It takes dedication, a very big heart and a lot of leg power to cycle over 300 miles all to help your players improve their performance on the football pitch.
Michael Rayner, physiotherapist to AFC Wimbledon of the Blue Square Premiership, is a man on a mission. Together with fans Ross Montague, Russell Smith and player Tom Woolgar, they will be setting off from Waterloo Station on Wednesday 21st April 2010 at 11.00am and cycling to Gateshead International Stadium, home of Gateshead FC.
This is the venue for AFC Wimbledon’s last game of the season, on Saturday 24th April. The team hope to raise over £4,000 to help Michael purchase the very latest sports performance and recovery, heart rate technology for his players.
Last summer 33 year old Michael, who has been at AFC Wimbledon for the last 6 seasons, visited the Healthpod at the Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth in London to see this specialist technology. His hope is that it can help improve the player’s performance and also aid their recovery.
To help raise the funds AFC Wimbledon will be printing ‘Golden Time’ Tickets. The tickets will cost £2.00 and the winning ticket will be the one that matches the total ride time for the 4 stages of the 302 mile trip. The winner will receive £302.00 – a pound for every mile the boys cycle.
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