Scott Hampton 5th Annual Tennis Tournaments,
September 4th & 5th 2010
at Westside LTC, Woodhayes Road, Wimbledon SW19
Saturday and Sunday mornings, the Scott Hampton Charity Junior U12s and U14s Boys and Girls Tournaments. Westside's Head Coach Alison Taylor will, as usual, be organising the Event and has added the U14s age group this year.
Entry forms are available from Alison at Westside or from the LTA website. The Open American Tournament is on Saturday at 2 pm for all members and visitors.
The Barbeque, Raffle and Auction of great prizes are all part of the day's fun.
Everyone is welcome - young and old!
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Trip to Malawi "Surviving Burkitt's" Documentary June 18th to July 4th 2010 |
Wade and I flew to Malawi, Friday June 18th to join Alex Tweddle, director and producer of AngryMan Films and cameraman James Buck in Malawi where they had been doing some pre filming and setting up the schedule and meetings with the vital help of Fatima, our Malawian interpreter and fixer.
The focal point of the film was the children’s oncology ward in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre, where the film followed children aged between 2 - 11 years old coming to the hospital very ill with suspected Burkitt’s-beginning with the diagnosis procedure through to their first chemotherapy treatment and their progress over our stay of two weeks.
We were very privileged to have Professor Elizabeth Molyneux, Head of Paediatrics, as our introduction to the ward and the children. Her dedication to the welfare of the children creates a bond and trust with the often frightened child and guardian. The care is carried out in cramped and very basic conditions - often children sharing beds and in need of repair. But the commitment and love given by the Sister, nurses and care workers make the best of the lack of amenities. Mothers/guardians stay with the child for the duration of the treatment, sleeping with them or outside in the yard - the village life is created within the compound. The follow up care especially with terminally ill children is done by the Palliative group - we followed Beatrice to a village 4 hours away where her presence and counseling helped the family through the tragic time.
To understand the many obstacles a family will encounter to get their sick child help, we visited distant rural villages where life is lived without any visible modern amenities in homemade mud huts. The village is ruled by the chiefs and medicine men who decide the outcome of what is best for the child. We met and talked with a Madam Chief and her advisors in a village near Blantyre. The medicine man we found was outside the government hospital in Lilongwe-ready to “cure” any ailment the hospital could not provide. Inside the Lilongwe hospital we interviewed Doctor Mwali - head of the District Hospitals, a charming man who gave us a clear view of how important it is to bring together information and resources.
Burkitt's Lymphoma is the No1 cancer in children in Malawi and large parts of Africa. This aggressive cancer visibly shows itself mainly in the face-the tumor appears behind the eyes, cheek or jaw and in other cases in the stomach - and grows overnight if not treated. We watched how one protocol of chemo reduced a tumor in days. Sadly, if the disease has taken hold, the results are not so good. That is why this documentary is so important to inform and help all sources to understand.
What we want to do is to set up a program to research Burkitt’s through the medical school in Queen Elizabeth Hospital that will ultimately help these young children now and hopefully even more in the future.
We were very proud to be allowed to be a part of this documentary and want to thank Professor Beverly Griffin for bringing us together with Alex Tweedle and James Buck.
Scott Hampton 4th Annual Charity Tennis Tournaments @ Westside Ltc September 2009
The day began at 9.00am with SCOTT's U12 Boys and Girls LTA JUNIOR Tournaments - organized and inspired by Westside's Head Coach Alison Taylor. This is the 2nd year the LTA Junior Tour is in Scott's name.
The games were played in a strong competitive spirit and the winners were presented with specially engraved cups and trophies. Congratulations to the Boys SCOTT MOORE the Winner & CASPER SCHEIBLE the finalist - and the girls LUXMIE MUHUNTHAKUMAR the Winner and SOPHIE NORRIS the finalist. Scott would be very proud and happy to see the boys and girls enjoying the game of tennis that was so much part of his life and growth and through it, made many friends around the world. We hope to make this a bigger event and maybe open it up to the U14 age group too. Thank you Alison.
| Boys U12s Winner Scott Moore with Stephanie  |
Girls U12s Winner |
| Boys U12s Finalist Casper Scheible with Stephanie  |
Girls U12s Finalist Sophie Norris with Stephanie  |
The second part of the day was the AMERICAN Tournament - open to all members and friends. An amazing turnout of over 60 players! It was so wonderful to see so many people happy to be there and enjoying the tennis and spirit of the occasion. The orchestration of the players was organised with great precision by Liz Bingham and her dad Keith Harrison and after 5 rounds and over 3 hours of play, the winners & runner ups were presented with bottles of wine and tennis balls. Congratulations to all and especially the winners ZAMAN CHAUDHURY and SARA H KRAFT.The joint Junior winners were SCOTT MOORE & BAZ SIMPSON.
American Tournament Junior Winners |
The day ended with everyone gathered round beginning with Stephanie - Scott's mother - talking about Scott and the disease BURKITTS LYMPHOMA cancer and how the Charity is so important.
This was followed by the Raffle and auction for some amazing prizes very generously donated. Thank you to the contributors and recepients. Mark Steele - the manager - acted as the professional auctioneer conducting the proceedings with spirited bidding from the assembled crowd, for the YONEX signed Ana Ivanovich tennis racquet, 2 ruck sacs and a signed Lleyton Hewiitt poster given very generously by PETER TUFFREY - thank you. The Nadia Petrova oufits very kindly given by Peng Newman and then finally the big surprise donation of 2 Wimbledon Tickets from Alison & Roger Taylor which produced ferocious bidding betwwen Theo and TRACEY CHAFFEY - who eventually out bid everyone! Thank you!!
Thank you to the raffle buyers.... we are thrilled BOB got the big one and is off to the Veterans Masters at the Albert Hall in December.
Supported throughout the day were the wonderful helpers of the barbeque - LIZA ROE the supreme organizer and cook assisted by Peng Newman and Wendy Dear with her home baked goodies, and Jilly Hardie for being there. Their time, help and support was invaluable.
The day was finally made special for us by having our family and friends with us - Kimberely, Theo, Olivia, Eliana and Rafi; Joni and Annabel; Stephen, Lucy and Hermione; Andy, Anneka and Crispian; Stephen, Andy and Crispian being tennis players as well - great to see!
Thank you to the following important contributors:
DARREN @ PWP SPORTS for all the Tennis Balls
ROBERT HOLMES
SAINSBURYS
HEADMASTERS
AMIT @ SHAFTESBURY DENTAL CLINIC
We are thrilled to say as a result of everyone's time and support we have raised over £2,000:00 and still counting!
It was a beautiful sunny day and a great tribute to SCOTT
Thank you everyone
Stephanie & Wade
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Lunch in memory of Scott at Julie's restaurant, November 22nd 2009 To remember SCOTT on his 4th Anniversary of November 18th, we held the 3rd annual lunch at Julie's Restaurant, the following Sunday November 22. |
This was a wonderful way of bringing together Scott's old friends and family to remember Scott in a loving and joyful way. The lunch commenced with champagne before we all sat around the huge round table in the Banquet Room and talked, ate and laughed throughout the afternoon, well into the evening.
Thank you to all who came to be with us and making it such a special occasion:
Kimberley, Theo and our 3 grandchildren Olivia, Eliana and Rafi; Joni and Annabel and 1 month old twins, Otis and Iris; Hugo, Robbie (luckily his Spanish job delayed so he could come!), Dan and Ruth, Nick and Carla, Fiona, Rowena (over from LA), James and Lucy with their sons Alexander and Thomas; Andy and Anika, Soosie and Will from Cheshire.
And special phone calls, emails and texts from friends here and abroad:
Paul B, Paul T and Tracey, Ace, Lily, Kevin and Dana, Jack T A memorable time for all. See Photographs that captured the moments.
Scott Hampton Junior Tour 2008
Rating U12s Boys and Girls charity tournament at Westside LTA, Wimbledon September 13-14th
The winner of the Girls U12s was Lila Simpson pictured below - one of LTA's young national stars. A highly competitive, mature game was fought against runner up Chloe Halliday - one of Westside's best young players.
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The Boys U12s winner was Zekie Horoz pictured below - who battled long rallies with great energy and enthusiasm against his opponent Edward Kandel pictured below - with Alison Taylor and Zekie
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The Event was a great tribute to the memory of Scott Hampton:
Westside plans to build on the Junior Tournament next year.
With the great energy and support of Westside Head Coach Alison Taylor, the Junior Tour U12s LTA Tournament was realised in Scott Hampton's name.
The Club mixed American Tournament was played out in great spirit by 48 players - and the day was only made possible with the amazing help of Liza in charge of the barbeque, Elizabeth, chief of the American Tournament and Patricia, Wendy, Peng, Alison G and overall support of the Westside manager Mark Steele.
Sponsors and Donors were Pete Tuffrey from Yonnex, Darren Powell at PWP Sports, Sainsburys, Headmasters, Bill Kenwright, theatre producer; the Olive Garden. And the sun shone!
The Edinburgh Marathon 25th May 2008 - Nick Cox
Nick Cox, a friend of Scott's, ran the Edinburgh Marathon for the Scott Hampton
Foundation with his friend James, and also in memory of Nick's father,
who died from cancer 23 years ago. Thank you so much, Nick for your great
run and the generosity of all your friends for the Foundation!
Nick has
written:
Hello Everyone,
Thanks very much for sponsoring me.
After a twinge in my right Achilles tendon from a warm up race the weekend before, I thought it might be all over for the marathon bid. But with resting through the week, a lot of anti-inflammatory gel and a very measured and gentle running approach, I managed to find the right rhythm and motivation and forgot about my heel after half an hour. Scott's Mum and Dad, Stephanie and Wade, tripped up to Edinburgh to cheer me on and James' family came up too, which was very valuable moral support.
I lost James at mile 5. I didn't stop, even when, at mile 13, I was overtaken by a gorilla in a tutu named Gertrude, who'd trailed me since mile 6. Along the seafront, past Leith at mile 16, I found a wind break in 6'4'' Hugh from St Albans. I stayed with Hugh for 8 miles, re-overtaking Gertrude at mile 18 and finding new energy resources at mile 24, said goodbye to Hugh, stepped up a gear and powered home to get a 4 hrs 15 mins finish.
Thanks to your help £1,247 goes to Scott's foundation. Nick
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Nick and his friend James |
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Other Events in 2007
Kingston Breakfast run 1st April 2007 - Andy Petri
Andy Petri, a friend of Scott's ran this event for the Scott Hampton Foundation.
Thank you so much Andy! Well done!
Andy has written:
I have to say it was a hugely emotional run and I am so pleased that I continued and thought of Scotty and of his Foundation for which the whole run was for, also many people were calling "Scott" (he was wearing a Scott T-shirt) and encouraging me on the final straight. I raised over £1200 and there is still money and extra sponsors coming in.
The Second Annual Scott
Hampton Charity Tennis day
29th September 2007, Westside LTC, Wimbledon
The First U12's Junior Tournament was organised by Alison Taylor-played and enjoyed by a group of terrific boys and Lila Simpson, who won the Consolation Prize beating a lot of boys! The Final was fought with very good tennis between Inigo Slijepcevic and Felix Blom-who won at the end of the 2nd tie break. Roger Taylor presented the boys with their trophies.
In addition to the U12s, the Adult American Tournament had a great turnout with 52 players! Thanks to everyone who made the Tennis Day a great success, raising over £1500 for the Foundation!
Roger Taylor with Inigo and Felix |
Roger Taylor with Stephanie,
Inigo
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Lila Simpson with Alison Taylor  |
Scott was there in spirit and his great passion and love for tennis was realised by all of you with your enthusiasm and the huge generosity of your time and money. His Charity for Burkitt's Cancer Research is such an important cause - a rare and aggressive disease of which very little is known in terms of a cure. It is hoped through our Charity and the support of leading medical professors and doctors, actively involved in this field of research, more lives can be saved in the future.
Stephanie and Wade Hampton
Trustees