Have Fun with Freddie – We need your help!

As we prepare for Yarn Shop Day, we decided it would be great timing to use it as a start of the celebrations running up to the Giro due to it being the following week, so during the day we will be “Thinking Pink”, by wearing it and focusing our displays etc around it.

Freddie is a unique character that is being used to dress the Giro route and provide a little added personality to the Giro Big Start in Northern Ireland. We are going to use him to be part of our Yarn Shop Day as being part of Northern Ireland’s Giro celebrations.

BOYS AND GIRLS, WE NEED YOUR HELP! – We would love you to enter our competition of decorating Freddie.

To enter, copy and paste our picture of Freddie going through Armagh from our facebook page facebook.com/elizabethroseni (sorry out blog isn’t co-operating very well today and it won’t let us load it o n here).  You can also pick a copy up from the shop if your in the area.  Freddie can be painted, or recreated in any way you want, so get creative and let’ssee all entries of Freddie popping up on Yarn Shop day to begin the celebrations of the Giro. 

The winner of the competition will be judged by Co. Armagh’s own professional cycalist Stephen Gallagher.  We are very honoured that Stephen is taking some time out from his very busy schedule on the fun up to othe Giro to do this for us.

Stephen Gallagher (born 9 July 1980 in Armagh, Northern Ireland) is an Irish professional cyclist, who last rode for the British continental cycling team Sigma Sport-Specialized. He previously rode for the An Post-M.Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team team.

Stephen took his biggest win when he won the general classification of the 2008 FBD Insurance Rás.

Stephen Gallagher

Nationality: Irish (Armagh)

Previous teams:

Endura Sport (2003)
Flanders (2004-2005)
Giant Asia (2006)
Murphy & Gunn (2007)
An Post Sean Kelly team (2008)

Career/race highlights

3rd in the Regional Cup (2004)
3rd in the Irish Time Trial Championships (2005)
2nd in Tour of Taiwan (2006)
3rd in Tour of Thailand (2006)
2008 Ras winner

• What are your hobbies interests outside of cycling?

Music

• If you weren’t a cyclist what do you think you might be?

Physio

• Do you have any Idols in cycling and if so why?

Sean Kelly. Inspirational in so many ways. His dedication and work ethic reaped rewards.

• Any other idol or influence outside of cycling?

My Father & family

The winner will officially open our Yarn Shop Day at 10.30am on Sat 3rd May by cutting the ribbon receive a goody bag of treats. The Winner will also receive a photo of our professional cyclist holding their winning entry.

Entries must be in by Wednesday 23rd April, either by post or hand delivered to Elizabeth Rose NI @Woodview Garden Centre, 3 Cloughan Road, Armagh, BT61 8RF.

Please put the childs name, age and contact number on the back of the entry.  Look forward to seeing all your creativity.

Charlene xx