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

	Good luck Mark and the rest of the team! Donation by Steve Lloyd 07/09/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Mark, don't forget I'm down for rubbing you all down with lard before you start. Go for it !!!! Donation by Auntie Elaine 07/09/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	You're mad :-) JamBut, you only need the goose fat when you're in the water Donation by Steve Deaville 07/09/07	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good luck!! Donation by Peter Bishop 06/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Go George!! Go George!! Donation by H 06/09/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck Steve W. and the rest of the team x Donation by Katharine 05/09/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good Luck to you all! - mind those pesky ferries! Donation by Matt Ball 05/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck team! Donation by Nigel Richards 04/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by June Bushell 04/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	We'll be thinking of you George Donation by Claire,Steve & Max 03/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	George, I agree with Chris Weatherill COmments Donation by Graham Martin (NR) 03/09/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck folks! Donation by Lee Marsden 03/09/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	You're very brave!! Good luck! Donation by Annette Turner 03/09/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck - great cause Donation by Andrew Scott 03/09/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck all of you!! Avoid tissue paper!! Donation by Alastair Velzian 03/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Best of luck. Donation by Johnny MacKinnon 03/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Go team, go go go!!! Donation by Ben Bourne 03/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck! Donation by Anon 03/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Great initiative Steve. Best of luck to you and all Donation by Fabrizio 03/09/07	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good luck! Can you bring back some brie? Donation by Rob Hammond 03/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by Anne Reece 02/09/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well done George! Best of luck to you and the team. From Zareen Elleby & Family Donation by Zareen Elleby 03/09/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Best of luck to you all Donation by Paddy and Mary 02/09/07	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Is the real reason for doing this that there are 5 blokes and you are the only girl? Good Luck!! Donation by Chris Weatherill 01/09/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Awesome fund raising event. Donation by Susanne 31/08/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	You are all amazing Donation by Kelly Jacobson 31/08/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good Luck to you all and please bring Steve back safely!! Donation by Nigel & Heather Woonton 30/08/07	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Go Woonton. I hope you like swimming in the dark :-) Donation by Ed Wimshurst 30/08/07	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good Luck !! Donation by Olly Kay 29/08/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Happy swimming Donation by Neil Vickers 29/08/07	£20.00 + £5.64 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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