18 NAVY NEWS, JULY 2007
Up in the air
Fishing
Welsh
for
dragons
abroad
THREE men from the Wales Uni-
at Culdrose
cash
versity Royal Naval Unit are pack-
ing their bags and heading out to
the loftier peaks of the Alps for a
HOSPICE Rachel House in Fife, charity challenge.
part of the Children’s Hospice Matt Williams, Matt Wilson and
Association Scotland (CHAS), has John Little, all students at Cardiff
benefi ted from the angling talents University, are taking on one of
THE ‘helping hands’ of
of the Royal Navy. the hardest foot races in Europe,
HMS Caledonia’s PO Warren the Ultra Trail around Mont
RNAS Culdrose have been
Malcolm came up with the idea Blanc, covering 86km, climbing
reaching out over Cornwall
and tempted more than a dozen more than 5,000m in less than
in recent weeks. anglers to fish for glory on the 24 hours.
Eleven trainees from 824 NAS banks of Loch Fitty – despite a All money raised will go to Ty
– the Merlin training squadron grim day of weather. Hafan, the Children’s Hospice in
– took on a Ground Force mission Warren said: “CHAS is a great Wales.
at Mullion Primary School where charity, which does amazing work If you would like to support
they set to work with a will on at Rachel House for terminally-ill them, visit
www.justgiving.com/
the school’s playing field, building children. walesurnucharity, or telephone
fences, making paths and setting “I just thought it would be 07813 855437.
up a basketball net. fantastic to be raise some money
More from the Merlin squad- for them. And, of course, fishing
ron headed off to help renovate is a bit of a passion of mine, so
Rainbow at
a local gym in just two days. it seemed like a fun way of doing
The Swallows gym in Helston it.”
trains young gymnasts, but the Although the first catches of
Fareham
premises were becoming distinctly the day went to novice fishermen
SAILORS from HMS Collingwood
run down. Lt Mark Ruston and Sgt Tam
have been back to the Rainbow
The staff of the local gym club McAuley, it was organiser Warren
Centre in Fareham clearing up the
● Sgt Mark Hayes put out a plea – and 824 stepped himself who netted the heaviest
centre’s assault course.
Marathon
forward to help, painting walls and bag of the day with four fish
Officers from the System
laying a patio. weighing over 10lb.
Engineering and Management
CO Cdr ‘Tricky’ Dane said: The prize for biggest single
Training centre visited the unit
Marine Mark
“Our team acted almost like the catch went to PO Russell Kerwin
that cares for children with cer-
BBC’s Changing Rooms team and for his 4lb 8oz fish.
ebral palsy as part of a long-
managed to bring new life to these The day raised some £670 for
standing relationship between
ROYAL Marine Sgt Mark Hayes sites in a matter of days. the Fife-based hospice.
Collingwood and the Rainbow
survived the London marathon to “We are very pleased to be able Warren said: “I am really
centre.
raise £1,550 for charity WellChild. to help, and I am sure that our delighted with the amount of
At the fi nish line he promised him- trainees will get a lot from this money we raised, but I’m hoping
self “Never again”. Then one week exercise too.” to organise a bigger and better Drake deeps
later he signed his name up for the It’s not just 824 NAS who’ve gala-style day at Loch Fitty in
New York marathon... been helping out at Culdrose September.
Pledge your support to the – 25 people took part in a swima- “We organised this one in about
are all Heart
green beret, who is running for thon to raise money for Marie a month, so I reckon that we can
FIVE instructors from HMS
the Great Ormond Street Hospital Curie Cancer Care and raised the get even more people with more
Drake are in training to run 368
Children’s Charity, at www.just- impressive total of £4,500 for the notice.
kilometres (228 miles) from Ply-
giving.com/RoyalMarines or in cancer charity. “And more people means more
mouth to London later this year.
one of the collection boxes in sen- And Shelterbox remains close funds for CHAS.”
The five, part of a satellite
ior messes across the RN. to Culdrose with families and Warren specifically thanked
unit of Raleigh’s Royal Navy
Beards out on
individuals enjoying the benefits Richard and Helen Philp who run
Submarine School, will run the
of the night in a Shelterbox tent the loch for all their help in setting
distance in a 12km per person per
and raising £600. up the event.
day relay over five days in aid of
Campbeltown
the South West Children’s Heart
Circle.
SAILORS from HMS Campbel- Organiser WO Dermot ‘Robbie’
town raised more than £2,800 for Roberts said: “Having recently
various charities during their re- suffered a heart attack myself,
cent deployment. I thought it would be fitting to
The money was gathered support a ‘heart’ based charity
through a number of activities, as a way of saying thank you and
including the well-known horse showing other people that you can
– or in this case, camel – racing recover and lead a normal life.
night and a beard-growing com- “Based at Bristol Children’s
petition. Hospital, the charity carries out
The money will be split with wonderful work with children with
£500 going to charities in the cardiac problems.”
Type 22’s affiliated town in The team can be sponsored
Scotland, £1,600 to the Children’s online at
www.justgiving.com/
Hospice South West, and £750 submarinerslondonrun.● Chiefs and WOs from HMS Cornwall don green T-shirts for the
to Plymouth’s Anchor Support Mount Everest Press-up Charity Challenge
Group that helps families with
disabled children.
Commanding Officer Capt Cornwall goes green
Shameless
Rupert Wallace said: “We are
delighted to support Anchor THE MOUNT Everest Press-up Charity Challenge saw 24 CPOs and
Nicklas
Group. It is reassuring to know WOs from HMS Cornwall flex their muscles some 29,030 times,
IN a self-confessed ‘blunderbuss’
that Service families with disabled equivalent to the 29,030-feet height of HMS Everest.
approach for support, Lt Cdr
children are offered this kind of The strained arm muscles on board the frigate on patrol in the
Colin Nicklas – who has previous-
help, particularly if one of the Northern Arabian Gulf added up to £1,500 for Macmillan Cancer
ly appeared on these pages after
parents is away.” Support in Cornwall.
running the Snowdonia marathon
– is calling on everyone out there
SHIPS OF THE
to take a look at his website www.
madcharitychallenge.com.
This year the officer has teamed
up with Lt ‘AJ’ Snell to take on a
FALKLANDS CONFLICT
series of gruelling endurance chal-
lenges, mainly involving running,
rowing and riding.
Replica models cast in metal, hand painted and mounted on a wooden plinth All this work is in aid of
with brass name plate.
Children’s Hospice South West
– and the two are eyeing up the
Ships in 1.1250th scale
charity’s annual Bus Pull on
Plymouth Hoe this July, although
HMS HERMES (7.5” long) £55.00. HMS INVINCIBLE (6.5” long) £55.00 they do concede it might perhaps
HMS FEARLESS (5” long) £45.00. RFA GREEN ROVER (6.5” long) £45.00
be a little tough for just the two
of them...
● The Rev Nev Kelly, fl anked by POPT Jason Wallace, Capt Tim
RFA OLWEN (6.5 “ long) £45.00. RFA RESOURCE (6.5 “ long) £45.00
Lowe and Leading Chef ‘Elly’ Ellison and Surg Lt Cdr Andy Cormack
RFA FORT GRANGE (6.00” long) £45.00. RFA BAYLEAF (5.25” long) £45.00
begin the HMS Albion commemorative charity rowathon
Performing
Ships in 1.700th scale
HMS ARDENT Type 21 (6.5” long) £55.00
They do row,
at their peak
HMS SHEFFIELD Type 42 (7.00” long) £55.00
TWELVE people from Abbey
HMS INVINCIBLE (12.00” long) £120.00
don’t they?
Wood will be looking peaky in
early July when sailors and civil
servants from the Marine Power
Post and Packing add £6.00 (Models sent via UPS) and Propulsion IPT will be climb-
SAILORS from assault ship HMS 25 years before, are raising money ing 24 peaks of the Lake District
To order your model send your name, address and daytime telephone number,
Albion are rowing from Plymouth for the Dame Hannah Rogers in just 24 hours...
along with your cheque or credit card details to:
to the Falkland Islands, while their Trust in Ivybridge. The group, split into two teams
Skytrex Ltd, Unit 1 Charnwood Business Park, North Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 1LE ship works her way around the The ship’s chaplain, The Rev of six, will split the 24 hours over
Tel: 01509 213789 Fax: 01509 230874
Baltic as part of the NATO Re- Nev Kelly, has helped maintain two days, and are raising money
sponse Force. the strong links between the ship for Seafarers UK.
email:
sales@skytrex.com www.skytrex.com
The men and women of the and the centre, that supports If you want to support the
PLEASE ALLOW UP TO 28 DAYS FOR DELIVERY
Plymouth-based warship, as well young people with complex physi- teams, please visit the website
as commemorating the events of cal disabilities.
www.justgiving.com/mppsipt.
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