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Shirenewton Charity Challenge to tackle KilimanjaroShirenewton, 28th June 2010: Five intrepid residents of Shirenewton will be flying out to Tanzania on 4th July in an attempt to scale Mount Kilimanjaro. Kilimanjaro is the largest highest free standing mountain in the World with Uhuru Peak being 5,895 metres (19,341 feet) - this is 515 meters (1,640ft) higher than Everest Base Camp.
The charity climb will help local African charities as well as contributing to paying off the debts on the Shirenewton Church Extension.
Kevin Bounds, Chairman of the fund raising group and one of the climbers, explains; “We have built an extension to the church which is a magnificent addition and which enables us to arrange all sorts of community events. It cost us close on £250,000 and we raised £200,000 but had to borrow £50,000 to complete the work. We are hoping that sponsorship of the climb will go some way to paying off the debt”.
The fund raising committee has recognised that not everyone has the time or resources to attempt Kilimanjaro and, in an attempt to involve a wide cross section of the village community, has arranged a more local challenge.
The local challenge involves be on the top of Pen-y-Fan (South Wales’ highest mountain) for sunrise! The aim of the Pen-y-Fan sunrise walk is for a group of walkers to experience the sunrise over Wales from the summit of Pen-y-Fan on the same day as the Kilimanjaro climbers experience the sunrise over Africa. Weather permitting; these walkers will be rewarded with a very special and unforgettable experience.
The Kilimanjaro walkers are Kevin Bounds, David Cornwell, Kha Koon Cornwell, Charles Eickhoff and Lyn McFarlane.
The overall objective from both walks is to raise £15,000. All walkers are paying their own expenses and all sponsorship goes to the charities.
For more information and to support their efforts please go to: www.Shirenewtonchurch.com. You can also follow their daily progress on twitter at ‘kilitweets’. About Shirenewton ChurchThe Church of St. Thomas a’ Becket Shirenewton has existed since approximately 1220 and was constructed the fifth Humphrey de Bohun - the first Humphrey de Bohun, having come over from Normandy with William the Conqueror, his cousin. The Church was dedicated to St. Thomas a Becket, the Arch Bishop of Canterbury who was murdered in his Cathedral in 1170. The Church has a solid square tower, placed between the chancel and the nave; the practice at this time being to build churches with a two-fold purpose, as places of defence as well as of worship, and this is a good example of a Norman fortified church tower. It has a battlemented top with a turret at the N.E. corner and slits in the sides, originally for defence purposes, although today they are used to hold the four spindles which operate the hands of the clock.
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