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During September 2008 the Shoe repair industry got on its bikes & cycled for recycling by riding Felicity Kendall & Mark Cavendish's shoes from Aberdeen to Portsmouth in a round Britain challenge & raised our targeted £20,000 for Children in Need during national shoe repair week.from Friday 5th September to Tuesdays 9th September 2008.

3 times gold medalist at Beijing

Chris Hoy, Said:

“The efforts Cutting Edge are going to in aid of Children in Need are amazing. I dedicate a lot of time to cycling and it has long been my life, but the people taking part in this event are the opposite. The majority have never cycled a long distance before now so this will be a great achievement for all involved. I love to hear when more people are taking up cycling and send everyone involved in the cycle challenge my support, I hope it’s a great success.”

Felicity's (click here to find out more about Felicity Kendall CBE)

and Mark Cavendish's (click here to find out more about Mark Cavendish)

shoes made the distance!

The route was sectioned into 20 mile stages & to maximise the sponsorship & publicity potential the cyclists or teams of cyclists completed each stage to relay the shoes to the finish line.

read the event diary & take a look through the pictures in the image gallery to see all the riders & events from the challenge.

Chris wilson, Ran the Berlin Marathon.

One of the challenges leading organisers ran for children in need & the challenges total.

Well done Chris!

 Chris Wilson & Tim Healy present the cheque for £20,000 to Children in Need, live on the BBC

children in need

bbc children in need

CUTTING EDGE EXHIBITION - AUCTION

Some of the equipment used during the challenge was Auctioned at the cutting edge exhibition at wickstead park on 21st September 2008.

the auction included

2 of the bikes, laptop computers, satnave systems & mobile phones.

It raised £1020 towards the total.

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