48-hour pool marathon in Skegness

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A Skegness man took part in a 48-hour pool marathon in memory of his friend, Darren Cooper, who died of cancer last July. He was raising funds  in aid of Men’s Mental Health and Cancer Research charities. Barry Robinson reports:

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00:00Eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, yay!

00:12Yay!

00:26Come here.

00:28For the Morton family, as it is, great people.

00:32And Dave, what he's done is absolutely superb there.

00:36This man came, says, can you help me, will you help me get this up and running?

00:41For his mate, I've passed away.

00:43Can't lose me.

00:45That's, of course, a little pal.

00:47Never again.

00:49350 games, I believe.

00:52How many of those did you win, do you know?

00:55Not sure.

00:56Last time they had about 89, I think.

00:59That's not bad, is it?

01:01So, 48 hours.

01:04You must be ready for bed now, I've got to say.

01:08What have we raised, roughly?

01:10We think we've got £1,850 from Rathol.

01:13We've got £600 on GoFundMe and we're still counting.

01:17So, you know, you can still come down, you can still donate, you can leave it at the pub here.

01:22I'm just not playing Paul Wood here.

01:26Apparently, if you want a game of Paul Wood, Dave, it's going to cost you £100 a game.

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