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Matilda Hospital

Charities to get a lift

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SCMP Reporter

The Peak is set to be overrun with sedan chairs and silly costumes on Saturday, as 35 teams compete in a fun race to raise money for charity.

The 24th annual Matilda Bazaar and Sedan Chair Race, which will get underway at Matilda Hospital at 10.30 am, collected more than $2.2 million last year.

Organisers hope to hit the $3 million mark this year.

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The teams will compete over 3.2 kilometres (course A) or 2.1 kilometres (course B), with competitors in both categories starting and finishing at the hospital on the Peak.

A number of schools will be participating for the first time over the B course.

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Under the rules, each team comprising eight members will transport a sedan chair around the course. In the case of the men, it must contain a passenger who must be 'over 16 years of age, alive and human'.

The women, however, are allowed to carry a dummy weighing not less than 11.3 kilograms.

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