WaterRelief Race for Africa
Page creator: Simon Maddrell
Event: WaterRelief Mission to Africa
Event Date: 4th May 2005
Team Members: Richard Barnes & Sam Towndrow
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Launch from Kew Gardens
About our charity : Excellent Development Excellent Development
We help disadvantaged communities in Africa to sustainably transform their environment enabling farmers to improve water supplies, food production, health and incomes.
Charity Registration No 1094478
Fundraising target:  £10,000.00
Donations so far:  £ 9,937.33
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On May 4th 2005, Richard Barnes and Sam & Ben Towndrow set off on an audacious challenge to cycle 3,000 miles to and from Africa in 30 days. They were sent on their way by Antonia Okonma, star of ITV's Bad Girls. You can keep up with their progress at www.RaceforAfrica.com

The Race for Africa team are raising money for Excellent Development, a charity that builds small scale dams and plants trees in Africa. The WaterRelief team will cycle the 3,000 mile return journey in an incredible 30 days.

Richard, Sam and Ben have been cycling together since they were eight years old, passing their cycling proficiency tests at Black Combe School in Cumbria, and training and competing together throughout their time at Millom Comprehensive.

The dams we build cost around £5,000 and provide an average of 1,000 people with clean water.
Give someone clean water for £5 - or even an average family for £30. One dam saves around 200,000 miles of walking per year for subsistence farmers in Africa.

For more information go to www.excellentdevelopment.com or e-mail simon@excellentdevelopment.com

Display Name Date Amount Tax Bonus  Comment
ben 28/06/2005 £50.00 £14.10 support from whitburn dental practice 
Bev Stephenson 27/06/2005 £15.00 £4.23 Well done lads- buy you a pint in the Punch Bowl on Christmas Eve! 
ang,deb and grant,dawn and chris 07/06/2005 £30.00 n/a  
Anonymous 02/06/2005 £10.00 £2.82  
helen cheney 02/06/2005 £50.00 £14.10 Well done Ben and bro and the gang, get the fit legs out at the party weyhey!!! 
David Lord (Tinas Dad) 01/06/2005 £20.00 £5.64 Congratulations you deserve every success 
Adam 01/06/2005 £50.00 £14.10  
Tina 31/05/2005 £20.00 £5.64 Keep it up not far to the pub 
Fiona Lord (tinas mum) 31/05/2005 £20.00 £5.64 nearly there keep going 
olivia and Tim 25/05/2005 £30.00 £8.46 keep going guys! 
Claire Inmans sister & husband! 24/05/2005 £20.00 £5.64 What a fantastic effort- well done, you should be proud! 
FiFi 2 24/05/2005 £30.00 £8.46 keep going lads . You're on the home stretch now!!!  
Anonymous 21/05/2005 £10.00 £2.82  
charlotte churchill 20/05/2005 £10.00 £2.82  
Nikki Wood 19/05/2005 £50.00 n/a Good luck guys 
Ruth Bradley 14/05/2005 £50.00 £14.10 Cycling from Coniston this am I wondered if your weather is as beautiful! Prob. rain when u r back! 
Chris and Apple 14/05/2005 £50.00 £14.10 Muchos respectos cyclos galaticos  
Heather and Alan 12/05/2005 £30.00 £8.46 Go for it and enjoy it too (if you can) 
BERYL HALL 10/05/2005 £30.00 £8.46 GOOD LUCK  
from j & k Wood 08/05/2005 £50.00 £14.10 if ur gonna do a ride do a big one 
Pat Hercberg 08/05/2005 £50.00 £14.10 You wimps! Any excuse not to ride the Fred Whitton. Good Luck! 
luke skywalker 07/05/2005 £20.00 n/a gosammygo 
Kiwi's mrs 07/05/2005 £30.00 £8.46 getting pulled over by the french police is better than getting run over by Fish! 
Bridget Wilson 06/05/2005 £100.00 £28.21  
Sue Stephenson 06/05/2005 £50.00 £14.10 Good luck with the trip 
Paul Worsley 06/05/2005 £50.00 £14.10 Mad as a hatter 
Lee Hazeldine 06/05/2005 £5.00 n/a take care, sure it cant be as inhospitable as Millom!!!!! 
Jo Hercberg 05/05/2005 £20.00 £5.64 Good luck! 
Helen 05/05/2005 £20.00 £5.64 very impressive achievement - good luck 
Kaz & Dan 04/05/2005 £100.00 £28.21 best of luck chaps, see you in Madrid!!! 
Sally Slack 02/05/2005 £20.00 £5.64 Big up the respect! 
Sam 30/04/2005 £5.00 £1.41 Huge thank you to Nayara, family and friends in Spain who raised >170 pounds for this event!! 
Stephen Owen 27/04/2005 £40.00 £11.28 Thx for your support - All the best for the ride, see you London at the end for a beer or two. 
ghadir 24/04/2005 £30.00 £8.46 you guys are brave or just crazy. Just don't come back as Cumbrian Krispy ducks! 
Jean & Peter Rice 22/04/2005 £100.00 n/a Support all the way from Vancouver 
Emily Harden 15/04/2005 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck! Don't envy you! 
Whitey 14/04/2005 £50.00 £14.10 Youuu shuuutt uuup 
SuperKev 14/04/2005 £50.01 £14.11 I'd gladly pay any amount NOT to see Barnsey in Lycra. Reedy - your donation's a bit tight isn't it? 
Anonymous 14/04/2005 £30.00 £8.46  
Reed. F 11/04/2005 £50.00 £14.10 Well done Barnesy. Doin' it for the kids... 
Beta Climbing Designs Ltd 07/04/2005 £50.00 n/a We've got a £10 on down William Hill that you fail! Good luck Chaps - Ian, Si, Noddy (The Beta Boys) 
Jenny 07/04/2005 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck lads!! Come back in one piece. 
gillian spence and doug cockett 05/04/2005 £20.00 £5.64 I admire anyone prepared to sit on a bike for that long! Good luck! 
Anonymous 05/04/2005 £10.00 £2.82  
Mark & Michelle 05/04/2005 £20.00 £5.64 Go on guy's I know you can all do it, Sam hopefully the new bike will make a big difference. 
Gen Smith 04/04/2005 £30.00 £8.46 Men in tights, love it. 
Nick and Julie-Anne 04/04/2005 £30.00 £8.46 Good luck !!!! 
fi and di cromarty 03/04/2005 £120.00 £33.85 remember clean underpants1...and don't come home till ur leg hair grows back! 
Moils 31/03/2005 £10.00 £2.82 Well done boys - enjoy it and please take some SPF 50 this time Richie! x 
Carys 30/03/2005 £25.00 £7.05 Good luck for the trip! Will be thinking of you 
Dave Gasston 29/03/2005 £25.00 £7.05 Good luck chaps! 
Paul Inman 29/03/2005 £50.00 £14.10 Good luck you mentalists! 
Jonathan Stamper 29/03/2005 £50.00 £14.10 Best of luck you crazy Bastards!! 
Alan Barnes 28/03/2005 £100.00 £28.21 Good Luck lads 
ben towndrow 28/03/2005 £100.00 £28.21 Come on you brutes i'm soo confident we can pull this off i've sponsored myself. 
Anonymous 28/03/2005 £30.00 £8.46  
Stuart Inman 24/03/2005 £50.00 £14.10 You crazy feckers.............. good on ya!! Sore arse anyone?  
Antipodean Sheep Farmer 24/03/2005 £50.00 n/a Rat you are a sexy brute! 
Anna Ikponmwosa 23/03/2005 £50.00 £14.10 Lots of luck Sam & Rat - don't forget the razors (for that aerodynamic effect of course!) 
Bud 23/03/2005 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck dude's safe jouney 
Juan 23/03/2005 £25.00 £7.05 David 'Kes' Barnes - RIP 
Nick 23/03/2005 £25.00 £7.05 Good luck to the both of you. Just remember Sam that you could have gone skiing instead! 
Victoria Ashcroft 22/03/2005 £20.00 £5.64  
Reedie 22/03/2005 £50.00 £14.10 Stay away from those kids Barnsey. 
Phil Walberg 22/03/2005 £100.00 £28.21 Good luck. You'll need it cycling in that lycra. 
Simon Baker 22/03/2005 £20.00 £5.64 do you get extra money for dressing like a gimp? 
David Barnes 21/03/2005 £15.00 £4.23 Did you know that messieurs Connett,White,Howes,Read and Harrity are all practising homosexuals 
Neil Stott 21/03/2005 £25.00 £7.05 Good luck to you both! Mr Barnes, you look lovely in your tights!! 
David Walters 21/03/2005 £10.00 £2.82  
Anonymous 21/03/2005 £25.00 £7.05  
Anonymous 21/03/2005 £250.00 £70.51  
Anonymous 21/03/2005 £10.00 £2.82  
Ian Wotton 21/03/2005 £100.00 £28.21 Wear a hat - with your ginger skin and pallid complection you could toast 
Anonymous 07/02/2005 £10.00 £2.82  
Richard Wiggs 07/02/2005 £10.00 £2.82 Barnesy, I'm not picking you up at the end of this one!! Best of luck guys 
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