This October the Manorview Group’s cycling team will be travelling between their hotels dressed in pink.
The Group are supporting Breast Cancer Care’s October campaign The Big Pink, by setting themselves a tough 60 mile cycling challenge.
They have devised a route using four of the Group’s hotels as pit stops. The journey will start at The Bowfield Hotel in Howwood, Johnstone, onwards to the Busby Hotel in Clarkston, Glasgow, then onto the Commercial Hotel in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, and then reaching the final destination of Cornhill Castle, near Biggar in South Lanarkshire. Then the team will do the return leg in reverse, making the total journey approximately 60 miles.
The idea was conceived by Ed Elliott, Group Stock Controller and Tommy Bryceland, Entertainment Manager, in support of their colleague Lorraine McLaren, the Group’s Training and Recruitment Manager.
They will be recruiting a team of cyclists from the Manorview Group, which will include the Group’s MD, Steve Graham, who is also a keen cyclist.
The team will be heading out on their challenge on Thursday 26th October, dressed in their best pink Lycra where they will be met with a welcoming party and some much-needed refreshments at each hotel pit stop.
They are looking to raise as much as they can for Breast Cancer Care, and additionally the team will be donating to the Day Unit of Hairmyres Hospital, at the request of their colleague Lorraine, who received good care and treatment at this unit of the East Kilbride Hospital.
Ed Elliott, Group Stock Controller said, “Initially Lorraine approached us and suggested we all wear pink to support Breast Cancer Care’s Big Pink October campaign, but Tommy and I thought we’d go one better. We can wear pink, and set ourselves a cycle challenge. I’m sure a large group of guys dressed in pink will attract a lot of attention cycling through Scotland”.
Lorraine McLaren, who lives in Glenboig and is the Group’s Training and Recruitment Manager said, “I’ve been really touched by this gesture. I thought it would be fun to get all the guys wearing pink for the day but they took the idea and just ran with it. I’m going to be supporting them on the day – from the safety and comfort of my car! I’m planning to join the trail with them”.
The Manorview Hotels & Leisure Group was founded in 2007, when Glasgow-based Steve Graham purchased The Commercial Hotel in Wishaw, Lanarkshire. The Group’s portfolio has grown to a total of 16 licensed trade properties, comprising five pubs, two nightclubs and nine hotels, and a total staff of nearly 600.
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