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BBC News
28-04-2025
- Health
- BBC News
London Marathon 'phenomenal' - Jersey colon cancer patient
A Jersey colon cancer patient who completed the London Marathon on Sunday said the experience was "phenomenal".Sam Wilkes was diagnosed with the disease in August and finished his chemotherapy treatment in treatment meant Mr Wilkes was not able to train fully for the finished in five hours and five minutes, raising more than £3,100 for the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and Friends of Jersey Oncology (FOJO) charities. Mr Wilkes spoke to BBC Jersey on Monday morning and said: "My legs aren't as bad as I'd thought they'd be but my feet are in tatters."I was actually five minutes quicker than I was the last time I ran this marathon."He added: "The day was phenomenal - just the noise, the runners, the crowd, the support, all of it was exceptional all the way through."The 2025 London Marathon set a new world record for the number of finishers. Katie Cartwright was another Jersey runner who completed the London had run the Boston Marathon six days prior to the event in the UK Cartwright said: "It seems to be the only major I have done so far where you end up seeing a four-person caterpillar, a netballer, Big Ben, a helicopter, Spider-Man all running the marathon alongside you."
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Colon cancer patient to run London Marathon
A Jersey colon cancer patient is running the London Marathon for two charities in the island. Sam Wilkes was diagnosed with the disease in August and soon afterwards started aggressive chemotherapy treatment. He has responded well and came off the treatment in March. Mr Wilkes is now waiting to hear if the chemotherapy has been successful and he is doing the race to raise money for Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and Friends of Jersey Oncology (FOJO). Mr Wilkes is a keen runner and both charities have a special meaning to him. He said "it was a real shock" to hear he had cancer but "every step of the way the health service has been with me and it's been a really positive experience as much as it can". "I've been impressed by Durrell and the work they do and their race - the Durrell Dash - was one of the first I did after my surgery so it really has a special place in my heart," Mr Wilkes added. He also said "FOJO supports active cancer patients and their care has been phenomenal". "It's very good to give back to both charities", he added, having raised more than £2,400 so far. Melissa Rocha from FOJO first met Mr Wilkes when he started his treatment with the oncology department at Jersey General Hospital. She said Mr Wilkes "is a really lovely guy" and "this is just an amazing achievement". Ms Rocha added: "We're obviously completely reliant on donations and every penny goes to patients on the island." More than 56,000 people are expected to run the London Marathon on Sunday. Mr Wilkes admitted he hasn't been able to train as much as he normally would for the marathon. He said "it's a really tough one" because he was only able to sign up two months ago and so he is "not quite sure how my body will hold up". "I'm going straight for a pub once I've finished and it's been an important chapter in my life, but I am happy that has ended," he added. Follow BBC Jersey on X and Facebook. Send your story ideas to DJ raises more than £11.5k running marathon Jersey woman with Huntington's completes marathon Friends of Jersey Oncology (FOJO) Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust London Marathon
BBC News
25-04-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Jersey colon cancer patient to run London Marathon
A Jersey colon cancer patient is running the London Marathon for two charities in the Wilkes was diagnosed with the disease in August and soon afterwards started aggressive chemotherapy has responded well and came off the treatment in Wilkes is now waiting to hear if the chemotherapy has been successful and he is doing the race to raise money for Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and Friends of Jersey Oncology (FOJO). Mr Wilkes is a keen runner and both charities have a special meaning to said "it was a real shock" to hear he had cancer but "every step of the way the health service has been with me and it's been a really positive experience as much as it can"."I've been impressed by Durrell and the work they do and their race - the Durrell Dash - was one of the first I did after my surgery so it really has a special place in my heart," Mr Wilkes also said "FOJO supports active cancer patients and their care has been phenomenal"."It's very good to give back to both charities", he added, having raised more than £2,400 so far. Melissa Rocha from FOJO first met Mr Wilkes when he started his treatment with the oncology department at Jersey General Hospital. She said Mr Wilkes "is a really lovely guy" and "this is just an amazing achievement".Ms Rocha added: "We're obviously completely reliant on donations and every penny goes to patients on the island."More than 56,000 people are expected to run the London Marathon on Sunday. Mr Wilkes admitted he hasn't been able to train as much as he normally would for the said "it's a really tough one" because he was only able to sign up two months ago and so he is "not quite sure how my body will hold up"."I'm going straight for a pub once I've finished and it's been an important chapter in my life, but I am happy that has ended," he added.
BBC News
24-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Delight as Jersey swimarathon event raises over £78k
More than £78,000 has been raised at an annual charity swimming event in 2025 Lions Swimarathon at Les Quennevais Sports Centre finished on Sunday with 392 teams completing 23,215 laps of the pool over the five days it ran, the Lions Club of Jersey added the money raised so far from the event had reached £78,425.95 which would go to charities including Friends of Jersey Oncology, Jersey Hospice and ABC Breast Cancer Support year's event was the 53rd edition of the swimarathon and the Lions Club of Jersey said almost £4m had been raised since the first event was held in 1972. Chris Palmer, the event's organising committee chairman, said he wanted to thank everyone who had either taken part or volunteered to help with the swimarathon."Once again, after so many years, it is still amazing to see so many swimmers of all ages taking part and clearly enjoying the event," he added.
BBC News
23-02-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Jersey cake and gift sale raises £4.5k for cancer charities
A cancer patient has raised more than £4,510 for charity with a week-long cake and gift Anne Robins came up with the idea to raise funds for Jersey Cancer Relief and Friends of Jersey Oncology (FOJO) while she was receiving asked if she could hold a one-day cake sake but said the idea mushroomed from there when Jersey General Hospital offered her space for a week-long 66-year-old, whose endometrial cancer has spread to her lungs, said: "It was electric. It was going to be a few hours but it just exploded and it made people aware as well." 'Delighted' Ms Robbins said she wanted to raise awareness so that people knew "as soon as your body does not feel right to push to get the right tests".The sale included cakes, unwanted Christmas gifts and items donated by local businesses to raffle to collected donations at the Jersey Cancer Relief Welcome Centre, Jersey Monumental and the St Clement's Parish Robins' family has been involved in fundraising for Jersey Cancer Relief for more than 20 said she thought the sale would make about £500 for each charity and was delighted with the final amount raised. Ms Robins, who has been having treatment in Jersey and at the Royal Marsden Hospital in central London, added: "Some people wanted to have private chats too, which is important."Every month about 30 newly-diagnosed patients begin treatment at Jersey's oncology unit, according to FOJO.
