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British Heart Foundation Afan Team Challenge

On Sunday 2nd October, 8 teams answered the British Heart Foundation's challenge – ‘Are You Tough Enough’? The day started at 8.00am in Margam Park with a 5km run. The second stage was a cycle up to the Afan Forest Park Visitor Centre. A different type of challenge was next on the list with the teams having to memorise a poem and recite it back to the organisers. Stage four was an 8km river bed run down to Pontrhydyfen and back again, crossing the Afan River three times. Then came a deserved break for lunch.

The teams were then back on their bikes cycling across to the Gnoll Country Park, where they tackled another run before ferrying their team across the Gnoll Pond in rafts to the finish line. The winners were ‘The Cymmer Warriors’ who completed the event in 4 hours 40 minutes, beating a joint team of firemen and policemen, ‘The Have a Go Heroes’, by only 27 seconds. The real winners were the ‘British Heart Foundation’ who raised £10,000 from the inaugural event.

Andrew Jones
Campaigns & Events Executive Wales

British Heart Foundation Afan Team Challenge

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