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Hi,

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

Dominic, Seb, Richard and Ian are raising much needed funds for Barnsley Hospice, South Yorkshire.  Have a look at http://www.barnsleyhospice.org/Home.aspx to see how your support can make a big and positive difference to the patients, thier relatives and friends who all recieve help from the hospice.

The Brompton World Championships is a slightly unusal bicycle race, which obviously involves some furiously fast racing, but on Brompton folding bikes and with the riders wearing a jacket and tie!  The Barnsley Hospice Bromptonteers are taking the event very seriously and have already been out training to practice riding in formation, but they also intend to have a lot of fun.  Have a look at http://www.brompton.co.uk/bwc/2009/ for more information.

The Barnsley Hospice Bromptoneers are:

Domonic Watts, who works for Microsoft;

Seb Schmoller, who works for The Association for Learning Technology;

Richard Kocher, who works for the BBC;

Ian Carey, who works for Barnsley Hospice (he's the boss).

Update

We have now completed this wonderful event and had a fantastic time.  Unfortunately we had a major calamity in that just 500m from the finish Dom suffered a puncture!  This has clearly adversely affected our team finishing time.  The results have yet to be published, but we will be analysing them to assess the 'what if' had Dom not punctured.  We are already discussing our tactic for next.

A big thank you to those who have already made a donation and encouragement to those thinking about - it's not too late.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.

Great cause! Well done Dom. Donation by fiona mckevitt 17/11/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Hope the race went well. Donation by Peter Kirby 03/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Well done! And I finally managed to make my donation, on the third attempt... Donation by Sarah Blandy 11/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good work fellas! Donation by Colin Riddell 08/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done guys, a very worthy charity. Donation by Rick Kocher 05/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Forze Seb - Forze! Donation by Walter Patterson 03/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good Luck for the Team. .. may you always be able to unfold your bicycles. Donation by Adam Blackwood 03/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

good luck rich! Donation by bernie scranney 29/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Great effort Dom et al Donation by James McQuaid 28/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Dom: Good cause...strange bike! Donation by Shirley Pearson 28/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Best of luck, Dom! Donation by Andrea Watts 28/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck Seb! Donation by Morag Munro 28/09/09  

£10.00

Peddle Seb, peddle like the wind... Donation by Melanie Fox 28/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation by Steve Ryan 28/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Brilliant. Good luck, Seb and co. We are particularly glad to support a Barnsley NHS cause. Donation by Kevin Donovan 27/09/09  

Seb - don't fall off! Donation by Dave Pickersgill 26/09/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Good luck Donation by Andy Buck 19/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck! Donation by Andy Jackson 18/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Goooooooo Dominooooooooooo :-) Donation by Bonami Meredith 09/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Is this the only occasion when you wear a jacket and tie? Donation by Mark A'Bear 09/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Bikes with funny names -I don't know, are they carbon with deep section rims? :) Donation by Steven Grier 08/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Lucky you - the view from the East Gate is one of the most beautiful in the kingdom! Enjoy - and congratulations from me - you're brilliant! Clare Donation by Clare Riley 08/09/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Good luck Dom aka Mr.Calorie Burner! Donation by Nicky Singh 08/09/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Go go go!!!!! Donation by Ceri Morriss 08/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Pah! - who needs lycra? Donation by Delia Watts 08/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Keep up the good work Donation by Tanya Schmoller 06/09/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Donation by David Jennings 03/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
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