Wednesday, 7th January, 2009 RSS Feeds
Add to Google Add to My Yahoo! (requires My Yahoo account). Add to My MSN (requires My MSN account). Add to My AOL (requires My AOL account).

Published: Wednesday, 19th November, 2008 16:00

A mini adventure

By Judith Green

Comment Bubble Comments (0) Printer Print Article
Image related to story, see caption or article text

Car lovers: Bob Piggin and Dennis Redman during the Italian Job rally

A PAIR of car enthusiasts took part in an Italian rally to raise funds for charity.

Bob Piggin, 62, and Dennis Redman, 65, both from Sandhurst, took part in The Italian Job 2008.

The pair travelled 3,000 miles in this year’s rally which started in Imola in Northern Italy.

Mr Piggin said: “Our rally experience was not uneventful in the least. We lost our starter motor on day seven with damage to the underside caused by a very high speed hump and had to push-start the car from then on.

“The rally took us around the beautiful region of Emilio Romagna and we did three laps around the San Marino Grand Prix circuit which was amazing.”

The duo had five days to travel the route given and then drove back to Brighton.

All funds raised from the rally go towards KidsOut – a charity which helps over 60,000 disadvantaged children and young people in the UK every year.

Since the original Italian Job rally in 1990, over £2m has been raised for a variety of children’s charities.

This is the third time the pair have done the rally.

Mr Piggin added: “Although we didn’t manage a podium on the rally, we were in the top half of the finishers, which for a 43-year-old car and two drivers with a combined age of 127 is quite an achievement, and we are now finalising our efforts to achieve our fundraising target of £1,500 for the charity.”

Any potential supports should email r.piggin@btinternet.com

comments Comments

Post a comment

Your Name: * Note this is a Required Field *

Your Email: * Note this is a Required Field *

Your Comment:


Characters Left:

Word verification:

Captcha Image, filename 0987698.jpg

For your convenience, you can now register with our website (which will save you from having to retype your name each time you post a comment). If you would like to do this (or have already!) then please Log in or Register

News Advertisement

Deals

Most Read