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Thursday, 19th


October 2017 Ride with Nico Cycle Raises Over €2,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities Ireland


braved the weather


this year’s Ride with Nico charity cycle


by ALAN SHEEHAN Over 100 cyclists to take part in this past


inclement


Sunday, 15 October. The cycle was this year held in aid of Ronald Mc-


Donald House Charities Ireland and raised over €2,000 for the


charity


which provides accom- modation and support for who have seriously ill children in hospital such as


Crumlin Children’s


Hospital. “We were so lucky to


have it on Sunday and not Monday,” John Shan- ahan one of the organis- ers of the event, “and for the hurricane to not hit on Sunday instead. We had 102 cyclists brave the shocking weather and 102 of them got saturated wet. There were 15 children


who took part with the kids’ cycle with Nico too. Even though the weather was terrible, to raise mon- ey for Ronald McDonald House was fantastic. We raised over €2,000 for the charity.” Irish professional road racer Nicholas


bicycle ‘Nico’ Roche led both


the shorter kids’ cycle and the 80km sportive cycle for adults. The ride took the cyclists through Gl- anmire, Watergrasshill, Rathcormac, Ballincur- rig, Lisgoold, Midleton, Cobh and Passage West before returning to Little


Island. “We would like


to


thank all the sponsors of the event,” said Mr Shan- ahan. “It is a long list. We would like to especially thank Mary Birming- ham of AIB Bank Mid- leton, as they sponsored us last year as well, and


our two other main spon- sors Keary’s Hyundai in Midleton and Fitzgerald’s Bakery. We would also like to say thanks to Bal- lymore Cycling Club and Cycling Ireland, as well as to the Gardaí and to Blaz- ing Bikers, the motorcycle marshals on the day.”


• Smiles for the camera!


• Camilla O Conor, Bernie Twomey, Catherine Terry, Fran Fitzpatrick, Susie Buckley and Mags Jones.


• Brian Nolan , Jim Roche and Barry McMahon.


• Nicholas Roche and Thomas Cahill.


• Clodagh Shanahan.


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