This Coming August 4 of us from Basingstoke Bluefins (Myself, Greg Thomas, Gareth Waller And Oliver McSoley) are undertaking a challenge in aid of 2 charities

Basingstoke Swimming Club / Water polo Club & Cystic Fibrosis

The Challenge itself will be taking part from around the 10th August 2010 taking around 12 - 14 Days to ride from The Aquadrome over 1500 Miles and Climb the 4 Highest Peaks in England, N Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

The Route and details can be found here on our website.. - http://www.4peaks4bikes.co.uk/page21.html or here - http://www.4peaks4bikes.co.uk/page14.html

 As you can see this won’t be easy but hope to raise around £10,000 to be split between the 2 chosen charities 70% going to CF Trust and the rest to Bluefins

Please Please Please help donate money via either site - http://www.4peaks4bikes.co.uk or http://www.mycharitypage.com/Cackett its a safe, easy and quick way of paying so please help support us

Thank you please if i have missed anyone off the list please forward this page on as we need as much help from people or corporations if you know of any that can help.

The Olympic Delivery Authority has appointed David Morley Architects to design the temporary Water Polo venue for the London 2012 Games.

The design team, appointed through the ODA’s Design Services Framework, will develop a design solution that maximises the use of hired and reusable components. The Water Polo venue will be delivered by contractors and suppliers through the existing ODA Managed Package frameworks set up to efficiently deliver a range of temporary and smaller permanent venues.  Construction will start in spring 2011 to be completed by spring 2012 ready for test events. In legacy the venue will be removed so that the riverside area to the north of the Aquatics Centre can be developed by the Olympic Park Legacy Company.

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As part of our campaign to raise the profile of our Waterpolo club, we have created two options for helping to raise funds to ensure we are able to compete and expand at the highest level.

For any Internet shopping please use the link below for raising funds for Basingstoke Bluefins Waterpolo

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A decision by UK Sport's board not to allocate realistic funding to eight Olympic and four Paralympic sports has had an immediate and catastrophic effect on the lives of 32 young water polo players and their coaches.

Full article available here.