A Nantwich businessman is embarking on an indoor cycle ride for charity – to raise funds local NHS trusts.
Like many Tim Bowker, who runs Nantwich Refrigeration Services, wanted to give something back to NHS workers on the COVID-19 frontline.
A regular user of the Wingate Centre in Wrenbury is to launch a cycle challenge to help raise funds for the venue.
Matthew Roberts, from Nantwich, is taking part in 20 bike rides in 2020 to raise money for the WIngate Special Children’s Trust.
By Jonathan White
Twelve work colleagues from Tarporley car insurance firm Dayinsure cycled from London to Paris to raise thousands of pounds for charity, The Joshua Tree.
They completed the 200-mile journey between September 12 and 15.
Four dads from Wrenbury have raised thousands of pounds for Wingate Children’s Centre after cycling the iconic ‘Coast to Coast’ route from Workington in Cumbria to Sunderland.
Tom Robinson, Oliver Caunce, Josh Walker and Scott Heirene, plus support driver Scott Caunce, took on the gruelling challenge which saw them pedal through the Lake District National Park.
Shavington pensioner Dave Williams shows there is no age barrier to getting back in the work saddle!
The 74-year-old has just been appointed as a new cycle mechanic at Crewe-based Community Recycle Cycles shop and training service.
South Cheshire businessman Mike Walsh cycled from London to Amsterdam for a second time, all in aid of Prostate Cancer UK.
Mike, sales director of Eze Talk in Crewe, joined hundreds of other riders for the 145-mile bike ride, which they completed in just two days.
Commuters in Nantwich are being urged to swap four wheels for two and take part in a week-long “cycle to work” campaign.
Cyclists who regularly cycle to work can take part in Ride to Work week runs from March 13-19.
The owners of Overwater Marina near Nantwich has bought two Elephant Bikes for boat owners to use to cycle to Audlem.
The bikes, saved from landfill by the Crizvac Charity, are refurbished from former Royal Mail stock.
The third Alzheimer’s 100 charity cycling event will be staged in and around Nantwich this June.
The annual fundraiser is held in support of the Alzheimer’s Society, the organisation that is leading the fight against dementia.
By Jonathan White
Two South Cheshire friends are to cycle the length of the River Rhine in aid of Bloodwise charity.
Ben Reinhardt, from Crewe, and Jim Forkin,from Willaston, are spending September cycling the full river length of 860 miles.
The second Alzheimers 100 charity cycle ride will take place in Nantwich on June 7.
More than 200 cyclists will take part in a 25, 50 or 100 mile ride around the South Cheshire countryside in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society.
A consultant at Leighton Hospital is swapping patients for pedals – to cycle to Paris in aid of the scanner appeal.
Dr Iftikhar, a Consultant Radiologist for Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, will be participating in the London to Paris Charity Cycle Challenge from July 22-26.
Three Nantwich friends have completed a London to Paris cycle ride to raise vital hospice cash. Charlie Gobbett, Tony Hoy and Gareth Roberts took on the three-day “Avenue Verte” challenge in aid of St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice.
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