The 7 Rides for 7 Brothers Norris Family Team

Please note that this site will remain open to take donations until Friday 11 July 2008. Thereafter, any additional donations can only be taken in cash/ cheque form.

Thank you for your support and visiting our fundraising page.  If you are able, please make an individual donation online of £2 or more. Many thanks if you have already donated to the BHF or sponsored our team.

Thanks especially to our Corporate Sponsors:
John O'Flynn Developments Ltd
Celebration Travel
Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander
Arkell's Brewery
Intelliscan

Special thanks also to our colleagues and friends connected with BT/KBR, notably:
Infotech
Rolta
Avineon
Tata

Thanks to our colleague Graham WALKER for starting these contributions on 28th April!

Many thanks to our family and friends across the world for all their generous donations and help in this BHF fund raising venture. Our special thoughts are with our Mum, who again showed the way with her contribution on 22nd April!

Our gratitude goes to Erna BLACK and Stuart CROSSLEY for their initial donations and getting this campaign off to a fine start!

If you have donated online to the BHF via this site or sponsored our team and would like a .pdf of this site then please email me and I will reply with it soon. john@shopserveruk.co.uk

L2B Bike Ride update, Sunday 17 June 2008

The bike ride went well. In the left column, you can see us at the START line in Clapham Common. We kept together as a team, rendezvousing along the way. It felt great when we met after the climb up Ditchling Beacon hill and then the cycle down the hill into Brighton, crossing the FINISH line in a straight line formation, to collect our medals. Thank you to all our sponsors. If you have pledged, please donate online by clicking the "SPONSOR US NOW" link above. Do spread the word and ask your contacts to make a small donation to the BFH and so help achieve the mighty £7,777 target. Do share this link with them http://www.justgiving.com/7rides_for_7brothers.

We are asking companies to donate £77: send us your logo, web address and a message and we will feature your company logo on this page with a link to your site. We will also feature your message - and if you can include 7, 77, or more in your message, relating to your business and maybe the British Heart Foundation, then our many visitors are sure to take notice.

Our target is 911 sponsors, individual and corporate, giving a total of £7,777. And for this excellent cause we really don't want to stop there...

Thought for today
If you cycle regularly, you can expect to be as fit as an average person 7 years younger. {from the guardian guide to cycling March 2007}

Sponsorship to 3 July 2008 = 92 sponsors giving £2,161.50

Team Target = 911 sponsors giving a total of £7,777

Just think, 911 sponsors, that is 891 individual sponsors and 20 company sponsors ,will help achieve the challenging team target set [£7*891+£77*20=£7,777].

So, do spread the word to raise the pulse to beat this challenging target!!!

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The response so far is truely international, with sponsorship from Ireland, England, Australia, France, Wales, Scotland, India, Denmark and America. Let's reach out and achieve BHF sponsorship across the whole world!

Many thanks.

£  7       per person (family)
£77       per company

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way because the  British Heart Foundation will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

So please sponsor us now!

Thank you for your support.

The 7 Norris Brothers team members are:

07810 Michael Norris
07812 John Norris
07816 Gerard Norris
07817 Eugene Norris
07818 Peter Norris
07819 Hugh Norris
07820 David Norris

Thanks to our  C o m p a n y/ Team   S p o n s o r s

We would like to say a big thank you to the following company sponsors:

Celebration Travel {Dunhill, Ireland} - Christeen & George
Celebration Travel have donated £50 to the BHF and provided the team van to transport the team bicycles to the START line, Clapham Common, London and to return them from the FINISH line, Brigton Pier. Sponsorship = £389.
"Licenced tour operator specialising in Pilgrimage destinations such as The Holy Land, Rome, Fatima, Greece, Turkey, Malta and many more. For further details

telephone: 0845-6032685, email: ctlireland@eircom.net"

Arkell's Brewery {Swindon, Wiltshire, England}
Arkell's Brewery have donated £77 to the BHF.
"From serving the first pint in 1843 to serving pints in our pubs today, Arkell's seek to satisfy the thirstiest of drinkers. Great ale, great food and first class accommodation!"

telephone: 01793-823026, website: http://www.arkells.com/"

John O'Flynn Develoments Ltd {Swindon, England}
John O'Flynn have provided sponsorship of £287 for the the team van fuel, for team expenses such as the team T-shirts and a generous £490 donation for the BHF. Total support = £777.
"a Plant & Machinery Hire & Leasing business based in Swindon."

telephone: 01793 486 631, email: Eleanor.Merryweather@johnoflynn.co.uk

Intelliscan Ltd {Aberdeen, Scotland}
Intelliscan ltd have donated £77 to the BHF.
Willie SMITH, Andrew SALISBURY, Colin ADAN, Gordan PATERSON, Gordon MURRISON, Colin FORD, Gavin MacLEAN

"Intelliscan was founded in 1994 by a group of geospatial software engineers that recognised the significant value that data, and the systems used to store and analyse this data, could bring to business.

Our customers include over 200 companies in a myriad of market sectors - from utilities, local and central government, oil and gas, to many spheres of the marine industry."

telephone:+44 (0) 1651 277 000, website: http://www.intelliscan.co.uk/

Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander {London, England}
Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander have donated £250 to the BHF.
"Charity is a seven letter word!  Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander would like to wish the 7 Norris Brothers the very best of luck in their fund raising quest for the British Heart Foundation, whilst cycling from London to Brighton."

"Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander offers integrated financial services to companies, institutional investors and individuals. These services include corporate banking, investment banking, capital markets services, treasury services, and comprehensive wealth management services for private banking clients."

telephone: +44 (0) 20 3205 5000, website: www.kaupthingsingers.co.uk

BT {London, England}
"National telecommunications provider."

website: http://www.bt.com/

KBR {Leatherhead, England}
"KBR is a leading global engineering, construction and services company supporting the energy, petrochemicals, government services and civil infrastructure sectors. The company is a leader in many of the growing end-markets it serves, particularly gas monetization, having designed and constructed, alone or with joint venture partners, more than half of the world's operating liquefied natural gas (LNG) production capacity over the past 30 years. KBR offers a wide range of services through its Upstream, Downstream, Technology, Services, Government and Infrastructure, and Ventures business segments."

telephone:  01372 865 000, website: http://www.kbr.com/

Infotech Team {Aylesbury, England}
Ravikiran BHADRAGIRI, Renny John MATHEWS, Satish REDDY, Vijay RAMINENI, Nagamani RAMINENI, Lakshum Naidu SAMBANGI, Sudhakar MANNAM, Amba Reddy GADDAMPALLY, Sathish KOPPURAVURI, Anantha Lakshmi NANDIGAM, Neelima PATURU, Ravi Kumar REKALA, Sanjay Kumar BEJGUM, Jagan Mohan KUDIKALA, Eswara Kishore TUMMALAPALLI, Sudarshan BODDU, Gopi MADHAV, Sateesh VASIREDDY, Rajesh BODDUNA, Basava Kumar BUSAM, Prashant Kumar YADAV, Sandhya Rani BARATAM, Sreekar Rao PALLAM, Tapas Ranjan RAY, Arshi KHURSHEED

"Infotech is a world leader in geospatial services, particularly for the telecom, utilities and government markets in North America, Europe and Australia. It also enjoys a significant presence in the telecom and utility segments in India. By investing in Geospace Integra and leveraging the combined entity’s strengths, Infotech moves into an even stronger position to address the high-growth geospatial markets in India and the Middle East."

http://www.infotech-enterprises.com/

Rolta Team {Aylesbury, England}
Jitendra KINAGE, Arun SALASKAR, Sachin WAGH, Arindam BASU, Rajendra SHINDE, Milan SANYASI, Sanjay JADHAV, Vasudev OROSKAR, Deepankar KADAM, Rajendra PAYAREe, Kiran NEHETE, Kishor WALAM

"Rolta is a market leader in providing specialized IT-based solutions to the geospatial and engineering sectors. In addition, Rolta provides a full complement of solutions in the areas of ship design, software engineering and development, eSecurity and enterprise IT management, ERP consulting and deployment and interactive media and game development. We have successfully executed multi-million dollar contracts across a broad spectrum of industries and sectors in over 35 countries."

http://www.rolta.com/

TCS Team {Aylesbury, England}
Lumas PALLISARY, Sasikumar MANOHARAN, Rajasekharan DAKSHINAMOORTHY, Thennarasu BENEDICT, Vijay VASU

"At TCS, it means achieving real business results that allow you to transform, and not just maintain, your operations. Our IT services, business solutions, and outsourcing bring you a level of certainty that no other competitor can match. You'll experience requirements that are met on-time, within budget, and with high quality; greater efficiency and responsiveness to your business; and the ability to shift investment to strategic initiatives rather than tactical functions"

We would like to say a big thank you to the following individual sponsors:

Erna BLACK {Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England}
Stuart CROSSLEY {Bolton, Lancashire, England}
Mrs C Norris Snr (our Mum) {Tipperary, Ireland}
Dale RICHINGS {Swindon, Wiltshire, England}
Kerry RICHINGS {Swindon, Wiltshire, England}
Sopie RICHINGS {Swindon, Wiltshire, England}
Wendy JONES {New South Wales, Australia}
Martyn JONES {Brisbane, Australia}
Carol & Roy JONES {Dunhill, Ireland}
Lee JONES & Claire MITCHELL {Manchester, England}
Graham and Prafulla WALKER {England}
Val BRAILSFORD {Bolton, Lancashire, England}
Ray & Julie WILLIAMS {Swindon, England}
Andy & Ellie MERRYWEATHER {Swindon, Wiltshire, England}
Mick STYLE {Swindon, Wiltshire, England}
Kevin PUTTICK {Guildford, England}
William HOLLEY {Oxford, England}
Paul JONES {Cardiff, Wales}
David WREN {Leatherhead, England}
George WILLIS {Leatherhead, England}
Mark McLAUGHLIN {Leatherhead, England}
Malcolm PATERSON {Leatherhead, England}
Hal EVANS {Leatherhead, England}
Nick HOARE {Leatherhead, England}
Ian POWELL {Leatherhead, England}
Brigín WALSH {Dublin, Ireland}
Tony GILLINGHAM {Leatherhead, England}
Dave HEADON & Ray PUGH {Dunhill, Ireland}
Peter LOONEY {Swindon, Wiltshire, England}
Geoff ALLEN {Swindon, Wiltshire, England}
Teresa SOUTAR {Swindon, Wiltshire, England}
Arkells BREWERY {Swindon, Wiltshire, England}
Richard CUTLER {London, England}
Tony HOLMWOOD {Leatherhead, England}
BTSC {BT Structured Cabling Team, Aylesbury, England}
James, Elliott, Marie & Summer WRIGHT{Quimper, France}
John CARMODY {London, England}
Tony FELL {Fleet, England}
Guy COWLEY {England}
Phil BRYAN {Fleet, England}
Liz BUTCHER {England}
Colin COX {Farnborough, England}
Richard GREENHOUS {London, England}
Simon LLEWELLYN {London, England}
The WYLIES {Newcastle, England}
Paul DREW {London, England}
Denise MANN {London, England}
Walter BERNARD {London, England}
Intelliscan Ltd {Aberdeen, Scotland}
Aylesbury Infotech Team {Aylesbury, England}
Rolta Aylesbury Team {Aylesbury, England}
Steve & Nicola {Undy, Nr Chepstow, Wales}
David HILL {London, England}
Mark BELLISS {Fleet, England}
Helen & Phil {Swindon, England}
Anonymous {England}
Paul DOWNIE {London, England}
Sue SODEN {Oxford, England}
Colin FORD {Aberdeen, Scotland}
The Hitch {London, England}
Sheena & Simon {Newbury, England}
Minal UNADKAT {Colindale, London, England}
Santosh PALVE - Rolta Aylesbury Team {Aylesbury, England}
Aylesbury TCS Team {Aylesbury, England}
Wendy {England}
Adam BOND {England}
Barry LINEHAM {Colindale, London, England}
Phil HANNAM {Newbury, England}
Phil DAVIES {Uckfield, East Sussex, England}
Gerard NORRIS {Newbury, England}
Tony MERRYWEATHER {Swindon, Wiltshire, England}
Susie TURNER {England}
Linda and Rob PALMER {Newbury, England}
Laura CAMPBELL {London, England}
Steve MEAKIN {London, England}
Mark McGARRY {London, England}
Rob RICHINGS {Swindon, Wiltshire, England}
Helen BUCKLEY {Swindon, Wiltshire, England}
Dave BROWN {London, England}
Avineon Aylesbury Team {Hydrabad, India}
Clarry & Christine BEAN {Swindon, England}
Celebration Travel, Christeen {Dunhill, Waterford, Ireland}
Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander {London, England}
Robert, Marie, Asget & Pernille KLUJEFF {Arhus, Denmark}
Tom DEEDIGAN {Swindon, Wiltshire, England}
Martyn HOLLINGSWORTH {Fleet, England}
Anthony & Joelle {Waterford, Ireland}
John O'Flynn Develoments Ltd {Swindon, Wiltshire, England}
Carolyn & Ernie + Dylan McGLAMY {Alabama, USA}
Tommy ADAMS {Newbury, England}
Nita HANSON {Newbury, England}
Breda DEEDIGAN {Swindon, Wiltshire, England}
Pauline WHITEHEAD {Swindon, England}

for contributing so generously so far.

Please keep the donations coming!! Do invite 7 of your closest friends to donate to this worthy cause.

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Note that the 31 individual/company sponsors shown in brown colour are colleagues of Michael & John associated with BT/KBR.

Note that the 21 individual sponsors shown in blue colour are family and relatives of the 7 riders. 

Note that the 36 individual sponsors shown in purple colour are family friends of the 7 riders.

Note that company/team sponsors are shown in black  and brown colour.

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Thanks to the following supporters for their feedback on improving the quality of this website:

John BROOKER for advise on improving the graphics

Neville HORLEY for editorial advise on the content

Bike wisedom:

#01  Brock YATES :: "The bicycle is a former child's toy that has now been elevated to icon status because, presumably, it can move the human form from pillar to post without damage to the environment." {from Andy Merryweather}

#02  Sloan WILSON :: "The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles.  A shaky child on a bicycle for the first time needs both support and freedom.  The realization that this is what the child will always need can hit hard." {from Andy Merryweather}

#03  Lech WALSEA :: "I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things." {from Andy Merryweather}

#04  Charles M. SCHULZ :: "Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use."

#05  John HOWARD :: "The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passanger is its engine."

#06  H.G. WELLS :: "When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race." 

#07 John F. KENNEDY :: "Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride."

#08 Bill STRICKLAND :: "The bicycle is the most effcient machine ever created - Converting calories into gas,  a bicycle gets the equivalent of three thousand miles per gallon."

#09 Gloria STEINEM :: "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle."

#10 Desmond TUTO :: "Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring."

#11  Mark TWAIN :: "Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live."

#12  Emo PHILIPS :: "When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me."

#13  Lance ARMSTRONG :: "It's Not About the Bike."

#14  Norman TEBBITT :: "He didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work." {from Andy Merryweather}

#15  Billy CONNOLLY :: "Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit." {from Andy Merryweather}

#16  Michael PALIN :: "One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle." {from Andy Merryweather}

#17  Albert EINSTEIN :: "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving."

#18  Claude PEPPER :: "Life is like riding a bicycle; you don't fall off unless you stop pedalling." {from Andy Merryweather}

#19  Anonymous Spiritual :: "Freewheeling at last, Freewheeling at last, Thank God Almighty, I'm freewheeling at last." {from Barry Lineham}

#20  Sir Winston CHAINWHEEL :: "We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on the end-to-end. We shall cycle in the cities, we shall cycle alongside the seas and rivers, we shall cycle with growing confidence and growing strength in the saddle, we shall defend our few feet of space, whatever the cost may be, we shall cycle on the A-roads, we shall cycle on the B-roads, we shall cycle in the lanes and in the streets, we shall cycle up the hills; we shall never surrender our handlebars." {from Unquotable Quotes}

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