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Daily Mirror
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
John Terry praises 'man dressed as shoe' who helped him during London Marathon
Former Chelsea captain John Terry thanked a 'man dressed as a shoe' for helping him after taking part in the London Marathon this month John Terry was in awe over a 'man dressed as a shoe' who helped him at the London Marathon while they were running. The footballer joined a host of stars, including Steve Sidwell and Jody Morris, taking part in the run last Sunday and later congratulated everyone on social media. The former Chelsea captain took to his Instagram page to share a photo of him holding up his medal as well as a snap of him with Steve and Jody. He wrote: "Congratulations @stevesidwell14 @jodymorris. Legs are a little stiff and sore this morning, that is by far the TOUGHEST thing I have EVER done and this morning I have so much respect for everyone who run the marathon yesterday." John added: "Also a big shout out to the guy dressed as a shoe, who overtook me when I was struggling, yes dressed as a shoe and overtook me, slowed down and gave me some great words of encouragement and gave me some sweets and gels. "He then carried on running, about 2 minutes later he come running back towards me with a bottle of coke, Thank you mate. SHHOOEEE… I see so many great things like this yesterday. Well Done everyone." John suffered a nipple injury and, at one point, was forced to walk due to a cramp. He finished the marathon in just over five hours. Fellow footballers and stars took to the comment section to congratulate John, with Jose Mourinho saying: "Sid I believe, You I have doubts you did it." Steve wrote: "Brilliant mate. Incredible effort." One fan posted: "Great work JT, ran it myself yesterday and I wasn't expecting that heat! The support was unreal," and another added: " Meanwhile, the supposed sister of the 'man dressed as a shoe' found the post and wrote: "The guy you are talking about in the SHOE is my brother, Karl Fitzpatrick. He's a legend from Jersey!! Glad that he could help you hope the sweets and gels help. Shooooooooe." As reported by the BBC, the runner took part to raise money for Jersey Hospice. Karl has supported the hospice since 2022 and has raised almost £22,000 since then. Karl told the BBC: "I said to the fella 'only the greatest marathon runners wear these shoes,' joking as we both had them on. "I then realised it was John Terry. I slowed down and try to give him the motivational bants and tried to reassure him that he was doing fine. "So it might have looked strange, a shoe running the opposite way to everyone else and handing a full fat coke. I wished him the very best and told him 'be strong and the pain will go."
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
15-02-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Jersey Hospice aims to raise £100,000 in 72 hours
Jersey Hospice is aiming to raise £100,000 in 72 hours in its next fundraising Together for Hospice campaign is asking members of the public to become "hospice heroes" and raise money for the charity either with a fundraising page or Strudwick, director of income generation and marketing, said every pound raised up to £50,000 would be doubled by match said: "We already have some amazing hospice heroes who have joined the campaign and in some cases, have set themselves a challenge to complete over the 72 hours. "As well as those who have agreed to share their fundraising page with everyone they know, we've got people running marathons, others playing 90 holes of golf, a hospice charity car wash at Mont Cochon and much more."It costs Jersey Hospice £16,500 a day to run, providing palliative care for people with life-limiting conditions and their Strudwick added "every moment counts for our patients and their loved ones".The campaign will take place from midday on Friday 7 until midday on Monday 10 March.
