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Laptops Donates In Hannah's Memory - 17/07/08

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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