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Team Spin

Ipswich Hockey Club’s Women’s 1^st team did themselves and the club proud on Saturday as they ran, cycled, rowed and cross-trained to a stunning total of 817 miles.

The team were due to cover 41 miles each to hit the target on the day but due to a clash of commitments for a couple of players in the team, who could not be there, this target became 50 miles. It was a huge credit to the team that everyone on the day made their total, even if the last 9 miles were very painful indeed.  The pain was made bearable by the generous gym and Club members that donated miles and cash on the day.

The team hope to have raised a substantial amount to split between themselves and the 3 charities, Suffolk Sport Aid, Help for Heroes and The Willow Foundation. Please keep the donations coming.

The team would like to thank Ipswich Sports Club on Henley Road for the support and use of the gym and Ivan Clenenelle for lending us the spinning bikes. Special thanks on the day must go to midfielder Annie Nunn of AKN Fitness (www.aknfitness.co.uk) who co-ordinated the day so well and kept us ticking over.

Also Manager Donna Mills, who made sure she kept a tally of all the miles, Mike Tew who supported us all day and put in some serious miles, Anni Broster who made sure we were powered up by lucozade and had a lead bike and finally assistant coach Mark Wheelhouse who did some serious miles and led us home for the final 9 miles.

There will no doubt be some tired legs and saddle sore bottoms for a while but in 2 weeks time when the outdoor EHL league resumes,  Ipswich will only have too look back on what they achieved in the gym to realise that winning a hockey game is the easy bit!