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CSSC 3 Peaks Charity Challenge Commonwealth Games Volunteer Subsidy Scheme Lots of Giveaways LEISURE ISSUE 50 SUMMER 2014 cssc.co.uk
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Page 1: Leisure scene issue 50

CSSC 3 Peaks Charity Challenge

Commonwealth Games Volunteer Subsidy Scheme

Lots of Giveaways

LEISUREISSUE 50SUMMER 2014

cssc.co.uk

Page 2: Leisure scene issue 50

Do

you

love

you

r C

SSC

mem

bers

hip

so

muc

h th

at y

ou t

hink

you

cou

ld s

ell i

t to

yo

ur c

olle

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s? If

so,

we

need

you

! W

e ar

e ho

ping

to

take

on

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am o

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ampi

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to h

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ad t

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of C

SSC

and

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ly 2

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cu

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ave

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h t

he

May

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dia

ns,

an

an

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t p

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rom

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eric

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ho

fi

rst

dis

cove

red

th

e d

elig

hts

of

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a as

lon

g a

go

as

600

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coa

bea

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wer

e so

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o t

hem

th

at t

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at t

en b

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s tw

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po

d h

as

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h c

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a fo

r ab

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t ei

gh

t b

ars

of

milk

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oco

late

o

r fo

ur

bar

s o

f d

ark.

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h t

ree

giv

es 4

00-8

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ars

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cola

te a

yea

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e Iv

ory

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ast

pro

du

ces

mo

re c

oco

a th

an

any

oth

er c

ou

ntr

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7 p

er c

ent

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wo

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ota

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as fi

rst

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ou

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rst

cup

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as

no

t b

rew

ed u

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00 y

ears

late

r, in

184

7, J

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s o

f B

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nve

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d t

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cho

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mis

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she

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elt

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ple

tely

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a c

ho

pp

ed u

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estl

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giv

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to h

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nd

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tlé.

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hem

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to

pri

nt

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rec

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its

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th

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sale

s, a

nd

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th w

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ld h

ave

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here

sh

e w

on h

er fi

rst

ever

tro

phy

and

from

the

re s

he p

rogr

esse

d to

bi

gger

and

big

ger

drea

ms.

“In

200

0, I

was

sel

ecte

d fo

r th

e G

B di

sabl

ed a

rche

ry t

eam

.” P

ippa

say

s, “

I wen

t to

my

first

Wor

ld

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

in 2

001

and

cam

e ho

me

with

a s

ilver

med

al.”

In

200

6 ho

wev

er, t

he c

urve

in P

ippa

’s ba

ck b

ecam

e so

bad

tha

t sh

e ne

eded

sur

gery

to

inse

rt a

met

al r

od a

nd s

ever

al s

crew

s,

follo

wed

by

six

mon

ths

of c

ompl

ete

rest

. How

ever

, des

pite

bei

ng

limite

d in

wha

t sh

e co

uld

do, s

he g

ot b

ack

on t

he t

eam

for

the

20

07 W

orld

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

whe

re t

hey

won

tea

m g

old!

Pipp

a w

as t

hen

thril

led

to b

e se

lect

ed f

or t

he L

ondo

n 20

12

Para

lym

pic

Gam

es w

here

she

cam

e 9t

h, b

ut b

y th

en s

he h

ad t

o

use

a w

heel

chai

r m

ore

and

mor

e as

her

mob

ility

dec

reas

ed. S

he

need

ed m

ore

surg

ery,

whi

ch s

he u

nder

wen

t at

the

end

of

last

ye

ar. “

The

surg

ery

was

inte

nded

to

alte

r th

e an

gle

of m

y ba

ck,”

sa

ys P

ippa

, “so

ano

ther

14

scre

ws

and

four

mor

e m

etal

rod

s jo

ined

my

exis

ting

met

alw

ork.

” W

hat

Pipp

a ha

dn’t

bar

gain

ed

for

was

tha

t th

is a

ltera

tion

wou

ld m

ean

that

her

old

whe

elch

air

wou

ld n

o lo

nger

fit

her.

A n

ew w

heel

chai

r, w

hich

wou

ld e

nabl

e he

r to

car

ry o

n w

ith h

er c

hose

n sp

ort

at P

aral

ympi

c le

vel,

was

go

ing

to b

e ve

ry e

xpen

sive

. “I a

m s

o gr

atef

ul t

o C

SSC

and

the

C

SIS

Cha

rity

Fund

for

the

gra

nt, b

ecau

se w

ithou

t th

e ne

w c

hair,

m

y dr

eam

s w

ould

nev

er e

ven

have

a c

hanc

e of

hap

peni

ng. T

o ge

t to

Rio

in 2

016

will

be

a lo

ng jo

urne

y –

I stil

l nee

d to

hea

l, bu

t th

e he

lp a

nd s

uppo

rt I

get

from

eve

ryon

e w

ill g

ive

me

my

best

ch

ance

and

I ca

n on

ly t

hank

eve

ryon

e w

ho, i

n an

y sm

all w

ay, h

as

help

ed m

e.”

PIPP

A W

AS

BORN

WWIT

H S

PIN

A B

IBIFIF

DA

AN

D W

AS

AS

NEV

EREX

PX

PECEC

TEETDD

TO W

ALK

, BU

T SH

EH

E W

AS

A V

ERY

DET

ERM

INED

CH

ILD

AAN

DN

SU

RPRI

SEDED

EV

ERYO

NE.

HHO

WEV

ERRAA

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NNA

NAA

DU

LT, T

HE

SPIN

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IBFI

DA

C

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AN

INC

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SIN

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URV

ATU

REEOO

F H

ER S

PIN

EEA

NA

D A

BA

DDLILI

MMP,

SOS

WH

EN H

ER H

UUSBS

AN

DEN

CO

URA

GED

HER

TO

TA

KEKE U

P A

NEW

SPPO

RO

T H

ER O

PTIIO

NO

S W

EREE

LLIMIM

ITIEDED

. SH

E C

HO

SE A

RCH

CH

ERY,

BEB

CA

USE

IT IS

MU

CH

LES

S PH

YSYSIC

ALL

Y D

EMA

NA

ND

ING

TH

AN

N

SOSM

E O

THHERR

SSPOO

RTS.

CSS

C m

embe

r Pip

pa B

ritto

n co

mpe

ted

in a

rche

ry fo

r Tea

m

GB

at th

e Lo

ndon

201

2 Pa

raly

mpi

c G

ames

. She

was

bor

n w

ith

spin

a bi

fida,

and

bec

ause

of h

er la

test

roun

d of

spi

nal s

urge

ry

Pipp

a ne

eded

to b

uy a

n ex

pens

ive

new

whe

elch

air,

whi

ch s

he

has

rece

ntly

pur

chas

ed w

ith h

elp

from

a s

peci

al g

rant

from

the

CSI

S C

harit

y Fu

nd a

war

ded

by th

e C

SSC

Spo

nsor

ship

Sch

eme.

Civ

il Se

rvic

e In

sura

nce

So

ciet

y C

har

ity

Fun

d is

an

ind

epen

den

t ch

arit

y lin

ked

to

th

e C

ivil

Serv

ice

Insu

ran

ce

Soci

ety

(CSI

S). C

SIS

is a

no

t-fo

r-p

rofi

t in

sura

nce

inte

rmed

iary

, wh

ich

mar

kets

pro

du

cts

excl

usi

vely

to

civ

il an

d

pu

blic

ser

van

ts (

visi

t cs

is.c

o.u

k). I

ts a

nn

ual

tra

din

g s

urp

lus

is p

aid

dir

ectl

y in

to t

he

char

ity,

wh

ose

aim

is t

o p

ut

it t

o g

oo

d u

se, h

elp

ing

to

rel

ieve

nee

d, h

ard

ship

an

d d

istr

ess

amo

ng

st s

ervi

ng

, fo

rmer

an

d r

etir

ed c

ivil

and

p

ub

lic s

erva

nts

an

d t

hei

r d

epen

dan

ts. T

hey

hav

e aw

ard

ed g

ran

ts o

f o

ver

£4 m

illio

n o

ver

the

last

six

yea

rs!

WIN

AW

EEK

END

AW

AY

WIT

H

Photo credit: Roger Bool

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16CSS

C N

ATIO

NAL

EV

ENTS

FO

CUS

LEISU

RE

17

The

Nat

iona

l Sw

imm

ing,

Div

ing,

Life

savi

ng a

nd W

ater

Pol

o C

ham

pion

ship

s ar

e be

ing

held

at

the

pres

tigio

us v

enue

, Po

nds

Forg

e in

She

ffiel

d. T

he e

vent

tak

es p

lace

ove

r tw

o da

ys, T

hurs

day

8 an

d Fr

iday

9 M

ay. A

ll ca

tego

ries

of

swim

min

g ar

e ca

tere

d fo

r in

thi

s po

pula

r O

pen

even

t an

d al

l sta

ndar

ds a

re w

elco

me.

A f

ree

divi

ng t

aste

r se

ssio

n is

al

so b

eing

hel

d w

ithin

thi

s ev

ent.

Ent

ry f

orm

s ar

e av

aila

ble

from

the

CSS

C w

ebsi

te, b

ut if

you

req

uire

any

fur

ther

in

form

atio

n ab

out

the

even

t, p

leas

e em

ail t

he o

rgan

iser

on

iain

.co

lqu

ho

un

@cs

sc.k

aro

o.c

o.u

k

SWIM

MIN

GW

HER

E: P

onds

For

ge, S

heffi

eld

WH

EN: 8

/9 M

ay 2

014

HO

W M

UC

H: £

3 pe

r eve

nt e

nter

ed

This

eve

nt h

as n

ow p

rogr

esse

d fr

om a

n O

pen

even

t to

a

Nat

iona

l Fin

al d

ue t

o th

e po

pula

rity

of t

he s

port

. The

N

atio

nal F

inal

s ar

e be

ing

held

at

Fram

es S

port

s Ba

r, C

ouls

don

on F

riday

13

and

Satu

rday

14

June

. Win

ners

of

the

regi

onal

co

mpe

titio

ns a

re p

rovi

ded

with

acc

omm

odat

ion

and

all

trav

ellin

g ex

pens

es a

re p

aid.

The

regi

onal

com

petit

ions

op

erat

e on

the

slid

ing

scal

e of

par

ticip

atio

n so

the

mor

e w

ho

ente

r, th

e m

ore

who

qua

lify.

All

qual

ifier

s ar

e op

en t

o ei

ther

ge

nder

and

all

stan

dard

s of

pla

yer

are

wel

com

e. F

ull d

etai

ls

of re

gion

al c

ompe

titio

ns c

an b

e fo

und

on t

he C

SSC

Web

site

(lo

ok u

nder

Poo

l or

your

regi

on f

or d

etai

ls).

For

mor

e in

form

atio

n co

ntac

t h

ilary

.gra

y@cs

sc.c

o.u

k.

8-BA

LL P

OO

LW

HER

E: F

ram

es S

port

s Ba

r, Co

ulsd

on

WH

EN: 1

3/14

June

201

4

HO

W M

UC

H: F

ree

thro

ugh

regi

onal

qua

lifier

s

CSS

C is

look

ing

to p

rovi

de a

gol

fing

holid

ay p

acka

ge t

o Ba

rbad

os. W

e w

ould

love

to

hear

fro

m y

ou if

you

wou

ld

be in

tere

sted

in jo

inin

g us

. Det

ails

of

wha

t is

invo

lved

are

ou

tline

d be

low

:

Barb

ados

, Roc

kley

and

Roy

al W

estm

orel

and

Gol

f C

ours

es.

For

furt

her

deta

ils a

bout

thi

s tr

ip p

leas

e co

ntac

t H

ilary

Gra

y on

hila

ry.g

ray@

cssc

.co

.uk

or c

all 0

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888

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This

is a

bra

nd n

ew e

vent

join

ing

the

CSS

C N

atio

nal E

vent

s C

alen

dar

and

follo

ws

on f

rom

the

pop

ular

ity

of 8

-Bal

l Poo

l. T

he t

ourn

amen

t w

ill

be s

tage

d at

the

Esc

ape

Pool

and

Sn

ooke

r Ba

r in

Bar

nsle

y on

Frid

ay

10 a

nd S

atur

day

11 O

ctob

er.

This

is a

n O

pen

Sing

les

even

t an

d pl

ayer

s ca

n be

eith

er g

ende

r an

d al

l sta

ndar

ds a

re w

elco

me.

The

en

try

fee

of £

5 pe

r pl

ayer

incl

udes

a

buff

et o

n bo

th d

ays.

Som

e C

SSC

reg

ions

will

be

able

to

assi

st

with

som

e tr

avel

/acc

omm

odat

ion

expe

nses

– c

heck

out

you

r re

gion

al

page

on

the

CSS

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ebsi

te f

or

deta

ils. E

ntry

for

ms

are

avai

labl

e fr

om h

ilary

.gra

y@cs

sc.c

o.u

k

Follo

win

g o

n f

rom

th

e su

pp

ort

th

at

CSS

C g

ave

volu

nte

ers

at t

he

Lon

do

n

Oly

mp

ics

in 2

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CSS

C w

ill o

nce

ag

ain

b

e p

rovi

din

g a

ssis

tan

ce t

o o

ur

mem

ber

s w

ho

are

sel

ecte

d t

o v

olu

nte

er a

t th

e 20

14

Co

mm

on

wea

lth

Gam

es in

Gla

sgo

w. T

he

sch

eme

will

en

titl

e m

emb

ers

to c

laim

a

on

e o

ff p

aym

ent

of

£50

tow

ard

s th

eir

2014

Co

mm

on

wea

lth

Gam

es e

xper

ien

ce.

Plea

se s

ub

mit

an

ap

plic

atio

n b

y p

ost

to

: M

atth

ew T

aylo

r, C

SSC

Sp

ort

s &

Lei

sure

, 7/

8 B

ellfi

eld

Ro

ad, H

igh

Wyc

om

be,

B

uck

ing

ham

shir

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P13

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ny

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uir

ies

abo

ut

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sch

eme,

ple

ase

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tact

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thew

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lor

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mat

thew

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lor@

cssc

.co

.uk

or

on

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Com

mon

wea

lth G

ames

Sub

sidy

Sch

eme

Te

rms

& C

ondi

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ou m

ust

be a

ble

to p

rovi

de w

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iden

ce o

f co

nfirm

ed G

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ow 2

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lect

ion.

2. Y

ou m

ust

have

bee

n a

CSS

C m

embe

r fo

r at

leas

t 6

mon

ths

prio

r to

th

e da

te o

f m

akin

g yo

ur c

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ober

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he C

omm

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es S

ubsi

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chem

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pre-

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s su

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chem

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tim

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budg

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ces,

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cept

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hat

poin

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ill b

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nour

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ked

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perie

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C’s

web

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Sce

ne.

GO

LF IN

TH

E SU

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bado

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WH

EN: 6

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ober

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llow

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PO

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ERE:

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arns

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ober

201

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HO

W M

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r pla

yer

CO

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