One to One Coaching, in support of MNDA, For Esther Rookes

20/09/2023

Thank you everyone who continues to donate to our fundraiser, the latest today being SwimPath - we greatly appreciate it.

We have beaten our initial target now, with £5,209 now raised for the MNDA. We don’t want to stop however, and will look at plans for further fundraising for Q4 of this year.

MNDA hasn’t gone away, and nor has our desire to fundraise to support its patients, and research into treatments and cures.

A huge huge thank you to everyone who has helped us get to this milestone, and we hope you’ll join us in reaching the next one.

Many thanks, and best wishes!

Team Esther x

16/01/2023

Thank you to TeamTivvy for their donation following their Santa splash event in December. They have helped push us to £1 off £4600 and 91% of our initial target.

Thank you everyone for your support, spreading awareness and donations. We will continue to fundraise through 2023 for the MNDA and when we have plans for our next event we will post them here.

In the meantime - the coaches involved in the event, and some others too, are wearing their MNDA shirts at the Devon Championships during warm up sessions to continue to spread the word, Dinnaton and Torquay paraded at the Devon Interclub with MNDA banners, and we will continue to ask the community to help in any way they can. Together, one day, we will find a way to beat this horrible disease. Thank you everyone, please share the page and the MNDA website as far and wide as you can, it all helps and is appreciated.

Until next time, thank you!

The Swim4Esther Team

26/12/2022

Merry Christmas everyone, hope you all had a fantastic day and a restful recovery today!

Merry Christmas to our fundraiser as well, as we have just hit the £4000 with Sweepstake money being added today, and some more donations yesterday.

We ambitiously targeted £5000 and we know we have a few more larger donations to come from satellite events, so suspect we may end up at the £4500 mark, give or take which is an excellent result!

Thank you everyone who has donated, shared, followed, had a 1-1, donated raffle prizes or rallied their communities to support this fundraiser.

It’s massively appreciated and we look forward to doing more in 2023 to raise funds and awareness for MNDA, while also providing opportunities and experiences for swimmers of all levels.

Thank you for everything!

22/12/2022

Thank you everyone for your continued donations, we have now drawn the raffle and will contact winners to arrange collection of prizes - probably at the Devon Galas in a few weeks.

Octopus sweepstake is next to be drawn.

We have a couple of larger donations still to come, but we went past £3500 yesterday, and hoping this means we can get really close to £4000. We set a £5000 target, but with the cost living and time of year that may have been ambitious. Still, £4000 for the MNDA goes a long way, and we will continue to work on fundraising events that benefit swimmers, and help raise funds - as per Esther’s wishes,

Thank you all for your continued support, best wishes and a very Merry Christmas to you all

Help Rookes Family and friends raise money to support Motor Neurone Disease Association

18/12/2022

Thank you everyone on day 2 of our fundraiser!

We had a great day again, and was fantastic to meet and work with more swimmers.

Thank you to Plymouth Active for allowing us the pool time. Thank you to Kieran, Simone, Jorja, Aaron, Tia and Atiyana for their help throughout the day. And thank you to Esther and Leigh for the food and drinks that kept us going poolside as well!

We have raised £2854 at present with donations still to come in and withour counting the donations via raffle and sweepstake.

We are hoping to hit £3500 once all is tallied up!

Raffle prizes will be drawn tomorrow and we will get in contact and arrange to get prizes too you if you have won.

Thank you so much for all your support, we will let you know tallies for this event soon.

We want to do as much as we can to raise money for the MNDA and will discuss further events for the future, we hope to create more opportunities for swimmers to get additional tuition, have fun experiences and enjoy the sport for more than just racing and training.

Thank you everyone, Esther and her family really appreciate everything you have done to support the MNDA and support her on the path she is on.

Esther, we are and will always be with you

18/12/2022

A huge thank you to Plymouth Leander Swimming for their £500 donation to our fundraiser, we really appreciate all the support from the PL board, parents and swimmers who have had 1-1s, and their coach Chris who gave up his time yesterday to provide his skills to the event,

A huge donation, and we are really grateful!

17/12/2022

Thank you everyone for the amazing support today, we have had a great time working with swimmers from the local area and raising money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

With your generosity, we have nearly broken the £2000 barrier, and thats without your donations via raffle, cash donations and the octopus sweepstake.

Thank you everyone, and thank you to Neil, Chris, Cara, Millie and Nathaniel for their coaching at this event.

Simone, Jorja, Carys and Aaron will join, Kieran, Tia, Atiyana and Iain for day 2 tomorrow.

A huge thank you to Plymouth Active for their support as well!

If you would like a 1-1, we do have some availability, while donations, raffle and sweepstake options are all gratefully received

Thank you all!

www.JustGiving.com/fundraising/swim4esther

17/12/2022

Our raffle is in full flow, if you would like a strip of tickets for £1 a strip and can’t see us poolside, please feel free to donate via the JustGiving page, and then let us know and we will set some aside for you 🙂

We also have a guess the number game for our homemade octopus, made by Simones mother, £2.50 per number which we can also do via Justgiving and messages too 🙂

www.JustGiving.com/fundraising/swim4esther

17/12/2022

It’s been a fun start!

www.JustGiving.com/fundraising/swim4esther

17/12/2022

Trevor, Esther’s husband - in his own words