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Mad As Badgers

About Me

Ok. This is Mad as Badgers , which is inspired by and dedicated to our friend Trace, who was re-diagnosed with cancer last year. Via a much retold story which you can find on our website ( www.madasbadgers.org ) we (Taz and Trudi) decided to form Mad As Badgers - a collective that aims to raise money for cancer research in a variety of rock and roll ways (as well as running). It's all about changing the world one person at a time...

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who is kind hearted and generous enough to help us out. - Bands, promoters, random people who wanna get involved in gigs and nights and giving us stuff for www.madasbadgers.org ...

My Blog

We did it!

Hey everyone! THE BADGERS HAVE DONE IT AGAIN! Bruce and Taz made it all the way round this years Great North Run with relatively few traumas, a few amusing tales and just a few tears... and were met...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:07:00 GMT

Calling all badgers, calling all badgers

Badgers of the world unite. Lend us your, um, paws...TEAM BADGER 2008 are running the 13 miles that is the Great North Run in just under a months time on October 5th 2008. This year we are raising f...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:22:00 GMT

2008 Badgerthon alert!

Hi everyone,Taz and I have both signed up for the Great North Run again this year. Last year was, I'm afraid, an unmitigated disaster in the world of us, with neither of us having functional enough li...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:23:00 GMT

Their Hearts Caught Fire - a charity tribute

Hey guys If you have time, PLEASE check the 'Their Hearts Caught Fire' project out - a completely brilliant idea in a very very worthy cause. (If you can't find them, they're in our top friends!) Badg...
Posted by on Wed, 23 May 2007 01:21:00 GMT

6 month countdown...

Yep, it's time to throw out the cheesecake and get serious!The Great North Run is 6 months away. This year Trudi will be joined by Andy and Ruth, and possibly others, whilst the ever-intrepid (and som...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:49:00 GMT

Thank you!

HiJust wanted to say a bit THANK YOU to all at GfK Financial for the leaving gift they gave me of a donation to Mad as Badgers.Thanks guys, that means a lotTaz.xx
Posted by on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:17:00 GMT

2007 Badgerthon starts here

This year's Great North Run is on September 30th. Trudi has a guaranteed place, and we hear that several Friends Of Badgers have also entered the ballot, so we could have a plethora of furry-suited o...
Posted by on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:36:00 GMT

Some website changes

Hi everyone,We've made some changes to the madasbadgers website. Our running fundraising page closed recently, so we've updated the Rockometer and, in accordance with Trace's family's wishes, set up a...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:10:00 GMT

Funeral arrangements

HiFor those wishing to attend, Trace's funeral will be at 12.15 on Monday 11th December at Westgate Road Crematorium in Newcastle.Apparently this is near (ish) St James Park, and is in central Newcast...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:10:00 GMT

A sad day for the badgers

Just to let everyone know who doesn't...Trace lost her fight against cancer today, and died this morning.There aren't enough words to say anything here that hasn't be said already, but please keep her...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:48:00 GMT