“Good luck Andrew on your epic challenge. I have done some crazy things in my
time, but this is extreme!! Hope the challenge goes really well and you
raise lots of money for the Yamaa Trust.”
All the best
Steve Redgrave
Best Wishes also sent from David cameron and all at 10 Downing Street!
Article about Andrews run and the Yamaa Trust in the Southern Reporter!
http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/Doc-aims-to-clock-up.6469827.jp?articlepage=1
Article in the Hawick News
http://www.hawick-news.co.uk/leisure/Daring-doctor-Andrew-set-for.6479207.jp
Article in the Edinburgh News -:
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Andrew-all-set-for-his.6480679.jp
On the 8th on November 2010 Yamaa Trust Doctor Andrew Murray will start an 85 day run from the very North of Scotland to the sand dunes of the Morocan Sahara! He will run over a marathon every single day with no days off!! To support Andrew with this test of extreme endurance and reach the £25,000 target please go to the donation page at www.justgiving.com/scotland2sahara 100% of the money raised will go to support the Yamaa Trust!
To find out more about this massive challenge visit the website at www.scotland2sahara.com , follow on twitter @scotland2sahara , facebook – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scotland-2-Sahara/130366206997311
There have been some great articles in the press about the challenge! Here is the first few, there will be more to come!
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Marathon-man-leads-friends-in.6450404.jp
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Running-fanatics-tackle-100-miles.6453426.jp
News Just in… Andrew just received some kind words of support from the first Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond
On Wednesday the 20th October we will be holding a fashion show and ladies night in the Piping Centre in Glasgow city centre!
The event will be a great girls night out not to mention a fantastic chance to do some early christmas shopping at or lovely boutique stalls!
There will be a bit of everything from, pampering, chocolate, crafts, cocktails and fashion!
Tickets £10
Join us for a 2 day adventure on the Isle of Jura on the 17th – 19th of September! Begin your trip with a speedboad ride over from the mainland, spend your first night camping out beside the jura hotel, pub visit and distillary tour (optional) Early rise on saturday to start the Pap walk. A full day of walking through beautiful surroundings with the option to go up or around one of the paps! Saturday night will be spent camping on an isolated beach which cannot be reached by road! Spend your night around a campfire! Lunch and dinner will be provided on saturday. Wake up to the sound of the waves on sunday, brakfast will be cooked for you then we continue on our walk beach side! Sure to be a great weekend!! For further information please contact us at yamaatrust@live.com
The Yamaa Trust has recently taken on board a creative genius called Donald. Donald once did some work for Saatch & Saatchi way way back in the early 70s! He’s now based in Paisley and has agreed to help the Yamaa Trust with our campaigning.
It was Donald’s idea to name our first fundraiser “The MacKHAAN Do” and to design the world’s first Mongolian Tartan. He also came up with the slogan “I Yamaa Supporter”…simple but genius!
Up until then it’s only been myself, Dave and Karen who have been brainstorming with our creative juices but now we have Donald to lead the way I’m sure we can expect great things.
As you can see from the photo below Donald is an incredibly expressive individual who clearly has no problem with his imagination.
Rob (Trustee)
Race Night/Disco is being held on Fri the 4th of June in Laings Restaurant in Paisley!! 7pm till 12pm
If you cannot attend you are still more than welcome to sponsor a race for the night for £40 or a horse for £10 (Prizes to be won + advertising and publicity on the night if you are a business sponsoring a race)
Tickets £8 Contact me on 07870839595 or yamaatrust@live.com to purchase or to sponsor a race/horse!!
Hope to see you all there!
There is going to be an abseil happening on Saturday the 29th of May in Dunkeld. Get at least 2 shots at abseiling off a 80 – 90 ft cliff!! Followed by a pub visit in Scone for beer and sandwiches! Minimum sponsorship is £40. If you’re interested get in touch! yamaatrust@live.com
Karen (Fundraiser)
This is the first day of the Yamaa Trust’s blog! So what can I say! We’ll be using this blog as a more dynamic and interactive way of keeping our supporters informed of our fund-raising events, photos, videos and we’ll be able to receive comments from supporters and viewers that can be published on this blog!
Feel free to look through the site or upload and pictures or comments you feel are relevant to our cause!
All the best
Rob (Trustee)
robert@yamaatrust.com