Showing posts with label london triathlon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label london triathlon. Show all posts

Friday, 4 June 2010

Pete "the Vet" Wedderburn needs your votes to complete the Tri-City-Athlon for Dogs Trust!

Vet and freelance journalist Pete Wedderburn has long been a friend of ours here, and he wants to seriously show his support by donning Dogs Trust yellow in the Tri-City-Athlon event. However, he needs your vote to do it!

The gruelling competition, held on September 14th, includes a 1,500 swim (in Paris), a 40km cycle ride (in Brussels) and a 10km run (in London).

Known as @petethevet to his Twitter followers, Wedderburn is a partner in a busy vet practice as well as a regular contributor to The Daily Telegraph among others, and a dedicated supporter of animal charities.

Our Chief Executive, Clarissa Baldwin, had this to say:
“Pete has been a fantastic ambassador for Dogs Trust over the years and we are thrilled that he is hoping to compete on our behalf once again this year. Dogs Trust receives no government funding so relies on its wonderful supporters to help care for the fabulous dogs at its 18 rehoming centres. We wish Pete all the very best of luck.”
The Tri-City-Athlon is a mutli-venue triathlon event will be held across three major European cities on the same day in the run up to the 2012 Olympics. Triathletes are restricted to those able to swim 1500m in 45 minutes, cycle 40km in 1hr 40 mins and run 10k in 1hr 10 mins.
If you add your vote, Pete could be taking part in the elite race alongside some of the best triathletes on the planet.

Vote Now!

Wednesday, 21 January 2009

Raising funds for Dogs Trust through sporting events: the 2009 calendar

Every year, Dogs Trust is lucky enough to have dedicated sports fans take part in a number of endurance runs which raise money to help us care for thousands of dogs. We hope 2009 will carry on this grand tradition, so to make sure you sign up and get training in good time we've compiled a list of runs to look out for over the coming months.

We have places in the following events:

London Marathon - 26th April (ALL charity places gone, but you can use your own!)

Great Manchester Run (10k) - 17th May, entry deadline 6th April

Edinburgh Marathon - 31st May, entry deadline 8th May

British 10k London Run - 12th July, entry deadline 3rd July

London Triathlon - 1st & 2nd August, entry deadline 1st June

Great North Run (13.1 miles) - 20th September, entry deadline 10th July

Great South Run (10 miles) - 25th October, entry deadline 20th August


For more information, contact fundraiseforus@dogstrust.org.uk or call 020 7837 0006.