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Teacher takes up firefighters driving challenge
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Welding Greenmeadow Primary School teacher, Hannah Maxwell, will have the drive of her life on 17 May as she
takes part in the Ladies Driving Challenge to raise funds for the Fire Fighters Charity.
SupplieS She and dozens of other The ladies driving day, or-
EstablishEd in 1973 women will get the chance ganised to mark the fiftieth anni-
to drive a variety of unusual versary of Swindon Fire Station
• Welding Equipment at trade Prices vehicles such as a fire engine, takes place at Hullavington Air
• trade Counter For diY & industry tank, digger, car transporter or Field and is open to all women
• specialist Gas supplies police car. with a full driving licence. Regis-
• all Major Welding brands “The charity is very close tration costs £10 and participants
• Full stock Of Consumables to our family as my father is are asked to raise a further £90 in
• abrasives involved with the Wiltshire sponsorship. There will be prizes
• all Major brands Of Power tools Fire Service as their chaplain,” for those who raise the most
01793 525444 said Hannah. “It costs over money, including the chance to
email: [email protected] £9 million each year to run. be a fire fighter for the day.
Unit 4 Central trading Estate With no government funding, There maybe a late space avail-
signal Way swindon sn3 1Pd it relies entirely on donations able. Call Cathy Clark on 07979
to support over 11,000 people Hannah with crew managers Mark Altree 758026 for details.
each year. and Mark Shipway www.ladiesdrivingchallenge.co.uk
Mobile Kenny gets a go-faster ride on sponsored Kawasaki

Car repairs Kenny Gilbertson from Redhouse made an appeal in the December Link for help to get him to the starting

• Servicing grid on the British Superbike Championship. He said, “it’s been hard work
In April he made it to the start
• Repairs line riding for JX Fuelcard Kawa- over the past seven years to get
• Brakes saki team owned and run by Janet to this stage, but with the team
• Exhausts Garnham and Axel Bergstrom. behind me we have made it, on
• M.O.T. With four years experience on the verge of our first full season
• Free call out the Kawasaki ZX10, Kenny has in the British Superbikes. Dreams
• No VAT consistently been the fastest rider do come true.”
• Engine on the machine in whatever class Follow Kenny’s progress at:
diagnostics he has been competing. www.kennygilbertsonracing.co.uk
SlATER’S MOBilE SERVicES
Tel: 079999 44262 Bikers make a run for Help For Heroes

The RAF Brize Norton Motorcycle Club, better known as the BBC
(Brize Bike Club) is organising a Poker Run in aid of Help For Heroes
on Saturday 30 May, starting at 10am from George White’s Superbikes
in Athena Drive, Swindon.
The minimum cost of entry is £10 for a solo rider and £15 for a rider
and pillion passenger. From 10am riders will select a random number
corresponding to a playing card which will determine the route they will
take. There are prizes for safe and skilful riding, not speed.
For details, contact Gerry Evans at the BBC on 01993 897936.

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