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Event Write Ups - Driving / Motorbike Events

These write ups show the enormous range of fundraising and raising awareness events that take place in aid of CRY.  They are a great source of ideas, and give a good indication of what various types of event involve.

 

If you would like to send in a write up of your CRY fundraising or awareness raising event, please e-mail kerry@c-r-y.org.uk with photos and at least 100 words of text.

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Ethan Jones Memorial Classic Car Run - 24th July 2011
The event was attended by over 20 Classic Car owners who paid to take part in this event. All the cars met on Sunday 24th July at Leatherhead Leisure Centre and at 10am each car was given a start off to follow a planned “Tulip” route to arrive at the Bentley Motor Museum in Halland, Sussex.

 

Rickshaw Run - September 2010
Back in September 2010, we - Tom Hawes, Joe Norton, Alex Nicholls, Andy Thomson, John Smith and Dan Mason - set off on our intrepid adventure.  Over 12 days and 13 nights we would attempt to drive 3000km across Asia in two Tuk Tuks - one of the world's most incompetent and impractical machines!

The Coyote Rally 2008 - 5th to 9th April 2008

The Stay Puft Appreciation Society entered the 2008 Coyote Rally to raise money and awareness for CRY.  Driving an old Mercedes estate car, the team travelled 1486 miles around Europe in 4 days.

Team "Gin'll Fix It" Calais to Casablanca car rally - 24th to 28th June 2007

Ben Fisher, Chris Lingwood and Paul Arthur drove an aging BMW 7 Series from Calais to Casablanca (and back!) to raise money and awareness for CRY in memory of their friend Vicky Stockton.

'Mission Implausible' in memory of Anthony Child - 2nd to 15th June 2007

Chris Gordon rode a Honda Cub90 around the entire coast of the UK, to raise money and awareness for CRY in memory of his friend Anthony Child.  Chris endured all manner of bad weather and riding discomfort on his 3301-mile journey, but also received lots of welcome encouragement from friends and well wishers.

eBay auction - passenger ride in a Mitsubishi World Rally Car - June 2007

CRY supporter Simon Willis works for the Mitsubishi World Rally Team, and he arranged for the team to offer one lucky person the ride of a lifetime in a Mitsubishi World Rally Car at the 2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed. 

"Crewe's Missiles" Mini Club Charity Run - 25th March 2007

The Mini owner's club "Crewe's Missiles" undertook a charity run to raise money for CRY.

'Nurburg 4 Nowt', Nurburgring Track Day Project - 27th to 29th May 2006

Brothers Richard and Adam Fry took a specially-prepared - and slightly aging - Volkswagen Jetta to a public Track Day at the famous German Nurburgring race circuit.  With the car sporting various CRY stickers and logos, the pair hoped to raise awareness of CRY, in memory of their sister Rhian who died suddenly in 2000, aged 17.

Car Jump for CRY - 29th August 2005

Lee Paulson jumped a Rover 216 Sprint over 9 other cars to help raise awareness of CRY, and to raise money for CRY in memory of Ben Thorn.

Bionic Bus - Bionic Babes on tour
The VW bus will go to many shows and rallies throughout the year and we will run a competition to guess how many celebrity autographs are collected.
   

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