By Jonathan White
A fundraising marathon vintage tractor ploughathon took place at Aston, near Wrenbury, has helped raise a huge £12,000 for charity.
The “3 Men and a Furrow” 24-hour vintage tractor ploughathon involved three friends – Ian Bulkeley, Fred Mottram and Gary Walker.
A fund to support a Wistaston boy suffering from a rare form of bone cancer has been given a £2,000 boost thanks to a novice Nantwich runner!
Ed Potts began training for the London Marathon earlier this year and when the event was cancelled due to Covid he ran around South Cheshire instead to raise money for Georgy Capener.
An 82-year-old Nantwich man who founded an international charity, is following in Captain Tom Moore’s footsteps by raising vital funds with a marathon walk in his garden!
David Maidment is the founder of the Railway Children, an international children’s charity based in Sandbach.
A Nantwich woman is to tackle a marathon and a gruelling 10-day trek to Machu Picchu – despite undergoing life-changing spinal surgery.
A director at Leighton Hospital ran a marathon to raise money for a baby bereavement suite appeal.
Julie Tunney, director of nursing at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, completed the Mallorca marathon to raise money for the “Lost Little Ones” appeal.
By Jonathan White
The annual ‘South Cheshire 20’ road race helped competitors prepare for the autumn and winter season.
The 20 mile race was held yesterday (September 1) with the start and finish at Shavington Sports Centre.
Nantwich man Simon Richardson has suffered more bereavement in the last three years than most do in a lifetime.
But now he’s fighting back by tackling three Marathons to raise money for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY).
A dance marathon in a northern town forms the backdrop for a foot-stomping and thought-provoking new musical that comes to Crewe Lyceum as part of a UK tour.
No Miracles Here is on a 15-date national tour in spring 2019, and arrives at Crewe Lyceum Studio on Saturday March 23.
Family and friends stepped out for a Willaston dad to complete a five-marathon challenge and raise funds in memory of his dad.
Paul Dean, 36, organised the 130-mile adventure in a 24-hour period in aid of Bloodwise, formerly Leukaemia Research.
Nantwich Kumon Study Centre is hoping young brain-boxes will rise to the challenge when it stages a ‘Maths Marathon’.
The centre will be opening its doors to local families for the “Mathathon” this Saturday September 3 at Nantwich Library.
A Nantwich man is tackling one of the most gruelling races on the globe – and is the second oldest Brit competing!
Richard Balukiewicz, 63, is testing his body in the ultimate in human endurance – the Marathon Des Sables across the Sahara Desert.
A 40-year-old Nantwich dad is in training for a 75km bike marathon in the Welsh mountains to raise money for a £1 million hospital appeal. Simon Warbrook, of Stapeley, will tackle a challenging route starting and finishing in Rhayader, the gateway to the spectacular Elan Valley in Mid Wales.
A Nantwich college worker put his best foot forward in the 2013 Virgin London Marathon to raise funds for a prominent local charity. Mark Hardy, student services coordinator at Reaseheath College, ran in aid of North West Air Ambulance (NWAA) and hopes to raise £2,000.
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