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International team of Grand Bahama ladies prepare to ‘Ride for Hope’
By Conchwoman
Mar 6, 2008 - 6:25:43 PM

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L-R: Veronica Lefevre, Deanna Kennedy, Bev Dobinson, Jolanda Luijkx, Ingrid Welch, and Mandy Plant. Missing: Charlotte Olssen.

This year’s Cancer Society bike-a-thon Ride for Hope Bahamas is now less than a month away, and one team of women from Grand Bahama are getting ready to pedal up and down the hills of Eleuthera on April 5th, all in the name of fighting cancer - a disease that knows no boundaries.   This international team of seven women – all parents of Lucaya International School students – represent a real ‘United Nations of Grand Bahama.’  

 

“We have cyclists in our group from the UK, US, France, Sweden, and the Netherlands,” remarked team organizer Mandy Plant during their Tuesday training ride.   “We are very excited about the event but also visiting Eleuthera and Harbour Island, which will be the first time for some of the ladies.”   The plan to attend the ride was hatched after Mandy rode 75 miles last year and couldn’t stop talking about how much fun the whole event was.

 

Over 100 cyclists of all ages and abilities, from all across the Bahamas and the US, are expected to congregate at the North Eleuthera airport starting line on the morning of April 5th to ride their choice of distance between 20 and 100 miles to raise money for this great cause.

 

Thanks to corporate sponsor Bradford Marine, the Grand Bahama ladies’ bikes are being shipped to Harbour Island on the tow boat Mr. C, leaving the women free to buy up almost all of the seats on the regularly scheduled Regional Air flight.  

 

To learn more about the Cancer Society’s Ride for Hope Bahamas bike-a-thon and how you can help, click here.   To catch the remaining seats on the North Eleuthera flight, hurry to the airport!


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