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title: "A HUGE congratulations to Ben Hartridge!"
url: "https://longbenton-high-school-2.schudio.com/news/2018-03-19-a-huge-congratulations-to-ben-hartridge"
school: "Longbenton High School"
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# A HUGE congratulations to Ben Hartridge!

  ![Image of A HUGE congratulations to Ben Hartridge!](https://files.schudio.com/longbenton-high-school-2/images/news/ben_hartridge.JPG)  19 March 2018

A HUGE congratulations from staff and students  to Ben Hartridge for raising a superb  £1,531.75 for Great North Children’s Hospital Respiratory and Oncology Teams as well as the PCIU and Cardiac Services at the Freeman in memory of his friend AJ by swimming 225 lengths within a 2 hour window!

What an amazing achievement!

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