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The Steve Prescott Foundation are no strangers to Kilimanjaro with the first trek taking place in 2013, the last trek was in 2017 and in between the SPF became World Record Holders in 2015 by playing the Worlds highest game of Rugby League.
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Koby Prescott said:
“My dad was due to tackle Kilimanjaro in 2013 but sadly his health would not allow him to take on the iconic challenge.
I have heard many stories from previous challenges and seen the incredible footage from 2015 and have always wanted to test myself at the highest free standing mountain in the world.”
Everest Base Camp and Mount Toubkal where incredible challenges that will live with me forever, I am sure Kilimanjaro will be just as exceptional.
I hope many more SPF supporters will join me and raise vital funds for The Christie and Rugby League Benevolent Fund. We are all so passionate to help those less fortunate than ourselves and want to continue my dad’s astonishing legacy.
It will be a trip of a lifetime, I cannot wait!”
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Walk to help your life!
Walk to save other people’s lives!!!
Average 2.74 miles a day!
Did you know it takes less than an hour a day's walking to hit 1000 miles in 12 months? That doing so dramatically boosts your immunity and cuts your risk of diabetes, heart attack, obesity, stroke and depression?
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ITINERARY
DAY 1: 07:30 9th June
Fly out from Manchester Airport to Alicante - Subject to Alteration
Transfer to our accommodation close to Calpe this accommodation will have a Swimming Pool so you can relax in style pre and post challenge.
This is also prep day to get your bike set up and take in a cycle around the Calpe Area and then relax by the pool, get yourself ready for the challenge that lies ahead.
Here is a YouTube Link of Coll De Rates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIlHZ1uKJ0Q
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We will keep it updated with weekly and running totals.
It's not too late to get involved. Please join the team here.
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Taylor to emulate father in “special” London Marathon bid
Taylor Prescott will retrace the footsteps of his dad when he runs the iconic London Marathon for the first time in 2024, and has called on the public to join him in a monster £15,000 fundraising effort.
The 22 year-old has embarked on a series of gruelling challenges since the loss of inspirational charity fundraiser and rugby league great Steve, who himself ran the world’s most famous marathon three times.
Steve starred for St Helens, Hull FC and Wakefield before taking on a series of incredible challenges following a terminal cancer diagnosis. His super-human feats of endurance raised almost half a million pounds for the Steve Prescott Foundation before his death in 2013.
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Spectrum Kilimanjaro Challenge 2015
The “WORLD RECORD” challenge to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and play the world’s highest game of rugby league, lies ahead for a unique team of volunteers in October 2015.All to raise funds & awareness, for the Steve Prescott Foundation (SPF).
But this is no ordinary team of volunteers. They include some true legends of rugby league and leaders on the field ; Adrian Morley of Salford Red Devils, retired legends Lee Briers, Barrie McDermott, Garreth Carvell, Chico Jackson, Mike Wainwright, Neil Harmon and Alan Hunte. Who will all be kept in line, by the watchful eye & keen whistle of non other than Referee Supremo, Robert Hicks.
In the climbing party are Sky Sports Angela Powers, and BBC TV’s Beccy Meehan, who will not only be climbing the mountain and taking part in the world record rugby game, but also filming the whole challenge to be broadcast across their respective TV networks.
And from the film world, we have the actor, Matthew Lewis, famous for his role as Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films, taking on the challenge.
In the spirit of Steve Prescott, the challenge is to climb the 19,341ft mountain in just 6 days instead of the more usual 9 days. AND, when reaching the summit, the team will then mark out a full sized rugby pitch, erect 2 sets of inflatable rugby posts, and play a full game of rugby league. It will challenge each individual’s fitness and mental stamina as they reach almost 6000 meters.
The success rate of this challenge is well documented at 27%. Each climber aims to raise at least £4000 for the 3 charities of the SPF, the Christie Hospital, Try Assist and the Oxford Transplant Foundation.
The event is very kindly sponsored by the Manchester based Spectrum Group, a leading supplier of support services in the industrial sector.
Adrian Morley said.' I am really looking forward to this unique challenge by testing myself in a totally different way.'
Martin Blondel on behalf of the SPF said ‘It was Steve's wish to tackle Kilimanjaro! We are elated that we have so many personalities willing to carry Steve's name and legacy to the summit. And to have a world record attached to the SPF would be truly incredible and hopefully bring more awareness of the foundation to the masses’
The party will be led by SPF committee member Ade Cunliffe who was one of a party of twelve who climbed to the summit of Kilimanjaro, in our 2013 challenge.
Below, is the team assembled to take on this huge challenge. Take a moment to read about them and support them, on what will become a “WORLD RECORD” setting challenge.