ltolman
May 1st, 2006, 05:21 PM
GEORGE STREET raffle tickets are on sale now!
http://www.majortaylorassociation.org/events/raffle06.shtml
Win a 24-speed Giant OCR3 road bike from Barney's Bicycle,
or a $500 gift certificate from Rotmans furniture & carpet store,
or other great prizes.
The prize drawing will be at approximately 1:00 p.m. Sunday, July 23, 2006, at the conclusion of the fifth annual GEORGE STREET BIKE CHALLENGE FOR MAJOR TAYLOR, an uphill time trial presented by Barney's Bicycle and the Seven Hills Wheelmen, in Worcester, Mass. You need not be present to win.
Cost is $5 per chance, or three for $12, or six for $20.
Proceeds benefit the Major Taylor Association, Inc., which plans to put up a statue of the 1899 world cycling champion.
You can get raffle tickets at Barney's Bicycle, 165 Chandler St., Worcester;
or online with a credit card or Paypal at
http://www.majortaylorassociation.org/events/raffle06.shtml
or by mail order:
Major Taylor Association, Inc.
PO Box 20131
Worcester, MA 01602
You could win:
-- Giant OCR3 road bike from Barney's Bicycle.
-- $500 gift certificate from Rotmans furniture & carpet store.
-- Full-size Log Cabin quilt, handmade by Lorie C.
-- Cycling jersey from Major Taylor Cycling Club of NY/NJ.
-- The book "Tour Fever: The Armchair Cyclist's Guide to the Tour de France" by J.P. Partland. (An earlybird drawing for this prize -- 5 copies -- will take place at 6:45 p.m. Friday, June 9, at Barney's Bicycle in Worcester. Win or lose, earlybird tickets go back into the mix for the big prize drawing at George Street on July 23.)
-- One-hour massage by Karen Potter, Licensed Massage Therapist, Shrewsbury.
-- "Pedal" by Peter Sutherland, a photo book and DVD documentary about New York City bike messengers.
-- The book "The Six-Day Bicycle Races: America's Jazz-Age Sport" by Peter Nye.
-- "The Tour," a bike racing novel by Dave Shields.
-- King of Jester T-shirt, from another bicycle hill climb, in Austin, Texas.
-- The biography "Major Taylor: The Extraordinary Career of a Champion Bicycle Racer" by Andrew Ritchie.
-- The children's book "Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist," written by Lesa Cline-Ransome and illustrated by James E. Ransome.
More about the GEORGE STREET BIKE CHALLENGE:
http://www.majortaylorassociation.org/events/georgestreet06.shtml
Event details, online registration, sponsor ad rates, past years' results & photos.
As seen in the current issue of Bicycling magazine:
http://www.majortaylorassociation.org/news/bicmag06.shtml
-- Lynne
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Lynne Tolman
info@majortaylorassociation.org
www.majortaylorassociation.org
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http://www.majortaylorassociation.org/events/raffle06.shtml
Win a 24-speed Giant OCR3 road bike from Barney's Bicycle,
or a $500 gift certificate from Rotmans furniture & carpet store,
or other great prizes.
The prize drawing will be at approximately 1:00 p.m. Sunday, July 23, 2006, at the conclusion of the fifth annual GEORGE STREET BIKE CHALLENGE FOR MAJOR TAYLOR, an uphill time trial presented by Barney's Bicycle and the Seven Hills Wheelmen, in Worcester, Mass. You need not be present to win.
Cost is $5 per chance, or three for $12, or six for $20.
Proceeds benefit the Major Taylor Association, Inc., which plans to put up a statue of the 1899 world cycling champion.
You can get raffle tickets at Barney's Bicycle, 165 Chandler St., Worcester;
or online with a credit card or Paypal at
http://www.majortaylorassociation.org/events/raffle06.shtml
or by mail order:
Major Taylor Association, Inc.
PO Box 20131
Worcester, MA 01602
You could win:
-- Giant OCR3 road bike from Barney's Bicycle.
-- $500 gift certificate from Rotmans furniture & carpet store.
-- Full-size Log Cabin quilt, handmade by Lorie C.
-- Cycling jersey from Major Taylor Cycling Club of NY/NJ.
-- The book "Tour Fever: The Armchair Cyclist's Guide to the Tour de France" by J.P. Partland. (An earlybird drawing for this prize -- 5 copies -- will take place at 6:45 p.m. Friday, June 9, at Barney's Bicycle in Worcester. Win or lose, earlybird tickets go back into the mix for the big prize drawing at George Street on July 23.)
-- One-hour massage by Karen Potter, Licensed Massage Therapist, Shrewsbury.
-- "Pedal" by Peter Sutherland, a photo book and DVD documentary about New York City bike messengers.
-- The book "The Six-Day Bicycle Races: America's Jazz-Age Sport" by Peter Nye.
-- "The Tour," a bike racing novel by Dave Shields.
-- King of Jester T-shirt, from another bicycle hill climb, in Austin, Texas.
-- The biography "Major Taylor: The Extraordinary Career of a Champion Bicycle Racer" by Andrew Ritchie.
-- The children's book "Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist," written by Lesa Cline-Ransome and illustrated by James E. Ransome.
More about the GEORGE STREET BIKE CHALLENGE:
http://www.majortaylorassociation.org/events/georgestreet06.shtml
Event details, online registration, sponsor ad rates, past years' results & photos.
As seen in the current issue of Bicycling magazine:
http://www.majortaylorassociation.org/news/bicmag06.shtml
-- Lynne
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Lynne Tolman
info@majortaylorassociation.org
www.majortaylorassociation.org
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