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SPORT On Sunday 31 August, my wife Lisa, my three year old daughter Stella and I joined a huge group of friends to form Team Stella for the 2014 Perth City to Surf. Team Stella had members competing in every distance, from the 4km walk to the full marathon. Our inspiration for doing this was our daughter, Stella, who was born with a very rare chromosome syndrome called Pentasomy X. This syndrome, which only affects girls, is so rare that Stella is one of only 30 girls worldwide to have ever been born with this disorder. We decided to set up a fundraising page for Team Stella, and chose Activ as our charity of choice. Activ is an organisation that helps people in Western Australia who are living with a disability to achieve their absolute best in all fac