BRA DASH 2011

Dear All,
[Updated 24th October 2011]

I am delighted to advise that the total sum raised from Bra Dash 2011 is a fantastic sum of *** £17,132.83 *** in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer (IOM)

Our IOM Group are finalists for an award in the IOM Newspapers Awards for Excellence November 17th at the Villa Marina.

Many Thanks
Angie

Dear Supporters, Dashers, Sponsors and Mr Baggs

Thanks you so much for supporting yet another successful Annual Bra Dash for Breakthrough Breast Cancer (IOM)!

If you would like to review the 2011 Douglas Pictures please click on this link - Kindly taken and provided by Louisa Thomas of Faarey Photography

We had two great Dashes in Castletown and Douglas last Friday in sunshine and a sea of PINK! The Ramsey and Peel Dashes were well turned out on Saturday in a mix of sunshine and showers but with plenty of support from women, men and children turning up in a variety of costumes and decorated bras.

Some of the fabulous costumes were, Pooh Bear, Super Pink Woman, M & S Percy Pigs, LTSB Olympics Team, there was Willy Wonka, The BallaBra Grand National Horse Team, The Jockeys, The Naughty Pink Nun, A Little Robot, The Shoprite Bra Dash Beauty Queens with an appearance of Princess Kate, and many more on the photos gallery.

Over £4,000 was raised on the streets of the 4 Dashes which is a fabulous collection considering the economic climate.

SPONSORSHIP / DONATION MONEY: Please hand your cash into your Dash organiser or to any Lloyds TSB Bank -

Thank you to Stuart Baggs who started the Douglas Dash and really engaged with the Dashers, cheering them all on.

It was lovely to see our wonderful supporters from Sunnydale Residential Home, all 20 of them in wheelchairs, on their zimmer frames or just 'dashing' along joining in the spirit of the Dash in their bright, hand made decorated bras which they prepared well in advance of the Dash! Some of the residents are currently or have been affected by breast cancer and they wanted to raise awareness of this disease which can affect young and old the same. Thank you for all the efforts by the Management and staff of Sunnydale.

Keep watching the website for updates or you can go to Breakthrough Breast Cancer IOM Facebook .

Thank you once again and see you all next year!

Angie

Breakthrough Breast Cancer (IOM)

Chairman / Volunteer

Bra Dash dates for 2011 announced as follows:-

Breakthrough Breast Cancer's four Annual Bra Dashes last year were a great success! and my heartfelt thanks to everyone who organised, helped, or turned up at one or two of the dashes across the island!  Some people managed 3 Dashes- well done! Over £3,000 was collected on the streets of all the Dashes - brilliant.

Grand total since 2005 £106,000

BraDash 2010 smashed their target which now stands at £21,353.

Douglas Dash had some 200 Dashers and even more stunning costumes than ever!  The weather stayed fine and bright for each Dash - thank goodness!

The Purple Helmets roared down Market Street to get to the start of the crowd to lead the Dash. They all wore home crafted bra's of different shapes and sizes!  One was made of traffic cones, one was made of large 'pots' and some wore extra large bra's !

'Minister of Fun' David Cretney set the Dashers off by the sound of an air horn and soon we had the Sheila's Wheels Bra Car rumbling along with 3 ladies trotting inside it. There was a Dashing Banana , The Lloyds TBS Fairy Conga Team, the Cowboys & Girls, The Sumo Wrestler, the little Pirate, Lady Gaga's Team sporting many of her outfit's, M & S Managers '5 a day' wearing bra's full of fruit, leggy Brett in his swinging sixties flares, The Hawaiian 'girls', The Woollies check out girl, and many more!

Over £1,500 was raised on the streets of Douglas in just under ½ an hour whilst the Dashers ran through M & S Store. Dot Tilbury and Geoff Corkish kept the commentary going to entertain the crowd.

A HUGE thanks to our main sponsor's LLOYDS TSB Bank for supporting this charity event and providing the main prize money for the Dashing dashers!
Manx Telecom generously provided 4 Pink Samsung Mobile phones for each Dash and

A variety of refreshing drinks were generously supplied by Coca Cola, delicious hot pasties enjoyed by all from Ramsey Bakery, sweet and tasty snacks were plentiful and provided by Shoprite Isle of Man.

3FM were our main media sponsors and our thanks to them for providing tremendous promotion - thanks to the STIG's too - whoever they were??

Isle of Man Newspapers did a great job promoting the event too, raising awareness of this disease to one and all.

Robinson's kindly provided the Helium for all the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Balloons .

Take a look at the photo's here and enjoy! If you would like a copy please contact Angie Aire (See Contacts Page)

Please get your sponsor money in to your organisers soon as possible, Debbie - Ramsey, Ian - Peel, Tracy - Castletown or Angie - Douglas or to Bank of Scotland, Circular Road Douglas or Lloyds TSB Victory House, Douglas. Thank you.

Hope to see you all next year - for more of our events look out for Breakthrough Breast Cancer Facebook!

Thank you Bra Dashers Isle of Man!