17 September 2018
On July 18th Mr Doran, English teacher, set himself the challenge of cycling 100 miles to raise funds and awareness for Asthma UK. He has previously raised money by running marathons but has only recently taken up cycling and swimming.
Mr Doran, with the help of his Year 7 and Year 8 classes, and his debate club,collected sponsorship, as well as selling some wonderful cakes and treats at break and lunchtime.
The event was an amazing success and raised a total of £300, with Mr Doran managing to complete his endeavour in 7 hours and cycling for a total of 110 miles!
During summer,he undertook another cycling challenge of 100 miles on the 29th of July. This was then followed by a two-mile swim (128 lengths) in open water on the 22nd of September. Then to finish he will be running a total of 48 miles at Bournemouth Marathon Festival in October.
“I have asthma myself and thanks to Asthma UK I am able to control it in a healthy and cost effective way. Sadly, it’s a growing concern amongst children but Asthma UK work to stop asthma attacks and, ultimately, cure asthma by funding world leading research and scientists,campaigning for change and supporting people with asthma to reduce their risk of a potentially life threatening asthma attack.” Mr Doran.
We would like to thank Mr. Doran for his efforts and wish him the best of luck for his future sporting challenges!
