Sunday, 19 June 2011
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Fwd: Rocket Ride Update
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From: Admin The Cycle Junction <admin@thecyclejunction.com>
Date: 18 June 2011 15:48:39 GMT+01:00
To: Simon Kidwell <simonkidwell@gmail.com>
Subject: Rocket Ride Update
After a wet start the team headed of to Richmond. After climb after climb the support crew and vans were doing well with the help of the ten cyclists. Whose vast appetite help lessen the payload and increase both speed and fuel economy. Much deserved drink and cake was waiting at the station. Again out of Richmwond the team climbed up to Hawes for much deserved lunch having completed nearly 60 miles.
Fwd: Rocket Ride Update
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From: Admin The Cycle Junction <admin@thecyclejunction.com>
Date: 18 June 2011 11:17:35 GMT+01:00
To: Simon Kidwell <simonkidwell@gmail.com>
Subject: Rocket Ride Update
Friday, 17 June 2011
Thursday, 9 June 2011
Charity Auction for The Rocket Ride 2011
A round of golf for 4 at The Mere. Enjoy 18 holes on our Championship standard course including the use of buggies on the day.
For your Partners the day will include use of our fantastic new 5 star Health Club and Spa. With a spectacular 20m indoor swimming pool, beside the pool we have a selection of rest and recuperation facilities including a Relaxation Terrace, Hamam Room, Sauna, Salt Room, Steam Room and a Caldarium. To top the day off they will receive a fish pedicure thanks to our resident Garra fish.
This exclusive package is worth over £500.
Please visit the link below to bid
http://www.facebook.com/notes/rocket-ride-2011/charity-auction-for-the-rocket-ride-2011/180318065355826
The highest bid will form part of the the final auction at Sandbach Rugby club on Sunday 19th June at 4pm.
For your Partners the day will include use of our fantastic new 5 star Health Club and Spa. With a spectacular 20m indoor swimming pool, beside the pool we have a selection of rest and recuperation facilities including a Relaxation Terrace, Hamam Room, Sauna, Salt Room, Steam Room and a Caldarium. To top the day off they will receive a fish pedicure thanks to our resident Garra fish.
This exclusive package is worth over £500.
Please visit the link below to bid
http://www.facebook.com/notes/rocket-ride-2011/charity-auction-for-the-rocket-ride-2011/180318065355826
The highest bid will form part of the the final auction at Sandbach Rugby club on Sunday 19th June at 4pm.
Tuesday, 7 June 2011
Fwd: Press Release: Rocket-Ride Fight to Beat Cancer - Route Finalised
After months of planning and preparation the route for the inaugural Rocket-Ride Fight to Beat Cancer has been finalised - and what a challenge it will present for the small team of riders doing this two day ride.The journey from Durham to Sandbach will take in some of the most beautiful and yet challenging roads in the Pennines and will test the cyclists' endurance and climbing abilities. Having returned from a 75 mile training ride on Sunday 5th June the riders felt confident they could achieve the goal of completing the ride but that keeping everyone together as a single group would indeed be a challenge.On Saturday 18th June the team will ride from the Dun Cow Inn, Old Elvet Durham and head for Richmond in North Yorkshire. The route then heads up into the Yorkshire Dales crossing the Pennines via Hawes and Settle before arriving in Clitheroe via Horton in Ribblesdale. The team will spend the night in Clitheroe before continuing their journey on Sunday morning 19th June. The route back to Sandbach Rugby Club will go via Preston, Shevington Vale, Warrington, Stretton and Knutsford."The aim is to arrive back in Sandbach at around 3 p.m. and to attend the Fathers Day celebration event being staged by Sandbach Rugby Club" says ride organiser Pete Andjelkovic. "I played with Rocket during my time as a player at Sandbach, and the ride will be a great way to remember him, his personal fight against cancer, and also our collective responsibility to keep up the fight to beat this disease that will affect one in three of us over our lifetime. The challenge of a few steep climbs and 180 miles of pedalling is one we can all overcome. We have to believe we can ultimately do the same when searching for treatments for cancer. In memory of Rocket we also have to have fun - remember 3rd class cycling is still better than first class work"During the next week the team will be emailing cycling clubs close to the route to see if any local riders want to share a few miles with them and hopefully a number of local riders will join in the last few miles back to Sandbach Rugby Club."We have had a great deal of support from local and national businesses - too many to recognise", continues Pete "we hope as many people as possible attend the Fathers' Day event at Sandbach Rugby Club, support the Fight to Beat Cancer and in true Rocket style also have a great time with friends and family."For further information contact Pete Andjelkovic at family@andjelkovic.co.uk or call 01270 750 605, visit www.justgiving.com/rocket-ride or http://rocketride2011.blogspot.com/EndsPhoto Attached: Caption - Members of the Rocket-Ride Fight to Beat Cancer preparing for their training run on a cold grey Sunday morning.
Saturday, 4 June 2011
Local Businesses Get Together in the Fight to Beat Cancer
Businesses in Sandbach are combining forces with a group of local cyclists in the Fight to Beat Cancer. 10 cyclists from Sandbach are planning to ride approximately 180 miles from Durham to Sandbach over the weekend of 18th and 19th June to raise money for our regional specialist cancer centre - The Christie Hospital. The inspiration for the ride and its route is the memory of their friend Steve "Rocket" Holmes who succumbed to cancer of the colon in July 2009.
The ride is being supported by a group of local businesses and clubs to help promote the ride and make the arrival in Sandbach an event to whole town can take part in.
"The ride is scheduled to get back to Sandbach at around 3.00 pm on 19th June which is also Father's Day" comments Pete Andjelkovic, one of the ride organisers.
"We've been working alongside a number of local businesses to make the event something the whole of Sandbach can be proud of and can share in. Sandbach Rugby Club are combining with Symphony Bar and Grill to stage a Father's Day event on Sunday 19th May, and so our arrival and end destination will be Sandbach Rugby Club. To increase awareness and also to raise funds for The Christie in the Fight to Beat Cancer we have produced a commemorative T-shirt. Proceeds from the sales of the T-shirt will be added to the funds raised", continues Pete.
"This is where the local businesses are being a great help. The T-shirts can be bought direct from Burnells Cards and Gifts and Dennis Peever menswear. In addition orders can be placed at Fragola Cafe, The Cycle Junction, The Black Bear and The Sandwich Store. The T-shirt costs £10 with all proceeds going to The Christie Fund"
As a further incentive to buy a T-shirt and join the Fight to Beat Cancer, anyone attending the Father's Day event and arrival of the cyclists at Sandbach Rugby Club on 19th June will receive a voucher for a free drink.
"We've had great support so far from local businesses in Sandbach and over the coming weeks we hope to involve more. If anyone is interested in helping promote the event they just need to get in touch" says Pete Andjelkovic.
For further information contact Pete Andjelkovic at family@andjelkovic.co.uk or call 01270 750 605
The ride is being supported by a group of local businesses and clubs to help promote the ride and make the arrival in Sandbach an event to whole town can take part in.
"The ride is scheduled to get back to Sandbach at around 3.00 pm on 19th June which is also Father's Day" comments Pete Andjelkovic, one of the ride organisers.
"We've been working alongside a number of local businesses to make the event something the whole of Sandbach can be proud of and can share in. Sandbach Rugby Club are combining with Symphony Bar and Grill to stage a Father's Day event on Sunday 19th May, and so our arrival and end destination will be Sandbach Rugby Club. To increase awareness and also to raise funds for The Christie in the Fight to Beat Cancer we have produced a commemorative T-shirt. Proceeds from the sales of the T-shirt will be added to the funds raised", continues Pete.
"This is where the local businesses are being a great help. The T-shirts can be bought direct from Burnells Cards and Gifts and Dennis Peever menswear. In addition orders can be placed at Fragola Cafe, The Cycle Junction, The Black Bear and The Sandwich Store. The T-shirt costs £10 with all proceeds going to The Christie Fund"
As a further incentive to buy a T-shirt and join the Fight to Beat Cancer, anyone attending the Father's Day event and arrival of the cyclists at Sandbach Rugby Club on 19th June will receive a voucher for a free drink.
"We've had great support so far from local businesses in Sandbach and over the coming weeks we hope to involve more. If anyone is interested in helping promote the event they just need to get in touch" says Pete Andjelkovic.
For further information contact Pete Andjelkovic at family@andjelkovic.co.uk or call 01270 750 605
Sunday, 15 May 2011
Flash - ahah
> Brookie
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Monday, 28 March 2011
Sunday 27th March
For the first time in a number of weeks the guys outnumbered the girls at Fragola yesterday morning. Jill and Janet were on Rugby duties but they had already ridden to Summertrees with Russ on Saturday.So Jude and Jenny set off for the Priest House in Audlem via the ramp at Madeley and Bar Hill. Unfortunately for once the guys went in entirely the opposite direction heading for Whitegate, Kingsley and Delamere before heading off for a few more hills in the direction of Beeston Castle.Just at the time when the two groups were at there most distant, and whilst climbing Bar Hill Jude had a puncture and all those coffee table discussions about fixing punctures etc became a reality. A phone call or two also demonstrated the limitations of a small "emergency" pump which couldn't be attached to the valve. Fortunately a passing cyclist ( fortunate in two senses. First that he was one of the few local cyclists not riding the Cheshire Cat. Second he was not riding the Cheshire cat because he had overslept following the change in clocks, otherwise he would have been riding the Cheshire Cat) was able to help replace a tube, remove the thorn stuck in the tyre and get them back on track. We have it on good authority that despite arriving at the Priest House in Audlem later than scheduled the fruit cake was still as moist as ever.Meanwhile somewhere in mid / west Cheshire a group of six including five of the Rocket Riders were making their way from Beeston to Bunbury and home via Church Minshull against a seemingly endless flow of Cheshire Cat riders some doing the 100Mile route and others splitting off near Church Minshull to complete the 67Mile route.Needless to say our long standing most social of social members was on hand at Fragola to greet us and share with us coffee. Jude and Jenny duly arrived after their long day.As the evenings now start to get lighter, please feel free to email the group to see if anyone wants a short ride any evening, and of course see you at Fragola next Sunday.For those who do not know about the Rocket Ride then you can find out more by visiting one of the followingororPete
David Brookes
Nickname Brookie
DOB 1963
Bike TBC
Favourite Food Thai
Most like to say: Where are we?
Will be listening to The Script
Sunday, 20 March 2011
Gash
Name Andy Green
Known as Gash
Date of Birth 5.5.66
Place of Birth Blackpool
Favourite food Real ale
My Bike Cannondale Synapse
Favourite ride Anywhere uphill
Long term To cycle to Portugal!
Known as Gash
Date of Birth 5.5.66
Place of Birth Blackpool
Favourite food Real ale
My Bike Cannondale Synapse
Favourite ride Anywhere uphill
Long term To cycle to Portugal!
Si Tillott
Name - Simon Tillott
Birthplace - Congleton
DOB - 1971 (40 this year so must be fit & slim!)
Favourite Food - Cheese & Onion Pie (see above - must eat less cheese & onion pie!)
Playlist - Progressive House Music - bit of a bedroom DJ.
Bikes - Winter Claud Butler Milano
- Commute Claud Butler Levante
- Something light(wife's approval pending)
Birthplace - Congleton
DOB - 1971 (40 this year so must be fit & slim!)
Favourite Food - Cheese & Onion Pie (see above - must eat less cheese & onion pie!)
Playlist - Progressive House Music - bit of a bedroom DJ.
Bikes - Winter Claud Butler Milano
- Commute Claud Butler Levante
- Something light(wife's approval pending)
Paddy Hayes
Name 
AKA Paddy Dingle
Date of Birth Uncertain c1955
Place of Birth Emmerdale
Bike Giant Super Rusty
Favourite food Carling
Favourite ride Arran 2010
Long term To survive
AKA Paddy Dingle
Date of Birth Uncertain c1955
Place of Birth Emmerdale
Bike Giant Super Rusty
Favourite food Carling
Favourite ride Arran 2010
Long term To survive
George Elphick
Name George Elphick
Date of birth 1966
Place of Birth Wales
Favourite food Beans on toast
Bike Trek 4.9 unless it’s broken again
Favourite ride Anywhere downhill
Long term To continue playing rugby
Musical Hero Justin Bieber
Date of birth 1966
Place of Birth Wales
Favourite food Beans on toast
Bike Trek 4.9 unless it’s broken again
Favourite ride Anywhere downhill
Long term To continue playing rugby
Musical Hero Justin Bieber
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Simon Kidwell
Name – Simon Kidwell
Birthplace – Stoke-on-Trent
Date of Birth - 1969
Favourite Food – Egg, Cheese and Bacon Oatcakes
What's on your playlist: King of the Road, Schools out for Summer, The Fool on the Hill
Bike – This summer I will mostly be riding my Giant TCR
Birthplace – Stoke-on-Trent
Date of Birth - 1969
Favourite Food – Egg, Cheese and Bacon Oatcakes
What's on your playlist: King of the Road, Schools out for Summer, The Fool on the Hill
Bike – This summer I will mostly be riding my Giant TCR
Roy Hill
Name: Roy Hill
Nickname: Hilly
Birthplace: Herefordshire
D.O.B: 1939
Food: Easily pleased
Bikes: 5 in number
Winter Kinessis
Summer L’Etape
Nickname: Hilly
Birthplace: Herefordshire
D.O.B: 1939
Food: Easily pleased
Bikes: 5 in number
Winter Kinessis
Summer L’Etape
Monday, 31 January 2011
Pete Andjelkovic
Name - Pete Andjelkovic
Nickname - The "Quiet" One
Birthplace - Congleton
Date of Birth - 1957
Favourite Food - Anything between two slices of bread
What's on your playlist: Paranoid, Sweet Child of Mine, Everything is Average Nowadays, Gotta be Somebody
Bike - Winter Orbea Enol, Summer Cannondale Synapse
Nickname - The "Quiet" One
Birthplace - Congleton
Date of Birth - 1957
Favourite Food - Anything between two slices of bread
What's on your playlist: Paranoid, Sweet Child of Mine, Everything is Average Nowadays, Gotta be Somebody
Bike - Winter Orbea Enol, Summer Cannondale Synapse
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