Here is a great selection of photographs – a successful collaboration between DBF Trustee, photographer Robert Pascall, and DBF Director of Operations, Keith Delderfield (Robert took the photographs using Keith’s camera!) of the BADER GOLF Trophy held at the Royal Berkshire Golf Course on Monday 22nd April. It was a very successful day and, as [...]
Keith Delderfield and Robert Pascall have sent in a selection of photographs of the Douglas Bader Trophy Golf Challenge Event at the Royal Berkshire Golf Club reported below by Keith. I’ve added these as a gallery below this article so please scroll down to view the most recent pictures. More, and hopefully some film footage, [...]
We are delighted to announce a brand new Event for BADER BRAVES. Following the success of our Winter Wonderland Weekend in Kielder, we’ve joined forces with the excellent Calvert Trust again but this time at their state-of-the-art Centre in Exmoor. CALVERT TRUST EXMOOR is located in an area of outstanding natural beauty on the edge of [...]
Among the 15,000 women who lined up at the start of the Adidas Womens 5k Challenge at 11.00am on Sunday 11 September in Hyde Park, London, were six brave beauties who have so far raised over £600.00 for the Douglas Bader Foundation. Bader vets, Jess Delderfield and her sister Jill Jeffery, along with two of [...]
Congratulations to Team Bader who have completed another British 10k London Run in aid of the Foundation. A great achievement all of you. Here is a report by Keith Delderfield, himself the veteran of several runs, who was there supporting his wife, Jess (who has the distinction of having competed in all ten of the [...]
Congratulations to the inspirational Phil Packer who crossed the Finish Line of the Virgin London Marathon after an exhausting 25 hours and 55 minutes beating his 2009 London Marathon time by 13 days. Phil had come up with the amazing concept of “26″; 26 Miles for 26 Charities in 26 Hours, and the Douglas Bader [...]
On the weekend of the 22nd/23rd August, 75 amputees and ambulant disabled took part in the 2nd Amputee Games. The Amputee Games 2009 was another resounding success and you can now read about it by clicking the link below. Report on the Amputee Games 2009 for Boost Charitable Trust
The Regional Finals of The Bader Cup, recognised to be Europe’s largest National Mixed Golf Tournament, and The Desert Springs ‘Golf 4 Women’ Salver, dubbed “the U.K.’s most popular Ladies’ Golf Tournament”, have all been played. Results are coming in and can be seen by following the links below. We will be publishing the results [...]
We have received this lovely letter from Louis Stephen, one of the appreciative young fliers at the Douglas Bader Young Aviators’ Day at R.A.F. Kinloss on Saturday 8th August. I think it speaks for itself and is one very good reason why this very popular programme will continue with more venues anticipated for 2010. We [...]
Here is the first Press Release issued by RAF Kinloss about the Douglas Bader Young Aviators’ Day that was held there on Saturday 8th August. By all accounts it was a wonderful day and was very much enjoyed and appreciated by all concerned. We are very grateful to Squadron Leader Carl Melen and all at [...]
Andy`s British 10 km run on Sunday 12th July First of all, I hope this article does not put anyone off the idea of doing a 10km run (!), but rather acts as some sort of small incentive to sign up for one next year and raise some funds for the Douglas Bader Foundation. I [...]
Here is the latest Sitting Volleyball information and dates for your diary from David Rijvers. Please contact him on the e-mail address given below if you’d like further information. Hello All We are now in the 3rd week of the ‘Play Sport London’ Summer Programme providing free all inclusive sporting opportunities to Londoners. This week [...]
The Northwest Disability Awareness Day 2009 took place on Sunday, July 12th and was another resounding success hailed as the best ever. These are truly excellent events and those of you who missed it this year may like to note that plans are already underway for Disability Awareness Day 2010 which will be held on [...]
Well – it’s over for this year. The BT Paralympic World Cup, held over the Bank Holiday Weekend, was clearly a fantastic Event. Records strived for and some amazing sporting feats and exciting events and personal achievements on the way whether ultimately broken or not. I’d be delighted to hear from anyone who has stories [...]
Bike Amsterdam Cycle 18-21September 2009 London to Amsterdam In support of The Douglas Bader Foundation. This long weekend challenge from London Stansted to Amsterdam covers 300km in three days. We set off through the rolling Essex countryside, then take the ferry from Harwich overnight to Holland where we have two days on cycle paths through [...]
The Douglas Bader Foundation is greatly indebted to Sophie Delderfield (daughter of Keith, our Director of Operations) for taking part in the London Marathon this year in support of the charity. Not only did she complete the gruelling run but she beat last year’s time to boot. She is still trying to reach her sponsorship [...]
From Russia with Love A personal record of the Cycle Russia Challenge which took place between the 5th – 14th September 2008 by Carol Graves Why Russia ? you may ask. Well, it has been “on my list” for a while, and 2008 has evolved as the Year of Eastern Europe, so to speak. I [...]
A Personal Report by David Bickers Meeting up at Heathrow with some old friends from a previous hike in 2005 to Peru and what would become firm new friend over the next week – again some of whom had hiked and biked in aid of DBF over the years – we arrived later than scheduled [...]
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THE BADER CUP was started in 1987, and is now widely recognised as the largest National Mixed Greensome Stableford Golf Tournament in Europe.
John Southwick founded the Tournament to raise funds for The Douglas Bader Foundation. He still organises the competition.
Please see the Bader Golf Page and the nested Bader Cup pages on the left hand menu bar.For more information, a brochure or to enter and help to raise money for a good cause, please visit John Southwick's dedicated Website:
www.thebadercup.co.uk
Art to Fly, a specialist aviation artwork Website, was created by Pat Barnard, long-time friend of Sir Douglas, as a way of supporting the Douglas Bader Foundation disabled children’s Flying Days.
You can find out more about Art to Fly and the aviation paintings and drawings, aircraft prints and books – all signed by famous WW11 pilots and carefully selected and attractively priced for aviation art collectors - by visiting the Website:
www.arttofly.orgAs Art To Fly is a non-profit organization, 100% of the profits of any sales go to help disabled children experience the joy of flight through the Douglas Bader Foundation’s “Bader Braves” Flying Days programme, details of which can be found on this Website.