The Manchester Bike Challenge is 4 bike rides based around Manchester.
Manchester to Liverpool 30th May (approx 38 miles) - Completed
Manchester to Blackpool 4th July (approx 60 miles) - Completed
Manchester to Chester 11th July (approx 45 miles) - Completed
Manchester 100 mile 5th September (approx 100 miles)
The Manchester Bike Challenge team can be seen at http://www.manchesterbikechallenge.co.uk where photos, event information and hopefully GPS tracking!!
We are riding for The Stroke Association which no doubt has affect someone in your life be it a friend, family or work colleague. Every penny earnt is going to The Stroke Association so dig deep!!
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We've completed our first ride which was Manchester to Liverpool, this started off as a cloudy day but the closer we got to Liverpool the brighter it got, I'm not sure if this was the weather or just the fact we were getting closer to the finish! In the end we completed the ride in 3 hours and 30 minutes. We're all looking forward to the Manchester to Blackpool ride and would like to thank everyone who has donated so far!
The second ride to Blackpool started off a very nice day despite what the weather man said but when we go to the last few miles which was all on the sea front, it proved a lot more difficult and with not much energy left in the legs, the wind and rain seriously affected us. We hung on and managed to complete the ride in 4 hours.
The third ride to Chester which we knew would have a lot more hills saw us riding through Delamere forest which again proved to be difficult but for different reasons than the other rides. Nice weather certainly helped with this one with a finish by the river. We completed this ride in 3 hours 23 minutes.
The final ride is going to be tough and we have been doing as much riding as possible in our spare time including a sportiv around Chester which was supposed to be 50 miles but turned out to be 60 and had the steepest hills we have encountered so far.
Raised so far: £1,354.00
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Well done Pete! Donation by Susanne O'Connell on 21/02/11 |
£60.00 + £16.92 Gift Aid |
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From many friends and colleagues at Urmston Group Practice and many at Urmston Hockey Club, grateful thanks for your donations and well done bikers! Donation by Liz Graham on 15/11/10 |
£344.00 |
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Hi This is donation from Tony Mannion (SolutionsPT) and Brian Smith (Family Member) - Thanks to both Donation by Neil Blackman on 10/09/10 |
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Brilliant! Well done Andrew & to your colleagues who rode. Also Heidi's mum & dad & the other Stretford Wheeler who rode. Dad x Donation by Stuart Graham on 10/09/10 |
£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid |
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Well done Andy! And good luck for the long ride tomorrow. Love Jen Donation by Jennifer Catto on 04/09/10 |
£20.00 |
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Well done Andrew!! I'm so impressed by all your hard work. Good luck for the last one, I'll be there at the finish line! Love Txxx Donation by Victoria Graham on 03/09/10 |
£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid |
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Well done Son, so proud of you. See you at the end of the '100'! Good luck, love Mum xxx Donation by Liz Graham on 27/08/10 |
£51.00 + £14.38 Gift Aid |
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Well done. Keep up the good work :) I'll see you at the end of the 100 (If you make it) lots of love Heidi x Donation by Heidi Hall-Patterson on 24/08/10 |
£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid |
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Donation from Jim Short Donation by Andy Graham on 23/08/10 |
£10.00 |
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Well done, see you all at the 100- Iain and Gill x Donation by Gill Hall-Patterson on 29/07/10 |
£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid |
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Well done mate and good luck with the rest of the rides! Donation by Graham and Gemma on 06/07/10 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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I am very proud of you Godson. Good luck and lots of love from Godmum. xx Donation by Irene Ackerley on 06/07/10 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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Well done so far and good luck for the 100 Donation by Chris and Sue on 06/07/10 |
£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid |
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Goddad's well impressed with your fund raising! Good luck with all the rides. Donation by Ron Ackerley on 04/07/10 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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Good Luck to you all Donation by Shirelle Griffin on 02/07/10 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Good luck... it's a great cause - keep on pedalling! x Donation by Rochelle Ackerley on 28/06/10 |
£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid |
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All the best of luck to you. I hear testes tortion is particularly painfal... :-) Good luck again! Donation by Duncan Ackerley on 27/06/10 |
£30.00 |
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Tenner from Paul Moore :) Donation by alan walker on 13/06/10 |
£10.00 |
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Hope you guys have comfortable saddles............ :) Donation by InControl Systems Limited on 09/06/10 |
£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid |
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Good luck have fun, also pedalpedalpedalpedalpedalpedal! Donation by Joel Richards on 02/06/10 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Goooood Luck Andy!!! =) xx Donation by Samantha Jones on 20/05/10 |
£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid |
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All the best Andy!! Donation by Sally Hobson on 20/05/10 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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good luck Andy G Donation by Raymond Adamson on 17/05/10 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Good luck! :) Donation by Andrew Richards on 17/05/10 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Good luck and well done Donation by John Bailey on 17/05/10 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
| * Total raised online: | £1,354.00 |
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| Offline donations: | £0.00 |
| Mobile donations: | £0.00 |
| Total Raised: | £1,354.00 |
| Gift Aid plus supplement: | £265.13 |
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