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Post by Tommo on Feb 27, 2009 20:11:26 GMT
Just an idea but would it be possible to organize a charity event.
I am all for charities and feel that with all your forum members and interest in this site, maybe it would be easy to organize an event where it would enable all the forum members to get together for a good cause.
1 idea would be to attend Llandegla in the summer and have an all day event where you complete as many laps of a chosen route as possible and you get sponsored for every km you complete.
It would be an ideal opportunity for the MOUNTAIN BIKING NORTH WALES web site establish a true member feeling and would show how many of us enjoy biking.
Its just an idea and the venue could also be changed.
Please let me know what you think?
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Post by antshybrid on Feb 27, 2009 20:25:12 GMT
its a great idea. what charity? im doing a charity bike ride across morocco later this year in aid of spinal research.
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Post by Oggy on Feb 27, 2009 20:34:33 GMT
Good idea, there have been talks of a charity ride in the past. Ftasb held a cracking one a year or so a go, it was a sponsered ride up and down Snowdon in aid of the help the heros charity, he raised a shed load of cash
I think if we are to do one then it would be good to do it in aid of a North Wales based charity as we are a North Wales based forum. I reckon the somthing like the air ambulence or mountain rescue.
Any more sugestions of charitys?
Also is there any more suggestions for a format we could use, I like the 'how many km's in day' just wondering what other formats would be good.
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Post by nicky on Feb 27, 2009 21:31:43 GMT
"How many Kms in a day" or laps of say i.e Llandegla would be good as it would cater for all of us especially if there was a cafe to refuel every lap!! Anything too hard like biking up snowdon would certainly rule me out (and a few others I would guess!)
Just as an idea - We could have a sponsored relay - As we all live in different parts of North Wales, we could have some kind of item and ride in groups to get it around North Wales within a certain amount of time - this would involve night riding etc etc! Would take a fair bit of organising but would still be a team effort! We could then all meet up on a social night out to celebrate!!!!
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Post by danevs on Feb 27, 2009 21:38:40 GMT
Just as an idea - We could have a sponsored relay - As we all live in different parts of North Wales, we could have some kind of item and ride in groups to get it around North Wales within a certain amount of time - this would involve night riding etc etc! Would take a fair bit of organising but would still be a team effort! We could then all meet up on a social night out to celebrate!!!! Sounds like a plan to me.
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Post by thistle on Feb 27, 2009 22:18:01 GMT
Just as an idea - We could have a sponsored relay - As we all live in different parts of North Wales, we could have some kind of item and ride in groups to get it around North Wales within a certain amount of time - this would involve night riding etc etc! Would take a fair bit of organising but would still be a team effort! We could then all meet up on a social night out to celebrate!!!! How do you mean? Like get it from say Llandegla to CyB riding the distance in between all the places? There's a lot of road to cover, but it could probably be made 50/50 with a bit of planning. Doing some bits overnight sounds fun too. Could do a team relay around one of the trails. The item should be something silly and have to be carried somewhere visible to everyone ;D (inflatable sheep?)
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Post by ftasb on Feb 27, 2009 22:26:25 GMT
Just as an idea - We could have a sponsored relay - As we all live in different parts of North Wales, we could have some kind of item and ride in groups to get it around North Wales within a certain amount of time - this would involve night riding etc etc! Would take a fair bit of organising but would still be a team effort! We could then all meet up on a social night out to celebrate!!!! How do you mean? Like get it from say Llandegla to CyB riding the distance in between all the places? There's a lot of road to cover, but it could probably be made 50/50 with a bit of planning. Doing some bits overnight sounds fun too. Could do a team relay around one of the trails. The item should be something silly and have to be carried somewhere visible to everyone ;D (inflatable sheep?) I'm liking the sound of this
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Post by ftasb on Feb 27, 2009 22:28:33 GMT
Anything too hard like biking up snowdon would certainly rule me out (and a few others I would guess!) It's really not that bad nicky, if i can do it then most people on here certainly won't have a problem doing it
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Post by Oggy on Feb 27, 2009 22:39:15 GMT
Ill will look in to sorting some sort of charity ride out, keep the idea coming Another idea could be a trail centre challenge, trying to ride all of the North Wales trail centres in a certain ammont of time?
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Post by Tommo on Feb 27, 2009 22:54:11 GMT
Ill will look in to sorting some sort of charity ride out, keep the idea coming Another idea could be a trail center challenge, trying to ride all of the North Wales trail centers in a certain amount of time? All the ideas are good and I certainly think that the air ambulance unit is a good shout seems we all might need them at some stage! I think if we do one it should be in a organized center so they can cater for us and also it helps if theres first aiders on hand ect. I would certainly give my time to help organize an event, we need to do something which every rider can do and also get to fairly easy. As soon as we start having to travel far or complicate things the riders will start dropping out. Let me know if you need a hand organizing anything. Spenser forms ect ect ect.
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Post by Oggy on Feb 27, 2009 23:04:48 GMT
Ill will look in to sorting some sort of charity ride out, keep the idea coming Another idea could be a trail center challenge, trying to ride all of the North Wales trail centers in a certain amount of time? All the ideas are good and I certainly think that the air ambulance unit is a good shout seems we all might need them at some stage! I think if we do one it should be in a organized center so they can cater for us and also it helps if theres first aiders on hand ect. I would certainly give my time to help organize an event, we need to do something which every rider can do and also get to fairly easy. As soon as we start having to travel far or complicate things the riders will start dropping out. Let me know if you need a hand organizing anything. Spenser forms ect ect ect. Brillaint mate, help will be great. Lets get a few more idea over the next few days on formats and charitys, then we can get a poll up with the different options, then we can get the ball rolling Reckon the event shouldnt be until summer, perhaps june or july then it gives us time to sort it out and also time for people to get there sponsers, ya never know it may even be sunny at that time of year
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Post by Tommo on Feb 27, 2009 23:10:01 GMT
Your having a laugh about the sun!
Yeh July sounds good then families can get involved on the green and blue runs depending on where you do it.
The more people that do it the better because it will create awareness of the web site ect.
People could pick there own charity of there choice if they wanted, and we could charge a fee for entering and give that money to our charity of choice! (if that makes any sense!)
Maybe get the papers involved ect.........
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Post by thistle on Feb 28, 2009 9:03:32 GMT
Maybe get the papers involved ect......... Well they tend to put pieces in about all sorts of sponsered things that people do so something big like this should get some attention. There's lots of local papers covering North Wales so everyone in each region should go to their own then with a bit of luck it will be in every paper ;D Mention how it's people from all over North Wales (and Cheshire/Shropshire) getting together to do something.
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Post by thistle on Feb 28, 2009 9:08:50 GMT
I certainly think that the air ambulance unit is a good shout seems we all might need them at some stage! or mountain rescue/the RAF valley people? Who rescues people at Llandegla? When one of the guys at work had a bad crash there he said mountain rescue came and fetched him, but I thought it was just the normal ambulance people up there? (he said they were so busy fighting and pushing over who was going to carry him back that one of them fell down an embankment!)
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Post by ady on Feb 28, 2009 16:52:47 GMT
" Just as an idea - We could have a sponsored relay - As we all live in different parts of North Wales, we could have some kind of item and ride in groups to get it around North Wales within a certain amount of time - this would involve night riding etc etc! Would take a fair bit of organising but would still be a team effort! We could then all meet up on a social night out to celebrate!!!! Could it all be done off road though! Good Idea one for the summer! We could have riders to ride each trail centre in Wales and link them my riders riding from each trail centre to the other, and linking up may be douable, and would take some organising.
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