Team KAAT Cycle Cuba 2010
Participants: Beverley Thorne, Caroline Cooper, Dave Marshall, Gary Balderston, Kevin Goddard, Lynn Hyder
Participants: Beverley Thorne, Caroline Cooper, Dave Marshall, Gary Balderston, Kevin Goddard, Lynn Hyder
Cycle Cuba 2010 · 14 November 2010
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As part of Kent Air Ambulance Trust’s 20th Anniversary year, which gets underway on December 23rd 2009 – the date of the life saving charity’s very first airlift in 1989, the trust has decided to give people the chance to cycle around the Caribbean’s largest . The cyclists will raise funds for the charity in the process.
Six members of staff at the trust have signed up for the challenge of a life time – cycling 350 kilometres over 5 days from the Bay of Pigs, famed for the US aggression on Cuba in 1961, through towns and villages to Trinidad, a World Heritage Site, before finishing the ride in the Bay of Cienfuegos, a stunning colonial bay with panoramic views. Team KAAT – it has to be said is made up of an eclectic mix of individuals to form a dynamic team that between them has to raise over £20,000 for the charity and with your help – they can do it! Between now and November 2010 – ‘Team KAAT’ will embark on one of the most ambitious fundraising attempts by staff at the charity to date, by taking part in all kinds of events, many are in the planning stages, some are still being dreamt up and could involve losing valuable coverings on the body! It really will be a year of fundraising in the hope of securing vital funds for the charity, before giving blood, sweat and tears of pain (and laughter) during the challenge itself! The team: Beverley “Tally Ho” Thorne – Head of Charity Services “Leggy” Hyder – Fundraiser “Biscuit” Balderstone – Critical Care Paramedic Caroline “Super” Cooper – Events Coordinator Dave “Oooh Byker” Marshall – Critical Care Paramedic Kevin “The Captain” Goddard – Air Ambulance Pilot So what is the Air Ambulance service all about? Well, it’s difficult to imagine - but put yourself in the place of someone involved in a terrible accident. Hearing the sound of helicopter blades indicates the seriousness of your injuries but it means you are more likely to survive – it is then that you are flown to the closest trauma centre.
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