the chance, the challenge, the charity

The Chance

The Gold Challenge initiative is the brainchild of Dan Thompson and his passion for the Olympics and Paralympics. It has two main objectives: to inspire people of all ages and physical ability to play sport, and to raise substantial sums of money for charity. Launched in November 2010, the Gold Challenge is a charity challenge in which people take on Olympic and Paralympic sports to raise money for their chosen charity.

Gold Challenge works in partnership with the British Olympic Association, ParalympicsGB and Sport England, and forms part of the official mass participation legacy programme for London 2012.

Wimbledon Winners is a team of enthusiastic hockey club members from the Wimbledon Club embracing the exciting build up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Challenge

Learn Olympic or Paralympic sports by taking on a 5, 10, 20 or 30 sport challenge. Sports are completed by doing at least three hours of coaching in that sport or taking part in a competitive event.

The Charity

Choosing a charity is no easy task given the amount of choice available but we decided to support a cancer charity and one that was less well known to us - Maggies.

So why Maggies? "Maggie's is about empowering people to live with, through and beyond cancer by bringing together professional help, communities of support and building design to create exceptional centres for cancer care." Enough said.

We chose the 30 sport challenge - go big or go home!