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Thank you for visiting our fund raising page.  You can find out a lot more about our challenge here - www.whosebrightideawasthis.com - and see photos from the training rides right through to the challenge itself.

On Sunday April 3rd 2011, 19 riders, made up largely of Welsh business friends, and 4 support team members will be travelling up to Holyhead on Anglesey, and the following morning will start to cycle south to Cardiff.  We will be riding for 260 miles approximately, stopping in Porthmadog, Aberaeron, and Brecon, before reaching Cardiff Bay Basin just after lunch on Thursday 7th April.

The riders are -

James Emery (COS Group), Nigel Greenaway (Berry Smith Solicitors), Kris Broome (St Davids Foundation), Mike Jordan (Bluegg Creative), Steve Sulley (UHY Peacheys), Joe Flynn (Dresser Wayne), Dale Williams (Yolk Recruitment), Chris Carpenter (Stills Design), Jon Baldwin (Vale Healthcare), Chris Haines (Evolvin), Ron Jarman (Buying Team), Paul Stapleton (Heineken UK), Paul Jones (Loosemores Solicitors), Tim Hawkins (PWC), Peter Regan (Cooper Industries), Simon Thomas (Creative Risk Solutions), Fabio Grech (Berry Smith Solicitors), Steve Bickerton (Advantage Accountants), Adam Davies (Seer Green), and James Howells (MCL Logistics).

Our support team is as follows -

Adrian Hadley (St Davids Foundation), Ravi Nalliah (Biotec Services International), and Jason Llewellyn (Barclays).

We are targetting £20,000 for charities, and although the event has been organised with St David's Foundation Hospice Care, who will receive 50% of the final total, a number of other, personally supported charities will be sharing the remaining 50%.  

* St. David's Foundation Hospice Care will receive the Gift-Aid from each donation (if applicable).

The other Charities are as follows: -

Noahs Ark Appeal, Friends of Pendoylan School, World at Play, Cancer Research, UCL Amyloidosis Research Fund, Sparkle.

We have been very lucky to have great support from a number of Welsh businesses, not least -

Tredz, Arriva Trains, Likes Land Rover, as well as our own companies and colleagues.  Thanks to you all.

If you have been sent this link and know one of the riders, support team, or their companies, or support one of the charities we are riding for, please give generously ... it will make the days of being saddle sore, the chaffing, the aching legs all very worthwhile.

We look forward to seeing you all on our return!

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My charity

St David's Hospice Care (Gwent and S. Powys)

St David's Hospice Care (Gwent and S. Powys)

Charity Registration No. 1010576

St. David's Hospice Care provides free community-based hospice care to people with cancer or any other life threatening illness living in Gwent and S. Powys. Your donations help us to provide the services that give patients a real choice about where they spend their final days.

Donations 350

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Won the box sweepstake at Cardiff City vs Middlesbrough for first goalscorer ... cannot bring myself to keep it.

Donation by James Emery on 17/05/11

£22.00

+ £5.50 Gift Aid

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Various donations to our beloved Physio Jon ...

Donation by James Emery on 17/05/11

£37.00

+ £9.25 Gift Aid

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Well done Mike and the team from friends and family of Maesteg

Donation by Anonymous on 04/05/11

£400.00

+ £100.00 Gift Aid

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Donation from Alex and Duncan at Dresser Wayne; cheers boys.

Donation by Joe Flynn on 26/04/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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Congratulations Chris. Should have done this before my trip to the Far East. Hope you enjoyed Milan even with all that walking!

Donation by Roger Webb on 18/04/11

£50.00

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Well Done Chris!

Donation by Liza Methuen on 18/04/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Well done James!

Donation by Karen McGrath on 18/04/11

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Well done tim. Money donated by the all the Chilcotts,Swallows, Myers,Julie,Janet,Brian H,Andy W,Annette,Wig,Judy,Jen&Bob, Glyn&Viv,Mo,Gail&John,Val

Donation by Mandy Boulter, family & friends on 18/04/11

£157.00

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Collected en route from various lovely people, not least the regulars of the White Lion in Macynlleth

Donation by James Emery on 15/04/11

£67.59

+ £16.90 Gift Aid

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Well done James and the team from Arwyn and all at Canton RFC Male Voice Choir

Donation by James Emery on 15/04/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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The whosebrightideawasthis.com team's sweepstake for the Chelsea versus Man U game on the Wednesday night in Brecon ... nobody won, so the charity wn

Donation by James Emery on 15/04/11

£75.00

+ £18.75 Gift Aid

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Thanks to all the off line donations for their support (Rob,Carole,Simon,Walter and Brian)

Donation by Joseph Flynn on 15/04/11

£70.00

+ £17.50 Gift Aid

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Congratulations Steve. Regards, Pete, Nick, Vince NG Motors

Donation by peter grima on 14/04/11

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

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Well done Steve, Chris and the rest of the team. GREAT EFFORT.

Donation by Antony Jones on 13/04/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Well done Hawkster & the team!

Donation by Jonathan Stott on 12/04/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Donation by Andrew Lee on 12/04/11

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Congratulations to Chris and the team !! Great job guys, hope you're not too sore!

Donation by Chris Riley on 11/04/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Well done Chris and team.

Donation by Mark Eedy on 11/04/11

£50.00

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Donation by Michael Collins on 11/04/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck to James and the team ... Phil and Gail

Donation by James Emery on 11/04/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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Well done Nigel from Aunty Peggy and friends

Donation by Nigel Greenaway on 11/04/11

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

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well done nigel at rest you can rest the legs

Donation by andrew bound on 11/04/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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Well done Chief!

Donation by Ali Saigar on 11/04/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Brilliant achievement ! Well done Peter!

Donation by Mark Mckee on 11/04/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Brilliant - so inspiring. Really enjoyed reading your blog too.

Donation by Paul & Loz Bhangoo on 09/04/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations$18,757.88
  • Offline donations$5,182.44
  • Text donations$0.00
  • Total raised$23,940.32
  • Gift Aid$3,799.79

* Charities pay a small fee for our service. Find out how much it is and what we do for it.