Champion for Charity Dan Nagle ready to channel his Hollywood doppleganger on Fight Night By Jeff Hicks www.champsforcharity.ca KITCHENER — Dan Nagle bears more than a passing resemblance to a late missing-in-action movie star. “People tell me I look like Chuck Norris,” said Nagle, a chartered accountant and financial problem-solving partner at BDO Canada in…
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Craig Seibel poised to ‘steel’ the individual fundraising crown for Champions for Charity & MacKids By Jeff Hicks www.champsforcharity.ca KITCHENER — The Man of Steel melted into the Man of Mush. A visit to McMaster Children’s Hospital as one of Mandy Bujold’s Champions for Charity fighting for MacKids has that wistful effect on he sturdiest of fundraisers…
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Reach For The Sky Champion for Charity Jennifer Appleby Vines makes boxing & fundraising for MacKids a package deal By Jeff Hicks www.champsforcharity.ca WATERLOO — Jennifer Appleby Vines reached for the sky like she felt a six-shooter in her back. Sweat trickled off her brow. She glanced around the Sydfit Health Centre at her Red…
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Sophia Clark opens the Jaws of Victory for Champions for Charity and MacKids By Jeff Hicks www.champsforcharity.ca Cambridge— Sophia Clark circles the ring methodically, like a hungry deep-sea predator. Ring the bell. There is a shark in the Tapestry Hall water. “I emulate a shark in the ring,” said Clark, one of Mandy Bujold’s 20 Champions…
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Champion for Charity Deidre Hatton prepares for composed boxing beginning for MacKids By Jeff Hicks www.champsforcharity.ca CAMBRIDGE — Deidre Hatton, 36, is eager to try new things. Like getting punched in the face. “I really value being a beginner at things,” said the strength and conditioning coach at Move Strong KW, and one of Mandy…
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Wes MacDonald lets Champions for Charity ‘consume his life’ to help MacKids www.champsforcharity.ca By Jeff Hicks KITCHENER — Wes MacDonald gripped the truck’s steering wheel at 10 o’clock and two o’clock. His head darted quickly to the left. Then, to the right and back again. “What are you doing?” Claudia, his bewildered girlfriend, said from…
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Champions for Charity Brad Fulton has Tunnel Vision for fundraising victory for MacKids By Jeff Hicks www.champsforcharity.ca KITCHENER — Brad Fulton embraces The Grind. Fifteen weeks of intense physical training to be one of Mandy Bujold’s 20 Champions for Charity. Gruelling early-morning workouts at Sydfit Health Centre in Kitchener. Jump squats. Jump ropes. Jump start to…
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Lynne MacDonald inspired to make her Champions for Charity vision come true for MacKids By Jeff Hicks www.champsforcharity.ca WATERLOO— Lynne MacDonald, fists up and chin down, stood in the boxing ring by herself and searched for an opponent who wasn’t there. Bright light cascaded down and engulfed her. The surrounding crowd below, a cheering mass…
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Champion for Charity Michelle Clark ready to fight for son Lincoln and MacKids By Jeff Hicks www.champsforcharity.ca BADEN — Sixty-five roses are wrapped snugly around Michelle Clark’s heart. They bloom perpetually for her 11-year-old son Lincoln. You see, Lincoln has cystic fibrosis, a serious genetic disease affecting the lungs and digestive system. So what do 65…
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Darren Johnston explodes out of the banker’s box to fight for MacKids www.champsforcharity.ca By Jeff Hicks KITCHENER — You’ve heard of a banker’s box? Stiff, cardboard and rectangular. Full of files and documents. Sealed with a lid and stored in the musty darkness of the murky basement. Now, meet Darren Johnston. He’s the banker who…
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