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Report on Ride & Stride 2019

2019 Launch

St Bartholomew’s Church, Corsham, hosts the 2019 launch by the Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire

Report

“We cycled 26 miles to 8 different churches.  It took us 6 hours – it felt like a million!  The reason we carried on was mostly the jellybeans.”  (8-year-old twins Robert and William, who raised over £1000 for St Thomas’s, Salisbury).

Congratulations to all the 370 or so people (aged 1 – 98) who took part this year and raised over £57,000 for their own churches and the Wiltshire Historic Churches Trust.  We were blessed with a glorious sunny day, our handsome churches and beautiful countryside looking at their best.  There was an excellent turn-out for the launch in Corsham by the Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire, Mrs. Sarah Troughton, who spoke eloquently of the importance of the Trust’s work in maintaining our churches.

The majority still favour the two-wheel ride, but striders make up a significant proportion of the participants, and a well-publicised 98-year-old rode in splendour to St. Mary’s, Codford on his mobility scooter, raising over £1000. There were a couple of horse-riders in Corsham, a training bike rider in Melksham, and a first this year: “Glide and Stride” in Heytesbury.  I’m not sure how much striding took place, but the Gliding (throwing paper aeroplanes down from the pulpit) was clearly a success.

Once again I am pleased to record the achievement of the stalwarts from St. James, Bratton, who won the Brooke Cup for the ninth year in succession.  Why can no other churches mobilise 40+ participants?  Congratulations too to the youngsters from St. Mary’s, Grittleton who retained the Junior Group Cup.

There were many great individual achievements, but I would single out David Fishlock whose solo effort raised over £2000 for St. John the Baptist, Mildenhall and Christ Church, Marlborough.

Results

Please click on this link to see the full list of Prize Winners 2019

2019 Launch
St Bart’s, Corsham, hosts the 2019 launch by the Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire.
Glide+Stride at Heytesbury
“Glide+Stride” at Heytesbury
Col Elcomb
Colonel Michael Elcomb being welcomed at his church, St Mary’s, Codford

Poppy Crabb
Poppy Dawson-Crabb (aged 5) from Malmesbury URC walked/scootered to Bremilham, Wiltshire’s smallest church
Ted Mitchell
Ted Mitchell from Lydiard Millicent proudly wears his prize-winner’s t-shirt

Next Year

The 2020 Ride & Stride is on Saturday 12th September; maybe readers of this who are PCC members could prompt your colleagues into action?

 

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