Bike ride charities night at Newtown
THE annual charity cheque presentation evening took place in the rather more intimate surroundings of the Newtown's new function suite on April 3, rather than at Seacourt, the location for the last several years.
Nearly all of the 200 riders participating in last year's Tour de Tours Ride had collected their sponsorship by this date, with only one remaining on the "naughty list," according to charities liaison committee member Kerry West.
The trend is now for riders to send their sponsorship directly to their favoured charity, often via the Justgiving fundraising website, rather than via the Paris to Hayling's charitable arm, known as ACE – the Association for Charitable Endeavours.
In fact, of the 94,028 recorded as having been raised from the 2008 ride - including Gift Aid - 64,575 was sent direct, which is more than double the proportion of a few years back.
This means that the total raised through the event over the 23 years of the Paris to Hayling ride now exceeds 1,100,000!
Fifteen riders raised more than 1,000, with Vodafone's team raising more than 15,000 and Team Ditcham Park in excess of 12,000.
Barrie Dawson was once again top fundraiser with 4,000, earning the Paul Fisher Scroll of Honour Award, for the third time.
There was a good audience of the mainly local beneficiaries of donations on the night, with more than 13,500 being handed out and more than 50 in attendance, including riders and support crew.
More than 100 good causes and charities received a share of this year's ride's proceeds.
There was also a very popular showing of this year's ride video and photos, with contributions from Roger Key and Dave Hersee.
After the presentations, there was a light buffet and the chance for the charities to "network," as well as to meet riders and support. PAUL FISHER
The full list of the benenficiaries and amounts received were:-
Age Concern (Hayling Island) 500
Aiming High (Hayling College) 150
Alzheimer's Society 140
Anthony Nolan Trust 2,703
Breakthrough Breast Cancer 620
Breast Cancer Campaign 350
Brent Lodge Wildlife Trust 110
British Lung Foundation 300
Cancer Research UK 7,524
Canine Partners 313
Chasecare 3,165
Chestnut Tree House Children's Hospice 425
Children in Need 150
Christian Aid 170
CLIC Sargent 770
Cystic Fibrosis Trust 941
Derek Biggs 100
Diabetes UK 200
Ditcham Park Sports Hall 250
Elizabeth Foundation 2,950
Epilepsy Association 638
Everyman 466
Evolution Twirlers 100
Friends of Hayling Trees 100
Friends of Radiotherapy (FORT) 100
Friends of St Mary's Church 100
Gaucher Association 600
Gosport & Fareham Inshore Rescue Service 150
Great Ormond Street Hospital 478
Hampshire & IoW Air Ambulance 700
Hampshire Autistic Society 428
Hannah's Holiday Home Appeal 400
Hayling College 250
HUFC Juniors 300
Hayling Guides 250
Hayling Health Centre 100
HI Community Centre 100
HI Community Responders 400
Hayling Ladies Bowls Club 100
Hayling Lions 50
Hayling Red Cross 642
Hayling Scouts 250
Head & Neck Cancer 4,000
Helens House Hospice 150
Helicopter Rescue (Daedelus, Gosport) 300
Help for Heroes 2,700
Help the Hospices 60
Hi Youth Caf 100
Himalayan School 300
Homestart 300
Hope House North Wales 546
HUFC 100
Isle of Wight Hospice 150
Jessies Fund 250
Junior Diabetic Research 452
Langstone Sailability 350
Leukaemia Research 445
Lymphoma Association 250
Macmillan Cancer Support 3,729
Make a Wish Foundation 200
Marie Curie Cancer Care 211
Medecins sans Frontieres 450
Mengham Infant School 250
Mengham Junior School 250
Mill Rythe Infant School 250
Mill Rythe Junior School 250
MNDA (Jacqui Roberts Tribute Trust) 570
MNDA (Reading) 500
MNDA(Hants, Dorset IoW & CI) 565
MS Society 2,567
Myeloma UK 250
Naomi House 3,405
National Autistic Society 800
NSPCC 488
Oxfam 90
Piam Brown Children's Cancer Ward 1,455
Portsmouth Hospitals Rocky Appeal 100
Pueblo a Pueblo 300
Rachel Maddocks School 375
Reach 250
REACT 300
RNLI 4,359
Rotary Club 450
Round Table Children's Wishes 1,415
RSPB 50
S.I.D. 100
Save the Children 1,043
Shalbourne School PTFA 250
Sidmouth Donkey Sanctuary 100
South Area Music Centre 700
Spinal Research 640
St Andrews PCC (Ghana Appeal) 500
St Mary's Maternity Unit 550
Student Partnerships Worldwide 240
Sussex Snowdrop Trust 317
Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust 1,311
Thames Valley Hospice 650
The Aplastic Anaemia Trust 1,520
The Petersfield Open Air Pool 550
The Rainbow Centre 2,869
The Rosemary Foundation 688
The Rowans Hospice 4,326
The Stroke Association 1,146
Theatre Royal (Portsmouth) 200
Vision Aid International 255
Volunteer Centre West Berkshire 750
Wateraid 414
Wessex Cancer Trust 200
West Berkshire Rapid Response Car 740
Win 100
Winston's Wish 2,000
Wotato Trust 102
WSPA 150
Yummy Mummy (CLIC Sargent) 100
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