Final 2011 cheque presented - it's bigger!
Today four members of Beccles Rotary Club visited The East Anglian Air Ambulance base at Norwich Airport for a cheque photo presentation. The cheque for £3,830 represents the total funds paid to the Air Ambulance charity from the 2011 Beccles Cycle for Life. Well done to all involved in the event!
Receiving the cheque is Jess Down (East Anglian Air Ambulance fundraising office). Then left to right are John Swanbury, Bernard King, John Raybould Peter Bush (all of Beccles Rotary Club).
You can see a larger version of this photo, and other photos, on our Facebook Page
Join the Ride - advance registration now open
It's full steam ahead for the next Beccles Cycle for life event on May 13 2012, as advance registration has now opened.
You can ride as a single rider, a family group or as a team. Help make the 2012 event even bigger than the Olympics! (or if not, bigger than last year)
Register for the 2012 event from the Entry Forms tab.
Cheque presented to air ambulance charity
Beccles Rotarians welcomed Julie Petrie from the East Anglian Air Ambulance fundraising office to their meeting last week, to receive a donation raised this year through Beccles Cycle for Life.
Julie treated Rotarians to an update on the progress of the air ambulance service, including how effectively the charity had seamlessly changed to a new helicopter supplier in February when their former supplier had problems.
As ever, the Air Ambulance is entirely dependent on donations, so the initial Beccles Cycle for Life cheque for £3,600 was very welcome.
The other half of the proceeds from this year's sponsored ride will be used by the Rotary club for other charitable purposes, through its charitable trust.
Our main photo shows Beccles Rotary president Bernard King with Rotarian Linda Rowe, (centre) and Julie Petrie receiving the cheque.
2011 Prize Draw winner collects bike
The lucky winner of the 2011 Beccles Cycle For Life Prize Draw, Joanne Brown, was recently presented with her prize bike at Life Cycles, by Paul Bedford (of Life Cycles) and Bernard King (President of the Rotary Club of Beccles).
The prize mountain bike she chose was kindly donated by Norfolk and Suffolk Financial Services Ltd and supplied at cost by Life Cycles.
Life Cycles of Newcombe Road, Lowestoft, have supported the event for all of its ten years and Norfolk and Suffolk Financial Services came on board two years ago. Chad Morris, (a director of Norfolk and Suffolk), confirmed that they will be sponsoring the Prize Draw again next year.
All riders who collect £20 or more in sponsorship, and deposit the sponsorship money by the deadline set, are entered into the prize draw which follows each year's event. If you didn't win this year, there's always the 2012 event!
Free Prize Draw bike winner announced
The 2011 Free Prize Draw to win a bike was drawn at the Beccles Hospital Fête on June 25. Sponsored rider Joanne Brown of Lowestoft was declared the lucky winner of the free bike when her number was drawn by Julie Petrie from the Norwich fundraising office of East Anglian Air Ambulance.
Julie thanked the Rotary Club members and everyone who contributed to the fundraising through taking part in the 2011 Beccles Cycle for Life event. The prize is provided by Norfolk and Suffolk Financial Services Ltd and Life Cycles.
We're on Facebook
Beccles Cycle for Life now have a Facebook Page. You'll find more photos from this year's event there.
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Website Relaunched
The Beccles Cycle for Life website has been given a fresh new look ready for next year's event. We hope you find the new site useful, informative and easy to navigate.
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Next Event Date ConfirmedThe next event will take place on May 13 2012.
Entry Forms will be available in December 2011, but if you did not ride in 2011 and wish to pre-register your interest then email us at the address shown in the Contact Us tab.