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We are pleased to announce that we have successfully completed our Great Wall of China Trek, and returned to the UK on Sunday 16th October 2011. The challenge was gruelling at times, and the scenery breathtaking. However, all of the training we had done clearly paid off as both of us managed the challenge with out [...] Well….only a few more days to go – 9 in fact – before we jet off to China to complete our challenge! Our last event - the Charity Dog Race Night #2 on 23rd September – raised £180.00 towards our target, and we have now more or less completed all of the training we can considering [...] Following the success of our charity night at Swindon Dog Track in September 2010, we are pleased to announce that we will be running a second event on the evening of Friday 23rd September 2011. This will again take place at Swindon dog track, and the ticket price will include entry and a race card for [...] Well, its getting close! So far, we have raised over £4,300 for the Institute of Cancer Research UK – please help us in hitting our target by using the Just Giving link on the left to make a donation online. We are now only approx. 6 weeks away from jetting off to China for our trek! The [...] Our training and preperation continued for our Great Wall Hike, with a recent trip to Snowdon in North Wales. This was an excellent opportunity for us to not only expose ourselves to some relatively similar terrain, but also to gauge of overall fitness levels as well as making sure our kit was up to the job. [...] On Sunday 29th May 2011, we hosted our Charity golf day at Caversham Heath Golf club on the outskirts of Reading, Berkshire. 44 Players were in attendance supporting the event, consisting of 33 club members and 11 guests. Thanks to the support of all who attended, we were able to raise £355.00 for the Institute of [...] We have been busy in the past few weeks making some changes to our website, and you will now see on the right hand side a new style Facebook application which we hope will deliver more useful information, and enable our supporters to interact with us more freely. In addition, you will also see a new Twitter [...] Well, our hike is now only 7 months away! Now (hopefully) the Winter deluge is behind us, we are starting to concentrate our efforts again, specifically around our ongoing training. Nathan and myself are getting together at the end of February for our first training session of 2011. In other news, our charity golf day has been [...] Well, we are almost at the end of 2010, and it has been a busy year for us and our plans to hike the Great Wall of China in 2011. We have hosted 2 main fund-raising events this year, are now over half way to our target of £6,000, and have had to change the date [...] We attended the Swindon Dog track on Friday 24th September 2010 for a charity night, to support our cause for the Institute of Cancer Research UK. A fun night was had by all, & we hope there were some big winners? Unfortunatly I was not one of them! Thanks to all who attended the night, helping us raise over [...] |
 "Preview of our game up next on Gillette Soccer Saturday...wonder if we will get a balanced opinion with 2 ex goons scousers on panel?!" "Some people?! Buy something on eBay & agree to collect apprx mid day & they whine that you are early @ 1150am and tell you to wait! Dicks!" "Should really get out and about.....but the thought of a cold car and cold shops is not doing it for me! sodthat"
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