Beefy to visit city on charity march; LEUKAEMIA: Sir Ian hitting the road again to raise more funds for reasearch.Byline: Jonny Greatrex CRICKET legend Sir Ian "Beefy beefy, beefyness 1. in dog conformation, used to describe overdevelopment of musculature in the hindquarters. 2. in cattle, used to designate the desirable physical conformation of a beef animal, but an undesirable character in dairy cattle. " Botham will be striding through Birmingham on his latest charity walk. The former England star is hitting the road again to raise money to help the fight against childhood leukaemia. His new journey - Beefy's Great Forget Me Not Walk - will mark 25 years since his first trek from John O'Groats to Land's End. On April 11 2010, he will embark on the second of ten walks in cities across the country by pacing from Marks and Spencers on High Street in the city centre to Sutton Park Sutton Park, in Sutton Coldfield, England, is one of the largest urban parks in Europe and the largest outside a capital city; it is smaller than Richmond Park in London,[1] but larger than the Phoenix Park in Dublin which both claim to be the largest in the continent. in Sutton Cold-field. There, well-wishers will be able join the 53-year-old father-of-three for the final few steps of his walk which will raise money for Leukaemia Research Leukaemia Research is a British charitable organisation, established in 1960 whose aim is to research leukaemia, lymphomas, myeloma, aplastic anaemia, myelodysplasia, the myeloproliferative disorders and the related blood disorders in both children and adults. . Sir Ian, who is president of the charity, said: "My walk in 2010 will be extra special for me as it marks 25 years since I did my first walk and also the 50th birthday for Leukaemia Research. "I never forget why I put myself through the pain and blisters. "Sign up and join me on the walk and help ensure that every child diagnosed with one of these cancers will survive. "I won't stop until we beat childhood leukaemia, but I can't do it without you. "I need people to sign up now and make this my best walk ever." Following the Birmingham march, Beefy will do the next ten miles of his challenge in Worcester on April 12, ending in Croome Park Croome Park is a landscaped country park surrounding Croome Court, near Besford in Worcestershire, England. It was Lancelot 'Capability' Brown's first compelete landscape design, begun in 1751 for George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry. . He started his walking campaign in 1985 at the height of his cricket powers after a chance meeting with a group of children with leukaemia Children With Leukaemia is a registered charity (no. 298405) inaugurated in 1988 by Diana, Princess of Wales in memory of Jean and Paul O'Gorman. The charity supports and organises events and money raising to aid children struck with leukaemia. in a Taunton hospital. Hearing that the children had little chance of survival due to a lack of research and funding, he was determined to help and has since raised pounds 10 million for the charity. Places have been filling up on each stage of the walk. If you would like to join *Sir Ian on his Birmingham walk, contact Botham Walk co-ordinator David Blandford on 0207 685 5143 or visit www.beefy25.com. CAPTION(S): Walk of hope: Sir Ian Botham launches his trek with leukaemia sufferers Molly Mae Shelley, seven, and Bradley Smith, six. |
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