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June 2015
Charity Cricket Weekend
On the weekend of June 5th and 6th 2015 we held 2 cricket matches played in support of Thinking of Oscar. Both involved the club that David played for growing up, Leigh Cricket Club, who are based in Surrey. Firstly on Friday June 5th there was a Twenty20 match played in Kirtlington, Oxfordshire between a Kirtlington Village team and a touring side from Leigh CC. This was then followed on the Saturday by a game between Middleton Stoney CC and…
Find out more »The Blenheim Palace Triathlon 2015
The 2015 Blenheim Palace Triathlon served as our main fundraising event for 2015. We had a 50 man and woman squad competing at this year’s event. Hannah spent many hours pushing Oscar and Holly around the lake in their pram during her maternity leave, so it seemed the obvious choice of venue to choose for our first major event. After months of training, preparation, organsiation, injuries and last minute replacements – Saturday June 13th 2015 came and with it the…
Find out more »December 2015
Boxing for Oscar
We are so grateful to everyone who has chosen to support Thinking of Oscar by being inspired to step out of their comfort zone and do something that they would have never imagined possible…….. On December 10th 2015, our good friend Gary Carr (@garycarrphysio) is well and truly stepping out of any comfort zone, by choosing to step in the ring at the O2 Indigo Rooms at London’s O2 Arena for a “one time only” white colour boxing match to…
Find out more »August 2016
South Coast 100km Challenge
During the August Bank Holiday weekend our good friend Ben Green and two teaching colleagues decided to take on the challenge of running the South Coast Challenge, a 100km off road race from Eastbourne to Arundel. Ben and one colleague, Chris Cox, took part to raise funds for Thinking of Oscar and their other colleague, David Saker, was running to raise money for The Alzheimer’s Society. Between the 3 of them they raised in excess of £2700 and miraculously all…
Find out more »September 2016
The Blenheim Palace Triathlon 2016
In 2015 David and 49 friends participated in the Blenheim Palace Triathlon in order to raise money and awareness for Thinking of Oscar. Together they raised more than £60,000. This year he is doing it again, however this time the squad will be made up of over 80 participants and Hannah is joining the team too. In 2016 we are looking to raise £100,000 collectively to reach our goal of funding a new Paediatric Procedures Unit for the John Radcliffe Hospital…
Find out more »October 2016
Thinking of Oscar Cook Book – “Send with Love”
Click Here To Send Your CopyThe Thinking of Oscar Cookbook, Made with Love, was originally intended to be a collection of recipes inspired by friends of Oscar’s family who, in the weeks and months after Oscar died, generously delivered home cooked meals to the family’s doorstep. Day after day, as word of the project spread some celebrity chefs became involved in the campaign. The resulting book is a collection of tried and tested recipes, family favourites handed down through generations,…
Find out more »The Suffering – Pain & Suffering 2016
On October 29th 2016 two ex work colleagues of David and Hannah's decided to truly put themselves out of their comfort zone and take part in an event known as Pain & Suffering. The event is a 10 mile obstacle course race described as one of the most brutal in the UK. We wanted to say a huge Thank You to both Jason Pritchard and Austin Pierson for taking on the challenge and completing it to raise in excess of…
Find out more »November 2016
Singapore Cycle Ride 2016
On February 15th 2015 six guys set out at 6am in the morning to take on a ‘Round the Island’ cycle challenge in Singapore. The objective of the 126km ride was to raise awareness for ‘Thinking of Oscar’ and show that you can do anything given a group of like minded individuals who all wanted to do something to support our cause. Nearly 20 months later most of the original cast along with some new recruits will be setting out…
Find out more »June 2019
The Blenheim Palace Triathlon 2019
Calling all budding triathletes and all previous TOO Team Members! To mark the 5th Anniversary of Thinking of Oscar we are once again putting together a squad for the Blenheim Palace Triathlon. Over the last four years we have raised close to £175,000 and had more than 200 people compete for Thinking of Oscar. For many in was their first foray into the world of Triathlon. We mark this occasion we are inviting everyone who has taken part previously and…
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