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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 9.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: #1c1c1c; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">On 18th June I am undertaking a truly death defying feat of super-human endurance, the likes of which has (probably) never before been done:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 9.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: #1c1c1c; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">An unusual triathlon which takes advantage of all the difficulties that North Wales can throw at you...</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 9.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0cm; border: 1pt none windowtext;">1km swim in the freezing Irish Sea,</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 9.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: #1c1c1c; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Please sponsor me for all you can... the money raised will go to two excellent causes which both help young people in very different, but most excellent ways:<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 9.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0cm; border: 1pt none windowtext;">Ty Gobaith Hope House</span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0cm; border: 1pt none windowtext;"> (hopehouse.org.uk) is </span></span><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: #1c1c1c; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">currently caring for more than 320 terminally ill children and their families in North Wales</span>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 9.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0cm; border: 1pt none windowtext;">The Frank Haines Memorial Trust</span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0cm; border: 1pt none windowtext;"> (</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0cm; border: 1pt none windowtext;">frankhaines.com)</span></span><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: #1c1c1c; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"> provides a critical means of support, education and opportunity for young people in Tower Hamlets, who otherwise have precious few prospects in life.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 9.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: #1c1c1c; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The charities are both extremely deserving of all the help they can get, and all of your donations will be split equally between the two.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 9.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: #1c1c1c; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Please sponsor me... your generosity is MUCH appreciated</span></p>
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