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Harlequins will be represented at the Aviva Premiership Final by Bishop Perrin Church of England Primary School after helping local children improve their numeracy skills with the Tackling Numbers programme in partnership with MBNA.

From February to April 2013, the Aviva Premiership Rugby Trophy Lift took place at Premiership Rugby Clubs across the country in a search for the ultimate Fan Power, competing for the chance to carry the coveted Aviva Premiership Rugby Trophy to the Twickenham pitch side at the Final on Saturday 25th May.

You could be forgiven for forgetting that summer is just around the corner especially whilst checking the thermometers. But we are only a matter of weeks away from the school summer holidays and the start of the Harlequins Community Summer Camps.

Dan Abbott is currently the Squadron Quartermaster Corporal of HQ Squadron at the Household Cavalry Regiment in Combermere.

He joined the Regiment in 1993 and achieved his Household Cavalry Riding Instructor qualification soon after. In 2000, Dan moved to the HCR at Windsor and served in Bosnia with 'A' Squadron, The Life Guards in 2001, Iraq in 2003 on Operation TELLIC with 'D' Squadron, The Blues and Royals and again in Iraq on Operation TELLIC 10 where as a Forward Air Controller (FAC) he was awarded a commendation by the GOC. In 2010 he served in Afghanistan on Operation HERRICK 11 again as a FAC.

Dan wanted to show his support for the HCF by competing in an endurance event each month, raising money and the profile of the HCF and the Regiment. The events he participates in range from 10km runs through London to the gruelling Ice Man Challenge.

The HCF are funding all of Dan's entry fees and have helped source him sponsorship from Cotswold Clothing for his running shoes and vests.

Speaking of his support for the HCF, Abbott said: "When I served on Operation TELLIC in 2003 we lost a few friends out there. The Regiment is about to deploy on Herrick 18 to Afghanistan and that is why I am supporting the HCF because they support our casualties and Veterans"