Promotional Cycle at Tesco`s Salisbury

Today Neil & Jamie cycled 6-7 hours and raised an increadible total of £783.78. We met some very nice people, who encouraged us & applauded our efforts, which continues to inspire us, even when the legs are getting tired. This Monday 28, Pete, Neil & Jamie will be riding another 100 mile training ride, through Dorset, Wiltshire & Hampshire. We will be filming the ride & will post some photos & video clips if the footage works out. Our LEJOG start date of 2 July is rapidly approaching, we still have a very busy training schedule to fit in with our work comittments & family life. There is a definate buzz amongst the team.

Promotional Cycle at Tesco`s Salisbury Friday 18 March

Neil, Alex & Jamie cycled for 5-6 hours, raising £755.56 for our two charities. We would like to thank all of the wonderful people who donated & expressed genuine interest in our forthcoming challenge.

Fundraising event Salisbury Tesco's

Jamie

Neil

Salisbury Tesco Customers Raise £653.29

A massive thanks to all the generous customers at Salisbury Tesco, who gave a unbelievable £653.29  on Friday 11 March 2011.  Taking the Brokenbikers total raised up to £5669.21

Promotional Cycle at Tesco`s Tidworth

Neil & Jamie took part in our sixth promotional peddle today at Tesco`s Tidworth (nine more to go)! We raised £663.11 for our two charities, Help for Heroes & The Starlight Children`s Foundation. The grand total raised so far, now stands at an amazing £5015.92. Today we were fortunate enough to meet some lovely people, who wished us well with our worthy causes & encouraged our efforts. The couple who chatted about their LEJOG were inspirational. We would like to thank all of the wonderful people who kindly donated.

Promotional Cycle at Tesco`s Salisbury

On Monday 21 Feb, Alex, Neil & Jamie cycled another 100 miles on thier turbo trainers in a chilly foyer at Tesco`s Salisbury. The generosity of the public was beyond belief & we raised £822.35, bringing our grand total raised so far to £4352.81. We would like to thank Stephen Magers for his assistance & the lovely card he gave us with some inspirational words of encouragement. Tomorrow 24 Feb, all four broken bikers will be riding 100 miles through Dorset & Hampshire (including Blissford hill), building on our team riding skills. We`ll post the stats & route in the near future.

Promotional Cycle Tesco`s Salisbury

We would like to thank the shoppers at Tesco`s Salisbury who kindly donated the staggering sum of £880.94 towards our two charities. We also like to thank Stephen Magers, the Tesco`s Salisbury Community Champion for all of his valued assistance. Finally we would like to thank Spire FM for putting out several announcements over the air today, informing their listeners of our promotional event. We will be cycling at the same venue on Monday 21 February, commencing at 10am, we look forward to meeting you there.

First Team Ride

Shortly after 2pm today, Alex, Neil, Pete & Jamie set off from Blandford on our first team ride. Alex was riding his brand new Scott CR1 Pro bike. We rode one of Neil`s favourite 30 mile routes taking in some of the lovely countryside Dorset has to offer around the Tarrants. The ride was very enjoyable & towards the end we were peddling along at a reasonable pace all taking turns at the front. Minor issues had be overcome, 1 puncture, 1 chain & one uneccesary halt by one of the riders (the author) who thought he was about to have a heart attack, well his heart rate monitor displayed as much. Moral of the tale, listen to your body.

3 Musketeers in Tesco`s Tidworth

Well actually it was four, we have our very own `DArtagnan` better known as Major Pete Martin. Pete is now riding with us on LEJOG, he is a very welcome addition to the team. After a slight glitch with double booking at Salisbury, a few hasty phone calls & `U` turns later, Neil was first to start peddling at 10:15 at Tesco`s Tidworth, followed by Alex, Myself & then Pete. Toni was our helper, clad in her bright yellow Starlight T shirt, she became our secret weapon ! Yet again the wonderful people of Tidworth proved to us that they are exactly that..WONDERFUL.
People of all age groups donated, young children putting pennies in the pot, pensioners giving & expressing their gratitude to the servicemen & women who serve this country. They helped us raise an amazing £795.42.  The generosity of the public is inspirational, thank you all for your support. As a foot note, we covered a little over 100 miles in just over 4 hours 30 minutes, although we all felt a little tired on this one. Our next promotional event is at Tesco`s Salsbury Wilts SP1 2NY on Tuesday 15 Feb 11, starting at 10am. If you are in the area, please feel free to pop by & have a chat.

TESCO`s Promotional Peddle Sat 22 Jan

Yet again, we are completely astonished by the interest & generosity of the community of Tidworth & the people who shopped there today. We raised a staggering £784.45 for our charities. Once we had completed our cycle, Neil informed Ben at Andover sound and they very kindly put out our fund raising totals live on air. We would also like to thank Andover sound for airing our interview recorded earlier this week. Neil & Jamie cycled for 5 hours & covered a distance of 109 miles. Alex was abscent on baby sitting duties, but will be back with us next week.

From Funding a Wish to Granting a Wish

The Starlight Wish Granting Team have asked for our assistance in granting a wish for one of their children.

We are thrilled to confirm that we have been given permission to grant a wish for them.  

More details to follow on the young man who will be visiting us at Middle Wallop, and spending a day with the Army.....

Andover Sound

We would like to extend our gratitude to Tim & Ben from Andover sound (106.4FM), for having a chat and helping us publicise our LEJOG and promotional events. The interview with us will first be aired on Andover Sound`s Sports Program with Ben this Saturday 22 Jan 14:00-18:00.

Ben will then kindly air updates with any new information.

Neil has some great news, he`ll blog later.

Tesco's Tidworth

Thank you to all the generous people of Tidworth who helped us raise £648.25. We covered 131 miles in 5hrs.30mins. Same venue Sat 22 Jan.

Promotional Cycling Events

We are now into the New Year & it`s time to raise the bar.

Due to the kindness of Tescos and their community champion, we will be cycling in Tescos Tidworth Hants on the following dates: Friday 14, Saturday 22, Saturday 29 January 2011, and then in Tescos Salisbury Wilts on Tuesday 15 and Monday 21 February 2011.

We will have two bikes set up on turbo trainers & will hopefully be able to promote our 9 day LEJOG, answer any questions you might have & explain how you could make a small contribution to our chosen charities.

We look forward to meeting you.

Best wishes BrokenBikers

Happy New Year

It's here already, 2011 the year we cycle End to End in 9 days.  Most of the administration is now done, and a massive thanks to all who have been involved.

The team has expanded over the last few weeks, we welcome Mark to the event.  Mark will be helping with the support side of the challenge.  His profile will be available soon.

All the best for the New Year from the BrokenBikers.