Georgina Bowis is fundraising for Thames Valley And Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust

Channel Challenge 2007

Channel Challenge

on 17/09/2007

The team with the Air Ambulance

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Team members:

Georgina Bowis, Stephen Woonton, Ian Johnson, James Butler, Steve Keil, Mark Bryant

Raising money for

Thames Valley And Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust

Charity Registration No. 1084910

The Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance trust provides a life saving service for the three counties, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. The Trust is a charity which receives no funding from the government, NHS or National Lottery to meet its £1.7m annual running costs

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Georgina Bowis

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Raised: 88%

Target: £7,500.00
Raised so far: £6,570.54

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Update - We are starting our swim at 0030hrs on Sunday 16th September!

Watch our progress live on the internet, txt us messages of support and see up to date photos of the swim at the following link: http://www.amslivetrac.com/

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Our team is a group of Microsoft employees based out of Reading, Berkshire.

In September 2007 we will be undertaking a team challenge to raise money for the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust. The trust provides critical support to the emergency services in our the surrounding area and the service it provides is funded only by charitable donations.

Our challenge is to complete a relay swim of the English Channel. The shortest distance across the Channel is from Shakespeare Beach, Dover, to Cap Gris Nez (the headland halfway between Calais and Boulogne). This distance is 18.2 nautical miles which is approximately 21 land miles. We estimate this distance will take us around 14 hours.

The challenge will be completed on one day between 17th and 21st September. Exactly when will depend upon weather conditions.

Similar rules apply for team swims as for solo crossings. No wetsuits or other flotation devices are permitted nor physical contact with the guide boat. Each team member will swim in relay for an hour then continue in rotation until we reach France! We will have to contend with sea temperatures of 18 Degrees C, swells, jellyfish and of course anything else we may come across in the crystal clear waters of the busiest waterway in the world.

Microsoft will match any donations, made pound for pound.

Many thanks

	George - you are very brave and very mad. Good Luck. Donation by Stephen & Tara Brand 15/09/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Go for it! Hope the weather is OK? Donation by PhilB 14/09/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck bruv! Donation by Sarah Woonton 14/09/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Brrr! Enjoy the early morning swim! Donation by Jayne & Neil 14/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	You are all mental! :) Best of Luck!! Donation by Bex Bradley 14/09/07	£25.00
	Best of luck to you all!! Donation by Paula Carter 14/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	can you pick me up 200 Marlboro lights on the way back. ta! Good luck! Donation by Duncan 14/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Don't get cramp Steve !!!! Donation by Guy Chessell 14/09/07	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Best of luck! Ian can you pick me up some cheap booze in France please! Donation by Martin Lebentz 14/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck Donation by Danny 14/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	good luck Donation by andrew robinson 14/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good Luck!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!! Donation by Ankar Sandhu 14/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	I am speechless......but you are mad! Best of luck Steve Donation by Andrew Hume 14/09/07	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good luck to all of you!! Donation by Laura Blackburn 14/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	You're all mad - but good luck! Donation by David Hobbs-Mallyon 14/09/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	An ingenious way of proving whether Great White sharks do swim in British waters! Good luck Mark! Donation by Dean Lycett 13/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good Luck Mark, don't think of Jaws - it might put you off..................... Donation by Warren Strain 13/09/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Ian, good luck, save your energy, the goose fat and especially your speedos Donation by Miss Whiplash 12/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	good luck Steve & team! Donation by Jose L. Cruz 12/09/07	£8.00
	Awesome thing to do - good luck you guys! Donation by Chris Rothwell 11/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck guys! Donation by Georg Ell 11/09/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Best of Luck Steve - this is a downpayment on the "Channel Salmon" that you're catching for me! Donation by Daryl 11/09/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck Steve and don't forget the armbands!! Donation by Andy Wright 11/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Great cause! Good luck! Donation by Paul Joseph 11/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck, you are amazing to take on such a task. Working mum, who's swimming the channel!! Donation by Jo Collis 11/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	GOOD LUCK!!! Steve, I hope you will set a good pace and power through the channel in no time!!! Donation by rich davies 10/09/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good Luck George...You must be mad! Donation by Natasha Hannay 10/09/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck team! Donation by Graeme H 10/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck to everyone, just keep thinking chocolate fudge cake Mark!! Donation by Katie Davies 10/09/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Hope it all goes swimmingly...please get running fit after this Steve! Donation by Leon Foster 08/09/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£4,046.00
Offline donations:	£2,524.54
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£1,074.05

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