reorganising data for mail merge

Reljoy

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I have a spreadsheet as a .xls generated from a swimming carnival program.

It gives me data in column A that looks like:

Appleby, Esmae - Female - Year: 7 - Comp#: - T - DOB: 14/03/2003
#73 Girls 12 100 Free Secondary
Bonnyville Sarah - Female - Year: 7 - Comp#: - T - DOB: 11/03/2003
#13 Girls 12 50 Free Secondary
#35 Girls 12 50 Fly Secondary
#73 Girls 12 100 Free Secondary
Capper Allison - Female - Year: 7 - Comp#: - C - DOB: 16/01/2003
#13 Girls 12 50 Free Secondary
#57 Girls 12 50 Breast Secondary
Floss Chantelle - Female - Year: 7 - Comp#: - C - DOB: 20/01/2003
#13 Girls 12 50 Free Secondary
#57 Girls 12 50 Breast Secondary
#73 Girls 12 100 Free Secondary
#87 Girls 12 50 Back Secondary
Frost, Jack - Male - Year: 7 - Comp#: 285 - C - DOB: 29/01/2003
#4 Boys 12-14 200 IM Secondary
#21 Boys 12 50 Free Secondary
#43 Boys 12 50 Fly Secondary
#54 Boys 12-14 200 Free Secondary
#65 Boys 12 50 Breast Secondary
#80 Boys 12 100 Free Secondary
#95 Boys 12 50 Back Secondary

<tbody>
</tbody>

I want it to look like: (there could be up to 8 events for each student):

Appleby, Esmae - Female - Year: 7 - Comp#: - T - DOB: 14/03/2003#73 Girls 12 100 Free Secondary
Bonnyville Sarah - Female - Year: 7 - Comp#: - T - DOB: 11/03/2003#13 Girls 12 50 Free Secondary#35 Girls 12 50 Fly Secondary#73 Girls 12 100 Free Secondary
Capper Allison - Female - Year: 7 - Comp#: - C - DOB: 16/01/2003#13 Girls 12 50 Free Secondary#57 Girls 12 50 Breast Secondary
Floss Chantelle - Female - Year: 7 - Comp#: - C - DOB: 20/01/2003#13 Girls 12 50 Free Secondary#57 Girls 12 50 Breast Secondary#73 Girls 12 100 Free Secondary#87 Girls 12 50 Back Secondary
Frost, Jack - Male - Year: 7 - Comp#: 285 - C - DOB: 29/01/2003#4 Boys 12-14 200 IM Secondary#21 Boys 12 50 Free Secondary#43 Boys 12 50 Fly Secondary#54 Boys 12-14 200 Free Secondary#65 Boys 12 50 Breast Secondary#80 Boys 12 100 Free Secondary#95 Boys 12 50 Back Secondary

<tbody>
</tbody>


Then the data can be mail merged to a parent letter.
How can I make Excel do this?
I want it to be able to be reused year after year.
 

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