous 19-07-2011 Donation €20.00 Best of luck.
Anonymous 18-07-2011 Donation €20.00 Best o' luck, amazing challenge,great cause!
karl walsh 18-07-2011 Donation €20.00 best of luck Susanna & co keep the mind positive when you are out in the sea Squelch
Anonymous 18-07-2011 Donation €40.00 Best of luck folks, great cause.
Jean Cahill 18-07-2011 Donation €50.00 best of luck sorcha and all the rest. will be a fantastic achievement.
John Redmond 18-07-2011 Donation €100.00 Well done , it is a great cause. All Irish open sea swimmers will be proud of you
Aoife McPhillips 18-07-2011 Donation €50.00 Good luck crazy kids... you'll nail it!!
Francoise Connolly 18-07-2011 Donation €50.00 Bonne Chance et Bon Courage!
Paula McGowan 14-07-2011 Donation €40.00 Amazing stuff ;) Good luck!!!!
Paul Kehoe 13-07-2011 Donation €100.00 Best of luck
Kate Farrell 12-07-2011 Donation €100.00 Best of luck Susanna! You're a legend for doing it!
Anthony Malone 11-07-2011 Donation €25.00 nice one Dave...notice you picked the handiest on the four efforts to get involved!!
Michael Quirke 10-07-2011 Donation €25.00 Incredible challenge. Well done guys.
Anonymous 07-07-2011 Donation €20.00 Good luck Sorcha and co, you mad, mad people
Ann-Marie Fanning 07-07-2011 Donation €20.00 Best of luck
Stephen Doyle 07-07-2011 Donation €100.00 I know you guys can do it-I see it every morning
fiona thornton 05-07-2011 Donation €25.00 Best of lucks
Marie McGrane 05-07-2011 Donation €20.00 Good luck with the swim all, Marie McGrane
Lorna Fitzpatrick 05-07-2011 Donation €25.00 Best of luck Dave (and all of the other fish)... god you'd do anything to get off work! ;-)
Anonymous 05-07-2011 Donation €20.00 Good Luck Dave
Jessica Murtagh 05-07-2011 Donation €20.00 Best of Luck with all the Events from Jessie and the twins Kyle & Mackenzie
Fergus Cooney 05-07-2011 Donation €100.00 Good luck, watch out for the Zeebruga car ferry
Sarah Keane 05-07-2011 Donation €50.00 It's a great cause and you are all more than able - Good luck
Mary Kelly 05-07-2011 Donation €50.00 Best of Luck Dave and all the group-a very worthy cause. Well done.
Eoin Fahy 05-07-2011 Donation €100.00 fair play, hope the jellyfish are kind
Rene Kral 05-07-2011 Donation €120.00 Best of luck to all - super thing to do !
Carol Finlay 05-07-2011 Donation €22.00 Good Luck Guys :)
Niamh Carr 05-07-2011 Donation €50.00 Best of luck guys!
Anonymous 05-07-2011 Donation €50.00 -
Anonymous 04-07-2011 Donation €20.00 I hope you do really well and I can't wait to hear about it once you've finished!
Linda Clarke 04-07-2011 Donation €50.00 Best of luck guys! I don't want to hear of any boat touchers!!!
Anonymous 03-07-2011 Donation €50.00 All the best Lucy, should be an interesting adventure!! dying to hear about it
Rob Genest 02-07-2011 Donation €22.00 no jelly fish, good currents, warm water. congratulations Kevin!
Anonymous 01-07-2011 Donation €25.00 Good Luck! Its quite some goal to go for!
Anonymous 29-06-2011 Donation €25.00 The Best of Luck
Mark Hynes 28-06-2011 Donation €40.00 Incredible, incredible stuff guys!! You are making everybody feel very very proud!!
Jillian Coll 27-06-2011 Donation €25.00 Best of luck!!
Anonymous 27-06-2011 Donation €200.00 Good Luck Crazy People!!!!
Anne Dillon 27-06-2011 Donation €25.00 Good luck! You are inspirational
Andrea Murphy 26-06-2011 Donation €100.00 Very best of luck Superstars!! So proud of you xxxx
Vincenzo Nicoletti 25-06-2011 Donation €100.00 Good luck guys
Aoif e Ni Mhurchu 24-06-2011 Donation €100.00 Go on ya mad crazy fishes.... Best of luck xxx
Anonymous 24-06-2011 Donation €50.00 -
Anonymous 24-06-2011 Donation €20.00 Inspirational stuff
David Shakespeare 24-06-2011 Donation €50.00 Susie you Legend!! best of luck
Anonymous 24-06-2011 Donation €200.00 Best of luck Susanna!
Rod Murphy 24-06-2011 Donation €50.00 Well done guys, you're all fantastic
Jennifer Kellett 24-06-2011 Donation €125.00 We know you can do it Susanna xx
Anonymous 23-06-2011 Donation €100.00 A very proud family member wishes you the best of luck
Aoife de Burca 23-06-2011 Donation €25.00 Go Susanna! So impressed by everything you and your team are doing. Go n-éirí libh!
Anonymous 23-06-2011 Donation €50.00 Go Susanna!
Ronan Langan 23-06-2011 Donation €40.00 Amazing guys well done. Go Team NRH!!
Anonymous 22-06-2011 Donation €100.00 All the very best. God bless. APH
Valerie Twomey 22-06-2011 Donation €50.00 Best of Luck Kevin, Sorcha and all the team...awesome challenge, admirable cause!
Anonymous 22-06-2011 Donation €60.00 Good luck kev!
Cathal Duffy 20-06-2011 Donation €50.00 Well done Lucy, we're proud of you in Glenalbyn SC
Anonymous 19-06-2011 Donation €100.00 Awesome...
Dalva McPhillips 19-06-2011 Donation €35.00 Amazing stuff guys- best of luck!
Anonymous 17-06-2011 Donation €100.00 Swim my pretties...
Helen Cameron 15-06-2011 Donation €25.00 Fair play to you guys, an impressive effort for a great cause! Best of luck :)
Tom Healy 15-06-2011 Donation €100.00 no problem for you guys enjoy every minute !!!
Anonymous 12-06-2011 Donation €130.00 -
Joe Noone 07-06-2011 Donation €50.00 Wow..I get tired just walking the pier!! Best of luck gang!!
Pierre O Conghaile 05-06-2011 Donation €50.00 Epic!!!
Aoife Gibson 26-05-2011 Donation €100.00 You guys are amazing!I've a tear in my eye about how amazing this is.
John Lynch 25-05-2011 Donation €50.00 I'm hugely impressed, best of luck!
Stephen Early 24-05-2011 Donation €60.00 Best of luck dudes!
Lizanne Barry 18-05-2011 Donation €200.00 Go Guys go !