Movember 2011

It’s Movember, the month formerly known as November, now dedicated to growing moustaches and raising awareness and funds for men’s health; specifically prostate and testicular cancer. I’m donating my top lip to the cause for 30 days in an effort to help change the face of men’s health. My Mo will spark conversations, and no doubt generate some laughs; all in the name of raising vital awareness and funds for cancer’s affecting men.

Why am I concerned about men’s health?
*1 in 9 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime
*This year 37,000 new cases of the disease will be diagnosed
*1 in 2 men will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime
*26% of men are less likely to go the doctor compared to women

I invite you to join me by registering to grow or by donating to my support of the Mo http://mobro.co/lutters

If you want to go old school you can write a cheque payable to “Movember”, reference my name and Registration Number 1388336 and send it to: Movember Europe, PO Box 68600, London, EC1P 1EF

Funds raised will help make a tangible difference to the lives of others. Through the Movember Foundation and our men’s health partners, The Prostate Cancer Charity and The Institute of Cancer Research, Movember is funding world class awareness, research, educational and support programs which would otherwise not be possible.

For more details on how the funds raised from previous campaigns have been used and the impact Movember is having please click on the links below:
About Movember
Prostate cancer genome mapping
Prostate Cancer Foundation research
Global Action Plan

Thank you in advance for helping me change the face of men's health.

Lutters' World Cup Lines Part 3

I wrote this before the Ireland game - there will be something on that in the near future:

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New Lutters' World Cup Lines

Read my take on England's opening game at the cricket World Cup.

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Lutters' World Cup Lines - Part 1

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Radio Stations

I'm a BBC 6Music man normally, although a few of the weekend shows are quite chewy. In the evening (Monday to Wednesday) I listen to Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie on BBC Radio 2. Both 6Music and Radcliffe and Maconie offer a mixture of great songs and some new stuff. It costs me a lot of money keeping up on iTunes!

The other weekend I had to do some ironing, so I stuck on the radio but wasn't in the mood for 6Music's weekend fayre, so surfed the dial, as it were. I found Absolute 80s - superb!

Ok, so you have to put up with Bananarama or REO Speedwagon, but John Farnham and Fiction Factory make it all worthwhile. For people of a certain age there's little better, and I am most certainly of that age. Escapism rules!

Here's the link: http://absolute80s.com/

You won't regret it.

Welcome!

Lutters here - got bored of my website (very timecomsuming to actually change anything), so thought I'd try this. Brief introduction:

• I am the only man since the war to have captained Worthing Football and Cricket Clubs - true, if not hugely impressive to those residing outside the Worthing area!
• I have retired from football (I ache too much and don't fancy running around a lot), but still play cricket (I field in the slips, have a short run-up and don't bat for long, so not too tiring). I had my most successful league season with the ball in 2010, taking 40 wickets.
• I am a maths teacher at a secondary school.
• I also look after the Moodle (a type of virtual learnign environment) at the school - I get irrationally excited about certain aspects of this, just to warn you.
• I like my music (Depeche Mode and current favourite band: Yeasayer) and the radio (BBC 6music and Mark Radcliffe/Stuart Maconie Show on BBC Radio 2 - I will mention Splash FM too, as my chum DJs on there).
• I write a regular cricket column that goes on my local paper's website as and when I write one - Ashes topic surprisingly at the moment.

That's about it, but thanks for reading and hope you visit again soon.