Paul Hampson

Tennis-a-thon 2025

I'm taking on the Tennis-a-thon Challenge for Young Lives vs Cancer.

I'm taking on the Tennis-a-thon Challenge for Young Lives vs Cancer this summer. Join me in supporting a good cause and your contribution will make a big impact to children and young people with cancer. Whether you donate £5 or £500, every little bit helps. Thank you for your support.

My Achievements

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Received 10 donations

Reached 50% of fundraising target

Reached Fundraising Target

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My Updates

32 hours done - target exceeded

Wednesday 27th Aug
Thanks to Colin, David and Chris for getting me past the 31 hour line. I'm still fundraising. Please come to Pirbright Tennis Club on Sunday between 1 and 5 for the finale. Dress to impress. Fun tennis, raffle and cakes

30.5 hours done

Tuesday 26th Aug
An enjoyable game of singles with my old friend 'The Major'

29.5 hours done

Tuesday 26th Aug
Thanks to the Tuesday ladies. There was this stuff called rain - haven't seen it in a while

28.5 hours done

Monday 25th Aug
Thanks to the lovely ladies group without whose support I couldn't have done this

27 5 hours done

Sunday 24th Aug
With my daughter Charlie, daughter-in-law Emma and our 3 lively grandchildren Freddie, Oscar and Frankie

26 hours done

Saturday 23rd Aug
With my old mate Bob. Great fun.

25 hours done

Saturday 23rd Aug
Thanks to David, Stephen and Mike. Honours even at a.set each

Raffle and BBQ on 31st August

Friday 22nd Aug
Hi all
During  the final day of my challenge on 31st August we're holding a raffle with some pretty good prizes including (amongst other things) a £40 voucher for the Cricketers, champagne and Silent Pool gin. You can buy raffle tickets in advance at £5 a strip or £1 each. Just donate online using the link and include the word 'raffle' in the message. I'll do the rest and email you your ticket numbers. You don't need to be there on the 31st to enter the raffle. I know I've asked a lot from you all over the last few weeks - I just need 1 final push to reach my target of £2 500.
I hope as many of you as possible can join me on 31st August at the club from 1pm till 5 for a bbq, cakes sale and some fun tennis. Dress to impress!
Thanks so much
Paul

23.5 hours done

Wednesday 20th Aug
Thank to Colin, Chris and Geoff for a very competitive match

22 hours done

Tuesday 19th Aug
Thanks to the Tuesday morning ladies group for a very competitive hour and a half.

Increase in targets

Monday 18th Aug
Given the fantastic support from everybody and progress so far I've decided to increase my hours target from 24 to 31 hours and my fundraising target to £2,500

20.5 hours done

Monday 18th Aug
Thanks to the lovely Monday morning ladies for allowing me to join them

19.5 hours done

Sunday 17th Aug
Thanks to Ollie, Carolyn and Victoria for a very enjoyable game

17.5 hours done

Saturday 16th Aug
Thanks to Paul(sporting his mullet) and Mike for joining me today

17.5 hours done

Friday 15th Aug
Thanks to Pat, Alison and Hilary for a very pleasant hour of tennis

16.5 hiurs.done

Thursday 14th Aug
Thanks to Ali Vicki and Fiona for a lovely hours ten is

15.5 hours done

Thursday 14th Aug
A challenging hour joining the men's team practice. I joined them for a beer afterwards to celebrate them winning their Summer league.

14.5 hours done

Wednesday 13th Aug
With my lovely great niece Sasha, her husband Andy and my lovely wife Rosie(non-playing but providing tremendous support)

13.5 hours done e

Wednesday 13th Aug
Thanks to Fiona, Sarah and Peter for a very competitive hour of tennis. All my own hair!

12.5 hours done

Tuesday 12th Aug
Thanks to the lovely Tuesday ladies for allowing me to play with them today.

11.5 hours done

Monday 11th Aug
Thanks to Amelda, Chris and Colin for turning out in the searing heat. Honours even at 6-6! Too hot for a tie break!

10.5 hours done

Monday 11th Aug
Thanks to the lovely Monday morning ladies for allowing me to join them

Hour 9

Sunday 10th Aug
An hour's coaching for George Lisauskas

Hour 8 done

Sunday 10th Aug
A pleasant hour with my friend Kelly Robinson

8.25 hours.

Saturday 9th Aug
Thanks to Stephen, Graham and Davi for playing today. The best thing about my tennis today was wearing Simon's St. Pats day hat

6.75 hours done

Friday 8th Aug
Many thanks to Simon, David and Geoff for joining me today in very hot conditions. Excellent hat wearing

Hour 5.5

Tuesday 5th Aug
A challenging hour and a half.with the Tuesday club night crowd. Thanks to them all

Hour 4 with the Tuesday tennis ladies

Tuesday 5th Aug
Thanks to the ladies for letting me join them today

Hour 3

Monday 4th Aug
Thanks to the Monday morning ladies for allowing me to join in

Hour 2 of my challenge

Saturday 2nd Aug
With Graham, Mike and Anne

The crusade to raise money begins

Friday 1st Aug
This outfit proved practically impossible to play tennis in - no pockets!

The first hour completed

Friday 1st Aug
Thanks to Stephen Gittins for helping me start my tennis-a-thon fundraiser. One hour down, 23 to go

Tennis-a-thon challenge organised

Saturday 26th Jul
I'll be playing 24 hours of tennis through August at my club - Pirbright Tennis club. I'll be inviting members, other tennis buddies, friends and family and anyone else I can rope in to come and play an hour's tennis with me. The emphasis will be on fun and I'll be wearing an array of silly hats and costumes. It will culminate on Sunday  31st August with a fancy dress tennis event with bbq and cake

Thank you to my Sponsors

£212

Pirbright Tennis Club

Amazing effort Paul. Well done from all the committee at PTC

£150

Pyrford Friends

Well done Paul! Such a worthwhile cause. You will need a few moments with a Pimms in a deckchair at the end. Paul and Rosie

£63.80

Rosie Hampson

Good luck darling !!!

£53.32

Fergus & Elspeth

£53.32

Marianne Power

Well done Paul! What a fantastic achievement! Lots of love, Marianne, Emilia & Eddie and Winter too! Xxx

£53.32

Anonymous

£53.32

Monika Driscoll

£53.32

Anonymous

£52.12

Teresa Welch

Good luck Paul! Lots of love Teresa & Mark Welch

£50

Chris Sturdee

Well done Paul - a great hat!

£40

Betty Thomas

£37.47

Nigel Prince

Lots of success in reaching your goal for this noble cause.

£32.23

Ari Richardson

Brilliant cause, well done on your achievement so far! Keep it up!

£32.23

Lou Richardson

What a great cause Paul and a truly fantastic achievement so far! Keep up the good work!!

£32.23

Stephen Gittins

Well done Paul. Go for it!

£32.23

Graham Finney

I don't know how you do it. Lessons please

£32.23

Peter Walker

A great cause, Paul. Well done and good luck. I shall happily join you for an hour on court.

£27.05

Loki N His Hoominion

Loki will donate more once he's counted his treats. Or stolen my bank card. And we'll make you a hat.

£27.05

Fiona Robotham

Best of luck with the challenge - all in a very good cause!

£27.05

Guy Catterick

Good luck Paul. You will ‘smash’ it 👍😀

£27.05

Mary B

Keep hitting those balls back Paul. Good luck.

£27.05

Major

£25

Maggie Sturt

£25

Tim Page

Hats off to you Paul 👏

£25

Chris Sturdee

Please enter me in the raffle

£23.91

Michael Crowe

Well done Paul

£23.91

Max Godfree

Well played Paul. Love the hat!

£23.91

Maureen Page

Hi Paul well done for taking on this challenge to help young people proud of you lots of love Maureen and Steve

£23.91

Avril

Well done Paul . Great cause to raise money for.

£23.91

Lynn Mckinnie

£23.91

Robin Wintour

Well done Paul. Happy to support you with this. Robin & Margaret

£23.91

Justin Meredith

Well done Paul. Great achievement.

£23.91

Paul Hampson

£23.91

Richard Riley

Go on you Gazelle

£23.91

Paul & Linda Kelly

Keep smiling Buddy. You can do this 👏 🙂

£23.91

Heidi & Mark Walker

Brilliant effort Paul for such an important cause. Well done! 💕

£23.91

Ruth Slater

Well done Paul

£23.91

Sandy Hampson

Good luck!

£23.91

Bob And Trish Xx

Good luck! Still one of my favourite people of all time xx

£23.91

Di Jack

Well done Paul

£23.91

Ray & Carole Wilson

Well done & Good Luck Paul Very commendable

£23.39

Holly Fletcher

Good luck Paul! Rosie tells us many wonderful things about you so I am not surprised to see you doing this for others! Best wishes from Holly and family

£22

Sue & Craig

Well done Paul 😍

£22

M Betts

Well done Paul xx

£22

Holly Saxon

Excellent idea Paul (and great costume despite the missing pockets!) Wishing you all the very best for a great cause. :)

£21.84

Cheryl Aldridge

£21.84

Colin

£21.84

David Greenland

Thank you Paul for your tennis and raising money for an excellent cause.

£21.84

Patricia Denison

Great cause Paul. Keep serving those aces

£21.84

Paula Dowie

Great cause, well done Paul

£21.84

Mary Baldwin

Well done Paul you are a truly amazing man & we love ❤️ you to bits. Love Mary & Bob

£21.84

Carolyn Cj

Well done for your initiative and dedication. Good luck 🍀

£21.84

Anonymous

£21.84

Michelle Sumner

What a great thing you’re doing Paul 😁

£21.84

Jane Cox

£21.84

Nina Durasamy

Go Spider-Man! You are a legend Paul xx

£21.84

Alison Hollom

Well done Paul!

£21.84

Sarah Chapman

£21.84

Tina

Go Pauly! A wonderful cause.

£21.84

Celia Toms

Well done Paul. Your tennis-a-thon has been a good and fun thing of this summer, keep going.

£21.84

Denise Rasell

Good luck and hope you raise the very helpful money

£20

Robert Mansfield

Raffle

£20

George Lisauskas

£20

Belinda Dolbear

Tremendous effort Paul, so well done!

£16.56

Gabriele Schwan

£16.56

Victoria Smithies

£16.56

Ollie Smithies

£16.56

Anonymous

£16.56

Simon A

Well Done Paul !

£13.46

Hilary Gower

Great achievement Paul. Nearly there - keep going!

£13.46

Jon & Lucy

Good luck Paul.

£13.46

Calum Doutch

Fantastic work Paul! It was a pleasure playing with you the other day! Good luck 👊

£12

Margaret Betts

£11.33

Beverly Strong

Good luck Paul 🤩

£11.33

Anonymous

£11.33

Anonymous

£11.33

Ramona Gregory

What a fantastic thing to do and a great charity GO Paul GO x

£11.33

Hilary Gower

Well done Paul - a great cause

£11.33

Ali And Charlie

Good luck Paul..

£11.33

Janine Exton

£11.33

Kh

Good luck Paul Karen and Mark x

£11.33

Linda Driscoll

Well done Paul and co, you are all amazing. You look like you have had fun while raising money for such a worthwhile charity x

£11.33

Aaron Godinho

All the best Paul!

£11.33

Tim Porter

Go smash it Paul 🎾👊!

£11.33

Debbie Phillips

£11.33

Paul Hampson

£11.33

Yvonne Craven

It was great playing with you today at the ladies morning. Good luck with your challenge.

£11.33

Jayne Wolpe And Family

Seriously impressive Paul. Very well done!

£11.33

Mike Hatton

£11.33

Andy Wiles

Well done Paul. Fantastic cause. All our love Andy, Sacha, Olivia and Alfie. X

£10

Neil Woodruff

Well done mate, keep it up.....apart from all the fashion failures of course.

£10

Veronica Coley

Well done !

£10

Helen Stonebanks

Good on you Paul.

£10

Ann Palmer

£6.11

Lynn Bryant

A donation from Lynne Bryant

£6.11

Anonymous

£6.11

Gill Weir

Raffle

£6.11

Kelly Robinson

Really admire you for what you have been throufh, with a smile on your face. Well done for your fundraising efforts for a worthy cause

£5

Karen Paige

Wishing you all the best Paul, lots of love xx

£5

Linda Neil-smith

Good luck for the tennisathon Paul. Have a great day. Xxx