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Stephen Collin is raising money for Challenge Adventure Charities

Participants: Stephen Collin, Chris Edwards, Martin Featherstone, Arnout Andrews

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Challenge Adventure Charities - The Cahors Challenge · 29 September 2011 ·

For 25 years, we have organised cycle events, mainly in Europe. We have raised a huge £4,378,361 mainly for cancer, heart and other medical research. We pride ourselves that EVERY PENNY that has been raised has been paid to charity - our participants paying the full fees for event entry themselves.

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<p>A warm welcome to a true Hero...Agent A is saving our skins and filling in for Agent B - God's speed Agent B (Disavowed)!!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 13.1pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.1pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This year we're aiming to raise &pound;2000&nbsp;and are proud to be raising the money in aid of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.derbykidscamp.co.uk/"><strong><span style="color: blue; border: none;"><span style="border: none;">Derby Kids' Camp</span></span></strong></a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/"><strong><span style="color: #2a42c6; border: none;"><span style="border: none;">Cancer Research UK</span></span></strong></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bhf.org.uk/"><strong><span style="color: #2a42c6; border: none;"><span style="border: none;">The British Heart Foundation</span></span></strong></a>.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #1c1c1c; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.1pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #1c1c1c; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.1pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Previously undercover as&nbsp;</span></em><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&lsquo;Team EverFocus&rsquo;&nbsp;</span></strong><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">(2007 &amp; 2009)</span></em><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;but riding as &lsquo;Team 00HEAVEN&rsquo; in the Irish Challenge</span></strong><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">(2010),</span></em><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;the team has been assigned a new mission for 2011, we will be deployed into the heart of the French countryside in a bid to complete the Cahors Challenge!!</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.1pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.1pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">THE CHALLENGE...</span></em></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br> </span></strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Cahors Challenge takes our team of four over 550 miles in three days in a bid to raising as much money as we possibly can for&nbsp;<a href="http://www.derbykidscamp.co.uk/"><strong><span style="color: #2a42c6; border: none;"><span style="border: none;">Derby Kids' Camp</span></span></strong></a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/"><strong><span style="color: #2a42c6; border: none;"><span style="border: none;">Cancer Research UK</span></span></strong></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bhf.org.uk/"><strong><span style="color: #2a42c6; border: none;"><span style="border: none;">The British Heart Foundation</span></span></strong></a>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.1pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.1pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We shall be heading out of Portsmouth on Wednesday evening (28October) to be faced with a crashing start on Thursday as soon as the board docks in St Malo...from there it&rsquo;s pedal, pedal, pedal for three days through some beautiful Normandy scenery, a grinding ride&nbsp;along the Loire and Creuse rivers lulling us into a false sense of security before a lumpy and rather spectacular run (climb) to Limoges and Cahors (1</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">October).&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">Hills, hills and more hills (this is Chris&rsquo; part!!)</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.1pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></em></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.1pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">THE NAME... (double &lsquo;0&rsquo; heaven)<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><br> </span></span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Each year's event ends with a celebration night for all the teams - an event which our team honourably dresses up for in our best tuxedos&nbsp;or evening gowns&nbsp;</span><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">(depends on whether or not we've shaved our legs!).</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;Based on the heckles of other 'less well dressed' teams that go something like...&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">'oi oi - it's James Bond!!'</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;- the new team name was born - welcome to&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Team 00Heaven</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;- who will be&nbsp;playing Bond themes at full volume from the support vehicle all the way 'round the whole route! (And if you donate enough the boys will be wearing evening gowns this year!).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.75pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: red; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.75pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: red; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Importantly, with all of the costs for the entire trip being met by the team members, every penny you donate will go directly to our supported charities! Please dig deep and show all the support you can...</span></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.75pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: red; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We would also like to say a big Thank You to CIE-Group for continuing to support our endeavours as we leave our posts to pursue this worthy cause.</span></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;">Agent C</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£1,462.00
+ £170.50 Gift Aid
Online
£1,032.00
Offline
£430.00

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