WK Finn-Kelcey team raises over £1000 for the British Heart Foundation in London to Brighton bike ride 2009
A nine-strong team of cyclists at WK Finn-Kelcey, a firm of leading chartered accountants and business advisers in Ashford, has raised over £1000 for the British Heart Foundation by completing the annual London to Brighton bike ride.
The annual 54-mile ride, Europe’s largest charity bike event, took place on Sunday 21st June in sunny weather conditions, and the team eagerly gathered at the Ashford office at 5.15 am to make their way to Clapham Common for the start at 7am.
The route is interspersed with three hills, the last being the famous Ditchling Beacon, which is the highest point in the county of East Sussex, rising to 248m or 814 ft in just over a mile.
Six members of the team, Kevin Thornby, Lauren Hatcher, Robin Gower, Ian Gower, Paul Fisher and Simon Edwards all conquered the beacon and cycled the full way to the summit, and the team reached the finish on the Brighton seafront at 4pm.
Paul Nixon, Associate Manager at the WK Finn-Kelcey office, says, “We had a fantastic day and the team is thrilled to have raised over £1000 for the British Heart Foundation. We would like to express our gratitude to all our generous sponsors and look forward to taking part again in 2010!”
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