Click here for the 2008 Flora London Marathon Race Report
The 2008 Flora London Marathon takes place on Sunday 13th April and Jesuit Missions has a team of 25 runners aiming to raise £40,000 for our project work overseas.
You can sponsor the runners by sending a cheque to Jesuit Missions or using any of the Just Giving links below to make a secure donation on-line. The main justgiving page for the team can be found at www.justgiving.com/timcurtis
The team this year includes:
* Tim Byron SJ – Chaplain at St Ignatius College, Enfield, raising funds for the work at St Ignatius School in Dodoma. www.justgiving.com/runfordodoma
* Tim Curtis SJ - Director of Jesuit Missions, Wimbledon. www.justgiving.com/timcurtis
* Robert Dolina SJ from Slovenia is aiming to tackle the London Marathon after years of running in smaller races.
* Dermot Dooley – Old Wimbledonian and volunteer in Tanzania, running as one of the Wombles to raise funds for the work in Mwanze. www.justgiving.com/dermotdooley
Anthony Duffy is running in support of Jesuit Missions.
* Anthony Eyre was inspired by his son’s commitment to volunteer for XVP in Guyana. www.justgiving.com/anthonyeyre
* Terri Finch: looking forward to her first marathon and raising funds for a very worthy cause.
* Farouk Gohil will support the Notre Dame Refugee Centre that provides legal services to refugees.
* Raphael Gonsalves SJ, a scholastic from Guyana, has been persuaded to run in support of the work in Guyana.
* Nick Grover, a parishioner from Wimbledon and currently a student in Bristol. http://www.justgiving.com/nickgrover
Paul O'Reilly SJ is tackling his second marathon to raise funds for the work in Guyana
* Patrick Groves, a teacher at St Ignatius College, Enfield who is aiming to raise funds for their link school in Dadoma.
Rampe Hlobo SJ from South Africa: his third marathon for Jesuit Missions, this year for St Martin’s School Redevelopment in Soweto. www.justgiving.com/rampe
David Hurst is attempting his second marathon, raising funds for Makumbi Mission in Zimbabwe where he was a volunteer in the 80s. www.justgiving.com/davidhurst1
* Jan Janoszka is supporting the work of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in the UK.
* Theodollar Kapikinyu grew up in Makumbi Mission in Zimbabwe and is running to raise funds for it.
* Rosalind Kieran, a medical student in London and supporting overseas development projects. www.justgiving.com/rosalindkieran
* John McCann, a deacon at St Wilfrid’s Parish in Preston.
Stuart Mills, his first marathon for Jesuit Missions since 2000.
* Paul Nenjerama, the headmaster of Hartmann House in Harare, will be raising funds for the school’s Jubilee Appeal.
* Jonathan Sharples, a teacher at Stonyhurst, is supporting St Peter’s Kubatana in Zimbabwe.
* Kerry Louise Stevens is from Preston and is raising funds for Jesuit Missions. www.justgiving.com/kerrystevens
Brian Thursby-Pelham - aka the fastest Womble runner of all time - is making a return to the team since his last run 10 years ago.
* indicates first time to run a marathon.
This years projects include:
- Educational projects for the Indigenous Amerindians in Guyana
- St Martin's Secondary School Redevelopment, Soweto, South Africa
- Jesuit Missions Fund for Zimbabwe in the present climate
- St Peter's Primary, Mbare - School Facilities
- Makumbi Orphanage in Zimbabwe
- Media Productions in Zambia
- Chikuni Mission in Zambia
- St Ignatius School Development in Dodoma
- Jesuit Refugee Service UK
- JRS / Notre Dame Refugee Centre
- Loyola High School Development - Dar er Salaam
- Hartmann House Golden Jubilee Appeal, Zimbabwe
- Library Resources, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
To find out more about the event you can view our previous marathon pages, and the runners page giving useful information on training and the race.
If you have any queries about the marathon, please do contact me on 020 8946 0466 or e-mail.
Alan Fernandes
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