The 'Tour de Farce'

Smile4Rich Appeal is raising money for The Wessex Neurological Centre Trust

Participants: Frank, Neil, Simon, Sharon & Barry

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The Tour de Farce · 5 August 2004

The Wessex Neurological Centre serves a population of 3 million throughout central southern England & the Channel Islands. Having successfully raised £80,000 to provide a dedicated 'critical care' ambulance, and £145,000 to fund the creation of a Paediatric Video-Telemetry Suite (used to assess children with severe Epilepsy as to their suitability for life-changing corrective surgery), our latest appeal aims to raise a further £200,000 for our most ambitious project to date - the Fluorescence Enhanced Neurosurgery Appeal. Surgeons at the Centre perform vascular neurosurgery (to repair aneurysms, haemorrhages and the like), on hundreds of patients each year. By equipping one of the Centre's operating theatres with a new, state-of-the-art operating microscope fitted with the FL800 Fluorescence system, most of these patients will benefit. Fluorescence Enhanced Neurosurgery enables surgeons to clearly visualise blood-flow in adjacent brain tissue, reducing the possibility of either a recurrence of the bleed, or of a post-operative stroke. For further details, please visit www.smile4rich.co.uk

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*UPDATE*

We're pleased to confirm that the team successfully completed the 'Tour' finishing at St Mary's stadium on Friday 13th May after cover almost 390 miles in 6 days. Many thanks to all the individuals and organisations who helped us to stage this event and/or sponsored us. Please feel free to add your donation as we would love to push the total a little higher.

The 'Tour de Farce' Team

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About the 'Tour de Farce'

When fans of rival football clubs got together over a friendly drink to discuss how they could raise funds for the Smile4Rich Ambulance Appeal, few would have guessed that they'd choose to cycle from Middlesbrough to Southampton! Now after much discussion, studying of maps and sober reflection, these Southampton and Portsmouth fans have committed to this 6 day challenge of over 360 miles. The majority of the team are the wrong side of 40 and range from a keen amateur cyclist to one who will probably need stabilisers (and an oxygen mask!) - hence the 'Tour de Farce'. It will be a tough journey, but knowing that we'll be raising loads of cash for Smile4Rich will make the miles go a little more easily, so please dig deep and sponsor us online today! Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor us: Smile4Rich will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you. Many thanks for your support. Keep Smiling! PS. For those who entered our competition to win the signed England shirt, I can confirm that the final mileage was 389.2 miles. The nearest guess (and winner) came from Saints fan Kate P with a guess of 389.5 miles.

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Total
£9,375.63
+ £883.38 Gift Aid
Online
£3,863.63
Offline
£5,512.00

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