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Article: Isle of Woman sports events in pipeline.
- Article from:
- Isle of Man Newspapers (Douglas, England)
- Article date:
- July 26, 2007
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A NUMBER of sporting events are being planned for this year's Isle of Woman festival, which will be held over the last weekend in October.
The event is held to raise money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer and to highlight the Island as a tourist destination.
Fundraising efforts for the charity by past Isle of Woman events contributed towards [pounds sterling]1m being raised. This fundraising feat, over 16 years, was acknowledged in a letter to Breakthrough from Prince Charles.
In the letter to the IoM Breakthrough branch, he commended its fundraising events and described its effort as 'inspiring'.
This year's Isle of Woman festival is ...