Dirt and Trail May 2020

Giving Back.
Veteran NHS
fundraiser Captain
Tom Moore was also
a motorcycle racer
The veteran fundraising hero Cpt. Tom Moore
has so far raised millions for the NHS and he
used to be a keen motorcycle racer
THE hero veteran who has so far raised over
£18m for the NHS used to ride motorcycles
during the war and was a keen motorcycle racer.
Originally setting out to raise just £1,000, Cpt.
Moore began walking laps of his garden, hoping
to manage 100 laps before his 100th birthday at
the end of this month.
Completing the task and gaining global notoriety
for his efforts, Cpt. Moore has since gone on to
raise a staggering £18,031,258.02 – at the time
of writing.
One thing you might not be aware of though is
that Cpt. Tom Moore was an avid motorcyclist,
even taking part in motorcycle races wearing
the number 23 – a number that is still used by
the Army endurance racing team to this day.
Bought his first bike at the age of 12, his lifelong
passions for motorcycles came in handy while
serving in India with his regiment. There he
would set up a motorcycling course for the
Brembo donate €1m to
fight COVID-19
Italian braking technologies giant Brembo
has donated €1,000,000 to help fight the
COVID-19 virus.
Brembo’s Italian headquarters are located in the
city of Bergamo, northern Italy, just a few miles
north of Milan. The city is located in Lombardy
and to date is one of the hardest hit areas in Italy.
Covering nearly 10k square miles and containing
around 10m people, the region includes the
second-most populous city in Italy, Milan, just one
reason the death toll in the area has been so high.
The money donated by Brembo is going to be
shared by three medical facilities, the Fondazione
per la Ricerca Ospedale di Bergamo (FROM)
foundation, the Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital,
and the Mario Negri Institute. The three centres
of excellence are all situated in the region’s
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brigade he was part of. Once returning back to
the UK after service, bikes were still a big part
of Cpt. Moore’s life.
Since he completed his challenge, Cpt. Moore
has received global acclaim for his efforts, being
featured in newspapers and even getting some
time on morning television.
From all of us at, you are a true hero sir, well
done!!.
To place a donation, please head to Cpt.
Moore’s JustGiving page here: justgiving.com/
fundraising/tomswalkforthenhs
worst hit area, and all three combine clinical and
pharmacological research.
Alberto Bombassei, President of Brembo, said in
a statement:
“After an initial donation to a nursing home at the
Bergamo hospital, we needed to do our own
research to find a drug for COVID-19 as soon
as possible, Research is also the art in which we
see ourselves as a company. We believe that it is
the payment method to find a future solution to
this important situation.”
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