Tower Sporting Challenge and Sleeping outside in Cardboard City Jan 20^th 2008

At 7.30 pm 63 Boys started the sporting challenge (in the new fitness suite) which consisted of :

· Cycling 187km (from Cheltenham to London) in a 4 man relay in less than 2 Hours

· Running the marathon in a relay in under 3 Hours

· Rowing 48000m (from London to the sea) in a 2 man relay in under 2 Hours

Results :

We ran the Marathon in 2 Hours and 42 Mins

That's an average speed of 15.5km/h

We rowed 48000km in 1 Hour 35 Mins

Average speed each of 15km/h

Unfortunately cycling at 25km/h for 7.5 Mins was a bit too far

We missed our target by 30km.

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Cardboard City :

At 10.30pm 55 of the boys built their make shift homes from Cardboard boxes (some were quite palatial) at around 2am/3am a few were too cold and wet to carry on and did the sensible thing by going inside.

When I woke at 7.15am (and 4 degrees) I found 22 of the boys had made it through the night (and Mrs Stokes and Matron!) Some of the boys even wanted a lie in.

I think all the boys involved, even if only for an hour or so, experienced what it must be like for the many homeless children around the UK everyday. I don't think they will forget it.

Many thanks for all you support and sponsorship.

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