Help for Heroes Charity

Centurion Racing has been affiliated with The Help for Heroes Charity (H4H) for the last couple of years. Paul Rees (Owner/Manager – Centurion Racing) looked at this charity and acknowledged straight away that the British Forces personnel returning from Afghanistan & Iraq were of the highest casualty rate since the Falklands War. He decided to hold a VIP Race day for these personnel at Silverstone in 2009 at the British Superbikes race. The team invited numerous ‘heroes’ from the rehabilitation centre at Headley Court following injuries sustained while on active duty.

Paul Rees said: “As a former Royal Marine Commando with 21 years service, I understand the sacrifices that service personnel regularly make in the line of their duty. For some of us this has resulted in life changing injuries. The work undertaken by Help for Heroes and Headley Court is vitally important, and days out like the one we organised for them are an essential part of rehabilitation. It was such a privilege to be able to show our support in that way. I was very grateful to Shaun Muir – (Shaun Muir Racing) and Hydrex Honda (Andrew Simcox – Hydrex) for their generosity and hospitality, and to HM Plant who donated their time and their riders to make that day a success for those guys.

The support, dedication and nursing skills of the medical staff of the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court is absolutely superb.”

The service personnel were introduced to Hydrex Superbike and Supersport riders Tommy Hill, Stuart Easton and Tom Grant, HM Plant Honda Supersport, Superstock and Superbike riders Steve Plater, John McGuinness, Glen Richards and Josh Brookes, Padgett’s Honda Superbike rider Steve Brogan, and Raceways Supersport rider Billy McConnell, as well as team owners and managers.

Mark Elliott, Chief of Staff, Help for Help for Heroes said: “When we started Help for Heroes in October 2007 we asked the great British Public to “do their bit” and raise money for those members of our wonderful Armed Forces who have been wounded. We believe that ALL members of our Armed Forces are HEROES and we raise money for those that have been wounded. To date the public have raised over £70 Million pounds, directly supporting our wounded HEROES. We need so much more to build seven Recovery Centres, so that they get the very best, no compromise! What Centurion Racing did on the 27th Sep at Silverstone 2009 was nothing short of inspirational; they really are doing their bit for real HEROES. We can’t thank everyone involved enough for their kindness, support and commitment to ensuring we can make sure our wounded HEROES get the very best......THANK YOU ALL.”

Our young men and women of the Armed Forces will say that they are not heroes, they will tell you that they are just blokes doing their job. We think that anyone who volunteers to serve in time of war, knowing that they may risk all, is a hero. These are ordinary people doing extraordinary things and some of them are living with the consequences of their service for life.

For the IOM TT 2012 – Centurion Racing will be ‘flying the flag’ for Help for Heroes. Dan Cooper will be riding both the Triumph 675cc and the Honda 1000 in team colours with H4H medal logos on the fairings alongside sponsor logos. The team attire will also be embroided with the H4H logos as well as the garage set up.

We would welcome your involvement with the team and The Help for Heroes charity.

About Help for Heroes

Help for Heroes is a Company limited by Guarantee.

Registered in England and Wales under number 6363256.
Registered Charity number 1120920.

Donations Office: Unit 6, Aspire Business Centre, Ordnance Road, Tidworth, Hants, SP9 7QD

Registered Office: Steynings House, Summerlock Approach, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP2 7RJ

Website: http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/