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There are many businesses and individuals who are assisting riders in various ways. These range from supplying bits of kit at reduced prices or for free...to full servicing and tyre fitting for free. We will be publishing details of these kind folk in due course
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Alan Finlay of Nice Bike Paintshop, Northern Irelands premier bike preparation centre has kindly supplied some of the riders bike graphics. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Special mention must go to the following Road Racing Team sponsors who have kindly donated a considerable amount to the End2End event:
John O'Neill of John O'Neill Racing currently sponsors 3 riders - Dennis Booth (Irish Nationals/MGP) - 2006 Irish Clubman of the Year Paul Maxwell ( Irish Clubmans) and ex Yamaha Phase 1 Rider Damian Rowley (2007 World Endurance)
Hugh Murphy of HM Sports Motorhomes is one of the prominent Irish Road Racing Sponsors and is Irish Roadracer John Burrows main sponsor. Hugh's bikes are always one of the best turned out machines in the paddock every year. - contact 07710815963
Kevin & Angela Wood of Investasure Financial Services Based on the Isle of Man, Kevin is heavily involved in road racing and is Irish Rider Davy Morgans' Superbike sponsor. Kevin has, and continues to, run riders in the Manx GP as well as the International and Irish National Road races.
Allan Frew of Annandale Design in Scotland is another of Davy Morgans' sponsors. A keen road racing fan Allan attends a few of the seasons races. - contact 07900197100
Campbell MacLeay of MACLEAY MOTOR ENGINEERING.LTD is another Davy Morgan sponsor who supports the sport from his base in Scotland. - contact 07974644778
John McKeown of AUTOTECH Driver and Rider Training from Northern Ireland has been involved in the sport for some time. Apart from providing Davy Morgan with a 2007 600 supersport machine, he also runs Mark Young on a 600 Kawasaki in the Irish National Support Class as well as being the Club Chairman of the Bush Road Racing Club. - contact 07775691740
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The riders will descend on Rivington Hall Barn on Friday afternoon for a meet up and refreshments which will be kindly laid on by Salmon Caterers. Rivington is located a few miles Northwest of Bolton on a road running parallell to the M61. Hoping to meet up with a few fellow bikers at this point!
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A hard back book, The Magic of the TT - A century of Racing over The Mountain by Mac McDiarmid with foreword by John Surtess MBE. has been donated by our good friend Stu and will be auctioned at the TT 2007. This book has been signed by a veritable who's who in the world of Road Racing - past and present. A fantastic collectors item not to be missed!
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MINI-MOTO DONATED FOR AUCTION ......
Since 1980, Dick Cartwright's bike shop, DC Motorcycles, has provided Huddersfield bikers with new and secondhand bikes, parts, tyres and servicing. He also has a bike school on site which covers everything from CBT's to DAS courses. Dick's donation of a minimoto for auction underlines his commitment to biking and his support of the end2end fund. His suggestion of getting the bike autographed has been used and the bike will be taken to the TT to be signed by as many riders as possible before being auctioned.
DC motorcycles can be found here
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Guest rider Steve McDonald, recently signed up, has been busy securing funds for the trip.... He just received a cash donation from Bike Tyres in Leeds...thanks guys!
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The End2End trip has the seal of approval from a Very Important Person... none other than the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man. Here's the email response end2end rider Gary the Nurse received recently:
Dear Mr Christian Thank you for your email, His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor has read your message about your intended ride from Lands End to John O’Groats. He has asked me to send you his congratulations on your fine initiative and wishes you every success with your fundraising efforts for such a worthy cause. Kind regards Tina Moncrief-Scott (Mrs) Social Secretary
Guess who's being invited to this summers garden party then.........
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The UK firm 3M have made a cash donation to the fund in addition to providing each rider with a Hi-Vis green safety bib for the trip..... with any luck you will at least 'see' us coming if you don't hear us!
Special thanks to Mike (smiler) and 3M
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The UK number plate M9P TT has now been sold and a considerable share of the selling price has been forwarded to the end2end fund by it's seller, Mr Shaun Dalton...Thanks again to Shaun and to the buyer - we hope to see you on the Island this year with the plate - well done!
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We have great pleasure in announcing that the end2end trip will be ridden exclusivley on AVON Rubber!
Steve McDonald of Coopertire - AVON Tyres Ltd. will be kindly supplying a set of tyres for each of the riders on the 1,000 mile journey. Please visit their website for more product info.
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We are pleased to announce that the trip will be assisted by a back-up service van for the riders. This van includes diesel for the trip and is kindly supplied by the Royal Mail and it is thanks to the efforts of Robbie Howell and Jason Wood at NWRDC Warrington that the riders will have this much needed safety vehicle. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Mr Shaun Dalton from Lincoln has very kindly donated a UK number plate M9P TT for us to auction or sell, and all profit from the sale of the plate is to go to the End2End fund ! Shaun is a keen supporter of road racing on the Isle of Man and this is his way of giving something back to the sport he loves, so get yourself a unique number plate to go with that new bike and be the envy of all at the 100th TT celebrations!
The plate is held on retention for immediate transfer, which I am informed takes approx` 4 weeks, so make us a genourous offer and know that you did something good and have something fantastic to show for a long time!
