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Year |
Sporting Chance | Details | Funds Raised For |
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2009
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Kayak training with Olympic champion Tim Brabants | A man suffering from multi organic system failure | NGVFA and Viking Canoe Club |
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2009
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Carriage driving holiday | A young woman with Prader Willi syndrome and scoliosis | Local charities |
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2009
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Visit to Elk Mountain Ranch, Colorado | A young boy with cerebral palsy and epilepsy | A local school |
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2009
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Visit to Celtic Training Ground | A man with cerebral palsy | t.b.c |
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2009
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Curling match against the British Mens World Championship Curling Team | A wheelchair bound man and his team of wheelchair curlers | Marie Curie Hospice |
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2009
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A trip to London | A group of college students with special needs | NSPCC |
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2009
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A visit to the UK to watch a rugby match between Bucharest and Worcester | A wheel chair bound young man from Romania | t.b.c. |
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2008
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A visit to Los Angeles to watch the LA Lakers play |
A young man with cancer | CLIC Sargent |
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2008
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A day with Arsenal players and manager at the Emirates Stadium | A young man with multiple injuries | t.b.c. |
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2008
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A day with the English football squad, dinner and attendance at a home international | A young man with severe burns | t.b.c. |
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2008
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Attended the Paralympics in Beijing | A teenager with cerebral palsy | t.b.c. |
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2008
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Sailing with Ellen MacArthur | A young boy with cerebral palsy | The Ellen MacArthur Trust |
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2008
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Music therapy lessons | A developmental playgroup | t.b.c. |
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2008
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Meeting the players of Liverpool football team | A young boy with cerebral palsy | R.D.A. group |
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2007
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Attending the Michael Parkinson show, meeting Lewis Hamilton backstage and a trip to the Honda Factory | A young man recovering from cancer | A hospital cancer unit |
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2007
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Riding Lessons | A young girl with juvenile arthritis | Barnardos |
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2007
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A visit to the studio and set of BBC’s Eastenders | A group of college students with learning difficulties | NSPCC & Macmillan Cancer Support |
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2007
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Meeting Ade Adepitan and a visit to the set of Desperados | A young boy with brittle bone disease | A charity for those with brittle bones |
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2007
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A day spent with huskies | A young girl with TAR syndrome | TAR Syndrome Society |
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2007
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A George Michael concert and backstage visit | 2 carers |
Requirement waived |
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2007
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Dune driving in Dubai | A young man with cerebral palsy and Asperger’s syndrome | A theatre group for disabled students |
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2006
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Meeting world champion Valentino Rossi and a visit to the Ducati museum and factory | A family with varied problems | A local school |
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2006
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Attending a Test match at the Oval | A wheelchair-bound man with epilepsy | Various causes |
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2005
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Hang gliding in the Swiss Alps | A person with Cerebral Palsy and two carers | A hospital scanner appeal |
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2005
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Attending the three British and Irish Lions Rugby Tests in New Zealand | A person with multiple sclerosis and carer | The MS Therapy Centre (South Wales) |
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2005
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Competing in a series of International Table Tennis Competitions | A group of severely physically disabled Romanian young people | The St Mary’s Day Centre in Cluj, Romania |
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2005
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A Visit to Slimbridge Bird Sanctuary, The Eden Project and The New Forest | A group for a Rural Skills college with various disabilities | Riding for the Disabled |
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2005
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A Theatre Group visiting and performing in Dubai and Abu Dhabi | A group of disabled and able-bodied actors and carers | The Lhanbryde Young Parents Group |
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2004
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The Horse of the Year Show | A young person with cerebral palsy | Riding for the Disabled |
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2004
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Attend the Olympics in Greece and the three-day equestrian event | A person with cerebral palsy and carers | Riding for the Disabled |
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2004
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Link with the band “Busted” | A young person with a brain tumour | Fund-raising requirement waived |
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2003
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The Rugby World Cup in Sydney, Australia | A quadriplegic person and three carers | The Teenage Cancer Trust |
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2003
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Trip to Center Parc Norfolk | A group of young carers from E.A.C.H. | E.A.C.H. |
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2003
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Euro Disney | A family with disabilities and their carers from E.A.C.H. | E.A.C.H. |
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2003
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Gordonstoun Sail Training on West Coast of Scotland | A group of Glasgow carers | No funds raised |
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2003
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Motor Racing with Ralf Schumacher and the BMW Williams Grand Prix Team at Silverstone | Two young people of 8 and 17, one with muscular dystrophy and one from East Anglia Children’s Hospice (E.A.C.H.) | Friends of Special Needs Children |
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2003
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Quad Biking | A group of Moray young carers | Princess Royal Trust for Carers |
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2002
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Motor Racing with Pedro de la Rosa and Jaguar Grand Prix Team | A 30 year old with multiple sclerosis | The Forres and National branches of Multiple Sclerosis |
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2002
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Visiting the Landmark Adventure Centre near Aviemore | A group of 50 young carers | The Leonard Cheshire Foundation |
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2002
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The Grand Prix of Brazil | A group of people from all over Brazil | The Leonard Cheshire Foundation |
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2002
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Attending a Brazilian National Football Match with Pele | A group of disabled men from San Paulo | The Leonard Cheshire Foundation |
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2002
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Milking a Cow | A blind person with cerebral palsy | Red Cross House |
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2001
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Tall Ship sailing from Aberdeen to Great Yarmouth | An amputee with head injuries | Crossroads (Moray) Care Attendant Scheme |
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2000
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A visit to Edinburgh, The Palace of Holyroodhouse, Dynamic Earth, The Zoo, Edinburgh Castle, The Museum of Discovery, Ten Pin Bowling, The Witchery Tour of Old Edinburgh, and Macdonalds! | All for a family of four with a child suffering from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. | The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and the Moray Carers project. |
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2000
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Visit to a Bible College in America. | A young person from Cardiff with Cerebral Palsy | A Cardiff Youth Club for disabled young people. |
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1999
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Learning to Swim | A family of five facing Down’s Syndrome, severe hearing and visual challenges, as well as eczema and chest complaints. | The Ladybird Development Group and Autism in Moray |
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1999
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Canoeing, rock climbing, abseiling and white-water rafting in Denver, Colorado | A young person with learning disabilities and partial hearing and asthma and another young person with multiple sclerosis and co-ordination problems with their carer who has neurological problems which have caused her to become a wheelchair user. | The Moray Carers project |
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1998
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The Spanish Riding School in Vienna | Students with special need from the Cantray Bridge Agricultural College | The Scottish Downs Syndrome Association (Highlands and Islands Branch) |
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1998
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The Opening Ceremony and match, Scotland v Brazil of The World Cup in Paris | A partially sighted person, A 17 year old brain damaged person | The Grampian Society for the Blind; The Scottish Head Injuries Trust |
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1998
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Meeting the Scottish Football Squad at Hampden, Glasgow prior to The World Cup | A partially sighted person and a partially sighted epileptic person | The Grampian Society for the Blind |
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1998
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Euro-Disney, France | 30 children with special needs and 30 carers from Drummond Parents Support Group, Inverness | The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and numerous other charities |
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1997
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Swimming with dolphins in Florida | A young person with cerebral palsy | A cerebral palsy charity |
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1997
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Sailing a large yacht | An elderly person who has had a stroke and is partially paralysed and a person with multiple sclerosis who is wheel-chair bound | The Chest Heart and Stroke Association; Cancer Research |
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1997
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Attend The Number One Court at Wimbledon and meet Tim Henman | A young person from Surrey with severe arthritis in both his hips | Rascals |
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1996
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Embassy World Snooker Championships - to meet Jimmy White | A family of five. Mother and 2 children suffering from myotonic dystrophy | Rotary International |
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1996
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El Reino Aventura, Mexico | A 13 year old with cerebellar ataxia, epilepsy and asthma | St John's School for The Disabled, Loughton, Essex |
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1995
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Disneyland, Orlando, USA | A person with spina bifida, epilepsy, renal problems and osteomyelitis | The North Wales Spina Bifida Association |
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1995
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Challenge The Gladiators, Birmingham Arena | A child with cystic fibrosis; Wilm's tumour | The Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund |
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1995
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Attendance at The National Disabled Sports Championship, Wishaw, Scotland | Physically disabled sportsmen and women; people with learning difficulties | The 1997 World Championships for people with disabilities |
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1994
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Attendance at concerts of the Gordonstoun Concert Society | A 60 year old with lumbar disc paralysis and osteo-arthritis | The Shealin Trust of Scotland |
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1994
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Dolphin Therapy. Dr David Nathanson at the Dolphin Research Center in Florida | A 6 year old with autism | Trellis House, Bristol |
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1993
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Riding with the Italian National Association for the Disabled | An 18 year old with Friedrich's ataxia | Riding for the Disabled |
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1993
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A visit to the World Ballroom Championships in Perth, Australia | A 72 year old with multiple sclerosis | ARMS |
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1992
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Drive with World Champion Nigel Mansell round a Grand Prix circuit | An 18 year old with cerebral palsy | Red Cross House in Glasgow |
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1991
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Flying in a Buccaneer jet simulator | A 14 year old with spina bifida | The RAF Benevolent Fund |
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1991
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A visit to a local radio station in Britain | A 53 year old with learning disabilities | A residential home for people with disabilities |
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1991
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Snooker with Stephen Hendry, reigning World Champion | An 11 year old with spina bifida A 4 year old with brittle bone disease | Riding for the Disabled, The Elgin Community Centre |
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1991
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The Bulb Fields of Holland | An 80 year old with arthritis | The Heart and Stroke Foundation |
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1990
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A weekend swimming in a luxury heated pool in Scotland | A 75 year old with asthma | The patient was too ill to travel from Orkney |
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1990
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Swimming in the Nairn Hydro-therapy Pool for twelve months | A 7 year old with spina bifida A 4 year old with meningitis A 5 year old with muscular dystrophy A 9 year old with cerebral palsy | FACES, a group of disabled children |
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