2025 – a good year of fundraising
2025 was an exceptionally good year of fundraising for the charity. Guto completed the Ironman Challenge in Tallinn on the 22nd of September in just under 13 hours and raised a fantastic £11,000 to the fund.
Then in September another special fundraising event was held.
On September 13 / 14th fourteen of Robin’s friends from Loughborough University, 10 years from his passing, embarked on the ‘3 Peak Challenge’ in his memory, This was a fantastic effort which took 28 hours and they managed to raise a further £4,000.
Guto Fundraising Effort - Guto’s Ironman Challenge
2025 is a significant year for my family - September marks a decade since the passing of my brother, Robin - and on 20 August, he would have turned 30.
Not many people know this, but shortly after his death - we found his bucket list, and slowly my parents and I have been ticking them off in his memory.
To mark this significant year, I will be taking on one of the trickier ones on the list - completing an Ironman. A 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride and a 26.2 mile run at the Ironman Tallinn event on 23 August.
Training has been long and hard so far - 8 months, hundreds of hours, thousands of kilometres, two injuries, one half Iron distance triathlon, countless energy gels and endless planning/research - and still a long way to go in the last 7 weeks.
This is not really a fundraiser, this is for him and is in his memory - this is for the bucket list. That said, it feels like a good opportunity to raise awareness of the charity we have set up in his memory, Cofio Robin - that supports young aspiring athletes on their journey. The training numbers are meaningless really - the numbers that really matter are the £100,000+ distributed by the charity to 110+ athletes since it was established in 2018.
Should you wish to learn more, apply for funding (if eligible - applications are now open) or donate, please use the links below. (also on my IG profile)
- Donate Here : JustGiving
- Applications : Cofio Robin Application Form
- Learn More : Cofio Robin Website
Golf
GOLF DAY TO REMEMBER ROBIN 24/09/2022
The charity hosted an amazing day at Clwb Golff Abersoch on Saturday, Sesptember 24th for the charity ‘Cofio Robin’. Between the golf, raffle, the auction and generous contributions in the region of £20,000 was raised for this charity which enables young sportspersons from Gwynedd and Conwy to excel in their chosen sport.
The day was sponsored by 5 main sponsors Beresford Adams, South Caernarfon Creameries, Spar y Maes, Lord Davies Abersoch and Hawk-eye.
THE GOLF
120 golfers from far and wide came to play on a lovely day. The golf results are as follows:-
| Team | 1 | Dai Davies, Gary Owen, Steve Angrave |
| 2 | John B. Hughes, Viv Hughes, Steven Williams | |
| 3 | Jonathan Griffiths Darren Garrod, Phone Ward | |
| Individuals | 1 | Brendan Kennedy |
| 2 | Steven Williams | |
| 3 | Gary Owen | |
| Individual over 70 | 1 | Mike Davies |
| Nearest the pin | 6 | Chez Stanway |
| 14 | Gwyndaf Hughes | |
| 16 | Meirion Roberts | |
| 16 | Meirion Roberts | |
| Best Par 3 Team | John Hughes, Viv Hughes, Steven Williams | |
| Simulator Competition | Nearest the Pin | Robert Parry |
We are very grateful to the competition sponsors – Spar y Maes, Alan Drosinos Jones (Pro Clwb Golff Abersoch), Williams a Roberts, Gerddi Gwell, D.W. Cummings and Llyn Consulting.
RAFFLE
As we had been offered so many prizes it was decided to arrange printed raffle tickets and all tickets were sold by the end of the night bringing an additional £2,000 to the fund. Many thanks to friends and family who helped to sell raffle tickets.
| 1 | Helen a Rob Thomas | £100 (Spar y Maes) |
| 2 | Viv Hughes | 6 bottles of Laithwaites wines |
| 3 | Glen Pritchard | £50 (Williams a Roberts) |
| 4 | Ifor a Eirian | £25 (Gerddi Gwell) |
| 5 | Richard Hughes | Bottle of Whisky (Lost Sheep, Abersoch) |
| 6 | Sue Aspinall | 12 Golf Balls (Chris Gierc) |
| 7 | J.G. Jones | Bottle of Wine |
AUCTION
There was no intention to stage an auction however having so many items being donated it was decided to have an auction with a dozen items, but in the end we had 26 generous items which raised over £6,500.
These are the auction items (with name of donor in dark print) with the prize paid.
Voucher Glyn y Weddw - £80, Voucher Pwllheli Travel- £720, Ospreys Rugby Shirt (J.B.Hughes) - £60, Voucher Abersoch Golf Shop (Gerwyn Owen) - £80, Spurs v Man U Tickets (Lord Davies, Abersoch) - £500, Picnic Hamper for 4 (Chris Gierc) - £190, 59 Club (Williams a Roberts) - £410 (x2), 3 paintings of Abersoch Beach (J.B.Hughes) - £100, Golf for 4 at Astbury (Mark Gibbins) - £220, Gwersyll Dwyros - £70, Food and Drink Hamper (South Caernarfon Creameries) - £100, Painting of Morfa Nefyn Beach (Lauren Sapseid) - £210, Domaine des Jeanne Wines (Lord Davies, Abersoch) - £180, Bottle of Penderyn (Mike a Janet Davies)- £140, Painting by Sian Alun - £150, Laithwaites wines - £115, Print by Zoe Lewthwaite - £260, Wales Commonwealth Athletes Vest (Osian Dwyfor Jones) - £120, 12 Bottles of wine (Spar y Maes)- £200, Voucher Fresh - £130, Voucher Lost Sheep - £160, Golf for 2 at Royal Lytham (Dei Williams) - £310, Signed Cricket Shirt (Bwrdd Criced Lloegr a Cymru) - £190, B&B Voucher at Ty Newydd, Aberdaron - £210, 12 Official Match Balls Premier League - £120 each.
Many, many thanks to all for their support.
