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Olympic legends in fence-off to launch David Lloyd Leisure?s charity Team Family Gold Challenge

London (PRWEB UK) 6 February 2012

Olympic greats Fatima Whitbread MBE and Steve Backley OBE swapped their javelins for fencing sabres to launch David Lloyd Leisure?s Team Family Gold Challenge.

The athletes were joined by British fencing champion (sabre) Alex Crutchett, third highest ranking fencer (sabre) Maiyuran Ratneswaren, top fencer Anna Burnett and four-times Olympic gold medallist and CEO of Right To Play Johann Olav Koss for the fencing bout at the premier health, sports and leisure group?s Raynes Park, London club.

David Lloyd Leisure has joined forces with Gold Challenge, the UK?s only Olympic and Paralympic sport-based charity challenge, to launch a bespoke initiative giving members the chance to try new Olympic sports ? while raising money for the children?s charity Right To Play. David Lloyd Leisure?s partnership with Right To Play, a charity that provides sport and play activities for children in the developing world, goes beyond this initiative as Right To Play is now David Lloyd Leisure?s official charity partner for 2012.

Team Family Gold Challenge will give David Lloyd Leisure members the unique chance to test themselves in five new sports ? fencing, canoeing, judo archery and sailing – with the highest fundraisers having the chance to win a race place on the Olympic track where the world?s top athletes will compete in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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