WHO ARE WE?

Our team has come together from 2 key sources - both with a sporting theme.

A number of us have a connections with DC Steamers football club who play in the Reading Sunday League.  3 of us played in our 1st ever game 25 years ago and our partners are all involved in this cycle ride.  We've been joined by a number of younger / more recent players and friends. There is also a strong Maidenhead Rowing Club contingent.  With their best rowing days behind them now, these chaps are up for a new challenge! (Check out our profiles on ‘The Team’ page at the top)

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS

·         One in three of us will be diagnosed with cancer during our lifetime

·         One in four of us will die from it.

·         Excluding certain skin cancers, there were almost 290,000 new cases of the disease in 2005.

·         Treatment rates for many of the most common types are improving rapidly but there is still much to do.

These are the bald facts but only tell part of the story.  For cancer patients and their friends and family, diagnosis and treatment is a traumatic time and recovery rates, whilst improving, aren’t good enough.

In common with so many people we have all been personally affected by cancer in some way in recent years.  All of us have lost someone we care about to Cancer, several within the last few months.  Our team includes a cancer survivor and, since we started planning the event, one of our number has been diagnosed with the disease (albeit we are hopeful that the cancer has been caught early).

Completing this event means a huge amount to every single member of the team.  We know there will be a few sore backsides and other sore body parts besides, but the knowledge that we are raising money for such a worthy cause will spur us over the finish line.  Please give generously to one or more of our chosen charities by following the link(s) to the relevant justgiving pages