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How you can: Support LBA Financially Support LBA Materially How to donate Quotes Fundraisers: Freddie and Andy Steve Bell Katy Norman Alice & Jonathan Claire Scrutton  Ari Chamberlain Ari and Anna Jeanne Woo |
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Steve COMPLETES Ironman Lanzarote for LBA Donation Total So Far (it's not too late): £1595.54 Read Steve's Race Report and experience the full horror yourself!! |
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The first Ironman – a gruelling event that pushes its participants to the limits of endurance – was held on February 18, 1978, to see which athletes were the fittest: runners, cyclists or swimmers. Whilst the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii is the pinnacle of Ironman races, Lanzarote – the island of volcanoes – is considered one of the hardest courses in the world. The island of Lanzarote, in the Canaries, is a land of contrasts. A sliver of arid, hot, volcanic land buffeted by winds that never cease to blow, it is also home to a host of delightful beauty spots and breathtaking landscapes. And over this last two decades the island has provided a stunning backdrop for what is without doubt one of the toughest endurance races in the world. |
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Why Little Big Africa? LBA was set up by two of my best mates – Debs and Bikie. I first met Debs in 2001 whilst volunteering for another international development charity in the UK, after I had worked in Zimbabwe on a health education project for a year and she had been working on a similar project for the same organisation in Tanzania for two. I met Bikie in 2003 when I was doing postgraduate research in Uganda alongside the charity he was working for. This was also when Debs moved out to Uganda to work for the same organisation as Bikie, and I was also there the night Debs met Bikie. They've been together ever since, we've been friends ever since, and I've been following the development of their LBA creation since the early set up discussions over the odd bottle of Ugandan Club! |
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A Big THANK YOU to all the following who have donated so far... Gillian Main David Simon Lorraine McCormack Peter & Liz Monzani - Sometimes being a complete nutter helps!! So where do you go now for a REALLY BIG challenge?? Alan Mitchell - sponsored Steve per kilometre. Congratulations and well done. Christopher Jones Tim Logan - What a nutter! Laurence Harding - for completing the Ironman and not getting beaten by a 65yr old woman. Katie Willis Tim Burns Katy and Jo Harper - better late than never... Congratulations, hope you have recovered by now! We met Trevor and Moira in Greece around 5 years ago and feel like we know you, even though we've never met. Anyone who can survive a household that produces Yuletide ditties of such dire length and couplets composed with such ridiculous rhymes and such abysmal alliteration deserves our support... Ashley Ames Rich Murgz - I studied "colouring in" and "join the dots" with Steve at Uni and think he's madder than a mad hatter at a tea party. The only thing I ask is that he kindly imparts some of his triathlon wisdom on me before I drown in Dorney lake in July. Andrew Wood Mike & Clare Wall - Dear Prof, You're a legend. A crazy testosterone filled legend, but a legend all the same. Love Clare & Mike Ann Gorvett Bob & Ros Stott Mrs Tilbury Pauline Shimell Avshalom Ashman Ciaran Suter Alex Hunt - I was Steve's flatmate at Uni. No task but I think this might have to be the end of our friendship. The weirdo line has been crossed!!! Good luck Brian McIntosh - Steve is my line manager at work. I think he is absolutely mental doing this but I reckon he will ace it. Best of luck, Steve! Karen Robinson - I've got my fingers and toes crossed that you have a good race! Pete Morgan Julien Lhomme Claire Scrutton - Good Luck Ste x James & Nat - Good luck and enjoy it! Whilst you are saving potentially 1,131 trips to the well for the villagers, have you tried to explain to them quite how it has been paid for? Debbie Lee Chan Sandy & Pam Scott - Steve does not need to complete a specific challenge - as far as we are concerned he has already done so in his training for the event! Best of luck Stephen. Kate Brough Nick Allen Lucy Clements Sheonaidh Johnston - I donated just for Steve being crazy enough to go and try it. Whatever he completes I'm impressed! Hayk Gyuzalyan Peter Bell - Steve - you are a freak, but best of luck! David Fenwick Charlie & Elaine Mitchell - I knew Stephen was very sporty and fit but I didn't realise how completely MAD he was!!! Nicola Jamie - Steve, you're such a nutter. It makes me think that the marathon training i gave you (blagged...) back in 2001 must have been pretty inspirational! tee hee Ian Logan Ken Thompson & Swarmteams - Good Luck Steve Sarah Bell - Feel like I should make another reference to the bell genes?! David Steventon Laura Clarke - Make Team DCC proud - we'd like to see full use of arm bands, backies and piggy backs. Shall be thinking of you, you poor, brave madman! Laura x. (Oh and fundraising tip you might want to bear in mind: Photos of landscapes - good. Photos of Steve in lycra - very, very bad.) Jim & Heather Platt John Izard Peter Braggins Jean & Edward Glendinning - We're neighbours of the 'Bells'. Hope you do well, Steve, you must be mad!!! Rob Steggle Stuart Bell - I am Steve’s uncle. By the way, has anyone seen my genes? Richard Davis - Good luck Steve. Sounds like more fun than the marathon. Trevor Bell - Hi, I'm Steve's dad. Where on earth have all these genes come from - very worrying??!! Tom Shimell - I earned this in 1 hour tutoring a boy chemistry - for 11 hours of pain, it's yours. Meghann Jones Alison Owen Andrew Cleary - Sponsored per km for Steve to finish the whole thing! Simon Massey - I have donated to Steve's LBA sponsorship fund just for attempting to do an Ironman! Gary Rancourt Johanna Shapira Sally Panayiotou Robyn Matthews Ali Ziff - Hiya! I sit next to Steve at work. I have donated and that's just for being crazy enough to do this at all (don't expect him to do it in a certain time or anything, that would just be mean!) Cheers. Amelia Isharaza - Dear Uncle Prof, I emptied my piggy bank for you. Good luck in Lanzarote and come and visit us again soon. Lots of love, Amelia xx
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