Sisters join the race to beat breast cancer in memory of Mum

Press Release For immediate release: 28 February 2011 Press contact: Louise Garrahan, Media Relations Officer, Breast Cancer Campaign, DD 0207 749 3724, Email: lgarrahan@breastcancercampaign.org Sisters join the race to beat breast cancer in memory of Mum Local runner Bryony Gibson from Chester-le-Street, Durham has been pounding the pavements in training for the Bath Half Marathon in aid Breast Cancer Campaign. The Business Director will travel to her original hometown of Bath to join her sister Rhona Ascott for the 13.1 mile race on Sunday 6 March in memory of their mother Bridget Hunt who sadly passed away from breast cancer in 1996. Bryony said: “My mum died when I was 19 years old. She had suffered two lots of breast cancer followed by lung cancer and a brain tumour. Every year since her death I have set myself a fundraising challenge to raise money for charities that help save lives of future sufferers and I’m excited to run the Bath Half for Breast Cancer Campaign with my sister. I have previously run the Great North Run, which was a great experience, and I’m determined to pay tribute to my mum in Bath this March. I hope lots of people will sponsor me and help bring the charity a step closer to beating breast cancer.” If you would like to help Bryony reach her fundraising target of £500, please visit http://www.justgiving.com/Bryony-Gibson and donate what you can. This year around 48,000 people will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK and sadly approximately 12,000 will die from this disease. So if you have a guaranteed place in this year’s Bath Half Marathon and would like to make a difference to the lives of all those affected by breast cancer, please join Bryony and Rhona on Campaign’s team. For more information, please call the Events team on 0207 749 4114 or visit www.breastcancercampaign.org If you have your own place there is no minimum sponsorship amount and each runner who signs up will receive a fundraising pack including a Breast Cancer Campaign running vest, sponsorship forms and lots of support from the charity on the day. ENDS Picture caption: Bryony Gibson Notes to editors • Breast Cancer Campaign aims to beat breast cancer by funding innovative world-class research to understand how breast cancer develops, leading to improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure • Currently it supports 84 research projects, worth over £15.9 million, in 31 centres of excellence across the UK and Ireland • Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK and accounts for nearly one in three of all cancers in women • In the UK, nearly 48,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year - that’s 130 a day • Visit www.breastcancercampaign.org • Read Chief Executive Pamela Goldberg’s blog http://pamelagoldbergblog.blogspot.com/

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