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Cycle shop captures Olympic surge

West Swindon based Hargroves Cycles off Wootton Bassett Road is
celebrating its second year since arriving in the town by becoming the
busiest out of the seven shops in the Hargroves group.
Manager Mark
Sealey said: “Coming
to Swindon has been
a great success. With
a good urban cycle
network and nearby
countryside, cycling
is really popular here.
We started with four
staff and are now up
to seven. Biggest Ever
“We have worked
closely with the road
cycling clubs and
Mountain Bike Swin-
don since before we
opened to ensure we SALE
have the right equip-
ment in stock. It’s
more important now Mark Sealey, centre, with colleague Joseph Dea-
as showroom space con, provided a full bike service for Lyndon Eagle-
has increased and stone, Carl Taylor and Marc Stephens who rode
we have less storage overnight from Swindon to Penzance on 10 August.
available. Lyndon was raising money for Wish For Kids,
“Bradley Wiggins www.make-a-wish.org.uk
in the Tour de France Carl and Marc were supporting six year old
and the Olympics, Corey Cummings from Swindon who has cerebral
and TeamGB’s amaz- palsy. The NHS has declined to provide an opera-
ing achievements in tion to improve his prospects as he gets older and Hardrock SE Spark 29er
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the velodrome have his parents are raising money for treatment in
18th August £275 WAS £340 £1229 WAS £1449
the USA. Donate online at: www.justgiving.com/
created a lot of inter-
est from new cyclists bikerideswindontopenzance
www.thecoreycummingsfund.org
and people upgrad-
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ing their bikes.”
Extra school holidays for ball boy Matty Enduro Evo Rockhopper
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Upcoming tennis star Matty Morgan, 14, was allowed time off from
Lydiard Park Academy to spend nine days as a ball boy for the Boston
Lobsters Tennis Team during the World Team Tennis competition.
Matty flew to Boston on 8 July £2175 WAS £2500 £560 WAS £700
and spent 3 weeks with the fam-
ily of his American tennis part-
ner Evan Maguire. Mum Jackie LTD 2012 SX Trail 2012
explained: “My sister lives in
Massachusetts and we go over
every summer to visit. While
we’re there Matty plays tennis
at Newburyport Racquet Club, £729 WAS £859 £2549 WAS £3000
where he met Evan and where
they were spotted last year by
the Boston Lobsters team and
invited to be ball boys.”
This year Matty performed
his ball boy duties at all twelve
of the Lobsters’ home games,
captained by Andre Agassi. Matty, centre, with Evan and former PENZANCE DRIVE, SWINDON
He also got to meet tennis star
professional player Lyndsey Davenport
John Isner, Lobster’s team player
famous for beating Nicolas Mahut The icing on the cake is that the NEXT TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP
70 – 68 in the fifth set of the longest Boston Lobsters ball kids’ team
tennis game ever at Wimbledon leader Lauren Mihalchik has invited
in 2010. Matty to return next year. He said: TEL: 01793 528208
Describing his meeting with “It’s an amazing opportunity and
Isner, Matty said: “It was fantastic I feel so privileged to have been
as I was able to watch how he asked back. Now I just need to talk WWW.HARGROVESCYCLES.CO.UK
played and this has helped me in my Dad into paying for the flights.”
my game. I caught the ball when Matty arrived home the day
John Isner served an ace and the before the Olympics started and
commentator asked over the mic was able to watch Andy Murray’s
‘how did that ball feel kid?’ and I enthralling gold medal win against
said it hurt my hand.” Roger Federer.

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