On July 18th 2009, a team of five runners from Portsmouth Joggers Club will be taking part in the 100km/62 miles Gurkha Trailwalker Challenge from Petersfield in Hampshire to Brighton in East Sussex. The team - Derek Powles, Russ Bestley, Steve McLean, Tony Conway and Bob Maguire - are all experienced marathon runners, but this is the first time they have undertaken a challenge over this sort of distance. The team will run together, passing all checkpoints en-route as a group.

The team have chosen the name Phyl's Little Soldiers in honour of Russ's mum who sadly passed away in January this year - she had been a long-term supporter of the runners and the event takes place on her birthday date this year.

We are raising sponsorship for Oxfam and for the Gurkha Welfare Trust, a charity which supports Gurkha soldiers and their families. Our fundraising target is £2000, and we would really appreciate your support.

Fellow Portsmouth Jogger Howard Clark will also be running the London Marathon on April 26th 2009 to raise money for the same cause - please make donations to Howard's fundraising using the same link on this page

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