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RELEASE Sport helps Shashi support Christie's
His latest venture was a 'Champagne Badminton' tournament for family and friends throughout South Manchester. Nearly 40 turned up at Cheadle Recreation Centre where 50-year-old Shashi and his family are regular players. He hired half the courts for the day, provided vintage bubbly as prizes and they raised £1,847 which will go towards creating a £3.4m world class Gene Therapy Centre a key project within the £25m 'Christie's' appeal. Added to their previous efforts it means that Shashi and co. have now raised some £8,000 for Manchester's world famous cancer centre. Shashi himself has been a patient since 1989 but he has raised money for almost 20 years because cancer caused the death of several close members of his family. Ends For further
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Self
determination and sport and are among the ways long time Christie supporter
and patient Shashi Dhawan of Cheadle Hulme helps in the fight cancer. Over
the last 12 years he has staged various fund raising events and even
completed a swimming marathon - despite losing a lung to the disease.