Jelly netballers raise over £1,100 for the NHS – now they are ‘running’ up Mount Everest for charity!

Now they have already started another challenge - climbing up Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro!

But members and supporters of the Jelly Netball Club - run by Julie Osborne - are doing all this from the comfort of their own homes and gardens.

The team’s initial target was to run 130km between them - the distance between Portsmouth and the NHS Nightingale Hospital in London.

After that was easily reached, another 173km - from London to the Nightingale Hospital in Birmingham - was achieved, as was the 218km back to Portsea Island.

In all, the group ran 538.4km and raised £1,120 for the NHS.

Amelie Parker, 15, and Katie Toogood, 14, ran the furthest - both clocking up 33km.

Sasha Scott didn’t leave her house, completing her run on a cross trainer, while Holly Corkett completed her run in the front room of her home!

Other girls did their runs outside, observing government guidelines as to the length of exercise taken.

Boosted by that success, Osborne has now got the group embarking on a new challenge.

Via pacing up and down the stairs in their homes, the players are climbing the equivalent of Mount Everest (8,848m high) and adults are climbing the equivalent of Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895m high).

‘Everest is approximately 38,680 steps, which works out at approximately 2,578 flights of stairs,’ Osborne said.

‘We have until Sunday evening to reach the summit. All those taking part will pay a £5 donation to charity.’

Each player is having to climb 1,815 steps in five days, while the adults have 2,149 steps to cover in the same period.

Jelly Netball Club, a junior club for girls aged 4-16, are based at Portsmouth High School.