Published on: Tuesday 16 Jun 2015 at 13:44
The event was the first time the organisers of the popular Essex County Bike Ride chose to support a local charity, with participants pledging to raise £12,000 in sponsorship for the Hospice.
Starting and finishing at the Olympic legacy Redbridge Cycling Centre in Hainault, some 145 riders took on the gruelling 100-mile route, with 345 cyclists completing either the 33- or 60-mile routes through the rolling Essex countryside.
Among those taking part were a team headed by event sponsor George Cooper, of Stansted-based GC Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Clinic.
All the money raised from the bike ride will help us continue providing our skilled and compassionate care to local people living with a life-limiting or terminal illness and their families, both here at the Hospice and in people’s own homes if that is their preferred place of care.
To see some photographs from the event, visit the St Clare Facebook page. Taken by professional photographer Kevin Lines, they are available to purchase here. The password is ‘cycle’.