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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: small;">In 2010 two great men took on the challenge of cycling from Cheltenham to Loch Lomond – a distance of nearly 400 miles. Some said it could not be done and it was madness to try. But try they did and succeeded.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: small;">This year the team has taken on new blood in the form of two additional young challengers and the bar has been raised. This time a new route means the target is 500 miles – that’s over 800km!</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: small;">We will be starting on Saturday June 25th 2011 and hope to reach Loch Lomond by 30th June.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Cotswold Chain Gang team are:</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: small;"> John Alderman<br /> Bill Bingham<br /> Davd MacDonald<br /> Bob Newton</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: small;">And in the support vehicle - Team Director, Coach, Mechanic and Soigneur Graham Taylor.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: small;">Why "First 500" ? Well, this will be the first time any of the team members have attempted a 500 mile cycle ride. </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: small;">Last year the ride raised £2,260 for FOCUS, a charity which supports the Oncology unit in Cheltenham. If you would like to sponsor the team this year on this challenge we will be raising money for another local charity - Kate’s Home Nursing.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> “ No road too long<br /> No hill too steep<br /> No wind too strong<br /> No will too weak. ”</p>
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