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02.08.2010 - Guyana to train at Loughborough in preparation for Commonwealth Games
The Guyana national 7’s team will be spending five days at Loughborough in preparations for their inaugural participation in the Commonwealth Games 7’s in India this October. Having been working in partnership with them for five years now rugby in Guyana has come on leaps and bounds, so much so they were recently crowned CASCO Champions and NACRA Champions in both the men's and women's competition.
The training camp is being held between Friday 24th September and Tuesday 28th September, where they will then move to Cranleigh in London. On Sunday 26th they will compete in a 7’s competition on the 1st XV pitch. Teams are yet to be confirmed but watch this space as there should be some big names on campus to help test Guyana before they head out to India to face Scotland, Canada and New Zealand!
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02.07.2010 - Students and staff complete London - Paris cycle ride
Two students, James Grabowski and Tom Bestwick, two staff, Dave Morris and Alex Laybourne, one vice president of Loughborough Students rugby club, Gary Beharrell, and one boost alumni, Geraint Davies, all took part in the London to Paris cycle ride in aid of Boost. The ride lasted three days and was over 200 miles through the south of England and the North of France in heat of over 30 degrees. So far over £3000 has been raised for the Boost Coach Academy community programme, but there is still time to donate at the various Justgiving sites (available below). The money raised will help fund the Guyana national rugby team take part in the Commonwealth games in India this October, a country the Boost programme has supported for five years on the coaching and cultural exchange.
Over the three days all the riders went through mixtures of emotions, climbed heights of up to 300 feet, suffered heat of up to 37 degrees and tussled various traffic, including London's rush hour on the first day. Each day provided different challenges and experiences, which the boost team pushed through together.
A great achievement by all of the riders, well done!
To donate please visit one of the following Justgiving pages:
http://www.justgiving.com/Alexander-Laybourne
http://www.justgiving.com/Gary-Beharrell
http://www.justgiving.com/Tom-Bestwick
http://www.justgiving.com/David-Morris5
http://www.justgiving.com/James-grabowski
http://www.justgiving.com/Geraint-davies
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