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<div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #a52295; mso-color-index: 4; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US;">The Sisterhood was launched in 2006 after a drunk bet with a group of overly competitive alpha males to race across the English Channe, they successfully completed this and smashed the world record in the process. The Hood are a<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #a52295; mso-color-index: 4; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US;"> team of over 60 </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #a52295; mso-color-index: 4; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US;">aspirational</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #a52295; mso-color-index: 4; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US;"> women from a variety of professions and sporting backgrounds, ranging from professional athletes to women who haven’t taken part in sport for over 10 years.</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #a52295; mso-color-index: 4; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #a52295; mso-color-index: 4; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="mso-special-format: bullet;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #a52295; mso-color-index: 4; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US;">They’ve spent the past 4 years taking part in jungle adventure races, triathlons, dragon boat regattas, amazon raft races, swimming seas, running ultra marathons, climbing </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #a52295; mso-color-index: 4; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US;">kilimanjaro,ironmen races </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #a52295; mso-color-index: 4; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US;">and various other races around the world . 2011 sees them take on Everest, the Venice Vogolonga, Robin Island swim, the argos, monaco ironman, the Bosphorus swim, Marathon de sables and other small challenges!</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="mso-special-format: bullet;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #a52295; mso-color-index: 4; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="mso-special-format: bullet;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #a52295; mso-color-index: 4; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US;">Where the Sisterhood go the Sisterwood go, the elite group of men attached to the Hood who often join in the races with the girls and raise money for the hood cause in the process</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="mso-special-format: bullet;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #a52295; mso-color-index: 4; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="mso-special-format: bullet;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #a52295; mso-color-index: 4; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US;">The Sisterhood are united in their goal to raise £50,000 per year for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Royal </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #a52295; mso-color-index: 4; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US;">Marsden</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #a52295; mso-color-index: 4; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US;"> Cancer Campaign and to date have raised over £250,000</span></span></span></div>
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