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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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It's all mostly downhill!! Good Luck to all from Mulberry Wealth Management

Donation by Philip Payne on 22/03/11

£50.00

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Good luck Simon and I hope it doesn't hurt too much !!

Donation by Sian England on 22/03/11

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

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Good luck to James and all the team

Donation by Natalie Said on 22/03/11

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

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Good luck Tim. Hope you have a comfy saddle!

Donation by Tim Hill on 22/03/11

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

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For Japan!

Donation by Jane Hutt on 21/03/11

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

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Good Luck!!

Donation by Helen Reilly on 21/03/11

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

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Very best wishes to James and the guys for a hugely successful jouney - may the sun shine on you! South Wales Chamber of Commerce

Donation by Graham Morgan on 21/03/11

£25.00

+ £7.05 Gift Aid

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Good luck James. Sounds like you are already saddle sore!

Donation by alyson jones on 21/03/11

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

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Wishing you good weather, padded bottoms and the wind behind you. XX

Donation by Marion Williams on 21/03/11

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

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Goodluck to Dale and all the guys.....looking forward to the pics!

Donation by Nici Jones on 21/03/11

£30.00

+ £8.46 Gift Aid

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Good Luck to all of you!

Donation by Jackie Quantock on 21/03/11

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

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Best of luck Steve & Co! Rob, Sarah & Iwan x

Donation by Sarah Funnell on 21/03/11

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

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From the collective Casino owners of Vegas!

Donation by Ron on 21/03/11

£500.00

+ £141.03 Gift Aid

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Good luck to you all. Vaseline up! I hope Adrian doesn't get too tired driving the support vehicle.

Donation by Rhys Williams on 21/03/11

£15.00

+ £4.23 Gift Aid

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hope you have got padded shorts Fabio. Good luck love Sian, Andy, Kitty & Elsie xx

Donation by sian davies on 20/03/11

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Steve, all the very best... did you say you were doing it on a Penny-farthing? Blazing saddles comes to mind! Enjoy!

Donation by Owen Roberts, Tracesmart on 18/03/11

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

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Good luck to all involved

Donation by Huw Davies on 17/03/11

£25.00

+ £7.05 Gift Aid

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Pete - you go kid! Sally x

Donation by sally heppenstall on 17/03/11

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

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Donation by lewin chalkley on 15/03/11

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

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Good luck steve. Get the Vaseline warmed up!!

Donation by Donna Hester on 15/03/11

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

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Good luck Chris! Don't leave your bike anywhere or you might end up walking!! Kat and Adam xx

Donation by Kathryn Shaw on 15/03/11

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

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All the very best fabio. Such a worthy cause. Good luck. loredana & Ian

Donation by Loredana Williams on 15/03/11

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

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Best wishes with all your efforts for a very worthy cause.

Donation by S Phillip Smith on 15/03/11

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

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Good luck Kris. Hope your bum's ok after the ride...

Donation by Cat & Dave & Kate & Dolly on 14/03/11

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

 

Good luck and enjoy!

Donation by Anonymous on 14/03/11

£25.00

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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