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Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation celebrates 2015 fundraisers

by Mark Jardine 14 Mar 2016 13:23 GMT 5 March 2016
Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation 2015 fundraisers prizegiving © Mark Jardine

At the RYA Suzuki Dinghy Show the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation celebrated 2015 fundraisers and we talked to Richard Percy and Tony Bishop about their plans for supporting sailing in 2016, their disabled sailing focus, and plans for the third Bart's Bash.

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