{"id":253,"date":"2016-09-20T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T14:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qmp.uk.com\/blog\/?p=253"},"modified":"2022-03-03T16:19:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T16:19:50","slug":"neil-higgitts-charity-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qmp.uk.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/20\/neil-higgitts-charity-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Charity Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-285 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qmp.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CsddjH4WAAANU8z-1.jpg-large-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"csddjh4waaanu8z-jpg-large\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qmp.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CsddjH4WAAANU8z-1.jpg-large-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.qmp.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CsddjH4WAAANU8z-1.jpg-large-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.qmp.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CsddjH4WAAANU8z-1.jpg-large-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">They&#8217;ve done it!<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">With determination, support and many sore bums, their challenge is now complete!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our MD&#8217;s Neil Higgitt, Peter Hargreaves and their team of 12 have completed their gruelling challenge riding <em><strong>153 miles<\/strong><\/em> across the Pennies, coast to coast from Whitehaven to Newcastle over 3 days from 16th &#8211; 18th September. We have proudly sponsored 4Louis charity which provides memory boxes for stillbirth, neonatal, infant and child loss. They offer support to Parents, Grandparents, Brothers, Sisters, family and friends who have faced this tragic situation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A target of <strong>\u00a31500.00<\/strong> was set in order to help support this charity, however we are pleased to announce that with the help of our family, friends, suppliers and customers we have smashed this total and raised an<strong> EXCEPTIONAL\u00a0<em>\u00a33,444.75 <\/em><\/strong><strong>Inc Gift Aid. <\/strong>From all the team at QMP we would like to say a <strong>HUGE<\/strong> thank you to everyone who has kindly donated to this great charity and sent all their &#8216;Good Luck&#8217; wishes to Neil, Peter and their team! The money raised will make a difference to all families who have suffered this experience.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-289 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qmp.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Neils-coast-to-coast-low-res.jpg\" alt=\"neils-coast-to-coast-low-res\" width=\"537\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qmp.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/4Louis-logo-final.jpg\" alt=\"4louis-logo-final\" width=\"497\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qmp.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/4Louis-logo-final.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.qmp.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/4Louis-logo-final-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Congratulations to Neil&#8217;s Coast to Coast Riders for completing such a difficult challenge!<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twttr_buttons\"><div class=\"twttr_twitter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"\" data-hashtags=\"\"  data-size=\"default\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.qmp.uk.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/20\/neil-higgitts-charity-bike-ride\/\"  data-related=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Tweet<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"twttr_followme\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/qmp5\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"true\" data-size=\"default\"  data-show-screen-name=\"false\"  target=\"_blank\">Follow me<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"twttr_mention\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?screen_name=qmp5&text=Team+Charity+Bike+Ride\" class=\"twitter-mention-button\" data-size=\"default\"  data-related=\"\"  target=\"_blank\">Tweet to @qmp5<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They&#8217;ve done it! 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