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Wonderbra wearers invited to marathon walk meeting
"YOUR CHILD CAN
A team of Swindon women is being formed to walk a marathon course through the streets of London with
several hundred others in the early hours of 14 May wearing bras, space blankets and woolly hats and ENJOY SUCCESS
gloves in aid of Breakthrough cancer research.
WITH
Eunice Salmon from Nine Elms has agreed return entrants receive a Wonderbra, lu-
tocoordinatetheSwindonWonderbrawalk . minous hat and gloves. KUMON -,
ers and is organising a meeting for women .` "You don't have to bare all, you can MATHS" :.
interested in taking part on Thursday 3 walk covered up," says Eunice. "It was
February. such a great event last year that I am keen
She has had calls from a dozen women + '' for more Swindon women to take part.
since the December Link exclusively publi- beforehand, taking charge of your own C
The walk is a great way of getting fit
cised her willingness to organise a Swindon
team. Others will have been interested at health, and helping those who may con-
the time, but unfortunately we printed the tract breast cancer. Over 1,000 women a
incorrect telephone number. Our apologies month die of breast cancer in Britain.
to Shaw Ridge School for putting in their number The meeting on 3 February will allow women • FROM COUNTING
and thanks for passing out the correct one. interested in taking part to meet each other; we will
Last year some 600 women took part in the Lon- be able to discuss training and start to make trans- TO CALCULUS
don walk and raised over £100,000. Entry this year port arrangements." • SUITABLE FOR
will be about £25 and participants should commit to To join the Swindon Women's Wonderbra Walk-
raising £100 in sponsorship for the 25 mile course. In ers, call Eunice on 871606. ALL AG ES AND
ABILITIES
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