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A marathon effort
University staff have raised almost £7,000 for charity by
taking part in the London Marathon.
Lindsey Gill, Head of Publications in External Relations, raised over
£5,000 for Cancer Research UK. Lindsey was inspired to run for the charity
after her nephew Toby was diagnosed with cancer 18 months ago. Lindsey
said: ‘It was a really good day and I managed to finish in four hours and
43 minutes, so I was very pleased!’
The Students’ Union’s Lynsey Clark completed the marathon in five hours
and 44 minutes, raising almost £1,000 for Scope. The charity works to help
those with cerebral palsy and has been an enormous support for Lynsey and
her son Jacob, who was diagnosed with quadriplegic cerebral palsy over a
year ago. Lynsey said: ‘For the first six miles to Cutty Sark you hardly
realise you are running as there is such a buzzing atmosphere but equally,
after the nineteenth mile, you have to dig into your mental stamina as
everything is screaming in agony! But when the 25 mile marker pops up on
Embankment, you get such a surge of adrenalin!’
Nickie Haines, Departmental Secretary in Computer Science, completed
the marathon in five hours and 36 minutes, raising more than £800 for St
Helena Hospice. She said: ‘I am glad I took part and raised money for a
deserving charity. However the 2006 marathon was my first and last, the
fitness side wasn’t really a problem but I don’t want to put my knees
through that pressure again - I want them to work when I’m in my sixties!
I was shocked the marathon was so hilly, it always looked flat on the TV.’
If you would still like to sponsor Lindsey, Lynsey or Nickie, please
visit
www.justgiving.com/lindseygill,
www.justgiving.com/lynseyclark, or
www.justgiving.com/nickiehaynes.
Students receive sports awards
The sporting achievements of Essex students have been
recognised at the 29th annual Sports Award Dinner.
Over 230 people attended the event at which final year students who
have made an outstanding contribution to sports are rewarded.
(left to right) Stuart Keeble (Best
Newcomer Award), Sarah Benjamin (Director of Sport's Victor Ludorum
Award), Mark Lloyd, David Williams, Director of Sport, and Jane Kim (Simon
Loveday Award)
Guest of honour on the night was Mark Lloyd, team manager to the GB
wheelchair basketball team at the Athens Paralympics. The event, held at
the Elisabeth Hotel in Copdock, was also attended by principal officers of
the University and the Mayor and Mayoress of Colchester.
Sixty-seven students received Full Colours, which recognise outstanding
performance. Two students - Vicki Archer (women’s rugby) and Gary
McSweeney (football) - also took home outstanding sporting achievement
awards for playing at representative level.
Mark Lloyd said after the event: ‘It has been a real privilege to be
part of the celebrations of sporting success at the University. Once again
the University community has shown the town’s broader community how they
embrace the ideals and importance of sporting endeavour and the benefits
to both individuals and to society as a whole.'
Seven students also received Exceptional Service to Sport awards and
there were a number of individual awards. The team of the year was awarded
to Pool who are national BUSA champions and the Club of the year was
awarded to Rowing.
Human rights fellowship for Essex student
The Human Rights Centre has announced that Kate Means, a
current LLM in International Human Rights Law, has been awarded the
University of Essex - Third Millennium Foundation Human Rights Fellowship.
The Fellowship is a new initiative designed to enable human rights
students to gain practical work experience with non-governmental
organisations, with a view to pursuing a career in human rights.
The Fellowship will enable Kate to engage in two six-month internships,
one in a developing country and the other in an industrialised nation, in
order to better equip her with the necessary skills, knowledge, insights
and networks to further the advancement of human rights. Kate said: ‘I
feel really fortunate to be offered such a great opportunity. I’m really
excited about the prospect of spending six months working for the National
Centre for Human Rights in Amman, followed by Reprieve, on their
Guantanamo Bay project, in London.’
The Third Millennium Foundation was founded in 2000 as an initiative
for unlearning intolerance in the new millennium. It makes grants all over
the world with a focus on childhood education and human rights.
Also in the printed May edition of Wyvern:
- National nominations for staff
- Satirical look at footballers' lives
