OK, so some of you may have seen the, erm, "discussions" I've had with Oracle in this section about why you should bequeath your entry fee. Here comes a bizarre coincidence....
Got a letter from FLM this morning: at the top it says "Congratulations: your entry for the Flora London Marathon to be held on Sunday April 13, 2003 has been accepted".
Excellent! But here comes the funny bit....
I have a little yellow sticker on my acceptance form. It says "Congratulations! You were rejected in the initial Ballot, but are one of the 1,000 winners of the Bequest Draw"
Now, how funny is that!
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Congratulations !! Now did you win that prize of the holiday in Club La Santa as well, or did they reckon that would be pushing it too far ? ;-)
I don't know, but I might just enter that "Win a night of passion with Kylie Minogue, Winona Ryder and Caprice" competition after all....
Why bequeath indeed!!!
I received my congratulations letter this morning with a yellow sticker saying I was rejected in the initial ballot but was one of the winners in the Bequest Draw.
Just fancy that, and I was in two minds whether to bequeath or not.
I don't know whether it's coincidence or not, but I'm happy!
Jules
My arguement is that it takes a lot of organisation, some dont like the commecialisation but without it and the bequethed money etc FLM wouldn't happen or have the atmosphere.
How much is spent on lottery tickets, is it to win or to donate. How much goes to charity and how much to fat cats in USA?
You have far better odds of a place in FLM than the lottery and it costs a hell of a lot less (£27 versus £52). Bequeth one and all.
Top marathon runners vs top footballers....who would you rather be a pound behind eh?
People pay hundreds of pounds a year for season tickets for football, where do you think the majority of the money gets spent?
Football - pay money to see football, see footballer, footballer gets money. Job's a good 'un.
Marathon - pay money to run, run. Everyone's happy.
Bequeathing - pay money to run, don't run, other runners get paid for showing up. You sit at home.
Did bequeath this year, didn't last year, purely because I could do with a fleece, and it seemed a better cost/risk than just for a t-shirt. I don't think it is in any way a donation to charity though.
Anyway, I got in through the extra 1,000 places so... erm... as you were.
ok Im naive