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<p>Friends of Rachel Rayner have organised three charity challenges in her memory to raise money for charities that were close to her heart. The three events are:<br />1) A 100 day event from 14th Feb 2011<br />2) A 31 day event in March 2011 at Castle Royal Country Club<br />3) The Bluebell Walk at the Dew Drop Inn on the 5th May 2011<br />For a full list of participants, click the blue "read more" link below:<strong><br /></strong></p>
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<p><strong>1) 100 day challenge, participants and commitments:</strong></p>
<p><br />Rob Askew (Salans): 1000km Cycling<br />Luke Baker (Wind River) : 150km Cycling, 150km Running<br />David Henderson (Wind River) : 100km Swimming<br />Joseph Jones (OpenFocus) : 150km Running<br />Paul Little (Wind River) : 800km Running<br />Marc Manns (Wind River) : 300km Running<br />Jonathan Parr: Coast to Coast Cycle Ride (215km)<br />Donald MacLennan (Wind River) : 150km Running, 150km Walking<br />Peter Mills (Wind River) : 300km Running<br />Yas Parvizian (ST-Ericsson) : 150km Cycling<br />Adrian Rayner (Wind River) : 30km Swimming<br />David Upton (Wind River) : 800km Cycling, 200km Running</p>
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<p><strong>2) 31 day event through March, </strong><strong>participants and commitments:</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>(Organised at the Castle Royal Golf and Country Club<strong>)<br /></strong></p>
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<p>Trupti Patel : 60km running, 20km swimming<br />Nikki Cooper: 100k running, 20km swimming<br />Andrew Pratt: 150km running, 700,000kg weights<br />Maddie Reynolds: 200km running<br />Florie Jerome-Ball: 50km running, 100km cycling, 20km swimming<br />Harpreet Hansra: 40km running<br />Jamie Hughes: 100km running<br />Susie MacLeod: 50km running<br />Perry Jansen: 151km running<br />Dawn Davies: 300km cycling<br />Jess Wheeler: 200km cycling<br />Tyler Jenkins: 40km swimming<br />Jon Gatfield - 20km rowing<br />Tim Tyrer: 500,000kg weights<br />Alex Lenthal - 201km<br />Nik Keevil - 180km - 100,000kg<br />Liz Rankin - 50km running<br />Lee Richards - 200km cycling<br />Hugh Daman - 30k rowing<br />James Redding - 250,000kg<br />Harleen Khundi - 40,000kg<strong> </strong></p>
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<p><strong>3) The Bluebell Walk on the 5th May</strong></p>
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<p>Lucy Montgomery<br />Jane Batting<br />Sue Gilbey</p>
<p><strong><br />HOW TO GET INVOLVED</strong><br /> <br /><strong>Participant</strong>: Volunteer to be a participant, and commit to an activity that must be completed within 100 days from Feb 14th 2011. As a participant you will need to find people to sponsor you.<br /><strong>Sponsor</strong>: Each participant will seek sponsors through their network of friends, who will commit donations based on the successful completion of participant's commitment.<br /><strong>Donor</strong>: Simply log onto the web sites and make a donation. <br /><br /><br />Please donate generously in support of the Action for Children charity.<br /><br />Further information regarding Action for Children is shown below:<br /><br /><br />Rachel was very concerned with the plight of disadvantaged children and was planning to pay a visit to a specific girl she had heard about who was under the care of Action for Children. Action for Children supports and speaks out for the most vulnerable and neglected children and young people in the UK, from supporting families at critical times and with difficult problems, helping vulnerable and excluded people, providing specialist help and support for disabled children and helping to find carers for children who cannot live with their families.<br /><br />http://www.actionforchildren.org.uk<br /><br />Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.<br /><br />So please dig deep and donate now.</p>