Web Site

The team ruby web site is now up and running, please visit us at www.team-ruby.co.uk as the blog won't be updated that regularly.

Johnny & Co.

Johnny and co do

Jonathan RIDD

Jonathan RIDD cycles all the way to Cardiff, 30 plus miles

Chippo & Jonah

Chippo and Jonah do 37miles from Tavarnspite to Pendine, Laugharne, St.Clares and Carmarthen

Johnny and Co

The boys do Bridgend

Ynysygwas Hill

Johnny and Pete WHITELOCK conquer Ynysygwas Hill on their way to Pyle. Pyle and Bridgend Conquered

Training Starts in Ernest

Having spent many weeks training for fun, The fun stops now, today johnny and Jonah did 26 miles up around Tonmawr and Glyncorrwg Ponds. As the riders do their training I will be updating this blog on a daily basis to enable any punters to decide on the favorites amongst the runners and riders.

Web Site

Web site as been created and will be online hopefully over the weekend.
The web site address will be www.team-ruby.co.uk, so please join us there.

Views Of Afan Argoed and Aberavon Beach

For those not yet feeling inspired to get out, a few views from Afan Argoed.

And few taken along Aberavon Beach, early evening. Please feel inspired to take your camera or phone camera with you. And don' t forget to send in your photos.

Mumbles Run

Peter and Chippo enjoy a well deserved pint having cycled an astounding 28 miles to Mumbles and back - Tug And Turbot, Swansea Marina

Training Starts Early For Some

Johnny enjoys the benefits of an early fitness regime.
Saturday 28th April 2007,
Outside Champers Fitness Studio, Kensington

Sponsorship Starts

Hardly has the weekend gone by, when Johnny rung to tell me the good news, not only has he already secured sponsorship of over £3000, but, we have sponsors for vans to help with the event itself and the offer of a couple of bikes for the events. The names, and big thank you's, to these sponsors will be published shortly.

Yet again a big thank you to Steve REDMORE, the manager of the Aberavon Shopping Centre, who has come up trumps with his massive offers of help and support for our events, more too come.

Click on the map to enlarge it, too see the route the cyclists will take. We will be starting from Portmeirion, which isn't far from Porthmadog, travel down the coast to about Cardigan and across Carmarthenshire, to Swansea and the Mumbles before heading for the Quins Club. Well that's the plan anyway.

Overwhelming

The support and offers of help so far for this project, has been overwhelming, but hardly surprising, knowing the community from where it has arisen. And all persons offering help and financial aid will be visited as the time unfolds.

Team Ruby

Ann DAVIES

Following the recent, sudden and sad death of a great friend to all who knew her, so tragically taken by cancer on the 28th March March 2007. It has been decided by a group of her friends, to do a sponsored bike ride from Portmeirion in North Wales to Aberavon, South Wales in her memory.

'Team Ruby' (The Team) as the participants of the ride will be called, after her nickname Ruby WAX and her favourite colour red, will ride the whole distance of approximately 250 miles over a five day period, camping the night on the way.

All monies raised during this adventure will be donated to the cancer ward at Bridgend Hospital, where she worked as a nurse and was nursed up until her untimely death.

Team Ruby's riders are currently being finalised, as are the other details such as feeding the team, personal and vehicular support for the riders, finalising accommodation, final route and hopefully sponsorship.

The ride will commence on Wednesday the 1st August, concluding at the Aberavon Harlequins ground on Sunday the 5th August, where hopefully, there will be a big turnout to welcome the riders home, culminating (fingers crossed) in a BBQ on the Quins.

Should all go to plan, the team should reach Cardigan on the Friday night, and a beachside camping area in Pendine on Saturday night, before completing the journey to the Quins via Mumbles on Sunday morning - "well that's the plan anyway".

The reason for a weekend completion, is too enable as many people as is possible, to join in along the route and share in what is going to, ultimately, be a very fulfilling journey.

There will be a lot of work, pain and training to be completed before the ride commences, will update soon.