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Paul Donaghy is raising money for St Oswald's Hospice Limited

Participants: Jared Deacon and Paul Donaghy

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Fastest Pantomime Horse to run 100m - World Record Attempt! · 18 May 2009

St Oswald's Hospice provides specialist care for adults, young people, children & babies from across the North East. We make no charge for our services, ensuring hospice care is available to all. To donate monthly & bring comfort daily visit https://www.stoswaldsuk.org/get-involved/donate-monthly/

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YES..!! We did it - 13.23 seconds. Get In !!! CLICK HERE to watch the action from the Journal website!!!!!

Big thanks to Church High for their costume to train in and Massive thanks to Dr Funkenstein for donating their costume to our cause  Click here to visit their shop. Thanks to the staff at St Oswald's Hospice for helping to organise the PR - TV, Radio and press coverage. Thanks to Chris Betts at Gateshead Harriers for allowing us to run during the Junior Athletes Meeting and all the officials who witnessed the event. Thanks to both our families for all their support as we disappeared off to get dressed up and go for training runs. And thank you to all of you for helping us hit our £1,000 target. Please feel free to keep donating.....cheers.

Have a look at our first attempt... Needs a bit of work me thinks... still it was canny fast like - unofficially 13.44 secs just 0.07 inside the world record. That must be worth at least a fiver?!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEBnFl69AAM

Our next attempt had a slight hitch...and lack of trousers!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DBIaRx2tSk

Watch STAVROS HORSELY go!!!    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clAJX4jOaok

Evening Chronicle Monday 8th June ------     http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2009/06/08/pair-plan-world-record-dressed-as-panto-horse-72703-23815500/                                                                                                                  

Also article in South Shields Gazette 10th June - next stop Richard and Judy !!    

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/Jared-aims-to-set-a.5348650.jp       

Catch up with latest Horsing about:-

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHVgkd6dWEY     trot through forest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_WVAc7-q1o      pedal power

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huM6uZXa1uw     Watch a sneaky practice - front end only !!                                                                                     

Donation summary

Total
£1,651.45
+ £376.31 Gift Aid
Online
£1,479.20
Offline
£172.25

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