Race For Life 2009

I'm very excited and happy to announce that Cancer Research UK's Race For Life is now open for registration and we've already got several Team Armitage team members signed up and rearing to go! A very special thanks to Caroline, Tanya and Kirrily for taking up the challenge and doing the race! You go girls. I'll update the team list as and when new team members come on board (I know there are a few more who will be doing the race!)

You’re invited to do something amazing at Race for Life 2009

Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life 2009 needs women everywhere and their friends, family and colleagues to take part and raise money to help them continue their life-saving work.

Race for Life is the UK’s largest women only fundraising event, where women come together to raise money to help Cancer Research UK beat cancer. Whether you walk, jog or run 5k you can go at your own pace and enjoy a great day out.

There are over 230 Race for Life events taking place all over the UK this summer. So please join us and enter Race for Life 2009 and invite every woman you know to take part too.

Our Just Giving FUNDRAISING PAGE is up and running so if you'd like to make a donation you can do so HERE. All money donated via the Just Giving Webpage goes direct to Cancer Research UK.

Also, as if you needed reminding (!) our FUNDRAISING STORE is open and new products have recently (and will continue to be) added.

Thanks to Cancer Research UK for giving Team Armitage permission to use their logos to help us get the word out about Cancer Research UK and the Race For Life!

But most of all, thanks all for your continued support!

This Week's Featured Doodler: JAMES THORNTON

From one thudtastic British actor onto the next! I’m proud to announce Mr James Thornton as this week’s featured doodler! Isn’t he thudworthy? (look at the picture to your right!).

Please, take a moment or two to enjoy the thudworthiness that is, James Thornton!

James was born 31st October 1975 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England -- by my calculation that makes him 30 something years old! His star sign is Scorpio and according to the Chinese Zodiac he’s a Rabbit! He married “Gavin and Stacey” actress Joanna Page on 6th December, 2003.

It was way back in 1997 that James first appeared on our screens in Emmy Award nominated (for “Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Movie) Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone.

It was the following year, 1998, when we finally saw James on our screens again firstly in Playing the Field (a drama about the on-the-field trials and tribulations and the off-the-field lives, loves and infidelities of 'The Castlefield Blues', an under funded, badly managed ladies football team) and then, Among Giants, a romantic comedy from the writer of "The Full Monty".

1999 started off with James appearing in Plunkett & Macleane followed by The Lakes, in which he appeared in 14 episodes of the series, which gave many of his adoring female fans some thoroughly thudtastic moments!

From that moment on it’s been nothing but onwards and upwards for James Thornton with very little time off our screens. He had reoccurring appearances on shows such as, Red Cap (he played SSgt. Philip 'Hippie' Roper), No Angels (his character was Marcus), Dalziel and Pascoe (Hugh Shadwell), Holby Blue (he played PC Jake Loughton – thud! Oh, how we all love a man in uniform!) and of course he was in Between The Sheets (alongside Richard Armitage) playing Simon Delany. James will play another policeman in Breathe which is currently in post-production.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank James for his doodling talent and agreeing to help Team Armitage to continue to raise vital funds and awareness for Cancer Research UK.

Thanks James!

You can buy James’ doodles on several products from the Team Armitage Celebrity Doodle Store. Tom Riley's doodles (last week's featured doodler!) are still on sale too! All monies raised from the sale of these goods will be donated to Cancer Research UK (via a cheque made payable to the charity).

For a complete list of James’ work please visit IMDB.

Sexy Calendar Girls Pose For Cancer Awareness Calendar

I thought, after the thoroughly "thudtastic Tomtastic" blog I should do something for the guys. After all, Team Armitage does not want to be accused of being sexist!!!

Enter stage right: The Team Armitage Calendar Girls!

To wet your appetite (and by that I really mean, here's a taster if you want to see the rest you need to buy the calendar -- hey, it's all for Cancer Research UK after all!) I'm proud to introduce:

Miss April!

(check out her picture to the left -- phwoar!)

Miss A (as she likes to be called) is a graduate and holds a BA in Biochemistry. Her interests are: Shopping, listening to music and hanging out with friends. Her ambition is to have world peace and a cure for cancer.

Miss April proudly features "Bowel Cancer Awareness Month" and "Cancer Control Month". Bowel Cancer Awareness is a UK event focusing on the treatment and prevention of bowel cancer. Cancer Awareness Month is a US event and as the name suggests, the month will highlight the prevention of various cancers.

Next is Miss November, (that's her on the left -- what a hottie!) or Novie as her friends and family like to affectionately call her. Miss November -- Novie -- is a "student of the world". Her favourite TV quote is from Lost In Austen:

"You mean there really *are* ladies who... steer the punt from the Cambridge end?"

And she's proud to admit that she's well and truly been "Rileyed" and thinks Tom Riley is absolutely thudtastic! Just like Miss April, she too would like world peace and a cure for cancer.

Novie proudly supports "Lung Cancer Awareness Month" and "Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month".

As a special treat, the Team Armtiage Calender Girls got together and did a "Vanity Fair" cover and for one time only, the girls can be seen all together in one special sitting.

If you like what you see (and I'm sure that you do!) the calender is available for sale in the Team Armitage Doodle Shop! All monies raised from the sale of the TEAM ARMITAGE CANCER AWARENESS CALENDAR 2009 will go direct to Cancer Research UK.

I would like to say a very special thank you to the Calendar Girls who ALL took time out of their very hectic schedules to pose for us.

Thanks Gals!