Tuesday 20 March 2012

Sport Relief

Sport Relief is a biennial charity event from Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, which brings together the worlds of sport and entertainment to raise money to help vulnerable people in both the UK and the world's poorest countries. At the heart of the campaign is the Sport Relief Mile.


What will you do for Sport Relief 2012?

In the past, many celebrities have completed awesome challenges to raise money for Sport Relief.

In 2006 David Walliams swam the English Channel to raise money for Sport Relief. He trained for 9 months with Professor Greg Whyte and was also helped by the "King of the Channel", Mike Read, chairman of the Channel Swimming Association. Walliams' feat was documented for a BBC programme called Little Britain's Big Swim.

Last summer, he swan 140 miles along the River Thames.

On 26 July 2009, Eddie Izzard began running a series of 43 marathons over 51 days for Sport Relief. On 15 September, Eddie arrived in Trafalger Square, marking the end of his 43rd marathon in only 51 days. He ran 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi) a day, 6 days a week for 7 weeks straight, covering 1,166 miles (1,876 km) across the UK. Izzard raised over £1,152,510 for Sport Relief.


Puzzle of the week

The first 15 people to donate to a charity collection gave an average of £4.00 each.




After a further 50 people had donated, the average amount given by each person rose to £5.00.



What was the average amount donated by each of the last 50 people only?