EDITOR'S CHOICE NEWS New police to go Green light as the GO! campaigners hit town OTHER SPORT West sends East packing CINEMA The House Bunny GET OUR NEWS BY E-MAIL Just register

Most read Comments 1 New police to go 2 Wind no problem for Upper Clatford 3 Green light as the GO! campaigners hit town 4 Tidy Friday makes clean sweep 5 Kindred spirit at damp Lee 6 £750,000 town hall revamp to go ahead 7 Leeford and White in table tennis final 8 Hi-tech plant geared up for town's growth 9 Deadline looms for megashed decision 10 South Africa next for biathletes Today | 7 Days 1 GO! set out their stall 2 £750,000 town hall revamp to go ahead 3 'We want the megashed' 4 Tasty accolade for Rahela 5 How to land the job you want 6 Lib/Dems reveal election team 7 Cabbies plea for cash help with CCTV 8 Petrol prices fuel anger 9 Charity cheque handover

Comment

A FORMER Royal Navy steward from Stanmore tackled his first skydive to raise money for the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal.

Derek Green raised £700 after jumping from 12,000 feet last Saturday (June 29) at Netheravon Airfield in Wiltshire.

Attached to an instructor, he fell for 45 seconds before the parachute opened right on cue for a textbook landing.

Mr Green said: "It was absolutely fantastic and I really enjoyed it. It really was exciting and now I'd quite like to do another one.

"The Royal British Legion will be organising another jump next year, so I might go again."

For the last eight years, Mr Green has chaired the legion's Winchester branch and organised its Poppy Appeal.

In 2007, £38,000 was collected in Winchester compared with a target of £31,000. He added that if they raised £40,000 this year then it would make a total of £250,000 since he became chairman.

To play his part, Mr Green, 51, tackled the skydive.

He said: "My wife and I both spotted it in a Royal British Legion magazine, and she said I ought to volunteer for it."

Two other legion members also tackled the tandem skydive with Mr Green. They were Sid Hunt from Eastleigh and Mark Banning from Crondall, who were also attached to instructors.

Mr Green is still collecting donations for his skydive, and can be contacted on 01962 620006.

9:12am Tuesday 1st July 2008

Print

Email this

Comment

Add your comment

Name:
Email: *
Location:
**
	e.g. 123-123
Comment: Please note: All HTML tags will be ignored. Format Text:
By posting a comment, I confirm that I have read and agree to the terms of use. Comments are not moderated but we will react if anything that breaks the rules comes to our attention and we may delete inappropriate postings. Please treat other people with respect. You must not post anything that is abusive, indecent, unlawful or defamatory. Remember, you are personally liable for what you post on this site. If you wish to complain about a comment, contact us here.
* Your email address will not be displayed ** To avoid register now or login