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Doc Trotter
Specialising in medical aid on hostile terrain, the
21 doctors and nurses of the "DOC TROTTER"
team are there to keep an eye on competitors' medical
state. They know blisters and other sores inside out.
AOI
Course officials, trackers, logisticians, timekeepers
and controllers all have experience of MDS and the Desert
Cup. In addition to the French volunteers, around twenty
Jordanians will be part of the support team. They'll
be on duty for almost 3 days, giving 100% of themselves,
and handing out plenty of much-welcomed smiles.
4 Continents
More than 20 nationalities are setting out on the DESERT
CUP 2001 Jordan Telecom: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark,
France, Germany, Great Britain, Iraq, Italy, Japan,
Jordan, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Poland,
South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USA.
Team registrations:
Rispoli : 2nd place in the women's ranking for
N. FIRMIN (F) and 5th in the general ranking for A.
FIRMIN (F), they came in 3rd overall as a team in "Le
Verdon" race, despite being mixed. Joined here
by G. COMBES (F), they'll make a formidable team.
Les cigales et le doryphore :
(The cicadas and the Colorado beetle): They've come
having accepted a challenge and with such a bucolic
name, M. MERCHAT(F), R. CARTON (F) and P. POEUF (F)
are sure to take great pleasure in contemplating nature
in Jordan...
Gones Runners 1: J. and M.VILLETON
(F), and B. CARMOIN (F).
Gones Runners 2 : E. DUPONT
(F), G. SOZZI (F) and P. GRENIER (F).
Gones Runners 3 : V.POTRAT (F),
M. VALEDOR (F) and A. JANIN (F).
Gones Runners 4 : E. DIDELET
(F), P. DIDELET (F) and M. DAVID (F). The Gones Runners
are all from the Lyon region.
Noma : S. POWER (GB), L. WALSH
(GB) and N. KARONIAS (GB) are running to raise funds
in the fight against Noma, a terrible infectious disease
that disfigures its victims. Their experience
is equalled only by their generosity of spirit.
Jordan Team 1 : Competitor in
both DC last year and MDS, L.HATTAB (JRD) will
be joined by M. AL SWITTI (JRD) 14th last year, and
S. AL AQRA (JRD) 2nd in 1999 test run.
Jordan Team 2 : D. HATTAB (JRD),
L. HATTAB's twin sister, is running in the name of world
peace along with sports trainer A. ABDELKBIR (M) and
T.SHADDAD (JRD).
Jordan Team 3 : R. MUSA (JRD)
is only 18 making her the youngest competitor. She's
joined by A. AL DAISAT (JRD) and O. FAURE (F) head of
marketing with Jordan Telecom.
Solar Energy
Thanks to the efforts of Gilles Flamant
(F) and Jean-Pierre VOZEL (F), who raised funds through
their Internet site, a photovoltaic pumping
station was installed during the 16th MDS in the small
village of M'FISS. The close collaboration between these
two warm-hearted sportsmen, TOTAL ENERGIE, AOI and ER
Rachidia Regional Water Board has helped to make daily
life that bit easier for a thousand or so
people. It's now the 5th pump to have been installed
on the MDS race route over the last few years.
Team
No team can be enrolled once in Morocco. The exact name
of the team and its members must be noted when the reservation
file is sent in.
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