$5,000 and counting

We've just passed the $5,000 mark in donations. What a fantastic result and we've still got Saturday night to come.

Thank you, each and every one of you.

But back to fundraising....

We have another auction item listed on Ebay, this time a NSW Origin jersey signed by the game 3 squad of the 2010 series. Again, kindly donated by Margie McD.

Back to swimming

After all the stress of trying to organise things for the trivia night next Saturday, it was some relief to get back in the water this weekend and just swim. I had a beautiful three hour swim on Saturday, and a two hour swim on Sunday.

Saturday's swim had tricky bits as the wind was a howling westerly and it was only when we hugged the beach that we had a bit of shelter. It wasn't too bad for me in the water but it was pretty difficult for Margie on the surf ski.

The water was crystal clear, felt about 16.5 degrees (although someone told me later it was 15.5 degrees) and as we hugged the cliffs round to Freshwater, I had the most incredible swim over the beds of sea grass - what a beautiful spot. Thanks Margie.

Sunday was a chilly two hour swim at Balmoral, accompanied by (a slightly hungover) Anna. What a woman.

MLA Social Club Morning Tea

Recently, the social club at MLA organised a morning tea to raise funds for the Inspire Foundation.

A beautiful spread of carbohydrate-laden goodies was put on by Alice, Anna, Mel, Peta, Jean & Phoebe, so thank you, ladies, for your efforts.


(Sorry the picture isn't great but I took it on my phone.)






Anna also made this great Inspire fundraising box. Thanks Anna.

Entry was by gold coin donation and we raised $174, which was fabulous.

Auction items

We've received some fantastic items for the fundraising night and I'm very grateful for all the support.

In order to reach a wider audience for some of these items I've listed them on eBay. Feel free to send the links on to anyone you know who might be interested.

Listed to date:

- Half Wallabies / half Italian rugby union jersey - signed by David Campese and one of only 100 ever produced. (Kindly donated by the beautiful Margie Mc.)




- Fremantle Dockers guernsey, signed by the full 2008 squad. (Kindly donated by Reebok.)

Stay tuned - more to come.

Windy Wales article

When John's golf club (NSW) wanted to mention my upcoming swim in its quarterly magazine, I thought it was going to be a mention in a sidebar. I didn't realise I was going to get a double page spread! And you don't need to read much past the title - it says it all, really!

The golf club has been incredibly generous, including donating a round of golf for four people as an auction item at the trivia night - worth over $800. A big thank you for the support.

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Fun-draising Trivia Night - 28 August

Let me know if you would like tickets or to book a table of ten. Look forward to seeing you there!


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A big thank you to Karen Fox for her fantastic work on the invite.