Don Hale Blog

FINAL MOMENTS MATTER **NEWS FLASH: Monday 11am. £261k raised so far with just a few hours to go..   Well-known charity fundraiser, volunteer, and supporter John Hatton, is appealing for people to help raise urgently needed funds for Hope House and Tŷ Gobaith children’s hospices.  https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com The appeal starts at 10am on Sunday 20th November and continues on Monday 21st November 2022. Please check out the links below. John confirmed: "Hope House and Tŷ Gobaith need   £500,000   to fund a whole year of vital end of life care for seriously ill local children and their families, and to make sure that the last moments of a child’s life are as precious as their first. "We have just 36-hours to complete our challenge but the brilliant news is that every donation made will be doubled! "Please help if you can because together we can make a real difference. Thanks for your support."   To donate please click on the link below: https://www.charityextra.com/

*Deganwy Dash race official John Hatton (*above) with Beverly Miles Chance meeting at Tesco led to Beverly donating funds to Deganwy Dash cancer charities in memory of her mother.  Report by Don Hale.   A chance meeting in Tesco at Llandudno Junction this week by joint Deganwy Dash race official John Hatton with checkout worker Beverly Miles led to a surprise but welcome cash donation towards children’s cancer charities. John, who has helped to organise and promote this popular 5-mile Dash for many years with NWRRC colleague Carla Green, said this year’s event, which will be held tonight (Friday 24th June) at 7pm, will now be known as Rohan’s Run, in memory of an extraordinary young student, Rohan Ingley, who tragically  lost his long battle with leukaemia in August 2018, aged just 17. *Rohan Ingley (*above), who tragically lost his life in August 2018. Rohan from Abergele, was a highly talented all-rounder, who excelled at sport and music, and was a very popular student at the King’s

Rohan’s relay boost for Children’s Cancer Charities Report by Don Hale. Photographs by Steve Jeffery. Athletes and supporters of North Wales Road Runners had fun in the sun last Sunday as they competed in a special 5-mile relay challenge on Llandudno promenade in aid of CLIC Sargent, and Leukaemia in Children charities. Some twenty-six runners took part in this unique fundraising event in memory of an extraordinary young student, Rohan Ingley, and included five teams of four, plus a guide, each completing 1.25 miles (2k), and one team of five “virtual” runners each running a mile. The weather too proved a hit for all the runners, and a host of supporters and sponsors, with the relay bathed throughout in bright, and very warm sunshine.  The race, organised by club officials John Hatton and Carla Green, with essential timekeeper Liz Driscoll, proved to be a real fun occasion, with many runners recording PB’s over this unusual sprint distance.  The winning team was Team 1, who completed t