Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. On Saturday 24th October I'm going to be competing in the Scott Time & Observation Trial once again. As most of you know I finished last year 21 seconds out of time which was gutting!! So I'm back for another go, I know I've left it late but its been touch and go as to whether I'd recover from injury in time.

This year I'm doing it the hard way, I'll be riding with a pretty badly damaged knee on a 125 cc Gas Gas so somehow I need to find 21 seconds :-s I didn't want to take any sponsorship without being sure I'd be on the start line. Well I'm giving it a go so if you can afford a little for those who have some pretty serious injuries then go ahead. If you can't spare anything then just shout or cheer at me if your watching.

 

[Taken from the Help for Heroes website]

 

Help for Heroes is very simple; we are strictly non political, we recognize that wars happen under any government, and we are non critical, preferring to get on with the job rather than talking about rights and wrongs.

 

 

 

Our first task, given to us by General Sir Richard Dannatt, the Head of the Army, was to raise £6 million to help provide a swimming pool and gym complex at the tri service rehabilitation centre at Headley Court. With the support of Royalty, The Armed Forces, Celebrities, the Press and thousands of ordinary, decent people, we achieved that target in our first eight months.

 

 

 

Our first task may be complete, but our job is not and, while our young men and women continue to be wounded, we intend to be there to help. We are pushing on with even more determination, buoyed by the extraordinary support of the public in our first few months, to ensure that the wounded get the best help, support and futures that they deserve.

 

 

 

Our Servicemen and women give more, risk more and sacrifice more, so we believe that they should be given more; we believe they deserve the very best. They say they are not Heroes, that they are just blokes doing their job; we say that anyone who volunteers to join the Armed Forces and serve in time of war is a hero and we want to help our heroes.

 

 

 

Help for Heroes needs to raise a great deal of money and as that money comes in, we will spend it, on improving facilities like the pool complex or the relative’s house at Selly Oak and by giving grants to the right organisations to ensure that our wounded get the very best.

 

 

 

This is needed, it is urgent and it is making a very real difference to our Armed Forces. 

 

For those that don't know what the Scott is Its a British motorcycle trials competition run over an off road course of approximately 70 miles and is one of the most challenging trials events in the UK, its appeal is to clubman riders as well as international professional riders. The Scott raises money for the "Scott charities", a range of local non-profit making organisations.

 

The Scott Trial began in 1914 when Alfred Angas Scott, inventor and founder of the Scott Motorcycle Company challenged the workers at his factory to ride from the factory in Shipley through the Yorkshire Dales to Burnsall, a riverside village near Grassington. Of the 14 starters only 9 finished. The event was reintroduced after the First World War in 1919 and although Alfred Scott died in 1923 the event continued to be run by the Scott workers until 1926

 

The current Scott Trial continues to be a time and observation event run over an off road course of 84 mile, divided into 76 sections. Riders lose marks for putting a foot down or "footing" in the observed sections and for finishing behind the fastest rider. Over the years a huge range of special awards and memorial trophies have become associated with the Scott Trial, including 'best performing Yorkshireman' and 'oldest official finisher'. Almost as wet and muddy as the historic 1962 event, there were only 60 official finishers in 2008 out of a starting entry of 200, with rider Graham Jarvis performing best in steady rain, setting a record of eight overall wins. [Wikipedia]

 

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