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Richard Ellis is raising money for The AADC Research Trust

Participants: Richard Ellis, Ben Flint, Charlie Flint, Niko Vijay, Jordan Bobb, James Keable & Tony Ledgerton

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The Nuts Challenge · 3 March 2012

AADC deficiency is a rare disabling brain disease. More than 100 children in 30 countries have been identified with the disease. It's proved fatal for some of them. The AADC Research Trust is a children's charity funding research, supporting affected families and promoting global disease awareness.

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<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #003366;"><strong>Happy 14th Birthday to Jake on 2nd March (Day before our Nuts Challenge in Dorking)&hellip;</strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;Jake is my special cousin and he&rsquo;s Charlie and Ben&rsquo;s brother, he suffers from a very rare brain disease called AADC deficiency.&nbsp; For 14 years he&rsquo;s been involved with his own personal challenges, battling with this disease.&nbsp; We are raising as much money as possible to help fund AADC research to aid Jake and all children in the World suffering the same life-threatening condition.&nbsp; To do this we&rsquo;ve decided to take up the Nuts Challenge in Dorking and persuaded mates; Niko Vijay, Jordan Bobb, James Keable and Tony Ledgerton to join us .&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">So&hellip;on 3rd March we will all complete 2 laps of the Nuts Adventure Race Course&hellip;Total of 14km.&nbsp; This is one of the most challenging army assault courses out there and was originally designed by personnel from the British Special Forces to push the individual to the limit.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">So you know about Jake&rsquo;s challenge, we&rsquo;ve shared with you our challenge and now your challenge is to sponsor us any amount (large or small) and help us fund AADC Research! &nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Photographic proof will be provided for those doubting our extreme combined physical strength, our collective powerful psychological determination and for those who simply won&rsquo;t believe how prepared we are to get freezing cold, wet and muddy with completely messed up hair!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">To find out more about AADC deficiency click on <a title="blocked::http://www.aadcresearch.org/" href="http://www.aadcresearch.org">www.aadcresearch.org</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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