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Past events
Saturday 28 April 2012
Heywood House
Wiltshire, BA13 4NA
Champagne reception and dinner with guest speaker Caroline Wyatt BBC Defence Correspondent, Auction of Promises.
Monday 19 March 2012
House of the Speaker of the House of Commons
Young Achievers’ reception.
Wednesday 26 October 2011
Holy Trinity Church
Guildford The Mousai Singers specialise in choral music from across the repertoire, and two members were former pupils of Charterhouse School, Godalming, and award winners.
Thursday 29 September 2011
Cavalry and Guards Club
127 Piccadilly, W1J 7PX
Wine tasting with Master of Wine Derek Smedley, followed by dinner. Wines supplied by Berry Brothers.
Saturday 6 August 2011
Scottish Highlands walk
Foundation supporters are invited to climb Munro Geal-charn in the Drumochter Pass, Scotland, with supporters of the charity DecAid. DecAid, a charity set up to raise funds for soldiers from Afghanistan and to mark 10 years of conflict there, are dedicating this Munro to Mark, and one to each soldier lost. Join us, if possible with sponsorship.
Thursday 28 July 2011
Mayoral Chambers, Lambeth Town Hall SW2 1RW, 7-9pm.
Reception for the foundation and 50F (Lambeth) Squadron, Air Training Corps. Canapés, drinks and song.
Sunday 10 July 2011
Memorial cricket match Wilcott Wiltshire
Friday 24 June 2011
Ben Travers Theatre Charterhouse
‘Wire Break, a Tribute to the Fallen of Charterhouse’.
Saturday 18 June 2011
Garden opening 43 Carson Road SE21
Large stylish garden. Refreshments including wine. Donation £3.50. Contact 020 8670 6151
Friday 17 June 2011
Highgrove, garden of HRH Prince Charles, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire.
The grounds, in particular the wild garden, will be looking absolutely their best. Tour followed by two-course lunch with wine. Made possible by the generosity of HRH Prince Charles.
Wednesday 2 February 2011
11 Downing Street
The Right Hon George Osborne MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, hosted a reception at 11 Downing Street.
12 December 2010
Annual Foundation Update and Christmas Party
Those keen to help steer the Foundation came along to give their views and find out what has been happening for the past year.
14 November 2010
OC Music Society Memorial Concert, Charterhouse School. An evening of music including Faure Requiem performed in Hall, Charterhouse.
29 October 2010
Indian Ocean Charity Ball Hurlingham Club – A very successful event which raised awareness for this ambitious trip and funds for the Foundation and other excellent charities.
26 September 2010
Mixed Hockey Match hosted by Dulwich College and organised by Ian King
23 September 2010
Black-tie dinner Army and Navy Club, London, auction of promises, and after dinner speech by General Sir David Richards, the Chief of the General Staff
19 September 2010
Kate Watkins jewellery and fashion, Fashion Week event Home House: 11 walks and an auction of promises
18 July 2010
Memorial Cricket Match, Wilcott, Wiltshire
15 June 2010
Open Garden West Dulwich London SE21
13 February 2010
Army Ball Cheltenham Race Course
20 January 2010
Downing Street reception for the Foundation hosted by Mr Gordon Brown and Mrs Brown at Nº10 Downing Street, London
Boxing Day 2009
Rugby 7s Tournament at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan organised on behalf of the Foundation by Captain Dieter Aretz, QARANC (previously a paediatric A and E nurse at Kings Hospital) and was described as ‘the sporting event of the year at Camp Bastion’.
15 December 2009
Concordia Chamber Choir held a collection for the Foundation at a Carol Concert at Christ’s Chapel, Dulwich
29 October 2009
Mark Evison Foundation Launch Party held at the Great Hall, Dulwich College with live music from two bands, drinks, canapés, a raffle and a fantastic auction of promises, auctioned by Christie’s auctioneer Noel Annesley. Over two hundred people came, including some of Mark’s fellow officers just back from Afghanistan.
23 October 2009
Hockey Tournament held at Dulwich College, involving a number of teams and a great competition, with a cup for the winning team.
4 October 2009
The Old Carthusian Music Society held its annual concert at Charterhouse in aid of the Foundation. Gerard le Feuvre came to play Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op 33, and a very touching work of his own, in memory of Mark: as well there was a lovely programme of Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak, well attended by an enthusiastic audience.
31 July 2009
Client Number 9 ‘rocked the roof off’ Leadenhall Market, London, as part of the Leadenhall Market Jazz Festival. Supported by hundreds of people, the gig was a massive success both in terms of fundraising and fun.
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Individual fundraising
19–20 November 2011
Non-stop Cycle Ride Fulham to Lands End (about 320 miles in total), by Jack Mann (ex Household Cavalry), Rufus Gordon-Dean (Household Cavalry), Charlie Church (ex Household Cavalry), and Ollie Hicks.
Saturday 6 August 2011
Scottish Highlands walk Foundation supporters were invited to climb Munro Geal-charn in the Drumochter Pass, Scotland, with supporters of the charity DecAid. DecAid, a charity set up to raise funds for soldiers from Afghanistan and to mark 10 years of conflict there, dedicated this Munro to Mark and each one to each soldier lost.
Sunday 22 April to 5 July 2011
Team Indian Ocean 3100
Tom Kelly, James Kayll and brothers Ollie and Ed Wells took part in the toughest rowing race in the world, The Indian Ocean Rowing Race, to become the first fours boat to ever cross the Indian Ocean unsupported. They set out from Geraldton, Western Australia on a route which took them over 3100 nautical miles across the Indian Ocean to the paradise island of Mauritius. So far they have raised nearly £50,000 for four chosen charities, including the Foundation. Visit their website at www.indianocean3100.com
Sunday 17 April 2011
London marathon Ross Lydall, journalist with the Evening Standard, ran the Virgin London marathon succesfully raising for the Foundation.
7–16 October 2010
Jem Mcilveen Jungle Marathon
Jem McIlveen went through training at Sandhurst and Brecon with Mark. ‘He was fantastic company through the arduous conditions of training and a truly inspirational character’. Jem and a friend named Gordon MacGregor competed in the Jungle Marathon 2010, to honour the memory of both Mark and another friend Dougie Dalzell (a late Coldstream Guards officer). The event itself was a 200km race over 6 stages. It ass run along a similar format as the Marathon des Sables but held in the Brazilian Amazon.
21 October 2010
Boxing
William Waddell Dudley, 28, Stewart Cruickshank, 40, Kevin Carlier, 55, and Liam Tarf, 27, trained one night a week at Factory East gym in Bow.
These four ‘City boys’ raised money for the Foundation and another local charity. They had 12 weeks to prepare for the six-minute bouts - in front of a 1,000-plus crowd at The Troxy in Commercial Road on October 21. They are being trained by Joe Pirotta, 28, an amateur boxer with 10 years’ experience.
William said: ‘It ties in with what Mark’s personality was like. He was up for any challenge. He was just such a nice guy, and so easy-going, always positive. It was such a waste of a life.’
18 October 2009
Cardiff half–marathon Elizabeth Evison and Emma Johnson ran the Cardiff half–marathon with 11,000 others, the biggest road race in Wales, the course flat and fast with amazing scenery. Both achieved personal best times.
20 September 2009
White Collar Boxing Robbie ‘the Weasel’ White did the White Collar Boxing in Singapore in September: http://www.fightclub.sg/
2 August 2009
Ian King completed the London Triathlon on 2 August 2009 in 2:29:58 hours, smashing his target time of 2:45 and just sneaking inside the Elite qualifying time of 2:30.
Summer 2009
Charlie Rigby Smith ran two half marathons and a full marathon.
1 July 2009
Emma Johnson took time off her busy hospital round to complete the Three Peaks, the three highest mountains in the U.K, on 1 July 2009. She did it in just over 26 hours, which is within the recommended time, an achievement she is very pleased and proud of (Ben Nevis 1344m - 5 hr, Scafell Pike 978m - 3.5hr, Snowdon 1085m - 4.5hr). She raised the real first boost to the Foundation.
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