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1 November 99 / RCC99:002

Cracker's Snowdon Challenge

Rugby mountain bikers are tightening bolts and pumping up tyres in a bid to beat local walkers in a sponsored race up Snowdon this Saturday (6 November) to kick-start fund raising activities for Rugby Christmas Cracker's 1999 campaign to raise money to help third world street children.

The mountain challenge set by local young person's charity Rugby Christmas Cracker for a second year is a contest between bikers and walkers to see who will climb 3,000 feet to the summit first. The bikers will be taking a different and slightly longer path than the walkers and the aim is to set off at the same time and see who wins.

Last year the walkers won so the bikers have set a rematch to see if they can triumph! All the money raised will go towards helping to stop the exploitation of third world children through forced work.

Biker's team leader and Cracker's technical co-ordinator Michael Autherson said: "This year's biking team is fighting fit and raring to go, the walkers should watch out because we are determined to pip them to the winning post!"

Rugby Christmas Cracker is part of a charity called Big Take which works to increase awareness of developing world issues and to raise money to support life-changing projects. Cracker is a youth organisation that encourages young people to do something to help people who are far worse off than themselves. They do this in innovative ways including setting up a radio station and running a cafeteria in December.


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