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Belfast bride-to-be dreams of walking down aisle after brain injury
Rebekah Nesbitt was just 24 when her life changed overnight after a serious car crash in September 2016
Rebekah Nesbitt and James Anderson before the crash
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For every bride walking down the aisle on their big day is a key moment, but for Rebekah Nesbitt it will be even more poignant.
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By Robbie Meredith
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image captionCurtis Ewing of Regent House School was one of the many rugby players who swapped their boots for running shoes for the challenge
In any other year the rugby team from Regent House School in Newtownards, County Down, would be battling to make the Schools Cup final.
Instead they have run over 1,200km (745 miles) in a week to win a challenge set by Ulster Rugby.
The showpiece of the schools game usually takes place at Ulster s Kingspan Stadium on St Patrick s Day.
But coronavirus restrictions mean that no games or training sessions have been able to take place this year.
2021 AQE schools admissions criteria in for Northern Ireland pupils
More than 9,000 pupils are competing for 4,801 places
Updated
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