Teddy Bear Run 2013
Teddy Bear Run 2013
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jrampton

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216 posts

222 months

Sunday 10th November 2013
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Mods - Posted with permission of Paul Garlick.

15th December from Lets Race to Chestnut Tree House.

Last year i helped organise delivering Teddy Bears to the Chestnut Tree House Children's Hospice. We started at Crawley Town FC and drove in convoy to the Chestnut Tree House and delivered the bears. In the process we raised £2,400 towards the running of the Hospice.

This year we hope to raise even more but in order to do so we need people to join us on the run this year starting at Lets Race the F1 Simulator Centre in Horley and deliver the Teddy Bears to the Chestnut Tree House. We are accepting sponsorship / donations as well and urge people that want to come along on the run to try and raise some sponsorship as well, it all helps.

The other good thing is that one of our sponsors Barclays Bank have said that the money that gets donated via our bank account will be doubled by them.

Website is : www.teddybearrun.co.uk where you will find links to us on Twitter and Facebook as well.

Thanks,

John.

countzero

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240 months

Monday 18th November 2013
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a few of us from Wessex Car Club are doing this

jrampton

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Tuesday 19th November 2013
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Excellent stuff really looking forward to it now, we are going to get xmas out of the way and start planning something for next year.

jrampton

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Friday 22nd November 2013
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We now have a VIP Police Escort all the way as well, Police Outriders will be stopping traffic at junctions and roundabouts so that we can all stick together smile


V1DL3R

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151 months

Friday 22nd November 2013
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Can we race them?

jrampton

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Friday 22nd November 2013
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The more you race them the more points you win i hear smile

greengreenwood7

958 posts

213 months

Monday 25th November 2013
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sorry i may have missed it somewhere - but what's the timings for this? our kit car club has a brekkie meet that morning not far from Horley and would like to mention this to those that are going to that in case they may want to join in with this - but no idea whether the timings will work.....

jrampton

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Monday 25th November 2013
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Sorry my bad, starts at 08:30 until about Lunchtime i think.

djtex

449 posts

220 months

Monday 25th November 2013
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Howdy, I'm interested in coming along, I'm a bit unclear on what's involved, what I need to do etc, to take part? Can you clarify?

jrampton

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Monday 25th November 2013
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All you need to do is sign up here : http://www.teddybearrun.co.uk/signup

And Westley will contact you with details of how to pay the joining fee and if you want to go on the F1 Simulators etc (its £10 extra).

On the day we all meet at Lets Race and collect the Teddies and get the stickers etc, we then drive down to Chestnut Tree House with a Police convoy and hand over the Teddies to the Staff / Children at the Hospice, they will be putting on Hot drinks etc and explaining a bit more about what they do there.

Cheers,

John.

djtex

449 posts

220 months

Monday 25th November 2013
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Ok cool, I presume the provision of Teddies has already been taken care of?

jrampton

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Monday 25th November 2013
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Yes that's correct Teddy is included and is covered by the entry fee, they have to be sealed as they are going to Children with Life Limiting Illnesses so we have to make sure they are clean.

greengreenwood7

958 posts

213 months

Tuesday 26th November 2013
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sorry to question this to the nth degree.....
when you say 08.30 - does that means folks will congregate from then or leave then or??
our mob will i think be tied up with brekkie after an early run out til around 9.30, so prob the earliest any of them could get to the start point would be 9.45/10.00....obviously there's no point in me bringing the subject up if you need everyone there earlier/will have left, similarly would be a pity if we read later on that no one left till 10+

jrampton

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Tuesday 26th November 2013
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I should know this, i'll ask my partner in crime and get back to you lol

jrampton

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Tuesday 26th November 2013
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Right.. The plan is:

8:30am - Meet at Lets Race
10.00am - Leave Let's Race for Chestnut Tree House.

So if you wanted to turn up at 9:30am that's fine but obviously you probably wouldn't have time to go on the simulators.


greengreenwood7

958 posts

213 months

Tuesday 26th November 2013
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ok thanks for that, simulators hold no appeal, so looks as if that could just work, will have a word amongst the members and see if anyone up for this. Many thx Mark.

djtex

449 posts

220 months

Wednesday 27th November 2013
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I'm in, will sort the payment tomorrow. I'll be one of those arriving nearer 9:30 as not fussed about the simulator etc.

Looking forward to it. smile

Dalto123

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185 months

Friday 29th November 2013
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Dad has just got his confirmation for this.

I'm car hunting at the moment, if I get anything I'd love to join in wink

djtex

449 posts

220 months

Sunday 15th December 2013
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What a fab event this was, shame about the weather but it didn't dampen spirits one iota. My first time doing anything for Chestnut Tree House, and on the brief visit and limited info I have was truly humbled by the work they do there. Will definitely be back next year.

My sincere thanks to Westley and the crew for all their hard work, the event was a toga credit to you all. smile

Dalto123

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185 months

Sunday 15th December 2013
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djtex said:
What a fab event this was, shame about the weather but it didn't dampen spirits one iota. My first time doing anything for Chestnut Tree House, and on the brief visit and limited info I have was truly humbled by the work they do there. Will definitely be back next year.

My sincere thanks to Westley and the crew for all their hard work, the event was a toga credit to you all. smile
What he said! wink

First time for me and Mum and Dad doing anything for Chesnut Tree House, and we thoroughly enjoyed the drive down (I persisted with the rain and the roof stayed down all the way - to the amusement of some!)