Tracker backs charity bike relay

Added on Saturday, July 24th, 2010 by Carole Nash Editor | One Comment

On September 4^th and 5^th 2010, bikers from around the UK will be taking part in a charity ‘Burgan’ Relay in support of raising money for Afghan Heroes. The route, which consists of 60 legs, will go anticlockwise around the UK passing through major towns and cities*. The ‘Burgen’ (army rucksack), which has been taken on a number of tours of duties in Afghanistan and Iraq, will be relayed from biker to biker and members of the public will be able to track its progress online through technology provided by fleet tracking experts, TRACKER Network (UK) Limited,

The first event of its kind, the aim is to create the biggest motorbike relay in the UK to raise as much money as possible for these brave soldiers and help all those who have been injured or lost loved ones. Andy Whaites, a father of a soldier in the British Armed Forces and the organiser of the event is calling on all bikers and biking communities to get involved to make it a success and to raise as much money as possible.

Andy Whaites comments, “It is an issue close to my heart as my own son has been a soldier in the British Armed Forces for over nine years, and you hear and see the effects of the war firsthand. We already have 300 bikers signed up and are asking anyone who has a motorbike to get involved and make this a monumental weekend.”

For more information on how you can join in or support this great cause

Join the events facebook page ‘BIKERS NATIONAL BURGEN RELAY 4/5 SEPTEMBER 2010′ or follow on twitter BurgenRelayuk

Donations can be made online at bmycharity.com/V2bikersnationalburgenrelay

Real Time Tracking of the Burgen’s progress once the event is underway will be provided by TRACKER Network (UK) Limited at www.tracker.co.uk and click on the Afghan Heroes - Burgen Relay link

* Kings Lynn, Bourne, Salford, Newark, Worksop, Doncaster, Leeds, York, Thirsk, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Newcastle, Alnwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Dunbar, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Crawford, Lockerbie, Carlisle, Penrith, Kendal, Lancaster, Preston, Warrington, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Gloucester, Cardiff, Bristol, Western-Super-Mare, Taunton, Barnstable, Bude, Newquay, Penzance, Truro, Bodmin, Plymouth, Exeter, Lyme Regis, Dorcester, Poole, Portsmouth, Arundel, Brighton, Hastings, Dover, Faversham, Dartford, Southend-On-Sea, Colchester, Ipswich, Thetford, Cambridge, Peterborough.

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