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By
Adam Summers - Dorset Echo
Weymouth Doonan Wildcats chairman Phil
Bartlett and his family is donating
four new laptops to Addenbrooke's Hospital
in Cambridge in memory of his daughter
Hannah. The medical staff at Addenbrooke's
cared for Hannah while she underwent
cancer treatment, and the family is
using her savings to help fund the new
equipment. Bartlett said: "We used to
save some of Hannah's pocket money for
the future so we thought we would do
something special with it. Instead of
just handing a cheque over to the hospital
we spoke with them and asked if there
was anything they needed. That is when
they told us that they did not have
any computers for the children there
so through Easy PCs on Abbotsbury Road
in Weymouth and Dell I have organised
four new laptops which myself and my
family will be taking up there soon."
A collection in Hannah's memory and
in aid of children's cancer and leukaemia
charity CLIC was also held during both
meetings against the Plymouth Devils
at the weekend along with a special
race off for Hannah's Award at the Wessex
Stadium on Saturday. John and Jill Roberts
of Cleave Design kindly donated trophies
and prize money for the spectacle which
was won by Devils' ace Nicki Glanz ahead
of Weymouth's Jay and Lee Herne with
Tom Brown in fourth. All four riders
put their prize money, a total of £170,
into the collection and there was also
a generous donation of £100 from last
Saturday's paramedics.
Bartlett said: "The support we have
received from people has been great
and the way in which they have kindly
made donations has been fantastic. I
would particularly like to thank the
four riders who put their prize money
in the fund and the paramedics who kindly
gave £100. We raised £750 for CLIC in
total and they are very grateful."
Skipper Karl Mason and Aussie ace Jay
Herne will represent the Wildcats in
this Saturday's NatWest Bronze Helmet
at the Wessex Stadium. The shared event
will see 13 of the Conference League's
top riders race off for the prize. Each
competitor will take part in four races
with the top scorer moving straight
into the final. There he will meet the
winner of the semi-final, which will
be contested between the next four highest
point scorers.
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