It’s the ultimate challenge, The Fan Dance, part of the fitness and navigation phase and one of the selection tests for the SAS in the notorious Brecon Beacons. And Gordon’s student Tommy Aston, just a couple of months shy of his 18th birthday, is already in training for it!

The gruelling expedition will see him and his father Jez trekking some 15 miles twice up and over Pen y Fan, while carrying 35lb back packs, the day after his 18^th birthday in January to raise money for Team True Spirit, a charity that supports wounded, injured and sick soldiers and military veterans through sport.

Tommy, who joined Gordon’s last year for the Sixth Form, has been playing for the ACE Development Squad. While injury has prevented him from playing rugby, it hasn’t stopped him continuing training for the challenge, which involves runs of between five and ten miles in Swinley Forest and Lightwater Country Park. He admits that the challenge will be tough, although he says: “It’s nice to get out and do it, a good thing for us to do together and I will enjoy it knowing it will help others,  I’m doing this for the challenge and to raise money for the charity Team True Spirit”.

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