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KartForce are looking for Blesma Members to join them for the 2014 racing season
30 September 2013
As this year’s race season comes to an end, KartForce are now looking for new drivers for the 2014 season. They compete in team endurance races from 2hrs to 24hrs all over the country and abroad, entering teams of 3 to 6 drivers that race from the same karts with the drivers changing over throughout the race. This year KartForce entered 2 teams in over 40 races, including… Johnny Herbert Karting Challenge Henry Surtees Brooklands Challenge
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Burn Gliding Club
30 September 2013
Terry Bassett is a retired instructor at Burn Gliding Club in North Yorkshire but still flies regularly. For years now, Blesma has enjoyed a close relationship with the Club which provides free gliding lessons to Members, giving them the opportunity to fly in specially adapted gliders. Here, Terry tells us a bit about the Club and its relationship with Blesma. “My father lost his leg during the Second World War and became a Blesma member. Although my brothers, sister and I were born later, we appreciated the support that Blesma gave to both my mother and father, who have s
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Operation Long Run
21 August 2013
The final report kindly sent into us by the OLR Team! About two years ago an idiot called Mike Crawley suggested that as a ‘retirement wheez’ he would like to run round Britain! He thought Mike Inkster might be daft enough to join him as he was not one to turn down a challenge, so the concept of Operation Long Run was born. Both Mikes have long backgrounds in ultra-endurance undertakings of one sort or another so after some initial investigation and discussion they formulated a plan. They would attempt to get round Britain, on foot, in 50 days. The t
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KartForce
19 August 2013
Blesma Members Sapper Tom Folwell, Corporal Davie Birrell, Private Mark Allen and Private Ryan Goodman – who have lost eight legs between them – have featured in The Daily Mirror and on their website for making history by competing in Britiain's toughest 24-hour karting event this Bank Holiday weekend. The team were brought together by KartForce, an organisation founded by Dave Player that helps injured service personnel get into motorsport through specially adapted Karts. 'Team Legs' (as the guys nicknamed themselves!) will become the first team of injured troops to compete i
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