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Chris Ajala

Louise Ajala is raising money for Cardiomyopathy UK
In memory of Chris Ajala
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<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">"Chris was an elite athlete who competed internationally in the 400m and the bobsled team for the NAGANO Olympics where he would have participated had he not ruptured his achilles in the final week of training. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">He was born with a genetic abnormality which caused muscle cells in the heart to be fragile and easily damaged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Given his underlying cardiac problem it was remarkable that he was able to compete at the highest level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The condition he had was not rare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>At lease one in five hundred adults worldwide would be afflicted by one or other type of inherited heart muscle disease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>These conditions are recognised to be the major causes of sudden death in young athletes (who push themselves to the limits) as well as being the major reason for young individuals to require a heart transplant."</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">William J McKenna&mdash;Professor of Cardiology</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-arabic-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-devanagari-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-bengali-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-gurmukhi-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-oriya-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-tamil-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-telugu-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-kannada-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-thai-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-georgian-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-hangul-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-kana-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-bopomofo-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-han-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-halfwidthkana-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-malayalam-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-lao-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;;"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">O</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-arabic-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-devanagari-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-bengali-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-gurmukhi-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-oriya-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-tamil-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-telugu-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-kannada-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-thai-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-georgian-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-hangul-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-kana-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-bopomofo-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-han-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-halfwidthkana-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-malayalam-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-lao-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;;">n Friday 11 November myself and 30 of Chris' friends will be running the 2nd annual 5K and 10K women's run in memory of Chris. The UAE Athletics Federation promotes a healthy life style via running, jogging and walking. <p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </p> </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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mso-tamil-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-telugu-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-kannada-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-thai-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-georgian-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-hangul-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-kana-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-bopomofo-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-han-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-halfwidthkana-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-malayalam-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-lao-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-arabic-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-devanagari-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-bengali-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-gurmukhi-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-oriya-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-tamil-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-telugu-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-kannada-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-thai-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-georgian-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-hangul-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-kana-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-bopomofo-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-han-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-halfwidthkana-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-malayalam-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;; mso-lao-font-family: &amp;amp;#39;Arial Unicode MS&amp;amp;#39;;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><em>Louise Ajala nee Gilmartin</em></p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Losing my husband of 6 months has tested every part of me to the limit.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I was fortunate to be part of an amazing mans life whose passion for sport was an integral part of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>who he was.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I know nothing will ever bring Chris back but&nbsp;we have the opportunity to contribute to a cause that can in time prevent another young death.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">A huge thankyou to all those that ran and supported Chris today&nbsp;and a special thankyou to &nbsp;Sheena, Kat, Bella, Karen, Denise, Sarah, Kristina, Karen, Clive, Lizzy, Nicky, Rhianna, Joanne, Dessi, Gerald, Callum, Paul, Eleanor, Charis, Annabelle and Phillipa.</span></p>

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£3,692.43
+ £143.75 Gift Aid
Online
£3,692.43
Offline
£0.00

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