Massachusetts
Local bicyclists in the challenge
01:00 AM EDT on Friday, July 18, 2008
The 29th Pan-Massachusetts Challenge will host 5,500 cyclists next month. The PMC runs through 46 towns across Massachusetts. Participants, ranging from ages 15 to 83, can choose a specific route, from 40 miles to 200 miles over a course of one or two days. Last year, the event raised $33 million for cancer research, and its goal for this year is $34 million. The event was founded in 1980 by Billy Starr, the executive director, growing from just 36 riders that first year.
Here’s the list of other participants in the PMC from the East Bay region of Rhode Island and nearby communities in Massachusetts:
BARRINGTON: Gareth Conner, Matthew Gagliano, Jesse Goldberg, Lucia Matthews, Paul Matthews, Doug Mayhew, Joop Nagtegaal, Robert Powers, Navyn Salem, Daniel Sullivan, Newell Thomas.
BRISTOL: Ted Hanley, Karen Irons.
EAST PROVIDENCE: Thomas Hudson.
LITTLE COMPTON: Robert Brooks, Richard Keigher.
MIDDLETOWN: Chuck Larcom, Robert Weston.
NEWPORT: David Norton, Richard Plotkin, Tim Richards, Eloise Tamer, Geoff Van Gorkom.
ATTLEBORO: Paul Cannata, Roy Laverty, Kevin Manning, Flavio Pacheco, Justin Rodrigues, Susan Traversi.
FALL RIVER: Adam Savino-Schwalm.
NORTH ATTLEBORO: Craig Christo, Ann Vieira, Jeremy Betsold, Mark Buron, Colleen Duffy, Frank Duffy, Jack Fitzgibbons, Stephen Fong, David Hughes, Jim Laferriere, Lea MacNider, Alice McConville, Andrew McConville, Donna McGrath, Christine Mills, Joseph Mills, Janet Mooney, Michael Parent, Nancy Parent, Linda Poidomani, Maureen Renzi, Michael Renzi, John Reynolds, Mark Stockwell, Maura Thursby, Michael Thursby, Kevin Barney.
REHOBOTH: Suzanne Caldeira, Richard Moschella.
SEEKONK: Tim Preston, Cheryl Williams.
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