Katie Robinson
Katie & Antony's Boundary 500 page
Fundraising for Zoe's Place Trust - Middlesbrough
Story
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For so many years, I'd seen hundreds of Santa's every year ride pass me and I thought "I'd love to take part in that". Some 10 years later, passing my CBT and full motorcycle test, I'm now the proud owner of a Honda CBR, which fits in perfect with the Santa colour scheme!
After speaking to a few of the lads at work about it, I was passed on information about the Boundary 500 and here we are!
The Boundary 500 Motorcycle Group was founded in June 2006 by Brian Laverick a retired Police Officer.
The intention was to raise money to help secure the financial future of the Great North Air Ambulance Service.
Over the years a variety of Motorcycle Challenges were created which saw riders taking part in events all over the United Kingdom and Europe.
Such was the success of two of the ‘Main Stay’ events, The 500 Mile Challenge and The 125 Mile Classic, these two events are now run by the Air Ambulance themselves and further details can be found at;
In December of 2006 the Group also established contacts within Zoë’s Baby Hospice located at Normanby, Middlesbrough.
To that end it was decided that we would create what has become The Boundary 500 Motorcycle Santa Ride, a twenty two mile ride which travels under Police escort through, Thornaby, Stockton, Middlesbrough, Redcar before coming to the finishing location at Kirkleatham Hall.
The event has to be restricted to 160 Motorcycles and has become a major North Eastern Event supported by the Police, Councils and the Lord Lieutenants Office.
This one ride usually raises in excess of twenty five thousand pounds and attracts thousands of onlookers.
Zoë’s web site can be found at; Middlesbrough – Welcome to Zoё’s Place Baby Hospice (www.zoes-place.org.uk)