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THE SOLE SISTERS FROM PAPHOS RUNNING CLUB RAISE 9000 EUROS,NEARLY £8000 FOR A CANCER PATIENTS SUPPORT GROUP IN CYPRUS. · The Folkestone & Hythe Sports Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Anyway, staying with the Cypress theme, now, I want to
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  Speaker 1: bring your attention to a group of ladies that I
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  Speaker 1: know out there called the Soul Sisters. Now I've spoken
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  Speaker 1: about them before after my visits to Cypress, and I've
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  Speaker 1: got to know them quite well now and what they
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  Speaker 1: and what they do they do something special, They do
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  Speaker 1: something special for a cancer charity. Now I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: blow me on trumpet a little bit here. But you
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  Speaker 1: may not know this, but I've been a volunteer and
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  Speaker 1: unofficial ambassador if you like, for Cancer Research UK for
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  Speaker 1: over what I don't know, twenty twenty two years now,
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  Speaker 1: putting on my pink outfit and standing up on stage
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  Speaker 1: in front of thousands of people Race for Life events
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  Speaker 1: all around the County of Kent. And my biggest honor
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  Speaker 1: was being recognized and being invited by the late Queen
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  Speaker 1: Elizabeth to a garden party at Buckingham Palace. No it
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  Speaker 1: wasn't just me and the Queen. There was many many
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  Speaker 1: volunteers there from all different types of charities that we
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  Speaker 1: all felt really special having tea with the Queen. Now,
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  Speaker 1: cancer isn't just in the UK, it is everywhere, and
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  Speaker 1: the Sole Sisters of Pathworse Running Club hold two huge
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  Speaker 1: events to raise money for the Pancer Patients Support Group
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  Speaker 1: in Cyprus. They held a five k fun run walk
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  Speaker 1: which was attended by two hundred and fifty runners, most
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  Speaker 1: of them dressed in pink wigs, two two's pink t
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  Speaker 1: shirts and flowery pink bras. Yes, and the men as
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  Speaker 1: well included in that one. Now one year he actually
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  Speaker 1: coincided with our visit and we went along and joined
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  Speaker 1: in and it was called to Breast of Friends then,
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  Speaker 1: but it was great fun. Well, there was an energetic
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  Speaker 1: warm up and then the Boss Louis Boss club president
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  Speaker 1: Sue Cawdrey, who herself has run over forty marathons, she
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  Speaker 1: gave a short brief in and I caught up with Sue.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we were walking. It was our last morning
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  Speaker 1: in Cyprus, and we thought we'd just go for We've
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  Speaker 1: got a little favorite walk just on the rocky coast
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  Speaker 1: by Keralia Bay and the Pathforst Running Club are out
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  Speaker 1: there doing an event, doing a little try try event,
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  Speaker 1: and so I got chance to Sue, and she's an
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  Speaker 1: amazing character that's been out there for eighteen years, and
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  Speaker 1: it really hit home when she said you know what
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  Speaker 1: it's like being on holiday for eighteen years. I thought, Oh,
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  Speaker 1: what's the ideal that is? That's brilliant. I love that.
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  Speaker 1: I'll go home with that thought. But she puts loads
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  Speaker 1: of workloads of energy into the Soul Sisters and to
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  Speaker 1: the running club, and she needs a really, really big
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  Speaker 1: pat on the back. Anyway, on the day she got
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  Speaker 1: the runners going with a big blast of the airhorn
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  Speaker 1: and a great fun time was had by all. Now,
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  Speaker 1: the second event was held a couple of weeks later
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  Speaker 1: up the hill in the Coral Star in Payer. If
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  Speaker 1: you've ever been to Payer you might know the Coral Start.
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  Speaker 1: Now this is a venue they hadn't used before as
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  Speaker 1: the expected numbers had outgrown the previous venue. Two hundred
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  Speaker 1: and forty people turned up for a coffee and a
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  Speaker 1: cake morning, and they were joined by singer Luise Rioni
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  Speaker 1: and as well as the twenty two strong B sharp
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  Speaker 1: choir who volunteered this services. Now this ended up in
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  Speaker 1: true a Soul Sister's tradition, in a bit of a
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  Speaker 1: sing song and an ease up, and it was only
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  Speaker 1: eleven o'clock in the morning. What are they like? Anyway?
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  Speaker 1: The local community rallied round air. Local businesses donated raffle prizes,
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  Speaker 1: seventeen lucky people going home with a prize. But once
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  Speaker 1: again the main point of the fun event was to
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  Speaker 1: raise money for the Cyprus Cancer Patients Support Group. Now,
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  Speaker 1: during my stay, I joined some of the Soul Sisters
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  Speaker 1: for breakfast and I was honored. You know, I was
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  Speaker 1: the only man there. But once again I am an
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  Speaker 1: honorary member of the Soul Sisters. Did you know that? Anyway?
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  Speaker 1: I caught up with listen to this as well, a
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  Speaker 1: breast cancer survivor and Soul Sister, Jackie Mizzen, and she
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  Speaker 1: told me that the hard work and effort between the
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  Speaker 1: two events raised a massive and nine thousand euros which
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  Speaker 1: is nearly eight thousand pound and the money will go
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  Speaker 1: towards helping to cover the cost of a specially equipped
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  Speaker 1: bus with hydraulic wheelchair access. And I must just say
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  Speaker 1: hello to a few of the other Soul Sisters. I
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  Speaker 1: want to say hello to Greta Jeanette. Jeannette is Darryl's
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  Speaker 1: wife and she's had to put up with Daryl running
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  Speaker 1: for the last nineteen years and doing all his training
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  Speaker 1: at the four day Challenge Anyway, it was nice to
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  Speaker 1: meet you, Jeanette and our chatting to Truce. Now. Truce
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  Speaker 1: is an organizer of walks with the Pathos Walking Group,
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  Speaker 1: which is within the club, and she organized this walk.
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  Speaker 1: She's got a portfolio of loads and loads of walks
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  Speaker 1: and we've been on quite a few of them, and
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  Speaker 1: we end up in places where we would never ever
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  Speaker 1: have been before. In Cyprus, we have a little drive
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  Speaker 1: out find a venue led by Truce's experience, was normally
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  Speaker 1: a car park with a restaurant, and we pop in
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  Speaker 1: and we put our order in so that they know
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  Speaker 1: when they come back. There might be twenty five of
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  Speaker 1: us come back and at least they know what we're
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  Speaker 1: going to eat, and then we have lunch, have a chat,
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  Speaker 1: and then if we go. What a great way to
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  Speaker 1: spend the day. Now, I was introduced to some of
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  Speaker 1: the other members, but I must apologize I can't remember
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  Speaker 1: their names, but I will say that they did make
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  Speaker 1: me feel very welcome. Now, cancer is all around the
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  Speaker 1: world and these events one day will help to eradicate it.
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  Speaker 1: So keep up the good work, you Soul Sisters. Now,
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  Speaker 1: I was looking for a song to play for the
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  Speaker 1: Soul Sisters last time I've played them as it's actually
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  Speaker 1: called Soul Sister by Train, but decided to have a
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  Speaker 1: little change. I think they will love this one, and
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  Speaker 1: I think it's quite poignant actually, because two of the
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  Speaker 1: members of this group, if you like, said he lost
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  Speaker 1: their lives to cancer and the whole family was touched
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  Speaker 1: by cancer, but it never stopped him from making this
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  Speaker 1: absolute floor filler. As soon as you hear this, Soul Sisters,
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  Speaker 1: I know you will be up dancing. So thanks for
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  Speaker 1: the breakfast and we'll see you in May. By having
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  Speaker 1: a mood for dancin Roman sin who I'm giving it
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  Speaker 1: all to nas