Big Bike Ride Raises Over £6K

There Were Too Many Cyclists For One Picture!

The fourty or so Hereford United cyclists who pedalled all the way from Hereford to Telford earlier today have raised in excess of £6,000 and donations are still coming in.

UPDATE: Late Sunday the total is reported to be £7,164.13

The riders set off from Edgar Street around 9.30 and arrived at the New Bucks Head around 4.00pm.

Martin Foyle With Some Of The Riders

Manager Martin Foyle was full of praise for those who took part and all the helpers.

"To get fourty people on their bikes and raising £6000 plus is absolutely fantastic achievement," said Foyle.

"All those things go into the equation."

One of the cyclists, former Bulls player Gareth Davies, did the whole trip on a tandem along with Tasha Wester.

Tasha Webster, Gareth Davies And Richard Prime Of The Hereford Times

"It's much harder than playing football," he said afterwards.

"Coming up Much Wenlock hill, hardest thing I think I've ever done in my life.

"Without Tasha I wouldn't have got through the sixty miles, especially the last leg."

Dave Preedy

Director Dave Preedy was at Telford to welcome the riders.

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