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Triathlon Challenge: Where Eagles Dare 2011. Ed Foster, Tim Lacy, Jack Warrender

Ed Foster is raising money for Mawddach Rotary Club
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on 7 May 2011

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Mawddach Rotary club aim to raise funds for many good causes. Presently we need funds for Shelterboxes to give relief to those who have lost their homes in Vanuatu. At present you can also support the Barmouth Viaduct Access group through our site..

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<p>Thats right....</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; margin-left: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On 18th June Tim, Jack and I will be taking on the unlikely challenge of swimming, cycling and running/walking, around Anglesey and up Snowdon. Yes a triathlon.....comprising&hellip;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; margin-left: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><strong>1km swim in the freezing Irish Sea,</strong></span></em><strong><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">&nbsp;</span></em></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">55km cycle across hilly Anglesey and into the Snowdonian Mountain Range</span></em><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">&nbsp;</span></em></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><strong>and a 7km run up Mount Snowdon.</strong></span></em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;">It's going to be a huge challenge but immensely rewarding&nbsp;and raising money&nbsp;for some great causes that support young people in North Wales and London.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; color: #008000;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /> </span></span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #00b050; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Ty Gobaith Hope House</span></span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #00b050; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">&nbsp;(hopehouse.org.uk) is&nbsp;currently caring for&nbsp;more than 320&nbsp;terminally ill children and their families in North Wales.</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; color: #008000;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #00b050; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; color: #008000;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #00b050; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">&nbsp;</span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #00b050; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Frank Haines Memorial Trust</span></span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #00b050; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">&nbsp;(frankhaines.com)&nbsp;provides a critical means of support, education and opportunity for young people in Tower Hamlets, who otherwise have precious few prospects in life.</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; color: #008000;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #00b050; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #008000;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #00b050; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The charities are both extremely deserv</span></strong></span><span style="color: #008000;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #00b050; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ing of all the help they can get, and all of your donations will be split equally between the two.&nbsp;</span></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; color: #008000;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; color: #008000;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c;">So please support our madness and reward these charities with as little or as much as you like.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; color: #008000;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; color: #008000;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The event is kindly sponsored by Holyhead and Mawddach Rotary, whose help with setting</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">&nbsp;<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">up and preparation has been invaluable.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; color: #008000;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; color: #008000;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Thanks</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; color: #008000;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline; color: #008000;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">&nbsp;Ed, Tim and Jack</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£1,990.91
+ £453.97 Gift Aid
Online
£1,990.91
Offline
£0.00

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