Press Release
Shelley to have a smashing time with 500 Easter Eggs
19 Mar 2010
Powerboat racer Shelley Jory-Leigh will start the race season earlier than all her P1 counterparts this year; as on Tuesday 30th March she will go against the clock to deliver 500 Easter Eggs by road and water to some of the South Coast’s disadvantaged children.
The Charity challenge, organised in conjunction with Shelley’s new sponsor, Rotary Watches, Sainsbury’s Hedge End store and Wave 105 Cash for kids will see Shelley and her team set off from the Hedge End store at 10.00am. She will then visit three destinations in the Southampton area, as quickly as she can, to deliver Easter eggs to carefully chosen charities, namely: Southampton General Hospital children’s cancer ward, Mansbridge School and the Hampshire Autistic Society’s Hope Lodge School.
She will then take to the seas by speeding over to the Isle of Wight in her Cougar Powerboat to deliver more eggs to Beaulieu House Respite Care for Children, who will eagerly await her arrival at Sainsbury’s Newport store. Shelley will then have to power back to the Hedge End store to meet the Simon Says Charity for the last delivery of eggs in the hope of beating the time of 6 hours set by Sponsors Rotary Watches who will be officially timing the event.
Shelley will set off on her Mission Impossible from Sainsbury’s Hedge End Store at 10.00am on the 30th March with the help of newly appointed Sainsbury’s Store Manager Mike Hawker, Radio DJ Steve Power of Wave 105 and her official timekeeper, the UK Sales Director of Rotary Watches, Thomas Tope.
Shelley says “I have been very fortunate in all aspects of my life and I have experienced so many wonderful things and places whilst powerboat racing. I have met some very inspiring people through the work I do with the numerous charities I work with and I am also patron of Wave 105’s Cash for Kids. Over the past few years, I have worked closely with the team at Sainsbury’s Hedge End Store promoting the work that they do within the local community and with the Hampshire Autistic Society for which I am an ambassador.”
She continues “We were looking for a Charity challenge that my new sponsors Rotary could get involved with before the official start of the racing season and the team came up with the idea of an Easter Egg drop against the clock. Rotary Watches have donated 500 Easter Eggs for the children and Sainsbury’s are providing Easter cakes for the nurses, staff and teachers. The main aim of the day will be to have fun and hopefully we will put a smile on the 500 children’s faces we visit but my competitive side always gets the better of me and hopefully I’ll be able to smash the time and not end up with egg on my face”
