Events

18th September 2011 The DecAid Big Tow will be a tri-service competition between the Navy, Army and RAF held at Rockingham Race Track.  The 10 teams will compete to tow army ambulances 10 times around the track. Each service will have three teams and three vehicles, including at least one service ambulance.  Teams will be [...]

September 18th 2011 Alan successfully ran the 2011 Great North Run Sunday 18th Sept, this year the runners enjoyed real squally weather, at times coming down in proverbial ‘stair rods’ Alan said that the atmosphere was fantastic, with in his view the best crowd support that he’s ever seen. At the half way point Alan [...]

September 16th 2011 Nigel (Bobby) Charlton and Steve (Snoppers) Worsnop 2 former Marines are going cycle from Overton to Duloe in one hit a total distance of 172 miles on September 16th.   They are hoping to complete the ride in 16 hrs and in time for Duloe Beer Festival which is on the 17th. The [...]

September 4th 2011 Alan ran the inaugural Maidenhead Half Marathon last Sunday4th carrying the Baton throughout and will definitely be there again next year. As well as talking to many other runners and organisers, Alan had the pleasure of meeting Councillor Asghar Majeed Mayor of Windsor and Maidenhead, all were gracious enough to listen to [...]

August 13th 2011 The DecAid Stretched to the Limit event takes place on the 13th August 2011. 32 teams of 10 or 12 people will carry loaded stretchers along a 7 mile route up the highest mountain in Wales (3,560ft). There will be space for up to 32 teams to enter and EVERYONE over the age [...]

19th August – 30th September A small team consisting of Andy North, Dave Edwards & Mike Senior will be completing over 2,000 miles of running, cycling and kayaking for 6 weeks from Catterick Garrison in Yorkshire to Gibraltar.  For more information and how to support them please visit their website here. The team are completing [...]

4th August 2011 This year we have been invited by massive Baton supporters Paul Sparks and Sandra Curtis to join the Barn Close Kennels stand and promote the Baton, this will be our first appearance at the Honiton Show which is such a brilliant local event. The Baton Stand will be in numbers 99-100 near [...]

August 1st 2011 On 1st August 2011 the DecAid team will begin their challenge to summit all 283 Scottish Munros (mountain over 3,000ft) in under 50 days.  However, there is more to their challenge than just ‘Munro Bagging’.   The team will dedicate every Munro they climb to servicemen and women who have lost their [...]

July 23rd 2011 In Taunton on the 15th July  CSjt Lancey of the Somerset Army Cadet Force received the Baton from Judy and Nick Gaden on behalf of the Cadets to carry during their 120th effort.  Judy and Nicks son Tom was sadly killed in action in Afghanistan 2009 Tom was a very much liked [...]

July 10th to 17th 2011 The Baton will be travelling from Canada to the USA, carried by Ram Patten on the England Rocks – Hands Across The Water event for ChildLine and the ForceSelect Foundation. Entitled England Rocks- Hands Across the Water, this summer’s ChildLine Rocks event hopes to raise a minimum of £50,000 for [...]