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Alfa/Yamaha wins for sick children

22 September 2003: A rather unusual race took place at Mondello Park yesterday between Team Alfa Romeo Ireland driver Niki Meredith (Clondalkin) and Irish Super Bike Championship rider James McCall (Wicklow).

The race between the Alfa 147 GTA Challenge car and the Yamaha R1 racing bike, run over five laps of the national track at county Kildare circuit, was in aid of the Bumble Gum Club, a charity which looks after children with life threatening illnesses.

Leading until the last corner, the 220bhp Alfa was unable to match the faster accelerating 170Bhp Yamaha on the final run to the chequered flag.

Four wheels may have lost on the day but the children's charity was the real winner as the event helped raise over E40,000 for the Bumble Gum Club.

	September 2003 - Oisin O Briain
Alfa/Yamaha wins for sick children 22 September 2003: A rather unusual race took place at Mondello Park yesterday between Team Alfa Romeo Ireland driver Niki Meredith (Clondalkin) and Irish Super Bike Championship rider James McCall (Wicklow). The race between the Alfa 147 GTA Challenge car and the Yamaha R1 racing bike, run over five laps of the national track at county Kildare circuit, was in aid of the Bumble Gum Club, a charity which looks after children with life threatening illnesses. Leading until the last corner, the 220bhp Alfa was unable to match the faster accelerating 170Bhp Yamaha on the final run to the chequered flag. Four wheels may have lost on the day but the children's charity was the real winner as the event helped raise over E40,000 for the Bumble Gum Club.
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