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Sept 08 - Charity Triathlon
The 7th and 8th of September saw the first charity triathlon take place, with 13 members of Body and Mind raising a significant amount of money for the Demelza House Children’s Hospice (total yet to be verified). Members took part in one of three categories, racing in Rowing, Cycling and Running. The Beginners rowed 1000m, cycled 8km and then ran 3.2km on the athletics track. The intermediate athletes rowed 2000m, cycled 20km and finished with a run of 8km. The third group did the advanced programme, rowing 5000m, cycling 40km and then running a mammoth 25 laps of the track totaling a distance on 10km. Our congratulations go to Stuart Hawkes who won the beginners triathlon with a time of 47min and 37 Sec. Narrowly beating Lorraine Cooper (48m16s) and Wendy Falconer (48m19s). The intermediate race was won by William Mihr with a time of 1hour 27 minutes 33 seconds. Beating Jason “Guns” Crofskey (1h34m) who came second and Harmail Sandhu (1h39m) who came third. Three brave members took on the advanced event, won by Henry Gollop with a time of 2hours 11minutes 15seconds, followed by Jerry Grantham (2h28m10s) and John Long ( 3h17m49s). For the full list of results, see Mark or Dan in the Gym. Member, Emma Sedgewick, who took part would like to thank the staff who organised the event and congratulated them for a very well run event. We await the official news of the total amount raised, well done to all involved in the event and please remember to send your sponsorship to Demelza House, Rook Lane, Bobbing, Sittingbourne ME9 8DZ. Any one wanting to donate to Demelza House can do so by sending a cheque to the above address or phoning 01795 845288. |
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Aug 08 - Sitting Volleyball
The Saudi National Sitting Volleyball team came to England at the end of August to take part in a number of competitions and help raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital all in the space of three days. The showpiece match of the weekend's events saw a SE & London Select VI take on the Saudi Arabian National team on Sunday morning (17th August). The SE & London Select side included GB Captain’s Robbie Barratt and Sarah Pegg with fellow GB side members Robert Richardson and Mustaffa Jabbar, with the latter in particular being in imperious form. The side proved too strong for the Saudi team, running out winners in three sets, 25/10, 25/18, 25/15. It gave spectators and players alike the opportunity to get a feel for how Sitting Volleyball is played at the highest level with some fantastic rallies and powerful hitting by both sides. The showpiece match capped off a fantastic weekend of Sitting Volleyball in Canterbury, where players had been treated to a great presentation on Strength and Conditioning work by Olympic Bronze medallist, Ian Wynne on Saturday (16th August), as well as a round robin tournament in which the side led by GB Sitting Volleyball coach Josef Banfi - the Kent Oranjebums - narrowly took the title. The weekend provided a great platform for English and Saudi Arabian set-ups to continue their strong relationship and large thanks must go in particular to all squads taking part including, The Kent ‘Orangibums’, London Lynx and Kent Fire and Rescue Service, as well as Body and Mind Member, Tom Middleton for putting together such a well run occasion. For more information of Sitting Volleyball please contact Peter Guenari on 07826550719 at the British Volleyball Federation Office. |