Gary Croft's 130-mile Help For Heroes ride
A GRIMSBY Town favourite, a former Marine and an ex-Paratrooper, are just three of the men taking part in a 130-mile bike ride in aid of Help For Heroes.
On Saturday, former Mariners left-back Gary Croft, 35, Marine Wayne Sanderson, 33, and Paratrooper Matthew Jones, 33, will be cycling from Whitehaven to Sunderland.
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TRIBUTE: Gary Croft, second from left, and Wayne Sanderson, second from right, prepare for their coast-to-coast cycle ride with support team members, Rachel Allsworth, left, Ric Kang, centre, and Tracey Thompson, right.
They hope to complete the coast-to-coast challenge in just one day.
Mr Sanderson works in the gym at Cleethorpes Leisure Centre, where he has been raising funds for Help For Heroes for a number of months.
As reported, the personal trainer has been raising money ever since his close friend Joseph Townsend lost both his legs in a mine blast in Afghanistan last year.
He was just 35 metres away from him at the time.
In August, Mr Sanderson organised a 517-mile run on treadmills at the leisure centre, with several people contributing, raising around £2,600 for the charity.
Help For Heroes raises money to support members of the Armed Forces who have been wounded in the service of their country.
Read more about the challenge and the charity, in today's Grimsby Telegraph.
2 Comments
by Angel, HLC
Tuesday, November 17 2009, 10:48PM
“What a brilliant thing to do! Best of luck to you all. x”
by M, just bobbed off the planet!
Monday, November 16 2009, 12:44PM
“Best of luck to you all, I think this is a fantastic cause and I hope you complete it successfully and raise lots of money! Well done!”