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New route for Ride 2008 a great success
The greatest challenge that the Paris to Hayling Charity Cycle Ride has faced in its 23-year history was met with outstanding success, during the week of 13th to 20th July. 200 riders set out, 140 on the longer 6-Day 440-mile route and 60 on the 3½-Day route and they all enjoyed some fabulous weather and scenery, especially in the Loire Valley, the southe...
Date Added: Tue 22nd Jul 2008
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| We’re off again! |
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Planning the Ride
As the saying goes, failing to plan is planning to fail. However, we believe that one of the reasons why the Paris to Hayling has been such a success and why riders have returned year after year, is precisely because we have been pretty good at planning.
With a total change of route and with the move from Paris to the Loire Valley, planning has been more important than ...
Date Added: Wed 18th Jun 2008
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| Preparations for ‘LE TOUR DE TOURS’ 2008 |
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Three more ‘recces’ have now taken place in advance of the event in July, in the attempt to ensure that our new great endeavour goes as smoothly on our new routes and destinations as it has in the past, when Paris or Versailles were our focus. Pete Alloway and Fred Dyer drove the route so that the route notes could be checked and any improvements added, positions for direction signs determined and...
Date Added: Wed 18th Jun 2008
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| It was alright on the night! |
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The annual Charity Cheque Presentation Evening at Seacourt took place on Saturday, 5th April. All riders participating in last year’s £1,000,000 Ride had collected their sponsorship by this date, which is a surprising first for the bike ride, as there are usually at least a couple of very late sponsorship collectors (those on the ‘naughty list’, according to Charities Liaison committee member, Ker...
Date Added: Sat 19th Apr 2008
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| Bike Ride Charity Night At Seacourt |
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The annual Charity Cheque Presentation Evening at Seacourt takes place this Saturday, 5th April. Kerry West has been extremely successful in chasing the sponsorship collections and there is now only about £4,000 outstanding of the £105,000 pledged from last year's ride, including Gift Aid, which means that over £100,000 has been raised, for the second time.
Date Added: Fri 14th Mar 2008
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