Sam and his girls story!
My twin girls, Isabella and Bowie were born prematurely in October 2022 and stayed at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the Royal for 78 days. Thanks to all the care and support they received; they are now thriving. I will be forever grateful to the staff for their incredible work during the most challenging time of our lives. I am in awe of the work they do, the battles they face daily and the support they offer families at a critical time.
Giving back some time and some sweat and raising money for this wonderful cause feels like the least I can do in return for the greatest gift(s) 've ever received.
In addition to the support received from the staff at the Royal, the support from friends and family was amazing and now they're pitching in and raising money for the cause.
Every year, more than 1,000 babies receive critical care in the NICU at The Royal Hospital. Your support can make a huge difference in their lives and the lives of their families. Incredibly, almost 80% of the equipment in the NICU has been purchased through donations and fundraisers.
Our Achievements
50% of Team Fundraising Target
100% of Team Fundraising Target
Thank you to our Sponsors
$264
Theo Karangis
$250
Anonymous
$213
Robert & Maureen Todd
Good luck Sam&Danielle Amazing to see how well our granddaughters have done. Such a journey for you all. Sending love ❤️
$211
Estelle Cupples
$211
Mark Hamill
Thanks for sharing your story. Mark & Carlos
$200
Glenn Farah
$200
M James
$158
Anonymous
Hi Joseph, Hope my little donation will do some help for the kids.
$158
Joe Rexep
Proud of you mate. Legend.
$108
Mario Francis
Great cause Dani and Sam! Love the pictures of both Bella and Bowie who look to be thriving.
$107
Mark Feerick
$107
Alan Keane
$106
Conor Howard
$106
Dl
Giddy up big boi
$106
Neil, Maria And Millie Whittington-davis
❤️❤️❤️
$106
Alan Smyth
$106
David Ho
$106
Nora Groarke
$106
Jackson M
$106
Ross Fox
Good luck!!
$106
Anonymous
$106
Donna Twomey
Good luck All taking part x
$106
Adam And Nicole
$106
Darren Keane
$106
Noeleen Fitzmaurice
$106
Kim Braganza
Thank you for sharing your story Dani! All the very best.
$106
Garreth Hsrdy
You have No hope jewy!!!
$106
Jason Murray
Good Luck !
$106
Marsha Lee
Well done Sam!!!
$106
Taehee Kim
Our twin girls were born 32 weeks and 4 days. I will never forget how small and fragile they looked and felt. They were 1.3kg and 1.5kg respectively. NICU staff in RNS was absolutely amazing and thanks to them, they are now thriving. I wish you and your family the very best x
$106
Nathan Lang
$106
Faela Melville
$106
Ultra Building Co
On Behalf of ULTRA BUILDING CO, PUMPA PUMPA Good luck, we wish you the very best.
$106
Ken Smith
Proud of you Mark, great challenge and cause.
$106
Lee-anne
Forever grateful to the staff in the NICU for helping our beautiful nieces get the start they did. And supporting Dani and Sam when we couldn't be there to. Love Lee-Anne, James and Darcey xox
$106
Kristy Rumsby
$106
Pat
Good Luck!!
$106
Ian Downey And Sinead Scollan
Sammy and Dani, you are both excellent ambassadors for such a worthy cause! Cheering you on from the sidelines. Ian & Sinead
$106
Cameron Airlie
Go Marky Mark, great cause!!!
$106
Justine Dobbin
$106
The Rozanskis
Great cause, great to see your couple of Cupples thriving. Good luck with the chafing! Xoxo Liam, Kaylyn, Isla, Tom
$106
Stuart Freeman
Go Ross
$106
Fred Succar
Joseph you have my full support your a good man to be doing this best of luck 💪💪💪
$106
Brian Godins
Amazing cause Sam and good luck with the 24 Spinathon. You might have recovered from the marathon by then!
$106
Edward G
Great cause and all the very best.
$106
Damien Caruana
Good luck mate great cause !!
$106
Dean Magill & Ashleigh Todd
All the best 😄 from Dean, Ashleigh, Ezrá and Zack 👍
$106
Martin Farah
$106
Sam Cupples
$106
Billy Couldwell
cheers bro
$106
Branka Barisic
$106
Darren Vant
$106
Judha Djohari
Happy to participate! Hope this gift will be used to improve Children's Health in Australia. From: Judha, Magret, Kathleen, Joshua & Jordan
$100
Peter And Lucy Goulding
Great work mate all the best and enjoy the spinathon.
$100
John Groarke
Good luck lads! 🚲
$100
Laurence Mckenna
$100
Nikki S
What an amazing cause, best of luck
$100
Thomas And Ellie Groarke
Good luck Lance.
$100
Grace Gilmore
$100
Stephanie Farah
$100
Calum Mackinnon
$100
Loretto And Christy
Best of luck with fundraising
$100
David Keane
$97
Christian Davies
Good luck Taz boy! You’ll smash it brother
$63
Sydney Northern Ireland Supporters Club
Donation from our 4 committee members. Wishing you all guys all the best, for a great cause indeed.
$63
The Pia’s
Amazing mate. I never knew your twins went through this tough start to life. Glad they are having themselves a time now. Top lad doing this. Wade
$54
Thomas Groarke
$53
Gem Basol
$53
Bec Nicol
Go Marky Mark!
$53
Eva D'angelo
Well done Mark. All the best
$53
Anonymous
$53
Tom Bourke
$53
Shane Tuffy
Fair play Alan!
$53
Tim Twomey
$53
Dave Beirne
We’ve all had a few . Fair play. 💪
$53
Donald Trump
America respects your fighting spirit young Buddha, aghhhhhhh
$53
Stephen Culligan
Good luck Al!
$53
Wayne And Na Savill
Callum thank you for sending this out - great cause
$53
Paul Carpenter
$53
Tamara Manasserian
$53
Ciara Molloy
$53
Joanna Butcher
$53
Bas Bolyn
Good luck!
$53
Seamus Horan
❤️
$53
Adrian M
$53
James Sweeney
Good luck Ross
$53
Gazelle Moosavi
$53
Bobbie
Raising money and awareness for a great cause 💛
$53
Des Leyden
$53
Oli Gee
A great cause and so glad you have two awesome little ladies as a result.
$53
Conor Gavin
$53
Adam Kulbat
❤️
$53
Kate B
$53
Amy Zhai
Dear Dani, Sam, Bella and Bowie, what's an amazing journey you've embarked together, enjoy!
$53
Lorcan King
Well done man 🙌🏻🙌🏻
$53
Thomas Groarke
$53
John Molony
Nice one Sam - so good to see the family looking so well!!
$53
Mike D
Awesome work. Really good cause :-)
$53
Jenine Mcmahon
Go Mark!
$53
Liam Foley
$53
Mick Goodwin
$53
Caroline Sammon
Best of luck
$53
Rory Sweeney
Smash it fellas!
$53
Chrissy Z
Go Marky!
$53
Patrick Hoey
$53
Frank Russo Russo
$53
Max Parent
Great cause Sam!
$53
Virginia Marshall
Great work Sam!! Hope it goes well.
$53
Jennifer Harron
Good luck to all
$53
Alan Bissett
$53
Sean Quinn
Go get it Josh!
$53
Tania And Nick
To our best neighbours, hope this helps ❤️
$53
Honey Castillo
Lessss gooooooooo!
$53
Amelia Li
$53
Grace Keane
Best of luck lads!
$53
Tessa Lawrence
Good work Marky!
$53
James Daniel
All the best Marky! Good stuff mate!
$53
Yumi Yung
$53
Eoin Drumm
$53
Sully
Brilliant Paddy. Wishing you the best
$53
Laura Knowles
Good Luck Mark! You will smash it!
$53
Ryan Mc Kernan
$53
Andy Usher
Great cause. Best of luck with the fundraising and the event.
$53
Orla Murphy
Good luck lads :) and dada
$53
Patrick Sammon
$53
Ciaran Mulkeen
$53
Tom Lehuray
$53
The Kennys
Good luck
$53
Sarah Mccolgan Collingwood
Good Luck Sam ❤️ sending you all love x
$53
Diarmaid Calvey
$53
Ann Higgins
Way to go David.
$53
Matt N Ab
Inspiring Family. Great Cause. Hope you bikes are comfortable!
$53
Mbappe T
$53
Daniel Geraghty
$53
Owen Lydon
Good luck Sammy! From the gals NICU pal
$53
Stephen Morrin
$53
James Obrien
Well done Alan!
$53
Shane Timmons
$53
The Performance Pit
$53
Thomas Gallagher
Best of luck on the sprintathon for a great cause
$53
Alex Hunter
Inspirational! Well done Dani. And thank you for sharing the story on LinkedIn.
$53
Pauric Quinn
$53
Peter O’doherty
Up the holly hawk and the steps
$53
Ailís M
$53
Raymond Jiang
Well done Mark!
$53
Joey Fung
Work Hard Sam!
$53
Sarah Carrie
Good luck.
$53
Michael & Louisa
$53
Max Lightfoot-brown
Good luck 🤞
$53
Ferg And Ally
$53
Emma Coakley
$53
Eimer Kelly
Go on the swampys ⚽️
$53
Deepa Jani
Good Luck Dani and Family. Thanks for sharing the story. Great Cause and all the best.
$53
Sam Cupples
$53
Scott Jolly
Sammy! Such a great cause and terrific efforts by you to have already raised so much! Hope this small amount goes a long way! Cheers, SJ
$53
Neil Rafferty
$53
Muhammad Fauzan
$53
Gerry Whelan
Keep her lit!
$53
Christine Crichton
Good job. Go for it!
$53
Gav
Great work Owen
$53
Kevin Murphy
Great cause mate, and give the boys mark, tom, alan, ross, dave and paddy and cheer from us!! Kev Murphy
$53
Archie Cuthill
Great cause mate. Good luck
$53
Lyndal Hinton
Bravo Sam
$53
Ruth Harron
Best of luck to Owen and all the participants taking part.
$53
Sarah Nix
Great work for a great cause Alan 🙌🏻
$53
Laura M Bonner
$53
Evan Kotsornithis
$50
Owen Harron
$50
Anna Lee
Good luck, great cause!
$50
Kev Mcc
Keep 'er lit SDCIII. Amazing!
$50
Ian Fernihough
Good luck Keaner!
$50
Lorettok And Christy
Best of luck to all your team. 🥰
$50
Talitha Bull
$50
Xun Zhang
Upupup and wish you and your family all the best.
$50
Grace Gilmore
Good luck, from Helen and Con.
$50
Scott Mitchell
Good luck Sam! You are a hero. What an amazing casue and one everyone will be forever greatful for ❤️
$50
Tim Wright
Love your work mate! Good luck!
$50
Edward Simpkins
Great cause and good luck with the bike ride mate :-)
$50
Pim Bolyn
$50
Chloe Todd
$50
Karl Ennis
Well done Keano seriously impressive!
$50
Stephen Gilmore
Best of luck lads!
$50
Jing Kong
$50
Gavin Sammon
$42
Iysha Pitman
Go onnn!
$42
Abby Kendry
Amazing cause! Good luck to you all
$42
Luke Brennan
$40
Chloe Todd
Good luck Sam.
$34
Martin Groarke
$32
O M
$32
Ciaran Keane
$32
Mattie Kilroy
Best of luck Alan Mattie and Kathleen
$32
Edward Barrett
$30
Joanne Harron
Well done Owen
$30
Denise Ward
$27
Michael Luysterburg
$26
Joel Fox
$26
Clare Robinson
Good luck Patrick!!
$26
Aisling & Paddy Ward
Best of Luck Alan run 🏃
$26
Shawnee
Good luck little legs! X
$26
Anonymous
Well done Paddy x
$26
Simple Surveying Solutions
Well Done Thomas, great cause
$26
Matt Sutton
Good luck mate
$26
Penpal
$26
Ciara Holden
Great cause, well done Ross 👏🏻
$26
Loretto Keane
Best of luck in fundraising
$26
Jacqui Twomey
Good luck dad to be xxxxx
$26
Stuart B
Love your work mate
$26
Carla Byrom
Good Luck Ross
$26
Anonymous
An amazing effort Good luck !!
$26
Richie Bent
$26
Kevin Grimes
$26
Anonymous
$26
Nigel Ward
$26
Shauna Brennan
$26
Conan Huang
Inspirational! Your passion for this cause is amazing.
$26
Sarah Huang
What a great cause and incredible initiative Sam. Wishing you and your family all the best!
$26
Mary T
$26
Will Campbell
Who could say no to that hair!! Go Patrick!!!
$26
Manda Kosmas
Onya Paddy!
$26
Alana Banks
$26
Matthew Davies
$26
Neriman Erdonmez
$26
Keith Sammon
Fair play David
$26
Michael Langdon
G’on Sammi! Great cause ♥️
$26
Diflin Di F Lin
Alan 👀alan👀
$26
Chris Farnham
Good luck mate!
$26
Joel Davies
$26
Dolores Agnew
Good luck Junior
$26
Burly Hsueh
$26
John Cummins
$26
Anonymous
$26
Stephen Murray
$26
Conor Kelly
$26
Claire-anne Murphy
Best of luck Ross. Such a worthy cause
$26
Jordan Lehuray
$26
Jacqui Twomey
$26
Donna Knight
Well done Ross 💪🏻 Such a great cause 🤍
$26
Mark Cookson
$26
Eoin Lynagh
$26
John Moran
$26
Margaret Keane
Good luck David and team.
$26
Margaret Keane
Good luck with fundraising
$25
Maurice Petrilli
$25
Peter L
Wish you the best on 24 spinathon Sam!
$25
Ashley Shen
$25
Brian Wu
$25
Sharon Liu
Good luck!!!
$25
Nuala Mccooey
$25
Ronan Bray
Great stuff Paddy and good luck!
$25
Alex Paterson
Lovely story and awesome cause. Very glad that both girls are happy and healthy!! Best of luck with the challenge lads.
$25
Colette
Spin away Cupples! So glad to see the girls doing so well 💗 Great cause- sending lots of love to you all x
$25
Stevie Mc
$25
Nicki Pelling
Good luck Sam!
$25
Anonymous
Have fun Mark, enjoy the run knowing the difference you are making for these bubs. Catherine
$25
Keith Hayden
Fair play guys!
$25
Leo Kilroy
$21
Anonymous
$21
William Doyle
$21
Ailbhe Mcdonagh Kelly
Well done T! Ailbhe ❤️
$21
Ann Kendry
Good luck all
$21
Ffion Twomey
Good luck all!!
$21
Ffion Twomey
Good luck all!!
$21
Mike Twomey
Good luck Jos you’ll smash it 👍👍
$21
Rick Leathers
Good luck guys
$21
Pk
Good luck 💦
$20
David Keane
$20
Anonymous
Keep er lit sammy
$11
Podge Skelton
God luk on the sycle
$11
Zoe Morris
Good luck ⭐️
$11
Anonymous
SJD-felix
$11
Pierce Jones
$11
Charlie Walker
$11
Josh Hughes
Good luck chisel teeth
$11
Katrina
$11
Evan Thomas
$10
Lloyd Davies
$10
Anthony
$8
Beat Tom
Well done on smashing Tom
$6
Anonymous
3rd spot Baby
$5
Anonymous
$1
David Keane
Our Team Members
Sam Cupples
$5,756
Joseph Twomey
$1,273
Ross Turner
$1,136
David Keane
$1,372
Alan Keane
$1,378
Thomas Groarke
$604
Patrick Hoey
$677
Owen Harron
$748
Mark Feerick
$2,868
Our Fundraising Journey
Good Luck Mark!