Rugby club's ball washes up nearly 500 miles away
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Two of the club's young players, placed the ball in the toy bin on 15 June so that families could play with it while at the seaside. However, just over a month later it had managed to travel hundreds of miles across the North Sea and was found in Denmark by Bernd Terbeek and his son, who were on a fishing trip.Mr Terbeek decided to email the club to tell them of his family's discovery and said they planned to use it to play rugby later that day.He added that his family planned to keep the ball and would continue to check on the club's activities in the future.
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