S.C.A.R.D Memorial Funds

Naomi Cheri Gough
1st December 1987 to 10th January 2007

Fundraising Events

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3rd August 2011 - Annual 'Walk For Naomi' 2011

The annual Blackpool walk for Naomi. Everyone welcome

Setting off on that morning, from The Big Blue Frog, Stead Street, Halifax

If you think you would like to take part and join us in, please download our Registration Form by clicking HERE

4th, 5th & 6th August 2010 - Annual 'Walk For Naomi'

The annual Blackpool walk for Naomi

Last years walk was enjoyed by everyone and was completed in record time.

Friday March 5th 2010

An overnight stay in one of the most haunted locations in the country, the Galleries of Justice in Nottingham. This was organised by Naomi's brother Shane and was a great success enjoyed by all.

Watch the Upcoming Events for details of another Spooky Night later this year! Join us if you dare! Spaces are limited. Please contact Shane for more details at shanggh@btinternet.com

See the 'Orbs' below - make your own mind up! Out of hundreds of photographs taken, only a small handfull revealed Orbs!

Original (untouched) Photographs on the left & brightened versions on the right

Note the below picture shows NO orbs and was taken within a minute of the above picture! Spoooooky!!!

Original (untouched) Photographs on the left & brightened versions on the right

26th December 2009 - Boxing Day Dip!

John Hall, a work collegue of Naomi's Dad Steve, jumped into the icy cold North Sea in Redcar on Boxing Day to raise money for Naomi's Memorial Fund, John spent 20 minutes or so in the water. John is just left of centre with a Santa hat on! (see below)

John's raised £149.00 for The Naoimi Cheri Gough Memorial Fund - Thank you John and well done!

5th, 6th & 7th August 2009 - Annual 'Walk For Naomi'

The annual Blackpool walk for Naomi took place on the 5th 6th & 7th August 2009

Naomi Walk To Blackpool 2009

Thanks to everyone involved. We hope to have raised about £4000 this year, a tremendous ammount! Already people are putting their names down for next year.

Everyone welcome

If you think you would like to take part and join usin 2010, please download our Registration Form by clicking HERE

2nd July 2009 - Curryoke Night

The curryoke night was a great night, enjoyed by all. As with every karaoke it produced some excellent singing talent, eat your heart out Simin Cowell! There were one or two who need a little more practise though, you know that don't you Alistair, poor lad only got a couple of lines out before being ' bid' off! We raised a net total of £555 on the night, so a massive thank you to Ziggy and all that attended.

21st June 2009 - Andy Bagnall completed his run successfully and said that he raised more this time than he has ever done for any other event. He raised £340 for the Naomi Fund which he is happily collecting now.

Well Done Andy! A Massive Thank You goes out to you!

5th June 2009 - Fundraising Night at Yorkshire Rider Social Club, Bedford Street, Halifax.

Another charity night that once again proved to be a very entertaining evening with live entertainment, a charity auction and raffles.

The charity night was a great success, and raised £2633.97 in total and a great night was had by all!

13th June 2009 - Manchester-Salford Quays - Bungee Jump

Family friends Stacey Prentice and her sister Sheena Walton will be doing a 170ft bungee jump on Saturday June 13th at Manchester-Salford Quays

in aid of Naomi's fund, Stacey is terrified of heights however she has become a very close friend of Naomi's family since their tragedy

and believes Naomi's fund is a much worthy cause, she continuously works hard to raise awareness and money for the fund. So hats off to both Stacey & Sheena as we know this is going to take some extreme courage.

We wish them luck!!

Update: The Bungee jump was a great success, more details and pictures coming soon!

'Who Pushed me'!

18th April 2009 - Charity Football Match at Saville Park (opposite St Judes Church), Halifax.

A trophy was presented to the winning team at our charity night held on 5th June.

The trophy was donated by Ziggy's Spice House, Halifax who are also very kindly holding a Curryoke Night on 2nd July (see above)

£123.00 was raised at the Old Shears, Halifax (opposite Fitness First). There was entertainment by NYK (Not Yet Known) who were also at our charity night in July. Everyone had a great night. Mick of the Shears won one of the auctions for the band NYK on our charity night in July. So on the night they played he had a few raffle prizes up for grabs. A big thank-you to Mick, his staff and all his customers. Pictures coming soon

The annual Halifax to Blackpool walk for Naomi's Fund occurred over 3 days which started on the 6th August 2008. As this years walk was again a great success, people are already showing interest for next year!

The doors opened at 7pm prompt as the band were still setting up. It was no problem though because they were ready by 7.30 when the first few guests started to arrive. It was shortly after 8pm, a little later than planned when our compeer Mick Blakeborough from the Old Shears Inn, Halifax got up stating "Lets get this show on the road because were all here for a good reason and thats to raise lots of money for a very good cause, " He was not wrong and no sooner had he finished his short introduction the room had suddenly filled up, Grant Moorhouse a solo singer from Halifax took to the stage. Grant was fantastic and oozed confidence throughout finishing with his tribute song to Naomi without backing music, ' My Girl', he left the stage with massive applause. Mick was straight on to kick start the auction with a large Sponge Bob Square Pants toy( Naomi's favourite cartoon character), which raised a massive £60. He auctioned a few items before doing a few of the many raffle prizes.

The night included further live entertainment by the female comedy singing duo Larger Than Life and Calderdale band NYK (Not Yet Known), one of the males in the band grinned and bared it as his leg was in plaster but still managed to wow the audience with his guitar whilst sitting down. Both bands did 2 sessions each which all ended in great applause by the audience, in between the sessions Micks raised a large amount of money with the auctions and raffles.It was fantastic how the evening just rolled from one thing to another, as one of the guests stated to me, " There was no time to get bored, it was fantastic!". There were many items for auction including a signed Leeds Rhino's shirt which sold for £230, a signed Ryan Giggs Shirt which sold for£270 and the biggest surprise of the night was when NYK had already agreed to auction themselves for a gig offered a second one as there were two people bidding against each other, one sold for £300 and the other for £350! There were also many raffle prizes including bottles of whisky and champagne, 2 tickets to see Lee Evans with a nights accommodation. There was also a weeks accommodation in Portugal up for grabs!

We have to say a massive thank you to everyone who contributed to making this night such a success, Mick Blakeborough who wowed the audience with his wonderful charisma from the Old Shears Inn Halifax for doing a fantastic job of the compering and coercing people in to handing over their hard earned cash, Larger Than Life, NYK (Not Yet Known) and Grant Moorhouse who all provided the entertainment, Barclays Bank who sponsored the raffle and auction, Brighouse Sports Club and of course everyone who donated prizes and attended on the night. We are so pleased that everyone enjoyed themselves so much and we are now looking forward to the next one!

Many Thanks

Steve,Bev, Shane and Rochelle

Rochelle & Lisa - Happy Faces

Dancing was on the Agenda

Mick Blakeborough taking bids for NYK

NYK manager Chris giving the thumbs up........................all ok!

Well done and congratulation Steve on your achievement in completing your Coast to Coast walk on Friday. Even though it was further than he thought, Steve finished a day ahead of schedule, 192 miles in all! Steve enjoyed his walk so much that he plans to do it again next year.

We would all like to thank Steve for his part in raising sponsorship for our fund. Steve raised £352

Brian Nelson took part in the Liversedge Half Marathon in support of Naomi's Fund, and raised a fantastic £80 - well done Brian, and thank you.

Lauren Davison (18) who took part in the walk to Blackpool has shaved her head to raise funds. Lauren is Down Under in sunny Australia and is going to raise as much as she can there and also gather sponsorship from friends etc at home in UK. We have just heard from Lauren, who has shaved her hair and has raised so far, 400 Australian Dollars (£180) for Naomi's Fund. If you know Lauren and would like to sponsor her, it's not too late to add to her great (and very brave) achievement - just click here to donate online.

Naomi's boy friend Ty Boothroyd, together with his dad Tony and a couple of friends Rob and Karard took part in the Tong 4x4 Funday at Parkwood Off Road Centre, Tong, near Leeds, West Yorkshire. Becky who owns the centre has read all about Naomi on the SCARD website and very kindly allowed Ty & Co to do some fundraising.

A grand total of £271.45 was eventually raised from the Funday. Thanks to Ty and all the others involved in the day - especially for standing outside in the freezing cold for hours! Thats what I call commitment!

Naomi's sister Rochelle and friends held a tribute night in memory of Naomi. It was in Naomi's true style of fancy dress, something she loved to do on all special occasions. They had a great night out and were joined by other friends including Robin Hood, Ali G and an Oxo cube.

Some T-shirts were once again very kindly donated by Andy at Calder Screen Prints providing the lasses made a donation to the fund, a massive thak you to Andy. The T-shirts had Naomi's Angels on the front and Naomi's Tribute Night on the back. The lasses all agreed to donate £10 each totalling £90 and then on top of that, they won a further £50 at the Acapulco night club and put that into the kitty too, making a grand total of £140 raised.

A grand total of £140 was eventually raised for the Tribute Night - thanks girls, and well done

A work colleague of Steve Gough, Mick Kelly from Wakefield and his son-in-law Sean Butterworth took part in the Clowne Roadrunners Club Half Marathon on Sunday 25th November in benefit of Naomi's Fund. Mick raised £211 in sponsorship, and Sean £139.

We would all like to say congratulations and very well done to both of them - and of course a big thank you too.