If anyone’s interested in joining us in a 5 mile obstacle course in Watford, give us a shout! Either email hollyworthington.team@gmail.com or tweet me @hollseey! The more the merrier!
It’s in aid of The Peace Hospice :)
http://peacehospice.co.uk/viewevent.asp?eventID=387
On the 6th July in Basildon I was one of the lucky few chosen to carry the Olympic Torch.
When we arrived, I was told I’d be the one taking the flame from the lantern. Surrounded by security, I was taken to the Basildon Sporting Village stadium. As we turned the corner, there was a gigantic carpet with people kneeling, and half a stadium full of people staring and cheering at me.
I then had to stand on the carpet in front of the kneeling people and have many pictures taken as the torch was lit.
Before I knew it, we were off and the cheering and support was AMAZING! I was completely amazed by the amount of people. Basildon had an extimated 65,000 turn up to cheer on the torchbearers - the highest turnout so far!
Nerves meant I kept accidentally speeding up, before the security runners would tell me to slow down. So I would. And then I’d accidentally speed up again.
I accidentally missed my friends and family as camera flashes and cheering meant I couldn’t see or hear to tell where they were. Smooth.
After our leg of the run, we were mobbed for photos and autographs, then got back in the bus and spent the next few hours being waved at by people. It was a very odd day.
The next day, I’d been invited back for a dinner with the Japanese Olympic swimming team, to formally welcome them to Basildon. Was a very surreal couple of days!
I’ll post a more in depth blog about carrying the torch soon, but am not allowed to for the time being.
Holly x
Sorry for the delay in posts - much has been going on (as you will soon read!)
We completed the skydive for Hope for Children. It was the most adrenaline fuelling thing I’ve done so far.
On the rescheduled date we were told that once again because of weather, we had a 50% of being able to jump if we got there ASAP. So at 7am, we flew from our beds and began the 2 hour car drive.
Despite there being many clouds, we did the jump. IT WAS AMAZING. The one thing I wasn’t expecting was the complete inability to breathe during freefall. Very suffocatey 50 seconds!
The cloud cover meant we were spinning and falling through pure white at 120mph, with no idea of direction. It also meant the video footage got ruined, so I only have pictures of landing.
Sarah’s “Challenge 30” has already raised £2,000 - and is well on it’s way to the £10,000 goal! http://www.justgiving.com/challenge30
MISSION COMPLETE.
I have been hit by a large metaphorical thing of enthusiasm. It’s ok, it didn’t hurt or anything.
I NEED IDEAS!
That’s it so far, so throw in any ideas you have and I’ll get planning!
Thanks for taking the time to read this!
Holly x
Today I was supposed to be doing a skydive in aid of Hope for Children, along with the rest of Team Challenge 30.
This was organised by a lovely lady named sarah. She is doing 30 different challenges for charity over the year she is 30 years old. These range from giving up chocolate, to climbing to Mount Everest base camp and trekking part of the Great Wall of China.
Check out her website: www.challenge30.co.uk - it’s all for a great cause!
Hope for Children is a charity which helps orphaned, poor, and exploited children all over the world, so is a very worthwhile charity which needs all the fundraising it can get!
So we all arrived at the airfield, and waited, and waited, and waited for the clouds to disappear… and after many hours of waiting, we were told that the skydive had to be cancelled because of the typically English weather. Ah, the joys of being English.
… So we sat and cried over tea and crumpets. The end.
The skydive has been rescheduled for the 5th June though, so fingers crossed the weather will be on our side! It’s very irritating to have everyone all psyched up to jump, and be stopped by fluffy moisture bubbles. Very, very irritating.
There will also be a video and pictures of my skydive, so you’ll all be able to enjoy watching my face flapping in the breeze. Hooray!
Please sponsor us at http://www.justgiving.com/challenge30-skydive
Thank you,
Holly
x
During the JOGLE cycle
My name’s Holly Worthington.
I’m 19, from Watford, and was nominated as a future flame for my dedication to sport and charity.
Almost 3 years ago I began volunteering with disabled adults, and having noticed the difference it made to people’s lives, became increasingly interested in fundraising for charity.
I soon set myself a target to raise as much as possible for many charities, the FSID and Alzheimer’s Society in particular.
In the summer of 2010 I completed the infamous John O’ Groats to Land’s End cycle on a mountain bike in just over 11 days, becoming the youngest female to complete the full distance in under 12 days.
Since then, I have continued volunteering and have many events coming up to raise money, including a skydive, half marathon and sponsored cycle, as well as currently being in the process of organising another End to End cycle with three other Torchbearers.
Follow me on my journey to carry the Olympic Torch and spread awareness of lifesaving charities!
Thank you :)