An Evening with James Bowthorpe, World Record Holder for cycling around the World

James Eastwood (West Suffolk Wheelers) and together with Nick Webber (Colchester Rovers) will be cycling from Paris to Twickenham as part of the Dallaglio Foundation Cycle Slam 2010 along with 22 other employees of Greene King. 

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A second speaker! Paul Kimmage will also be coming to Bury St Edmunds to give a talk on his experiences as a pro cyclist and as a journalist

In February 2010 Lawrence Dallaglio will start his ride from Rome heading to Edinburgh via each of the 6 nation rugby stadiums. The duo will be joining Lawrence in Paris to ride into Twickenham on the 26^th February ahead of the England v Ireland game.  The challenge is not just riding the rolling 450km route over 4 days but doing it in the cold, damp winter weather of February. 

Another major undertaking for us is to raise money for money for Sports Relief and the charities supported by the Dallaglio foundation (Debra, Help for Heroes and Leukaemia research)

So to help raise money for this event they are pleased and excited to announce that James Bowthorpe, the man who recently shattered the World Record for cycling around the world, will be coming to Bury St Edmunds on 19^th January 2010. The evening will be a chance to hear first hand about the challenges James faced in his quest to cycle round the world and how he broke the world record by some 4 weeks.

Tickets for this unique opportunity are £10 and can be booked by completing the order form and returning it to:  James Eastwood, Greene King Destination Pubs, Abbot House, Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1QW

The Location of the Event will be the Greene King Social Club, Cullum Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1QT. 

Also taking place in this evening will be an auction of various autographed cycling items from such cyclist as Sir Chris Hoy, Sean Yates, the Great Britain Cycling Team and other sport and fitness related offerings.  A full list will be emailed out to those who purchase tickets ahead of the event.

The evening will start at 7 p.m. and is expected to finish by 10pm at the end of the auction.

Aution Items so far.....

Thomas De Ghent signed jersey
Mark Cavendish signed book
Carlos Sastre signed jersey
Chris Hoy signed / framed photo
GB jersey signed by team
Stephen Roach and Geoff Thomas signed GTF jersey
David Millar signed jersey

Sean Yates jersey - signed 1983 leaders jersey from the Milk Race (rather cool)

 Also non cycling items such as:

Ipswich Town 2001/02 signed shirt / programme
2004 125 year anniversary signed Fulham Shirt
Lawrence Dallaglio signed Shirt/Rugby Ball and Book

Refreshments will be available during the evening.

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A second speaker! Paul Kimmage will also be coming to Bury St Edmunds to give a talk on his experiences as a pro cyclist and as a journalist

Should you have any questions regarding the evening or the event itself please feel free to contact James on 01284 714113 or 07974 132454 or of course drop him an email to jameseastwood@greeneking.co.uk