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Time is running out to catch a ride from London to Paris
If you still haven’t found the New Year
challenge you’re looking for then one
local charity may have the answer.
St Elizabeth Hospice has a limited
number of places left on the London
to Paris cycle ride that will take place
later this year. The challenge will see a
team of hospice supporters embark on
the 300 mile cycle ride, setting off from
London on 19 September and arriving
in the French capital fi ve days later.
Joanne Rodger, Events and Challenges
Manager at St Elizabeth Hospice, said:
“Everyone that took part last year
had a really enjoyable time and really
embraced doing the challenge as a
team. While hard work, you really do
have a wonderful time over the week
and come away with friends and
memories for life.”
The event is proudly being sponsored
locally by Colourchange UPVC who
will be supplying all those taking
part with London to Paris cycling
shirts which will be worn during
the event. Daryl Collins, owner of
Colourchange UPVC, a specialist
coloured conservatories and windows
company based in Rendlesham, said:
“I am delighted to be supporting
this event. St Elizabeth Hospice
provides incredible support for the
community. One of my team was a
member of the ride last time and we
would thoroughly encourage others to
participate in this rewarding event.”
A £99 registration fee is required to
join the team at the time of booking.
To confi rm your place or for further
information about the challenge call
the team on 01473 707026 or email
[email protected]
London to Paris success story
Christina Wise, from Ipswich, took
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on the London to Paris challenge in
memory of her husband, Andy, who
was cared in the hospice’s inpatient
unit for nine weeks in 2014.
She said: “When I started the little
adventure I was not in a great place.
My wedding anniversary and my
husband’s birthday were coming up
and it was the fi rst time I had been
away from my children in 18 months.
However I came home with a totally
different outlook and the future does
not seem so daunting anymore.
“We were all strangers when we
began the ride but, over the four days,
we all bonded in one way or another,
whether that was sharing our stories
and connection to the hospice, having
lunch together or helping each other
out on the road.
“St Elizabeth Hospice was my second
family for nine weeks when my
husband was poorly and couldn’t
remain at home. What we did for the
hospice was amazing.”
2017 New Angle Prize
2017 New Angle Prize Shortlist The
judges’ shortlist is announced for the
2017 New Angle Prize, for literature
associated with or infl uenced by the
region of East Anglia. The prize has a
single category and the six works come
from a number of different genres.
They are: Julia Blackburn, Threads, The
Delicate Life of John Craske (Jonathan
Cape, April 2015) Jill Dawson, The Crime
Writer (Hodder & Stoughton, June 2016)
Fiona Melrose, Midwinter (Little, Brown,
November 2016) Julie Myerson, The
Stopped Heart (Jonathan Cape, February
2016) Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent
(Profi le Books, May 2016) Rosy Thornton,
Sandlands (Sandstone Press, July 2016).
The £2,500 competition is organised by
the Ipswich Institute and sponsored by
Gotelee Solicitors and Scrutton Bland
accountants. Authors of the short-listed
books will be asked to attend a book-
reading event at the Ipswich Institute on
Wednesday 28th June. Prize-winners will
be announced at a special awards dinner
on Wednesday 6th September. Full
details can be found on the New Angle
prize website www.ipswichinstitute.
org.uk/NAP.html and progress can be
followed on Twitter @PrizeNewAngle
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