BONE-shaker MARROW-thon charity ride raises £2000
THE weather may have
been wet for the BONE-shaker
MARROW-thon charity ride, but that didn’t stop around 120 riders proving
that biking really is in their blood.
The 35-mile ride
between Birmingham and Burton-on-Trent took place on Sunday, March 2, to raise
money for blood cancer charities. The charity ride
coupled with a family fun day raised £2,036-23 to be split equally between Cure
Leukaemia, Anthony Nolan and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Charity.
The ride was
organised by regional newspaper journalist Stephen Sinfield and his wife
Katherine, following Katherine’s diagnosis with leukaemia last year.
Stephen said: “Aside
from the ride raising lots of money for charity, we wanted to create a talking
point which would help raise awareness – we managed both as people continue to
talk about the BONE-shaker. We’re already
planning to repeat the ride next year in April when we’d like to double the
number of riders and the money raised”.
Captions:
Main
photo above:
Jennie Hoye (Cure Leukaemia), Adam Roy (Midlands Bike
Marshals), BONE-shaker MARROW-thon organisers Stephen and Katherine Sinfield,
Kevin Barnes (aka Barnsey Bro), Laura Power (QEHB), Sir Michael Flett, Julia
MissEnigma, Angela Tarrant (aka Tweety Pie) and (front) Slyvester Unique (aka
Sylvester)
Ambulance workers have to check if they are at the right hospital after they meet Tweety Pie and Sylvesterat the cheque presentation |
Ride organisers, Katherine and Stephen Sinfield |
Riders give the thumbs-up before the start of the fund-raiser at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham |