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I'm Gareth Murcutt, the Technical Manager for the Royal Free's Renal Network Services. I trained as a renal technician in 1982 and have been in the field ever since, working in the NHS and private sectors, both in the UK and abroad. I have been in my current position for 16 years and have seen on numerous occasions the fantastic work the RFHKPA does in supporting the Trust's renal services department and patients.

I've decided that it's time for me to try to give something back so I'm going to try and raise money to support the new Acute Kidney Injury Unit being planned at the Royal Free. To do this on June 15th I'm going to try and complete four rounds of golf in one day at Hendon Golf Club www.hendongolf.com  I will start at 6.00 am and hope to finish at about 8.00 pm. These 72 holes of golf will involve walking between 20-25 miles, depending on how straight I hit the ball!

I do hope you can sponsor me so I can raise as much money as possible for this very worthy cause.

Thank you all for helping and I would especially like to thank all the members and staff at Hendon GC who have helped me organise my challenge.

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Our kidneys are vital and sophisticated organs.

They filter and clean 200 litres of blood per day. They remove wasters and excess water from our blood in the form of urine.

They help balance the levels of chemical substances in our bodies such as sodium, phosphorus and potassium. They also produce important hormones that stimulate bone marrow to make red blood cells; regulate our blood pressure; help keep our bones strong. High blood pressure and diabetes are the main causes of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).

500 million individuals worldwide are affected. If CKD worsens it can lead to kidney failure. In order to survive, people with severe kidney failure must either receive a transplanted kidney or be kept alive with dialysis, usually by a machine which cleans their blood about three times a week, each session lasting 4-5 hours.

A greater risk than kidney failure is that people with CKD may develop Cardiovascular diseases. People with CKD are 10 times more likely than healthy people, to die of heart attacks and strokes.

One out of 10 adults in the world has some form of kidney damage