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Susannah Gill is raising money for PROSTATE CANCER UK
“Susannah Gill's fundraising”

on 12 February 2011

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<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Hello and welcome to my fundraising page!</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">This year Betfair's employees have voted <a href="http://www.prostate-cancer.org.uk/"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The Prostate Cancer Charity</span></strong></a>&nbsp;as our&nbsp;Charity of the Year.&nbsp;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;T</span>o help raise money for this amazing charity,&nbsp;and because I'm a bit crazy, I've decided to take on&nbsp;<strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><a href="http://www.goldchallenge.org/extraordinarychallengers/susannahgill">The Ultimate Challenge</a></span></strong>!</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">To take part&nbsp;you have to complete a&nbsp;number of endurance events so I've done:<br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.virginlondonmarathon.com/"><span style="color: #0000ff;">The London Marathon on 17th April</span></a>&nbsp;DONE!!</span></strong><strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.mpagbse.co.uk/">South East Region Modern Pentathlon on 18th June</a> DONE!!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.oxfam.org.uk/trailwalker"><span style="color: #0000ff;">The 100km Trail Walker on 16th July</span></a>&nbsp;DONE!!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.thelondontriathlon.co.uk/"><span style="color: #0000ff;">The London Triathlon on 31st July</span></a>&nbsp;DONE!!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/index.php?p=events&amp;s=&amp;id=69">Dart 10km Open Water Swim in&nbsp;Devon on 3rd September</a></span></strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="http://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/index.php?p=events&amp;s=&amp;id=69">&nbsp;</a><strong>DONE!!</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">I'd run some marathons before but&nbsp;this was&nbsp;more than I'd ever taken on especially given I'm really pretty (*very*)&nbsp;rubbish at swimming and the&nbsp;fencing and shooting elements of the pentathlon were completely alien to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><strong>Whilst I&rsquo;m really enjoyed (*so many other adjectives I could use*) completing My Ultimate Challenge, it was all done&nbsp;for a good cause and so if you feel like sponsoring me that would make my aching muscles feel all the better!! </strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Crucially,</strong> <strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">every pound I raise will be matched by Betfair</span></strong>!</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">You can continue to&nbsp;follow my progress on twitter <strong>(@BetfairIronLady</strong>) where&nbsp;there are updates, photos and videos of&nbsp;my training and events, as well as some other musings and thoughts. Not to mention challenges I may take on in the future...!!!.....</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">All the best,</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Susannah 'Iron Lady' Gill</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£2,075.00
+ £420.67 Gift Aid
Online
£1,925.00
Offline
£150.00

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