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2007 - STAFF ARE FUNDRAISING FOR THE LEAGUE AGAIN

The staff of HPNC are at it again.  A group of staff from Theatre, Sugical Ward, Medical Ward, CT and X-Ray are off to France to cycle to raise funds for the League of Friends.  The group are leaving England on the 20th June and plan to cycle in France for 7 days.  Updates on their progress will be posted.  If you would like to sponsor or support the team - please contact us via the website. 

HURSTWOOD PARK STAFF CYCLE FOR LEAGUE OF FRIENDS

HPNC staff from all department's joined forces as the ‘Tarts’ to cycle 80 miles through the Loire valley in May 2005 – and it wasn’t to check out the local wines.

The ‘girls’ from theatres, X-ray and the surgical ward were responding to the challenge set last year by the Hurstwood Park ‘boys’.

Wanting to put something back into the ever-supportive HPNC League of Friends, the ‘boys’ undertook a 60-mile sponsored canoe trip of Scotland’s Great Glen.

The team – Peter Foster, John Baker, Paul Marchant, Simon Foster, Kevin Knowles and Ishmael Lopez – passed through 29 locks and reached a peak summit of 106 feet above sea level in just six days.

Thanks to their efforts, they raised £2,000 for the Friends. Rising to the challenge, the ‘girls’ decided on a sponsored cycle ride in France and their reward for 80 miles of hard riding was raising £4,000, which they presented to League chairman Brian Gubbin last month.

What next? Theatre administrator Sarah Bane says they are racking their brains to come up with a challenge for 2007 and promises to keep us posted when once the plan is formulated.