Cancer fundraiser scales the heights to success; Cancer fundraiser is in peak condition.Byline: Mike Bradley For other persons of the same name, see Michael Bradley. Mike Bradley (football) (born September 16, 1978 in Richmond Hill, Ontario) is a Canadian Football League running back for the Edmonton Eskimos. He is a graduate from the University of Waterloo, where he started in 1997. A DUDLEY fundraiser has been named Cancer Research UK's Ambassador of the Year after climbing six mountains and raising pounds 25,000 for the charity. Alan Peace, 63, has received the national award in celebration of his 'unflinching loyalty and dedication' to the cause over many years. He picked up the accolade last week at a special ceremony in London, hosted by Cancer research UK's chairman, David Newbigging. An audience at the Russel Hotel in Russell Square This article is about the garden square. For the London Underground station see Russell Square tube station. Russell Square is a large garden square in Bloomsbury, London. It is near the University of London's main buildings and the British Museum. heard how Alan used his hobby of mountain climbing mountain climbing, the practice of climbing to elevated points for sport, pleasure, or research. Also called mountaineering, it is practiced throughout the world. Types There are three types of mountain climbing. to raise funds for the charity after his wife Joan died of cancer five years ago. His original aim was to climb Argentina's Mount Aconcagua and raise pounds 23,000 for Cancer Research UK - that's pounds 1 for every foot of the mountain. But dangerous blizzards meant he had to turn back 200 metres short of the summit. Yet the determined park manager resolved to raise the money despite the setback. And he went on to climb six mountains in five years, clocking up a total height of 32,710 metres - and raising more than pounds 25,000 for Cancer Research UK. Alan who works at Himley Hall Himley Hall is a country house situated between Kingswinford and Wombourne, near Dudley and Wolverhampton in Staffordshire, England. In early days, Himley Hall was a moated manor house, standing beside the medieval church. , said: "I was absolutely speechless when I found out I'd been nominated. There are people out there who do much more than I do but I'm extremely proud to have been chosen. "I'm grateful for the support I've had from close friends and in the next year I'm hoping to reach my new goal of pounds 32,000." CAPTION(S): Aiming high: Cancer Research UK Ambassador of the Year and mountaineer Alan Peace. |
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