Simon Lewis-Pierpoint
Studio SDA Architects MD - Joins Ride to Wembley 2019
Fundraising for Rugby League Cares
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Having only recently started cycling I am now facing the HUGE challenge of cycling from the home of Rugby League - Huddersfield to Wembley Stadium which this year is longer, harder and higher than ever before, over 340 miles off-road cycling including over 18000ft of climbs within 5gruelling days for both mind and body especially the buttocks!!!
I have armed myself with Ibuprofen, paracetamol and an amount of butt cream that should hopefully see me through! I will have the pleasure of riding with other ex-professional rugby league players and colleagues and I am sure our positive attitudes, drive and determination to raise money for the great work that RL Cares does should be enough to see us through, if not the pain killers will!
Physical and mental strength is something that you are taught as a sports professional while you are playing and competing everyday at training and every game each week. You can tackle the biggest and toughest of opponents on a field but sometimes life is a little more complicated and provides mental challenges that can make the biggest physical form become vulnerable. RL Cares provides support to people involved at every level of our great sport, from junior clubs to current and former semi and professional players and provides incredible support in ways that they need it whether that is practical advice, legal, medical or counselling support. I enjoyed a great time while playing professional rugby league and rugby union and have been fortunate enough to have a great career after hanging up my boots as an award winning architect with an amazing award winning practice and now I feel it is time to give back something to the sport that has made me the person I am today.
I have seen first-hand in my own family the importance of valuing mental health on the same level as physical health which is why I’m such an avid supporter of RL Cares which focuses on the physical and mental health and wellbeing of players past and present.
Please help me smash my fundraising goal of £2,000.00 to help raise much needed funds and awareness of this great charity. Your donations and supportive comments will keep me and the rest of the amazing team of riders going through this immense physical challenge knowing I am doing something positive as a result of all the pain!!
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
Having only recently started cycling I am now facing the HUGE challenge of cycling from the home of Rugby League - Huddersfield to Wembley Stadium which this year is longer, harder and higher than ever before, over 340 miles off-road cycling including over 18000ft of climbs within 5gruelling days for both mind and body especially the buttocks!!!
I have armed myself with Ibuprofen, paracetamol and an amount of butt cream that should hopefully see me through! I will have the pleasure of riding with other ex-professional rugby league players and colleagues and I am sure our positive attitudes, drive and determination to raise money for the great work that RL Cares does should be enough to see us through, if not the pain killers will!
Physical and mental strength is something that you are taught as a sports professional while you are playing and competing everyday at training and every game each week. You can tackle the biggest and toughest of opponents on a field but sometimes life is a little more complicated and provides mental challenges that can make the biggest physical form become vulnerable. RL Cares provides support to people involved at every level of our great sport, from junior clubs to current and former semi and professional players and provides incredible support in ways that they need it whether that is practical advice, legal, medical or counselling support. I enjoyed a great time while playing professional rugby league and rugby union and have been fortunate enough to have a great career after hanging up my boots as an award winning architect with an amazing award winning practice and now I feel it is time to give back something to the sport that has made me the person I am today.
I have seen first-hand in my own family the importance of valuing mental health on the same level as physical health which is why I’m such an avid supporter of RL Cares which focuses on the physical and mental health and wellbeing of players past and present.
Please help me smash my fundraising goal of £2,000.00 to help raise much needed funds and awareness of this great charity. Your donations and supportive comments will keep me and the rest of the amazing team of riders going through this immense physical challenge knowing I am doing something positive as a result of all the pain!!
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.