David Pollard

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Support my D-Day Challenge

The D-Day 44 Challenge commemorates the 1944 Allied invasion of occupied France. I will be heading to Normandy, to race across its picturesque beaches, finishing at the historic Pegasus Bridge on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, 6 June 2024.

Combat Stress is the UK's leading charity for veterans' mental health. For over a century, they've helped former servicemen and women deal with issues like trauma, anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Today, they provide support to veterans from every service and every conflict.

As a veteran myself (RAF - please don't hold that against me), I’m taking on D-Day Challenge to help take vital strides towards ensuring veterans can get the support they need.

I'll be publishing my progress and giving examples of the much needed work that CombatStress provide via https://runfatboyrun.net.  There's also the Instagram feed across on @run_fatboy_run_net

Thank you so much for your support.

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Raised £250

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My Updates

We're into the new year, time to push

Friday 5th Jan
The training and physio is going well,  time to start pushing on generating the donations. 

I've revamping https://runfatboyrun.net to cover my journey and will post more frequent updates there.  153 Days to go...

Thank you to my Sponsors

£53

Simon Rayner

Well done mate. Great cause and good on you!

£10.45

Rach And Charlie

Well done, Dave!

£53

Bagshaws

Great cause but a hell of a challenge!!! Respect 😊

£21.20

Simon Pexton

Well done Dave

£28.62

Andrew Croston

Excellent effort, well done

£10

Lee Akers

Good luck DP! Will be a cracking event. Wish I was there with you X

£20.90

Mark Rasche

£101

Andy & Liz

Go Dave! Good Luck!

£28.62

Paul Ryan

Good luck Dave

£10.60

Iain Robertson

Good luck!

£28.62

Will Wilkin

Good Luck!

£31.80

Ian And Janet Roberts

Good luck Dave, hope it goes well out there! 💪

£106

Chris Clark-miller

Good luck Dave.

£40.28

Ben Potter

£31.80

Ivo Silva

Good luck father from another brother!

£15.90

Sheringham Reynolds

£5.30

Daniel Murphy

You got this Keep up the good work

£10.60

Anonymous

£25

Josh King

£20

Megan Harrison

Good luck Grandpo xxxxxx

£28.62

Gillian Marshall

£21.20

Pat Harrison

£21.20

Debbie & Dave Atkinson

Good Luck Dave, from the Atkinsons

£31.80

Alex & Nicole Pollard

£31.80

Mark Maltby

£104.50

Livehybrid Ltd (w Searle)

£15.67

Arun Thamizhiah

All the best DaPo!

£100

Malcolm Slinger

£25

Yorkshire Rfu

Donated match fees Yorkshire Schools Cup Final 2024 Beckfoot vs Horsforth

£28.62

Mark Hayward

Go for it mate - glad to see you are doing something very close to many people in our industry etc

£25

Yarnbury Ladies Rufc

Ref fees

£100

Unshakeablesalt Ltd

£50

Business 7's

Referee Fees donated for Business 7's competition

£40

Woodhouse School Rugby 7's

£20

Joe Bedford

Great work, Dave! From Joe, Katie, Lucy and Poppy 👍

£28.62

Adam Barlow

Best of luck!

£20

West Park Rufc Ladies

Donated Referee Match Fees : WPL 9th March 2024

£92.22

Matt Gaffney

£50

Marian Pollard

£53

John Macintyre

Go on Dave - top man

£42.40

Johnny Millie & Harry Hamlin

Great effort Dave and good luck. I have never forgotten my visit to those beaches with my dad when at uni

£100

Unshakeable Salt Ltd

£20

West Park Leeds Rufc U14

Donated match fees and expenses: WPL vs Huddersfield, U14 Yorkshire Cup 3/3/2024

£40

Woodhouse Grove School

Donated Referee Match Fees: Woodhouse Grove U16 Rugby Sevens Tournament

£10.60

Anonymous

Great charity, all the best.

£28

Jont- (seloc)

Best of luck!

£21.20

Chopper Seloc

You will be running on beaches my dad looked at from HMS Mauritius on 6th June 1944. Best of luck

£10

Richard Foster

Best of luck!

£10.60

Simon Pearce

Best of luck

£20

West Park Leeds Rufc

Donated Match Fees: West Park U16 Girls vs Selby

£20

West Park Rufc

Donated Match Fees: West Park Girls U16 vs Castleford

£53

Wayne Goodyear

This is a worthy cause good luck reaching your goal and beyond 👏

£100

Apollo Capital Group Ltd

Good luck Dave, fantastic effort for a great cause.

£10.60

Simon Mabb

Best of luck David. Great cause.

£53

Richard Hardman

Hi David, I’m part of the super car WhatsApp group and have seen your message tonight. Happy to help pal Rich

£20

Yarnbury Rufc

Referee Match Fees donated 14th Jan 2024 Yarnbury vs Old Brods

£20

David Pollard

£20

Charlotte Moore

Good luck Dappo!