The cricketers’ charity for the blind and partially sighted

MEMBERS’ NEWSLETTER APRIL 2012 www.primaryclub.org

Inside:

meet the people

whose lives are

changed by

your donations

The sportsyour money issupporting inOlympic year

see centre pages

INSIDE: The curse of Rule 5(c) – page 2; Club Dinner in pictures – page 3; Umpiring – page 8

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Ralph LilleyWe are very sad to bring you the news that Ralph Lilley, one of the tworemaining founder members of the Primary Club, has died. “Ralph wasa magnificent club cricketer,” fellow founder Keith Patterson told ThePrimary Club. “He was a fine opening bowler and I remember himtaking all 10 wickets in a game for Beckenham Cricket Club. He was alsoa hard hitting batsman, especially strong with anything on the halfvolley. Not only that, he was immensely sociable and loved his beer.”Ralph also designed the Primary Club logo and tie.

Berkshire StagsAtia Aslam, member of the Berkshire Stags VI Cricket team, is now amember of the England Women’s team which is currently in development. Two of the club’s cricket coaches, Mark and Amy Allen, who werecompletely new to blind cricket when they first came, have won theBerkshire round of the Sky Sports Coach Awards. They now go through tothe national awards ceremony taking place in January 2013.

Mehreen Akhtar: Olympic flameMehreen Akhtar, from Huddersfield, will carry the Olympic flame on itsjourney between Hull and York. A keen member of the town’s Actionnairesvisually impaired sporting club, a grant from The Primary Club was usedto buy a tandem for 16-year-old Mehreen some years ago.

Debra Awty, assistant principal at Moor End Academy where Mehreenattends the Visual Impairment Unit, said: “Mehreen is truly inspirational asshe immerses herself in both Academy and community life without lettingcircumstances dictate what she can and can’t go.” Her goal is to competein the Paralympics in the cross country event.

The curse of Rule 5(c)The curse of rule 5(c) has struck again. The rule, under which members areasked to add £2 to their annual donation for each primary achieved by anEngland batsman in a home test match, claimed the following victim in2011 as certified by Malcolm Ashton from the TMS commentary box:

l v India (1st Test, Lord’s)Broad lbw b Kumar

Members are, therefore, asked to add £2 to their annual donation. If everymember observes rule 5(c) our income will grow significantly. There wereeight Primaries in all Tests in England last summer (including Broad) – RASLakmal for Sri Lanka in the 3rd Test at the Rose Bowl, and for India,P Kumar, MS Dhoni, A Mukund and Harbhajan Singh in the 2nd Test atTrent Bridge and V Sehwag’s double at Edgbaston in the 3rd Test.

Primary Club CasualsThe cricketing wing of The Primary Club has a great selection of fixturesfor 2012. Now in their tenth season, the Casuals are doing their bit for theUK summer of sport with seven matches across London and the south-east. “We have done a good job in building up the fixture list over the pastfew years,” said Euan Spence, Captain, “but, with some of our regularshaving set off for pastures new and the patter of tiny feet more commonamong the team, we are keen to see some new blood.”

The Casuals are very much a recreational team, so whether you are aformer club player who is no longer able to commit to weekly fixtures, orsomeone who has not played since school, the Casuals would love to hearfrom you. The captain, Euan Spence, can be contacted onfixtures@primaryclub.org.

Editor’s letterEvery year I talk to dozens oforganisations around the country inpreparation for putting your newslettertogether. Every one I contact has so many storiesof how your generous donations really are helpingpeople around the UK. Here’s a typical example:

“With the help of the grant from The Primary Club,the sports ability club has gone from strength tostrength,” writes Fiona Broadley of Priestley SmithSchool, an all age specialist centre for pupils withsevere sight loss. “We run activities three eveningsafter school, one general sports club that offers awide range of activities, one dedicated judo club andone football session in conjuction with WestBromwich Football Club. More visually impairedstudents than ever are taking part.”

This is of course a special Olympic year for manypeople (see right) and it has been a marvellous12 months for the Club, including the extremelysuccessful dinner last summer – for more details,please see the report on the opposite page

I hope you will enjoy this year’snewsletter and reading aboutexactly where your money isgoing and some of the sports itis helping to fund. Once again,it’s been a privilege to edit it.

l Alex Johnson

WHATHAPPENS

TO YOUR

MONEY?

ChessA grant from The PrimaryClub enabled the BrailleChess Association to fundtheir ‘Coaching in Schools’programme. DavidWilkins, pictured below,was among thosebenefiting from thesessions.

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£14,000 raised at ThePrimary Club DinnerA former Prime Minister was among the 275 Club members and guests whoattended the successful fundraising event

l Sir John Major sets his field before beginninghis cricketing and political reminiscences

l MC Roger Dakin quells a barracker from the outer l Packed to capacity for the dinner

l Enjoying a pre-dinner drink l Club Patron Derek Underwood has the answer l Supporting the work of The Primary Club

The dinner, held in The Nursery Pavilion at Lord’s, included an auction,a raffle and a Higher & Lower game. Club Patron Derek Underwood andTrustee Mike Brace entertained diners with tales from their sportingexperiences but the highlight of the evening was an excellent afterdinner speech by The Rt Hon Sir John Major KG CH. Notable guestsincluded former TMS producer Peter Baxter and Pauline Johnston,widow of Brian Johnston, who drew the raffle.

“We are absolutely thrilled with the amount the dinner has raised inthese difficult times and very grateful to the generosity of our membersand their friends,” said Derek Underwood, Club Patron. “Every yearrequests for help far exceed our resources and we have to turn downvery deserving grant applications. This additional income will enable usto support more projects for blind and visually impaired people,helping them to gain valuable life skills through sport and recreation.”

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Futsal Birmingham Sports is one of the most popular places to enjoy this increasinglypopular way of playing indoor football. They provide special FIFA-qualified coachesand training facilities for VI players as well as running national and local leagues,tournaments and festivals.

SkiingA large group of beginnerswas among the 16 studentsand 17 staff from NewCollege Worcester – theresidential school for blindor partially sighted children- who travelled to Puy SaintVincent in the French Alpsfor their 2012 ski trip.Hereare co-ordinator CarolineGibbs (right) with Elin andSonia.

SailingThis kayaking trip to Windermere runby Useful Vision was funded by ThePrimary Club for families with VIchildren. Useful Vision’s aim is tohelp blind and partially sightedchildren and their families in thenorth east get the most out of life.

Some of the sports your

Swimming‘Swimming every Monday gives me avital opportunity to get involvedwith a fitness activity,” says one ofthe members of Sight SupportDerbyshire’s swimming sessions. “Itmeans a lot to me as not only am Iphysically isolated I am also sociallyisolated and this gives me theopportunity to meet with friends. Iwould really miss it if it were gone.”

Cover photo

Goalball at the MoorEnd Academy,supported by agrant from ThePrimary Club

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Our association with the Golden Duck hasspanned eight years now, from the plans onthe drawing board to the River Medway, wherethe boat is now moored, writes Chris Garbett,Trusts Manager for the Royal London Societyfor the Blind.

The first port of residence was HarlowOutdoor Centre on the River Stort. From herewe journeyed along the narrow and twistingmeanderings of the river, learning how tonegotiate locks en route and enjoying thesounds of nature in the beautiful countryside.

We combined some of our weekend tripswith activities at the Outdoor Centre, takingpart in rock climbing, canoeing andconfidence-building exercises. We thought itonly fair that we should teach the staff a littleabout visual impairment too, so we ‘turned thetables’ so to speak, and supplied someblindfolds for them to wear so that they couldappreciate for themselves what it was like forthose with no sight to participate in theseactivities and the immense amount of trustand courage which is needed to do so. Theirteaching methods and skills were honedthrough this experience, and it was lovely toshare in their enlightenment, which in turnwould benefit others.

The Centre, and those from the nearbyCanal Boat Project, also provided support forus on the Golden Duck through access to ateam of qualified skippers and crew who werealways willing to come on board and preparethe boat in advance of our sailing. This was abig help in itself as these ‘preparations’ couldbe quite time consuming, and it meant wecould go on board and sail immediately upon

our arrival and depart quickly at the end of theday. Although being a qualified boat skippermyself, I was only too happy to hand over this‘little chore’ to those who like tinkering withengines, oil and diesel. However, all was aboutto change.

The decision was made to change thelocation of the Golden Duck to Allington Lockon the River Medway. This meant we didn’thave to worry about traffic on the M25, andwe could be at the boat within 25 minutes fromthe Dorton Campus. However, for me, thedownside was that I no longer had the benefitof a group of willing helpers to ‘prep the boat’,and it was time to start that particularlearning curve for myself. I enlisted the help ofan engineer, and together we donned overalls,and I began my journey of familiarisation withthe tool kit, loads of switches, engine parts,fan belts, dip sticks, pump outs, even an oilchange. I can now ‘do the lot’.

The Primary Club’s generosity also providedus with funding to train skippers and crew forthe boat, and over time their qualificationshave enabled us to use it more extensively thanwhen it was first put into the water at thebeginning of its journey with us.

In season, about seven months of the year,the Golden Duck is the vehicle for LearningJourneys through various topics of interestseveral times a week. Key Stage 1-3 pupils arecurrently enacting their own version of TheWind in the Willows with their friends Ratty,Mole and Badger. Tales from the river bankhave never been so exciting, revealing andinformative – if you want to know more, you’llhave to come with us!

Golf

The 2011 Scottish Blind Golf SocietyStrokeplay Championship was heldat Drumoig Golf Resort, a relativelynew course in rolling countrysidejust north of St Andrews.

The field was slightly depleted thisyear by illness and accident, but the12 starters played some excellentgolf with the patient and expertsupport of their guides.

The first day leader, Miles Clark, wasthe winner after the second day’splay with net rounds of 74 and 72.The runner-up was Allan Morganand the winner of the gross scoreprize was Aly Reid. A convivial latelunch was taken after the end of thechampionship. The captain of theSBGS club, Sam Sloan, expressed theSociety’s warm appreciation of thePrimary Club’s support.

money funds...

And of course, cricket...The British Blind Sport Cricket Primary Club national knockout cup final took place atGloucestershire’s Nevil Road ground in Bristol. Warwickshire Cricket Club VI won thecompetition for the first time in the club’s history with a five wicket win over South WalesDragons. BBS Cricket Chairman Dave Gavrilovic said: “Thanks go to the Primary Club fortheir excellent funding of the competition.”

Golden Duck: an update

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SailingFor the last two years disabledstudents and staff from The QueenAlexandra College in the WestMidlands have enjoyed summersailing trips aboard Pegasus, a 74ftreplica Bristol Channel Pilot Cutterowned by The Island Trust. Thevoyages begin on a Sundayafternoon in August and finish onthe following Friday.

The experience is centred on thegroup learning how to sail a largetraditionally rigged boat. Thisincludes helming, hauling up sails,cooking, navigation and cleaning.The yacht has 10 berths for studentsand staff with two places on boardfor the Skipper and First Mate, bothhighly experienced youth workers,professional sailors and RYAInstructors.

On arrival, life on board gets off to aflying start with a detailed safetybrief and information about theweek. Everybody chooses a bunkand stows kit, and, with life jacketson, the vessel gets underway!

Trips run through beautiful Devon orCornish scenery, visiting lovelyharbours and sailing towards placeslike Dartmouth or Brixham. Onarrival at destinations, they anchoror moor up and go ashore to messaround on the beach, have a BBQ orto take a stroll and sample the localsights before bedding down for thenight back onboard.

The group thoroughly enjoy theexperience and so many studentswant to go back again year on year.One student was so motivated by hisexperience on the first trip that heprogressed on to gaining an RYACompetent Crew qualification in2011.

The college is now booked to sailagain in August 2012 with a newgroup of keen sailors as well as old.

WHATHAPPENS

TO YOUR

MONEY?

Do you live in the North East? Do youhave an odd hour or so? Would you liketo visit some of The Primary Club’sbeneficiaries in 2012?

If the answers are yes, we have just theopportunity for you as we are looking forsomebody to represent The Primary Clubin the North East. I can guarantee that youwill be amazed and humbled by what yousee, as my wife Barbara and I recentlyvisited some of the beneficiaries aroundthe Newcastle area.

First on the visit list was Useful Vision(www.usefulvision.org.uk) who are basedin Gateshead and provide a variety ofsporting and recreational events for VIchildren. The charity is run by Nick andRebecca Wilson who lost their young sonto an illness which also caused him to losehis sight at an early age. We met NickWilson at his company offices oneSaturday morning when Useful Vision wasrunning one of a number of fashionsessions for teenage girls. That morningthe aim was to teach the VI teenagers howto apply make-up. A professionalbeautician had given her time freely toteach the girls and had persuaded Proctor& Gamble to supply free make-up packsfor the girls. Barbara and I watchedsilently as the beautician patiently talkedto the girls about how to apply it withminimal or no sight.

The session had a serious side to it as itwas addressing the very real need for VIgirls to feel that they can use make-up asmuch as their sighted friends. Althoughserious in its intent, the morning wasgood natured as the girls tried the make-up on themselves and their friends - andthen asked their Mums for an opinion. Wefelt humbled by what we had seen andhow a small charity was addressing a veryreal need for VI teenagers.

Three days later we visited Vi-Abilitybased in east Newcastle and run byKenneth Robson. Vi-Ability meets in adisused school and provides a club for VIteenagers with a varied programme ofactivities. When Barbara and I visited, themain event was a contest between threeteams who had to complete a series ofchallenges inside and outside the club.

One of the challenges was five shots at abasketball hoop with only two warm-upshots allowed. I managed one with myreasonable eyesight and was very lowdown the list of participants.

The last of the physical challenges wasindoor football which the three teamsplayed with considerable vigour andconsiderable skill. The final challenge ofthe evening was a quiz which was enjoyedover a supper of toast and a hot drink. Thewhole evening was supervised by Kennethand a small number of helpers, some ofwhom had been members of Vi-Abilitybefore passing the maximum age limit.

The most moving part of the evening waswhen we were taking our farewells andtalking to Kenneth about the club. Hementioned that he’d had some sightproblems himself, that he was blind in oneeye and had recently suffered an illnessthat had severely affected the sight in his“good” eye. It takes much courage to run aclub for teenagers but to do it sosuccessfully with VI teenagers and havingalmost no sight yourself is almost beyondbelief.

Time did not allow us to visit BlindVoiceUK (www.blindvoice.co.uk). ThisStockton-on-Tees based charity firstapplied to us in 2006, when we agreed agrant for various active sporting trips, theconversion of various items of sportinginformation into a more readily accessibleformat for the visually impaired, “tactilediagrams”, and trips to Durham CCC andMiddlesbrough FC.

Finally, why not visit Durham’s ownvisually impaired cricket team who playedthe majority of their matches atWashington CC’s ground in 2011. Barbaraand I visited them in May 2011 and youwill be assured of a very warm welcomeshould you attend one of their games –just ensure that you introduce yourself tothe team and mention that you are amember of The Primary Club.

If you need any further information, pleaseemail me atbob.southward@primaryclub.org

The Primary Clubin the North East

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Dear Member,

I am writing this sitting at my computer on a lovely springday, the new season a fortnight away and the first roundof the county championship set to coincide with ahosepipe ban from which cricket clubs are not exempt. Nodoubt potential Primary Club members won’t waste theadditional excuse for a first ball dismissal provided by adusting pitch.

Our dinner last July – and in particular the splendid speechby Sir John Major KG, CH – was much enjoyed by the 275members and their guests who were able to attend; earlyarrivals would have seen England captain (and President ofthe Primary Club Juniors) Andrew Strauss enjoying a netsession with Graham Gooch and his “dog thrower” – andthe GB Olympic archery team taking an early opportunityto familiarise themselves with the conditions at Lord’s.

The year just ended has produced our best ever result andone that, a year ago, would have been beyond our wildestdreams. For that we are grateful for the substantiallegacies left to us by two former members. Increases in our“regular” donation income of some 15% and a 20%increase in new members were particularly encouraging.This increased income has enabled us to all but match our2006-07 record grant figure of £224,083, the recipientsincluding six new faces. Our income from Gift Aid fell – butnot by as much as I feared last year.

The meteoric rise of the England Test team to the numberone position (retained in the last few days thanks in part tosomewhat wetter conditions in New Zealand) has beenaccompanied by a dramatic fall in the number of home Test“primaries” – our Rule 5(c) receipts have not been helpedby only one such “primary” last year.

My (unpatriotic) hopes for more in 2012 have not beenassisted by the somewhat odd decision to stage thecontest for the top Test spot over a series of just threeTests, for which the staging of the Olympics is blamed,though the clash of events hasn’t prevented the schedulingof 13 ODIs and 4 T20 internationals.

Yours sincerely,

Chris Larlham

THE PRIMARY CLUB FORECAST RESULT FOR YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2012

2011/12 2010/11£ (forecast) £(actual)

Joining subscriptions and donations 141,546 123,402 Exceptional items 167,500 44,741Profit on dinner 14,032Profit on sales of merchandise 1,109 1,255Tax claim under Gift Aid 24,708 26,955Interest receivable 1,371 1,547Total income 350,266 197,900Publicity and administration costs (11,985) (11,875)Surplus for the year 338,281 186,025Surplus from earlier years 60,547 57,096Adjustment for grants refunded 471 0

399,299 243,121Grants (details below) 222,669 182,574Surplus to carry forward 176,630 60,547

Note: Copies of the Club’s full accounts may be obtained from the Honorary Treasurer.

2012 GRANTS TO SCHOOLS AND CLUBS FOR THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTEDBerkshire Co Blind Soc Monthly sports club & cricket club 9,850Birmingham Sports Club Futsal 3,000Blind Cricket England & Wales Equipment and development programme 7,060Braille Chess Association Chess for children & chess sets 3,200British Blind Sport Cricket – KO Final 7,530

Football 2,400Tenpin bowling 4,134 14,064

Bromley London Borough Children’s picnic 525 Joseph Clarke School Music tuition 5,200Clevedon VHBC 2012 Season Expenses 1,000County Bowls Association West Country bowls tournament 2011 4,250Cricket for Change Development programme 8,384Derbyshire Assoc for the Blind Swimming and tenpin bowling 5,504Devon Bowling Club 2012 Season expenses 2,500Durham VICC 2012 Season expenses 3,000East Anglian Sailing Trust Equipment 2,350English Blind Golf Assoc 2012 Matchplay Championship 3,000Hampshire VICC 2012 season expenses 3,000Henshaws Rehab treadmill 4,186Kent VICAG 2012 season expenses 1,900Kirklees Education Service, Yorks Sport and Recreation aids 15,000Lancashire Lions VICC 2012 Season expenses 2,200Living Paintings Olympic “Touch to See” books 5,450London Goalball Club 2012 season expenses 2,320London Sports Club 2012 season expenses 1,623Metro Cricket & Lawn bowls 8,000Milton Keynes Torch Fellowship Holidays for members 2,500National Blind Tenpin Bowling Winter Trios League 2011 2,500Assoc, BelfastNew College Worcester Skiing 6,000Northants Steelbacks VICC 2012 season expenses 3,000North Regional VIC Board 2012 season expenses 2,200Nottinghamshire VICC 2012 season expenses 2,550Open Country Tandem equipment 3,445Outlook Trust, Argyll Tall ships sailing week & tents 5,000RLSB Skiing & activity week 11,800Royal National College, Hereford Goalball & cricket 5,681St Benedict School After school clubs 2,000Scottish Blind Golf Soc 2012 Strokeplay Championship 1,500Seashell Trust Mobile sensory unit 7,019Sight Action, Inverness Ice skating 2,600Sight Service, Gateshead Sporting activities & residential weekend 5,318Somerset VICC 2012 season expenses 2,000South Wales Dragons CC 2012 season expenses 3,000South West Rovers 2011-12 football expenses 3,000Sunderland R S B Various sporting activities 4,000Sussex Sharks VICC 2012 season expenses and juniors 3,500Tandeming Together Tandem maintenance 1,840 Useful Vision Residential break 4,500VI-Ability Summer camp 2011 3,000VIB Somerset Bowling club season expense 4,000VIC Staines Dry ski day 750VICTA Weekend activity camp 3,900Waltham Forest Low Monthly sporting activities 3,500Vision ForumWarwickshire VICC 2012 season expenses 3,000

Yorkshire VICC 2012 season expenses 3,000

£222,669

From the Hon Sec…

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The kit had been washed and put away forthe winter, when I received an invitationto stand at the National 20/20 Finals forVisually Impaired Cricketers, writes LesClemenson.

I have long been a member of ThePrimary Club so thought I knew somethingof how the game was played, yet I was notready for the complexity of the rules and soit was with some trepidation that I walkedout for the first match of the morning.

Fortunately, my partner was anexperienced VI umpire, so he agreed to takethe first over. I was surprised and humbledby what followed. Rarely have I stood in amatch where the players were so intent onenjoying themselves or as willing to helpeach other and work together, ensuring thegame was played far beyond the wildestimagination of those who drafted The Spiritof Cricket preamble to The Laws. I did nothave to worry about knowing who was a Banything.

Merely signalling your decisions is, ofcourse, insufficient. You have to calleverything, loudly enough for everyone tohear. Calling no ball from square leg forwrong/too many bounces took somegetting used to as did remembering that aB1 batsman needed help to “find me” atsquare leg when no longer on strike. Oncethese issues were overcome, I was able tofocus on the remarkably competent cricketbeing played. Some of the B1s were socapable that I have to admit to forgettingthey were visually impaired - so when onewas bowled I had missed the fact it was asingle bounce delivery. The batsmanhadn’t! Nor had my colleague! So this wasquickly resolved, albeit leaving me a bit redfaced.

I was asked to stand in the final alongwith Ansell Porter from Wiltshire. Given thiswas, for both of us, the second VI game wehad ever done, a very brave and kinddecision made by the organisers. I think wedid an OK job. We didn’t seem to missanything and the game passed without anyreal issue, apart that is from the umpire’sworst nightmare, when we had two B1batsman at the crease, so two runners. Ihad never experienced this before althoughapparently it is common in VI games. We allknow the theory, but the practice was“entertaining”. Fortunately, there were nospeedy run outs on the day, which is just aswell...

Although a fine day, being late seasonthe issue of potentially unacceptable “bad”light was discussed. Given the ball isextremely unlikely to cause anyone injuryand the nature of the challenges facing theplayers, this was met with some wryamusement. As it was, the issue didn’tarise, but the question “how dark can itget?” was never really answered. In the endWarwickshire beat Sussex to win the title.

Talking to the organisers and players,they said they find it difficult to persuadeumpires to stand in their games. I canpromise anyone that, if you get the chance,you will enjoy it. You will be rewarded by afun day with genuinely talented andenthusiastic cricketers. There is a nationalleague, a knock out cup and a T20competition. In addition there areinternational matches (England also holdsthe VI Ashes) and the odd exhibition game,often at lunch during major “red ball”matches. If anyone is interested pleasecontact Pete Marshall onbcewumpires@aol.com.

I applied to become a member ofthe Blind Cricket of England andWales (BCEW) Umpires’ Panel in2011. I was duly accepted and senttraining material which I studiedat length.

As Les mentions, you cannot failto be humbled by the attitude ofthe players and their enjoyment ofthe game. Talking to teams in thebar after matches, I heard firsthand how sides rely upon theirPrimary Club grant for kit andtravel expenses.

My first season was not withoutits lighter moments though,mainly caused by the prime needfor players to hear the ball: itmakes a kind of rustling soundand on several occasions we hadto halt play to make this possible:

l At Highgate Woods in a LondonMetros fixture, play was haltedon several occasions due to theflight path from Heathrowbeing almost overhead. Thenoise of a 747 more thancancelled that made by the ball

lSimilarly, at a Sussex Sharksfixture at Hove, a noisy ice-cream van stopped play withfrequent renditions ofGreensleeves

lIn the same game at Hove, wehad to call dead-ball on anumber of occasions as the highwind drowned out the ballnoise

The Primary Club sponsors all thecounty VI cricket teams and theywould welcome members to theirmatches. Do introduce youself tothe players and you will receive avery warm welcome. Fixtures areposted on the BCEW web site athttp://bcewblog.wordpress.com

Bob Southward

Being a Vi umpire

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