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Barnsley Schoolboy Completes Three Peaks Challenge For Hospice
Mason Coles at the summit
A Barnsley schoolboy was part of a group of fundraisers who took on the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge to raise money for Barnsley Hospice.
Mason Coles, 10, was the youngest member of the nine-strong Little and Large team who climbed Pen-Y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough in under 12 hours on Saturday 18 May. Mason, who is a pupil at Holy Trinity School in Athersley, has raised £580 for the hospice.
Mason’s dad, Gavin Coles, said: “It made me so proud and emotional – he took it all in his stride. People we passed were shocked when they saw someone of Mason’s age doing the Three Peaks – many of them donated on the spot when they found out what he was doing. He is an exceptional young man.”
The Little and Large team at Ribblehead Viaduct
Little and Large Charity Challenges is a group set up by the Coles family and friends to raise money for Barnsley Hospice. They are now sponsored by Barnsley-based roofing contractor K. Waddington & Sons. For more information, visit their
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