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James Toon wrote: I've just heard from Brian Smith. Apparently there was a "minor hiccup" (he didn't say what it was) and he now hopes to receive the fixtures in the week beginning 27 August. I really don't think this is acceptable and I've replied to Brian as follows: Quote: Thanks for the informat...

Many thanks to everyone for bidding on these items. Between them they raised well over £300 which is incredibly generous and much appreciated by both me and everybody at Sparks. It's very kind of you all. For the record I finished the marathon in 4hr 11mins and have found it virtually impossible to...

Many thanks for all the bids so far - I'm amazed at how generous you all are. It really is much appreciated.

But please don't stop now - it's all for the kids!

Matt

As some of you may know I am running the marathon for the first time this Sunday. I am doing so to raise money for Sparks, a charity that funds research into paediatric medicine. As part of that I have some minor items of chess memorabilia on ebay (details and links below). If anyone is interested i...