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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As most of you know mine and Matt's nephew Archie Watson was diagnosed recently with Tay-Sachs disease.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Tay Sachs is a genetic disorder that causes a relentless deterioration of both mental and physical abilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the time a child with Tay-Sachs disease is three or four-years old, the nervous system is so badly affected that life itself cannot be supported. Even with the best of care, all children with classic Tay-Sachs disease die early in childhood, usually by the age of 5, although some do live longer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; mso-ansi-language: EN;">There is currently no cure for Tay-Sachs or its associated diseases.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-size: small;">To show our support myself, Matt, Adam Gauci and a team of friends and family have decided to raise awareness for this rare disease by participating on a number of fundraising events with the first being the St Davids Day 5k and 10k Runs in Cardiff on the 4 March 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">We have decided to run on behalf of The CATS Foundation which was </span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">created by the parents and friends of a little girl called Amelie who was diagnosed with Tay-Sachs in March 2011 at the age of 15 months.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The majority of the donations the CATS Foundation we receive will go to the fight against Tay-Sachs and support the continuing research efforts in finding a cure for the disease. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">CATS will also provide support to families, like Archie’s, who are unable to get vital equipment for the well being of their child from the health services.</span></p>
<p>Please support us anyway you can. Many thanks</p>
<p>Brian, Matt, Adam, Aiofe, Tom James, Tom Jones, Matt H, Deb, Adam, Jonathan, Jon and Kris</p>