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January 2000

LiBDA Charity Cycle Ride

Joan Finney

North Hants Sec
Hants & Isle of Wight Branch

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight MG branch is fortunate to have been nominated as one of the thirty charities for which the Liphook and District Businessmen's Association (LiDBA) raise funds. This association helps the young, elderly and disabled in the local community.
The Youngest team member
Oliver Whitehead
Some Riders of our Junior Team and 25 Milers.
Left to Right: Lucy King, Emma Whitehead, Sue King,
James King,John Whitehead, Alan Whitehead,
David Whitehead and Anna Whitehead

At present LiDBA holds two events a year, a Race Night and a Charity Cycle Ride. Earlier this year some members of our branch went to the Race Night, an event which they thoroughly enjoyed and which the branch could never attempt to organise ourselves.

In July, I had to raise a team to enter a cycle ride covering 25 miles. Such is the commitment of our members, their relations and friends in our branch, that I managed 10 entries for the 25 mile ride, (one being a Myasthenic) and 4 Junior entries (one who had just learnt to ride a bicycle). The Juniors were asked to cycle as many circuits of a 1/4 mile track, as they could manage.
 

The riders were:

Milers:

The Juniors:

Almost 1,000 cyclists took part on a lovely warm summer day. At the start there were a few tumbles but thanks to LiDBA the event was extremely well organised. Members of our team said they enjoyed taking part and all of them gained their certificates. Every cyclist in the team raised money for MG through sponsorship. The branch is grateful for their tremendous effort. Lynne Jacobs (one of our branch members) and her husband Mike, with the help of other LiDBA members, organised the Cycle Ride; it is thanks to Mike that we are one of the charities sponsored by LiDBA.

The profit that LiDBA raised at the event was shared amongst the charities taking part and MGA receieved a total of £499.30 from this event.
MGA NEWS January 2000
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