Yorkshire cycle team present charity cheque to LLR

Yorkshire cycle team present charity cheque to LLR

16 February 2015

Members of a charity cycle team who completed a tough five day ride through the Austrian Alps have met the team and presented their donation to one of the charities to benefit from the fundraising push.

A group from the annual Tour of Europe Ride, organised by the Barnsley based retail property developers Dransfield Properties Ltd, presented a cheque for £16,926  to Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research during a visit to the research centre in Sheffield.

The riders were given the opportunity to find out more about the work undertaken at Sheffield’s Hallamshire Hospital and some of the projects funded through LLR.

The donation is part of the £50,000 raised by the 19-strong team of riders last year when they covered 400 miles from Trieste in Munich and climbed 14,000 ft. into the Alps before finishing their challenge in Munich.

The riders, who come from across the UK, supported Action Against Cancer (AAC) and Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research (LLR)   –  a third of the funds raised every year is donated to other charities and groups nominated by the team of riders through the Dransfield Foundation.

The team are now busy planning the 2015 ride in September, which will take them from last year’s finish point in Munich to the German capital of Berlin.

The annual Tour of Europe ride was started in 2007 taking a route from London to Paris. In the last eight years the riders have covered more than 2,600 miles through five different countries – since the annual ride was founded more than £336,000 has been raised for charity through the fundraising efforts of the team.

Mark Dransfield, Managing Director of Dransfield Properties Ltd, said: “It was fantastic to meet the team in Sheffield who are undertaking vital work in the treatment and cure of blood cancers. Seeing what our fundraising efforts help to support is certainly something which helps us over those tough hill climbs.

"We’d like to thank everyone who sponsored and supported us in the 2014 challenge – we really do appreciate every penny that is donated.”

Catriona Tait, Regional Manager North at LLR, said “Many thanks to Team Dransfield and to all who’ve supported them in their Tour of Europe Ride.

"Their ongoing support of Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research is greatly appreciated, and they are making a fantastic contribution to our work to beat blood cancer, including the ground breaking work they saw first-hand on our visit to the Sheffield research centre”.

To see more pictures from the 2014 Tour of Europe visit the Dransfield Properties website at www.dransfield.co.uk or you can like Team Dransfield on facebook or follow the cyclists on twitter @teamdransfield

Picture shows some of the team at the cheque presentation in Sheffield with the team from LLR and the research team at Sheffield University and Sheffield Hallamshire Hospital.

For further information, contact:

Public Relations Department, Dransfield Properties Ltd
Tel: 01226 360644
Email: pr@dransfield.co.uk