he online auction is now well under-way for Mark Hucklebridge, who is battling terminal bowel, liver and lung cancer. The monies raised from ALL the online auctions will go towards Mark and his family and towards treatment to help Mark fight the cancer. New items online for Hope For Huck:-We have been very fortunate to gain a number of exclusive items for Huck to auction off.

VIP BSB PASSESCHRIS 'STALKER' WALKER ITEMSSHAUN SIMPSON TEE SHIRTSIGNED CHAD REED HATMATT MOFFAT RACE SHIRTBRITISH MOTOGP PADDOCK PASSESVALENTIN GUILLOD SHIRTMARTIN BARR SHIRTCLEMENT DESALLE NUMBER BOARDASH WILDE SHIRTRYAN VILLOPOTO SIGNED TEE SHIRT

ROMAIN FEBVRE NUMBER BOARD

We are asking anyone who may have something they can donate that we can sell to please get in touch with us and help us raise as much money as possible. Huck has put so much into our sport and now it is our turn to put into Huck and help him. If you have anything, signed, unsigned, race kit, products, tickets, anything we will sell! Please e-mail carly.rathmell@btinternet.com to arrange delivery, logos etc.

There are two sites now

HOPE FOR HUCK - Facebook - Hope For Huck - this money from the selloo auctions that I do goes towards Huck and his family for as long as he can battle with the cancer.

FRIENDS OF HUCK - The Official Charity - 1160846 - www.facebook.com/FriendsOfHuckCharity - this money is from various events held and the monies are split between various cancer charities and seriously ill or injured riders. Check out the new website - http://www.friendsofhuck.co.uk/ - this charity has been set up by Mark and his wife Emma to put money back into the sport.

These two are totally separate.

Mark Hucklebridge Update - 22.07.16

So it's been a hard year so far with my treatment. I tried some different types of chemo as the one I was on was slowing down and not working as good.I tried a tablet form and this caused me massive pain in my chest so I stopped taking them.Then I tried an old chemo that they had not used for years. This was not working and I knew it was not for me. I stayed on this chemo a little longer than I wanted with no affect to the cancer. The result was my cancer levels in my blood have gone up massively this year. 120 to 303. Normal level should be under 6.Each chemo comes with different side effects and I developed a cough and it was horrible. I also had my blood results back and my liver enzymes had gone into the red on my blood results and a scan showed more tumours in both lungs and two tumour in my liver.I started back on the path trying to find some more natural treatments and watched a documentary called the truth about cancer. Lots of info on here and have been in contact with a guy in Swindon and a lady in Ireland where I am trying new things with my treatment. I have been using a rife machine and other things.I also started back on the chemo I was on last year and good news that my liver bloods come back to normal and then on the following week of chemo the tumour markers started to drop as well. This was news I didn't think I was going to hear anymore but I am very lucky with all the work from my team at hospital and the natural team and family and friends that have helped me get my bloods coming back down.I just got to hope this continues and the time is coming closer for the world to find a way of holding it back without being on chemo every other week.Big thanks to everyone who helps by buying kit through Carly and this is helping me find my way through my treatment.Massive thanks to Carly who has stood by me and what she does for me. Can't believe she has so much love for people and what she does for others while fighting her own battles. She truly is a special young lady. Thank you Carly. Xxx

Mark Hucklebridge Update - 4th April 2016

It has been a bit up and down really. I've started getting pains in my leg from a tumour which is growing in my groin. I had some radiotherapy which helped a little bit. I can only stay on chemo for 3 months then I have to rest, so I have been trying to get my blood results down as low as possible. They were at the highest at 188.8 and at my last count they've managed to get them down to 115 which is great news and shows the chemo is still working.

I have been trying different chemo to see if I can find a maintenance dose but the last one I tried was really hard and caused me a lot of pain. The old chemo was still working but we are just trying something new.

I am still having fun when I can and not on chemo, we've done lots of things for the Charity which helps other people. We had the boxing night and raised a hugh 23K and it was great to have Carly and Jamie to our house and spend time with them, it was the only way to get them here!

I ran the Bath half fun run with Charlie, it's only a mile but he beat me by over a minute running it in 6 minutes 40 seconds - not bad for an 8-year-old! I also managed to race on Good Friday on a 125 and I absolutely loved it, despite suffering for it since. It was so good to be back out on a bike again!

I love spending my weekends with Em and Charlie and enjoying working for MJ Church in the week. We're looking forward to some warmer weather now so we can get out and do more things together. I am very lucky to have so many good people around me to keep me going, I love you all.

The Huck Story 37-year-old Mark Hucklebridge (Huck) has been a dominate figure in the Motocross industry for the last 20-years, as a rider and also a race organiser plus one of the top ACU trainers in the UK. In 2010 his life changed when he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, read his story here.He started riding at the tender age of 10 after watching his Dad and Uncle Mike race he got the bug, a good bug for him to catch as he went on to have a very successful Motocross career. It saw him race for some of the UKs best teams - MJ Church Kawasak, Factory VOR, TM UK, KTM UK, Honda UK, Motoxtreme Kawasaki, Chambers KTM and Hockey Honda, he became a very popular and well liked rider within the racing community.His list of his Motocross achievements are below British School Boy Champion 1994Winner Coupe De LavierWinner Patchquick TrophyWinner Ken Hall TrophyWinner Weston Beach Race 1998 (youngest ever winner at the time)Winner Weston Beach Race 2000British SX Champion 2001Won First British Championship Race 2002Winner First Round British SX Round 2002Winner First British Championship Round 2003KWS Champion 2003Third Overall British Championship 200318th World Championship overall 2003KWS Champion 2004Winner British SX Championship 2005UK Flood Lit SX Champion 2006KWS Champion 2008Huck retired from professional racing at the end of 2008 and in 2009 he was offered a great opportunity by the ACU. One door shut and another opened, Roy Barton who at the time worked with the ACU offered Huck the opportunity to work with the ACU training and developing young Motocross riders. In 2009 Huck had a fantastic year and the three trained riders Josh Waterman, Ryan Houghton and Ben Watson - won every group in the British Youth Championship that season, all three riders have gone on to further their career in Motocross with the skills and knowledge taught to them by Huck.In the process Mark and his wife Emma set up the now very established Hucklebridge Events to teach the Academy riders, run their own events and also a practice track near their home in Marshfield.Mark gained his NVQ teaching course of excellence working with the MSA (Motor Sports Association) at Loughborough University; this enabled him to teach young riders the art of becoming professional on and off the track and was fully funded by the government. Mark set up structured training for the track and a curriculum was written for every MX technique. Hucklebridge Events with their club (Moredon) now successfully run the UK Girls Nationals in September and have done so for the last five years. On the 8th and 9th March this year they will run a special memorial race for Chris Tucker who was the director of Moredon MX Club which Huck and Emma run. Chris sadly passed away in 2013 after a very short illness.Further to their events for the last eight years, Huck and Emma also run Circuit Training fitness classes, it was originally set up for just MX riders but now people from all aspects of life attend these sessions and are put through their paces by the Hucklebridge pairing! Each week between 25 - 30 people are tested to the limit, with 55 people coming through the classes so far this year (Feb 2014).Emma (37) and Mark (37) have been a couple since 1998, they eventually tied the knot in 2006 and their son Charlie was born in 2007. Nothing stops in their family and they are continuously on the move and working hard to achieve their goals and targets.In 2010 their lives took a drastic turn, Mark had experienced slight bleeding whilst going to the toilet. He sought medical advice and after a number of tests and scans he was diagnosed with stage 4 (spread beyond the original tumour) bowel cancer, a huge blow for the Hucklebridge family.He was told that the tumour in his bowel had been in place for between 5-10 years and had also now spread via the lymph nodes into his lungs.Just before Christmas in 2010 Huck started his first dose of chemotherapy which was given to him via a Hickman line which went straight into a vein near his heart. It was an extremely difficult Christmas for the family as Emma was struck down with swine-flu and Charlie was sent to stay with relatives so he did not get poorly and Mark went to stay with other family. The family were able to see each other for only an hour on Christmas Day with Mark having to wear a hospital face mask to ensure he did not pick anything up, as his immune system was weak due to the intense course of chemo he was receiving.After three months of chemo, Mark endured five weeks of intense radiotherapy with more chemo to shrink the tumours. This was carried out every day at his local hospital, the RHU in Bath. After a short break, just six weeks Mark had his first major operation in June 2011 to remove the tumour in his bowel. Over a foot of the large bowel was removed and he was left with a colostomy bag for a while.Mark then had to go through three more months of chemo and then the doctors reversed his colostomy. In May 2012 he went in for surgery again for another major operation where the middle lobe, around a 1/3 of his right lung was removed.In the September of that year he was back in again for yet more surgery, this time to remove a quarter of his liver after routine tests showed a tumour was present there. As a family at that stage they really believed that Mark had beaten the cancer and that he was on his way to a full recovery.He went for three routine blood tests over a period of nine months and his blood levels began to drop and everything was looking very hopeful. In January 2014 the blood test increased rapidly showing that the cancer had returned and had been growing at a fast rate for the past three months.The most recent scans showed that Mark has nine metastasis (small tumours) spread between both lungs which has now made his cancer sadlyinoperable/terminal. He also has an inflamed area in the lymph node in his groin, very close to the original tumour site, this is also inoperable.The future for Mark will include further more tests and scans to monitor the tumours as well as palliative chemo (used to shrink tumours), which will start the first week in March and will continue for the rest of his life, no one knows how long this may be but hopefully a few years yet.Mark is determined to fight and hold back the cancer as long as possible and enjoy every minute with his family and friends. Mark wishes to say to anyone that might be slightly worried about anything to go and get checked out. If you are still not happy ask for a second opinion as it is easier to treat the earlier you can catch it.