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SPOKE A Newsletter for the members of Bury Tandem Club for the Visually Impaired Charity Reg. No. 1017270 July, 2008

Forward Notice – Dates for your Diary!

  1. Saturday July 26th. 2008 Bury Precinct Collection
  2. Sunday September 7th. 2008 Peter Jackson Memorial Sponsored Ride.
  3. Monday December 1st. 2008 Prestwich Tesco Collection
  4. Friday February 27th. 2009 25 year Reunion Celebration

* Bury Precinct Collection This is booked for Saturday July 26th. 2008. In past Collections, we have raised up to £1000 for the Club. The sum raised is in direct proportion to the number of collectors. If you could spare a couple of hours on the day at a time to suit yourself, it would be much appreciated. Please contact Janice now to volunteer.

* Peter Jackson Memorial Sponsored Ride to Southport As the Club enters the last lap of its 25 YEARS, please help us to celebrate this great achievement with the BIGGEST TURNOUT ever recorded in the Peter Jackson Memorial Ride. This is a 75 mile round trip. Refreshments will be available at 3 points on the route (2 of them free!) Emergency backup (car and tandem trailer) will be present. Please book Sept. 7th. on your calendar now. Your Club needs YOU to create the BIGGEST TURNOUT EVER!

* 25 YEAR REUNION Celebration for Club Members. Plans are afoot to transform the Annual Dinner on Friday February 27th. 2009 into a Silver Celebration of Club History and Reunion for Club Members some of whom were at the inaugural meeting held on October 31st 1984. PLEASE HELP If you are in touch with any past members pass on their details to David Harrison so that he can begin to contact people.

* PLEASE RETURN your completed membership forms!

With the scrapping of subscriptions these forms are the formal recognition of who is a member of Bury Tandem Club. At present, David Jones’ records show there are just 12, 3 of whom are non-riding members! Each member received one of these forms with the last rota. Please complete and return asap. or ask David Jones for another one!

* York Walk and Ride Weekend Thanks.

Thanks to David Harrison and Alan Robinson for organising a very enjoyable weekend.

Good weather, great food, excellent company.

Things you wish you never knew about cycling

  1. Cycling on the flat burns 400 calories an hour.
  2. Between 60% and 90% of cycling casualties in Britain are not reported.
  3. HG Wells said, “ When I see an adult on a bicycle, I have hope for the human race”

    4. Source: Guardian Unlimited Homepage.

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