40 Donors Recruited To Date
JimmyTeens.tvWell a good start to the year! The London boat show was a great success, all of my existing sponsors would like to carry on supporting my new challeng. . .
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Last Tuesday my great friend David or 'Dangerous Dave' as i like to call him got taken into hospital due to a second brain haemorrhage. He's been gett. . .
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Dawn French
"Good luck Olly, you are an utter inspiration as well as being a totally hot dude!"
Timothy and Shane Spall (The Princess Matilda)
"The tiny Valiant yacht, Jolly Olly, came into the marina. Oliver Rofix the skipper is 25 and like my husband, the actor Timothy Spall, he has survived leukemia. "Olly's the valiant one!" Tim said the next day as Jolly Olly followed us out of Amble marina. The Princess Matilda weighing 35 tons, heading south and Olly going north. "I've seen bigger boats in Battersea boating lake!" Tim exclaimed. "Good luck Olly!" we both shouted as we waved him goodbye. "See you back in London." But Timothy and I know what treacherous times lie ahead of him. If you are lucky enough to meet up with Olly help him on his way. Food, fuel, a free berth, put cash in his bucket and if you know any man under 25, get them to have a simple blood test, it may save someone's life! "
Matt Hall (my donor)
"From the day I joined the register and gave a simple blood test, all I wanted to do was help save a life. My bone marrow donation caused me little discomfort and was a team effort by so many. My aim has been achieved through Olly and now I wish him all the best in the challenge that now lays ahead of him on the Jolly Olly."
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon
"I congratulate Oliver on his remarkable journey, which demonstrates how people can go on to live fulfilling, active lives after receiving a bone marrow transplant. But this shows just how important it is that we provide more opportunities for people to register as volunteer bone marrow donors. The partnership between the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) and the Anthony Nolan Trust provides SNBTS with the opportunity to promote the bone marrow register to the 1,000 donors who give blood every day."
Rick Stein
The Wurzels
Pete Townshend
Sarah Donohue
"I was introduced to Olly at Cowes Powerboat week which is my usual haunt at the end of August. He had a few questions on sponsorship so was directed towards me as I've been racing Powerboats for 17 years. We spoke briefly, but that evening I couldn’t stop thinking about Olly and his plight. I’ve worked tirelessly for charities for years and thought maybe I could help just a little bit more than just advice. Olly by chance was outside China China where the whole of our team were eating with many Chinese Diplomats and a full house from the Chinese Embassy. Olly was welcomed in and for some reason Olly is in all our team shots and even on footage broadcast to China!! Way to go Olly! I even seem to remember an XFactor semi finalist who was singing at the restaurant having her photo taken with him! I have to say Olly, you make my powerboat crash seem like a walk in the park and I’ll be helping you however I can. I hope more people get involved with your Quest and help however ever they can. You are an inspiration, as well as being very hot... I miss you already, you have so much to give x"
Jimmy Buchan (Skipper of Amity 2 'Trawler Men')
I asked Jimmy if he would like to come sailing... He replied "I wouldn't cross the Bay in this tiny boat, let alone take round the country! But I admire what your doing." Comforting I thought, a trawler man who's used to the hardest of seas wouldn't cross the Peterhead Harbour Bay in the Jolly Olly.
David Suchet
"Stem cell donors save lives. Olly is the proof!! Please come forward. Wish you all the best of luck on your travels."
Geoff Holt MBE, record-breaking disabled yachtsman: "Having sailed around GB myself a few years ago, I know exactly how tough this is for Olly. But in many ways, what he is doing is not about the sailing, it is about demonstrating the determination and perseverance of the human spirit. Overcoming leukaemia was Olly's first greatest challenge. His circumnavigation of GB is his current challenge. We look forward to hearing what he has planned for the future"
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Wishing David James O'Hare a speedy recovery!!
Dated: 11 December 2011
Last Tuesday my great friend David or 'Dangerous Dave' as i like to call him got taken into hospital due to a second brain haemorrhage. He's been getting on so well at his new'ish job at JCB, just what he needed after all the rubbish times he's had with his treatment! What a bugger!!
You can read his story if you go to the bottom of 'my story'...
Hes being moved to Addenbrookes today so i'm going to go and see him later.
I really hope he's better for Christmas!!!
Blog Archive:
11/12/11 - Wishing David James O'Hare a speedy recovery!! - Read more
24/11/11 - up date - Read more
03/11/11 - Leg 53, Gravesend to St Katharine's... THE FINISH! - Read more
27/10/11 - Leg 52, Queenborough- Gravesend - Read more
27/10/11 - Leg 51, Chatham- Queensborough - Read more
24/10/11 - Leg 48, Dover- Ramsgate - Read more
24/10/11 - Leg 49, Ramsgate- Queenborough - Read more
24/10/11 - Leg 50, Queenborough- Chatham - Read more
18/10/11 - Leg 47, Brighton-- Dover - Read more
07/10/11 - Leg 46, Haslar- Brighton - Read more
07/10/11 - Leg 45, Southampton - Haslar - Read more
18/09/11 - Leg 44, Haslar- Town Quay (Southampton Boat Show) - Read more
09/09/11 - 9/9/11, 6 years to the day that my life changed… - Read more
09/09/11 - 9pm ish…The night I thought my life was over… - Read more
31/08/11 - Leg 43, Cowes- Haslar - Read more
31/08/11 - Leg 42, Lymington- Cowes - Read more
26/08/11 - Leg 41, Yarmouth (Isle of Wight)- Lymington - Read more
26/08/11 - Leg 40, Portland- Yarmouth (IOW) - Read more
21/08/11 - Leg 38, Brixham- Torquay - Read more
21/08/11 - Leg 39, Torquay- Portland - Read more
16/08/11 - Leg 36, Plymouth- Dartmouth - Read more
16/08/11 - Leg 37, Dartmouth- Brixham - Read more
15/08/11 - Leg 35, Fowey- Plymouth - Read more
10/08/11 - Leg 33, Newlyn- Falmouth - Read more
10/08/11 - Falmouth - Read more
10/08/11 - Leg 34 Falmouth- Fowey - Read more
31/07/11 - Leg 32, Padstow- Newlyn - Read more
29/07/11 - Leg 31, Milford Haven- Padstow - Read more
29/07/11 - Leg 30, Fishguard- Milford Haven - Read more
29/07/11 - Leg 29, Aberystwyth- Fishguard - Read more
25/07/11 - Peel - Read more
25/07/11 - Leg 27, Peel- Holyhead - Read more
25/07/11 - Leg 27, Peel- Holyhead continued... - Read more
25/07/11 - Leg 28, Holyhead- Aberystwyth - Read more
15/07/11 - Leg 26, Port Patrick- Peel - Read more
15/07/11 - Leg 25, Troon- Port Patrick - Read more
15/07/11 - Troon - Read more
26/06/11 - Leg 22, Crinan Canal- Tarbet - Read more
26/06/11 - Leg 23, Rhu- Arrochar (Loch Long)- Largs - Read more
26/06/11 - Leg 24, Largs- Troon - Read more
23/06/11 - Leg 21, Craobh Haven- Crinan Canal - Read more
14/06/11 - Leg 18, Fort Augustus- Fort William - Read more
14/06/11 - Leg 19, Fort William- Oban - Read more
14/06/11 - Leg 20, Oban- Craobh Haven - Read more
06/06/11 - Leg 17, Inverness- Fort Augustus - Read more
29/05/11 - Leg 16, Lossiemouth- Inverness - Read more
26/05/11 - Leg 15, Whitehills- Lossiemouth - Read more
24/05/11 - Leg 14, Peterhead- Whitehills - Read more
20/05/11 - Peterhead - Read more
19/05/11 - Leg 13, Stonehaven- Peterhead - Read more
18/05/11 - Leg 12, Arbroath- Stonehaven - Read more
16/05/11 - Leg 7, Scarborough- Hartlepool - Read more
16/05/11 - Leg 8, Hartlepool- Amble - Read more
16/05/11 - Leg 9, Amble- Eyemouth - Read more
16/05/11 - Leg 10, Eyemouth- Anstruther - Read more
16/05/11 - Leg 11, Anstruther- Arbroath - Read more
08/05/11 - Leg 6, Grimsby- Scarborough - Read more
07/05/11 - Leg 5, Hull- Grimsby - Read more
02/05/11 - Hull - Read more
26/04/11 - Leg 4, Wells-next-the-Sea - Hull - Read more
19/04/11 - Wells-next-the-Sea - Read more
15/04/11 - Leg 3, Lowestoft- Wells next the Sea - Read more
11/04/11 - Leg 2, River Deben - Lowestoft - Read more
09/04/11 - 2nd Leg Day 1 Ipswich-Lowestoft - Read more
04/04/11 - How to get on the register to maybe become a donor - Read more
01/04/11 - All in a days work - Read more
31/03/11 - At SYH fitting the AIS - Read more
22/03/11 - I start my challenge on Monday 28th March - Read more
08/03/11 - Teenage Cancer Trusts FYSOT - Read more
02/02/11 - Lost my bike - Read more
27/01/11 - randomly found food on the boat... - Read more
18/01/11 - All packed and ready to go. - Read more
01/01/11 - I'm at Excel! - Read more
02/12/10 - snow, snow and more bloody snow - Read more
11/11/10 - Force 9/10 at Haslar - Read more
24/10/10 - Weekend away - Read more
21/10/10 - Brilliant nights sleep - Read more
20/10/10 - First night on the new cushions - Read more
18/10/10 - Monday - Read more
17/10/10 - National Marrow AGM - Read more
11/10/10 - Hummm ?? - Read more
01/10/10 - Thank you London MET Police - Read more
30/09/10 - Back at the Folly - Read more
26/09/10 - Weekend at East Cowes Marina - Read more
20/09/10 - Success at the boat show - Read more
15/09/10 - Boat Show - Read more
13/09/10 - I’m at Haslar!!! - Read more
09/09/10 - At Last!! - Read more
20/07/10 - My Blog has started - Read more