The Moontrek Organisation

The Moontrek Organisation was originally set up with sponsored walks in mind. Now we are looking at other ways of fundraising as well as our sponsored treks. This page will tell you all about our previous fundraising events.

21st March 2009 - Casino Night

19th November 2009 - Christmas Sale

10th August 2008 - Moontrek 2008

2nd September 2007 - Moontrek 2007

All Our Volunteers and Walkers

Total Raised for Cancer Research UK (so far): £11,280.18

Thank you very much to Margaret Sharpe and Sadie Adlam for their huge effort in making and selling Christmas decorations for the second consecutive year. This year they added a further £100.00 to the Moontrek Fund for Cancer Research UK.

Total Raised: £100.00

Sadly, Maureen Stevens (Aunty Mo) passed away in the early hours of Monday 6th April 2009, after a long battle with Cancer. It was her expressed wish that there would be family flowers at the funeral and donations to the Moontrek fund, which Aunty Mo and her family have generously supported in the past.

Maureen Stevens

2nd November 1945 - 6th April 2009

Personally, Aunty Mo will always stick in my memory because of her unique character. Her dedication to her family was always amazing and if ever she had a problem, she could deal with it without putting those around her down. I will always remember her as a fighter; being a such a strong person as she fought this terrible disease. She loved her family and friends and always supported me  in my events. She introduced me to bingo and to this day I still have my Flutter's bingo card! She's an inspiration to me and many others and she will never be forgotten.

 Thank you to everyone who generously donated to this fund

 Total Raised: £662.00

• The players came in with $250 (Moondollars), exchanging them at the games they wanted to play
• Every game played the players score changed, until finally at 10:30pm when the gaming finished, the final scores were totted up and the winner was announced. Diane Wheat won with a score of 2590! If you played at Moontrek Casino Night 2009, you can check out your score by clicking here and view pictures of the evening here. Our Moontrek movies are below.

Below is the video from Moontrek Casino Night 2009

Below is the video used to promote Moontrek Casino Night 2009

Total Raised: £1,062.75

In November, Margaret Sharpe (A Moontrek 2008 Helper) and Sadie Adlam (A 2008 Moontrekker) organised a Christmas Sale, supporting the Moontrek Organisation. A selection of beautiful hand-crafted Christmas goodies were made by Margaret herself and sold with Sadie's help at her home in Ashby with mince pies! Thanks for your support Aunty Margaret!

Total Raised: £110.00 

In 2008 I wanted to walk somewhere local at the same time as being somewhere everyone knew. I wanted to find somewhere where our walkers hadn't really trekked along before, but occasionally walked nearby. This is when I stumbled across the Ivanhoe Way (thanks to a teacher of mine). This is a 35-36 mile trail circling Ashby de la Zouch. It's a 'yellow post path' trailing through farmers fields and local villages and towns. You may have all walked sections of it, but you probably won't have walked all of it!

The Route 

We walked around 16 miles for Cancer Research UK in Moontrek 2008 following the Ivanhoe Way.

We will officially started the trek at 10.00am on Sunday 10th August 2008 outside Manor Barns in the village of Snarestone. This year we followed part of the Ivanhoe Way. This is around a 35 mile circuit around Ashby de la Zouch, but we did about 16 miles of it.

We headed south east initially, trekking through the fields of Snarestone before eventually intercepting the Ashby Canal. We followed the Ashby Canal through Shakerstone, past the railway line and then headed off to Odstone and Nailstone.

When we reached Bagworth after walking through many fields during the morning, we stopped for lunch.

After around a half an hour rest, we took to the fields again, slightly late due to a longer stop at Bagworth. We headed underneath another railway line and through Bagworth Park up towards Stanton under Bardon, passing a dormant volcano (Cliffe Hill) on our right.

Eventually reaching the A511 near Markfield we crossed the road (getting a few honks!) using the pelican crossings on the roundabout.

Heading uphill slightly, we followed the Ivanhoe Way to Bardon Quarry and we pass around the blasting site (inactive anyway because it was Sunday). Keeping to the path, we trek to a small woodland area past Coalville but before entering Whitwick (south of Spring Hill) for an afternoon break.

Treking towards Whitwick and Thringstone, we climbed through Cademan Woods and to cut out the steep Dumps, we diverted around them.

We eventually reached our destination, The Gelsmoor, Coleorton at around 7:00pm (about 1h30mins late after all the little breaks we had and the very slow styles!). Everyone enjoyed themselves (he says) and crashed out at the barbeque.

Total Raised: £4,877.74  

A massive thank you to all of our valued volunteers! Your support is greatly apprieciated and your names will remain up in lights...

A Massive thank you to those who helped make Moontrek Casino Night 2009 a success!

• Anthony Moon
• Terry Moon
• Jackie Lennon
• Abbey Lennon
• Vikki Partridge
• Kevin Partridge
• Grant Partridge
• Chris Boam
• Alex Boam
• Myles Boam
• Alexander Gee
• Nick Lee
• Luke Evans
• Charlene Roberts
• Ben Lee
• Margaret Sharpe
• Debbie Fitzgerald
• Steph Fitzgerald
• Kerry
• Phil Moon
• Sheryl Moon
• Stephen Moon
• Nikki Moon

Here are the brave Moontrekkers of Moontrek 2008 and their chosen costume:

Thank you to our past sponsors...

www.jonesvillas.com

Here are our Full-Moontrek (16½ mile) Walkers... 

1. Anthony Moon - Buzz Lightyear
   
2. Terry Moon - Sitting Bull - Red Indian
3. Phil Moon - Mad Cow
4. Sheryl Moon - Spider Woman
   
5. Stephen Moon - Fairy
6. Tony Ramsell - Terry's Red Indian Tribe (Bald Eagle)
7. Sandra Ramsell - Karate Kid
8. Jackie Lennon - Saloon Girl
   
9. Abigail Lennon - Little Bo Peep
10. Jennifer Stokoe - Pink Girl (Grease)
    
11. Alex Lennon - Doctor
    
12. Anne Mason - 'Indi-Annie' Jones
13. Chris Boam - Convict (with Charlene Roberts) 3-legged
14. Alex Boam - Angelina Ballerina (who's let herself go)
    
15. Myles Boam - Nurse
16. Alex Gee - Pirate
    
17. Nicola Lympany - Bumble Bee
    
18. Jen Nash - Ladybird
19. Leanne Lympany - Little Red Riding Hood
    
20. Charlene Roberts - Convict (with Chris Boam) 3-legged
21. Jonathan Lee - Olympian
22. Nicholas Lee
23. Martin 'Midge' Rowse - Irish Midget
    
24. Simon Boam - Tom (Peter Pan)
    
25. Jane Boam - Peter Pan
    
26. Michael Gee - Convict
27. Trudy Gee - Convict
28. Diane Barnard - Pirate
29. Richard Millard - Convict
30. Sheryl Millard - Policewoman
31. Kevin Anderson - Drag/Rockstar
32. Jamie Anderson - Drag/Rockstar
33. Chris Sharpe - Ozzy Ozbourne
    
34. Keith Pare - Indiana Jones/Legionnaire
35. Andrea Lympany - Robin Hood
    
36. Paul Lympany - Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)
    
37. Alice Gee - Ghostbuster
38. Nick Rudkin - 118 Guy
39. Lisa Rudkin - Pirate
    
40. Paul Bennett - 118 Guy
    
41. Becky Bennett - Batwoman
42. Lena Walker - Farmer
    

And our Full-Moontrek Dogs...

1. Jessie
2. Molly
3. Holly
4. Lucy

And our Midi-Moontrek (9¼ mile) Walkers...

1. Lynne Evans - Ashby School Girl
2. Luke Evans - Doctor
3. Mary Mason
4. Jason 'Taff' Smith
5. Sadie Adlam - Cleopatra
6. Alison Flamson - Ashby School Girl

And our Midi-Moontrek Dogs...

1. Tia
2. Hugo
3. Sky

And our Mini-Moontrek (3 mile) Walkers...

1. Emma Sharpe - Little Bo Peep
   
2. Richard Hilton
3. Magaret Hilton
4. Debbie Fitzgerald - Cowgirl
5. Amy Rose Dear - Elizabeth Swan
   
6. Steph Fitzgerald - Robin Hood
   

 Here are the people who have volunteered to help out for Moontrek 2008 and their role:

• Anthony Moon - Moontrek Organiser - Click Here to Contact Me
• Terry Moon - Moontrek Treasurer
• Phil Moon - Moontrek Treasurer
• Debbie Fitzgerald - Cancer Research UK Representative
• Fiona Anderson - Distribution & Catering
• Margaret Sharpe - Catering
• Luke Evans - Catering & Moontrek Helper
• Chris Boam - Catering & Moontrek Helper
• Vikki Partridge - Moontrek Supervisor & Catering
• Kevin Partridge - Moontrek Supervisor

1. Anthony Moon - Captain/Sailor
2. Terry Moon - Cancer Research Promotion
3. Philip Moon - Obi-Wan Kenobi
   
4. Sheryl Moon - Princess Leia
5. Stephen Moon - Clown
6. Nikki Moon - Angel
7. Chris Boam - Scarecrow
8. Alex Boam - Milkmaid
9. Alexander Gee - Girl doing P.E
10. Myles Boam - A lad in a dress
11. Nicola Lympany - Raver
12. Leanne Lympany - Raver
13. Paul Lympany - 118
14. Andrea Lympany - 118
15. Jackie Lennon - Nun
16. Alex Lennon - Priest
17. Abigail Lennon - Fairy
18. Jessie the Dog
19. Charlene Roberts - Pirate
20. Holly the Dog
21. Lucy the Dog
22. Molly the Dog
23. Jonathan Lee - Walker
24. Jen Nash - Raver
25. Tony Ramsell - Farmer
26. Sandra Ramsell - Farmer
27. Vikki Partridge - Cancer Research Promotion
28. Kevin Partridge - Plumber
29. Chester the Dog
30. Dice the Dog
31. Grant Partridge - Cancer Research Promotion