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THIS Thursday, over 30 cyclists from Clare will take on the Malin to Mizen challenge for the Clare Cru- saders charity. The group will depart Ennis on Wednesday evening to be- gin the cycle at 10am in Donegal on Thursday morning.
On Friday, they cycle from Sligo to Kinvara and Saturday sees the group wheel into Clare. From there, they continue to Tralee on Saturday evening before taking off on Sunday morning for the final leg of the trip to Mizen Head in Cork.
In total, the group will cover in ex- cess of 400 miles over the course of the four days.
“We’re hoping that everybody will come out and support the cyclists as they pass through Clare on Satur-
day,” said Ann Norton of the Clare Crusaders.
The Clare route and times for The Malin to Mizen Cycle have also been confirmed this week. The group Wheel out of Kinvara at 9.30am on Saturday morning before arriving into Ballyvaughan at 10.15am. They continue to Doolin and are expected to arrive there at 11.30 before stop- ping in Liscannor for 45 minutes at 12.15. From there, they reach Lahi- nch at 1.15pm before arriving at Mil- town (2.15pm), Quilty (2.45pm) and Kilrush (3.45pm).
They then continue the trip by the Killimer Ferry before cycling to Tralee that evening.
“The Clare Crusaders was formed in 2005 by Howard Flannery to help parents and families of children with special needs achieve a better qual-
ity of life,’ explains Ann Norton. “In 2007 we opened our first clinic where we provide a variety of serv- ices to over 120 children with special needs in the areas of Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Down Syndrome and a vari- ety of other conditions. All children are welcome and the services pro- vided include speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physi- otherapy and special education. Due to the increasing demand for our services, this year we opened a larger clinic in Barefield.”
Next week, you can follow the progress of the Crusaders cyclists when four of those taking part will document their experience for The Clare People.
To keep up to date with the cycle, log onto the Clare Crusaders website and to sponsor the charity.