Charity Wristbands
The Welsh Warrior Richard Hunt Foundation is now available for sale on EBay. The wristbands are black and green and have The Richard Hunt Foundation on one side and Welsh Warrior on the other.
The wristbands are priced at £2.50 plus £1.50 p&p.
They are also available at Waterston’s, Barclays Bank and Shackletons in Abergavenny. The Vine Tree in Llangattock also has them available.
We are always looking for other outlets to sell them through so if you have a shop, pub, barbers or hairdressers, butchers or bakers we would like to hear from you if you are interested in selling the wristbands or having one of our collection tubs.
All monies raised go directly back into the charity, we are a non profit organisation awaiting our charity number to be issued by the Charity Commission.
Offical Foundation launch party
This Friday at The Angel Hotel in Abergavenny, we are officially launching The Richard Hunt Foundation.
In attendance will be representatives from the Welsh Regiments, 1st The Queens Dragoon Guards, The Welsh Guards, The Royal Welsh, local dignitaries and Businessmen and women from the local community. Members of the Pilgrim Bandits including Richard "Nooky" Nauyokas of bad lad’s army fame, the pilgrim bandits have just completed an arduous trek across the Sahara. One of our patrons Christian Malcolm British Olympic athlete will be present.
We aim to promote the Foundation to the local community through the launch and media.
Three Peaks Trial
The Three Peaks Trial is an organised challenge walk arranged each year in March by the Cardiff Outdoor Group. The Walk was first held in March 1963 and was designed for less experienced walkers who wanted to test their powers of endurance and skill at map reading. It is the third oldest event of its type in the UK. Over the years the event has been modified so in 2010 there is a choice of four routes:
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Platinum Route:This is a linear walk of about 17 miles and 5000' of ascent from Llanthony to Abergavenny over Bal Mawr, Pen Cerrig Calch and Sugar Loaf. Entry to the Platinum Route is limited to 100. Although the Platinum Route is shorter than the Gold, the ascents are steeper and navigation more challenging, hence the higher grading.
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Gold Route: This is the original challenge, a circular walk of about 20 miles and 5000' of ascent, which crosses over three prominent peaks around Abergavenny in Monmouthshire: Blorenge, Sugar Loaf and Skirrid. This route is never far from civilisation yet there is no obvious route so that concentration on map reading is essential to keep to the best route.
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Silver Route: This is a circular walk of about 15 miles and 4000' of ascent. It follows the Gold Route from Abergavenny over Blorenge and Sugar Loaf, then descends back to Abergavenny.
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Bronze Route: This is a circular walk of about 10 miles and 2000' of ascent. The route goes from Abergavenny to the summit of Sugar Loaf, descending by a different path.
For more information and sponsor forms visit our web site and go to the fundraising link.
Music & Family Fun Day
Hi
As you are aware Richard Hunt was the 200th service person to loose their life in Afghanistan.
Hazel Hunt the mother of Richard did not want him to die in vain so along with family and
friends set up The Richard Hunt Foundation.
We have been holding talks with Monmouthshire County Council and have now confirmed a
date for a Music and Family fun day to raise funds and awareness for our injured and
often forgotten heroes. In the ten weeks since Richard passed away we have raised in
excess of £10,000 this has gone to Help For Heroes, The Poppy Appeal and other charity
organisations. We hope to continue to raise funds and see this the first of hopefully
many large scale events to be held.
We can now announce the date of the Music and Family fun day to be held at Bailey Park in
Abergavenny on the 15th May 2010.
The day will consist of live music from a wide variety of bands, displays, funfair, trade
stalls, food and drink. The planning is in the very early stages but we believe we have
a very good team working on this event and we have had so many offers of support it is
overwhelming.
For more information please contact us.
Eirwen Rogers
Events Co-Ordinator
01873 810105
info@welshwarrior.co.uk
The Richard Hunt Foundation
Music and Family Fun Day
Just had a very productive meeting with Monmouthshire County Council.
The Richard Hunt Foundation will be holding its first music and family fun day at Bailey Park in Abergavenny on the 15th of May 2010. This will be an all day music, funfair, shows and displays along with trade stalls. The venue can hold 5,000 people further details will be on the websites events page.