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32 The Link Magazine • June 2004
Les S1inn Walkers strut their stuff once again
Personal Trainer Swindon's famed Twin Peaks Breakthrough Breast Cancer walkers once again did the overnight
Moonwalk marathon through the streets of London on 15/16 May.
Personal Training Instruction
for all ages, abilities & fitness levels. Because of demand, only 139 half marathon with
Evening Advertiser Columnist & women and a few men from the her mum Julie in
Swindon FMs Health /Fitness Advisor. town secured places amongst the four and a quarter
• Qualified & Certified Personal Trainer 15,000 who took place. hours. She said,
• Nutrition & Weight Management Like last year, Swindon's walk- "I've never been up
Consultant ers used the Magic Roundabout that late before,
• Circuits /nsovetor theme and decorated their bras there were all these
• Core Stability & Torso Instructor with Dougals and Florences as well cars tooting; it was
• Kids Fit Instrisctor as painting the names of loved ones really noisy and
"Learn how to get & stay motivated in a fun who have died from breast cancer busy in London."
relaxed atmosphere, helping you to achieve
on their chests and backs. Julie, who has al-
that body you have always wanted."
One of the youngest participants ready done two
0783 3582788 was 13 year old Hannah Tieleman Moonwalks, said
from Grange Park who walked a that Hannah had
done amazingly
well. "She had been
up all the previous
Achieve Success d",, and had a dance
lesson before we set off for Lon- and Hannah collected £203 from
( D Fitness Consultancy don. But she found it a bit difficult family and friends and teachers at
when we had to walk another two Greendown School. "I don't think
PILATES CLASSES miles across Hyde Park to get to my friends knew what I was do-
Monday: 6pm - 7pm; Wednesday: 7.30pm - 8.30pm where the car was parked after we ing," said Hannah. "Breakthrough
HolyTrinity Church, Shaw Village Centre finished." is such a good charity; I'd like to
Tuesday: 8pm - 9pm Taw Hill Worship Centre Julie raised £181 in sponsorship enter next year."
Tuesday: I Oam - I I am Primebodies Fitness Centre
YOGA CLASSES Cycle marathon and treasure hunt
Tuesday: 8pm - 9pm Greendown School, Grange Park
Swindon Cares is recruiting riders to take part in a 25 mile White
Thursday: I pm - 2pm CrickladeTown Hall
Horse Bike Ride and Treasure Hunt on Sunday 11 July, loam, starting
Friday: 7.30pm - 8.30pm Greendown School, Grange Park and finishing at Stanton Park, just off the A361 at Stanton Fitzwarren.
The money raised will be split between Macmillan cancer relief,
NSPCC, Age Concern Swindon and the GWR FM Community Fund.
For entry details and registration form, call Jacquie Sheppard on
692166.

LEARN TO SCUBA DIVE Mobile phones needed urgently
A Swindon Council team will be attempting to climb the three
highest mountains in the UK - Ben Nevis, Scarfell Pike and Snowden
within 25 hours on 3 and 4 July to raise money for the GWR/Mitchemp
Trust.
UNDERWATER DIVING WORLD Sponsorship or old mobile phones would be much appreciated.
Phones can be in any condition; they do not need to have batteries,
Seascape is Swindon's only PADI dive centre, owned chargers and the SIM card should be removed. For every phone
and run by professional master scuba diver trainers, collected £2.50 will be donated to the charity. For details call Joanne on
Pete Loder and Dave Watts, and staffed entirely by 464199 (days).
experienced and enthusiastic instructors and
divemasters who have trained more than 650 divers Sleek head does not help marathon time
in the Swindon area over the last six years. Matt Light from Rushey Platt ran the London Marathon in just under
five hours, about twenty five minutes longer than he hoped.
The first step in learning to dive is to take a course
He said it was due to the cold
sanctioned by PADI, which stands for Professional weather rather than the No 1 hair-
Association of Diving Instructors. We offer the cut provided by the Barber Shop in
highest level of service to our customers and are Cricklade Road, who donated £500
without a doubt the largest and most recognised in return for stencilling their name
on the back of his head.
scuba diver training organisation in the world today.
Matt and his wife Gail raised
Therefore, wherever in the world your diving takes £3,000 for the Downs Syndrome
Association after they lost a baby
you, your PADI certification is instantly recognised
to Downs last year.
and respected as coming from the leaders in dive
As the total was double the
training. amount expected, they hope to
present £1,000 to the Swindon
We are taking bookings for courses now. branch of the Association for their
Call for dates and details. work with local families.
To see other pictures of Matt, go
Try a dive for only S20 (refundable to to www.justgiving.com/
on taking a course with Seascape) mattlight
Right, Paul Kirton and Angela White
Tel: 01793 484863 of the Barber Shop survey their work
on Matt