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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 Teams

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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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Well done James! Really proud of your efforts. Sounds like it one tough ride. Love, Mike and ML. x

Donation by Mike Emery on 09/04/11

£40.00

+ £10.00 Gift Aid

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Congratulations James and all the team - fantastic effort, really proud of you!

Donation by Dean & Debs (HFC) on 09/04/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Stephanie Eatough on 09/04/11

£60.00

+ £15.00 Gift Aid

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Kris, Well Done to you - especially with the swollen knee - and all the team. xxx

Donation by Christine & Sean, Derby on 08/04/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Well done everyone!

Donation by John Harding on 08/04/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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Congrat Mr Carpenter and Co. A job well done! you may need to vist SawArsesRUS !!!!

Donation by Richard Hinton on 08/04/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Well done chaps! Great performance, and great entertainment you've provided us all too

Donation by Ron on 08/04/11

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

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Well Done James and the team!!

Donation by Angie & Matt on 07/04/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Well done Adam and all the team, its a great thing you have done x

Donation by Anonymous on 07/04/11

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Well done Mr Bickerton!OKAY sowewere waiting until you completed it before we donated ;o) Em & Si

Donation by Emma & Simon on 07/04/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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well done dale! very proud of you and the team love little sis x

Donation by stacey williams on 07/04/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Great work James & team!

Donation by Sarah Jones on 07/04/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Nice sunny finish , well done all

Donation by lloyd reed on 07/04/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Not far to go Well done!

Donation by Amanda Bolt on 07/04/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Keep on pedalling finish is not far way today!

Donation by Glyn Meredith on 07/04/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Well done guys. Been following your progress. Very impressive! Not sure I'd have made it! :-)

Donation by Richard Thomas on 07/04/11

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Keep going Paul - the end is in sight!!

Donation by Angie Warren on 07/04/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Neil Miller on 07/04/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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Good effort Sulley...nearly there!

Donation by Sian Hartstill on 06/04/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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Well done, fellas; keep it going... Steve & Chris - look forward to hearing all about the saddle sores over Easter weekend.

Donation by Mark Sanderson on 06/04/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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Donation by Anonymous on 06/04/11

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Feel the burn Mike, we want to see a broken man by the end! Team @ Signs Express

Donation by Grant Zehetmayr on 06/04/11

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

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Well done to everyone, almost there! Dale, v proud of you! (especially surviving hypothermia! lol) can't wait to see you! Lis x

Donation by Elisabeth Rilatt on 06/04/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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good luck wheeler!!

Donation by Dominic Rowe on 06/04/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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HI JAMES, HOPE YOU ARE ALL ENJOYING THE SUNSHINE AFTER THE RAIN AND THE KNEE IS HOLDING UP. WELL DONE TO EVERYONE HOPE YOU MEET YOUR TARGET.

Donation by JENNIFER HOWELLS on 06/04/11

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£12,360.62
  • Offline donations£3,415.00
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£15,775.62
  • Gift Aid£2,503.89

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