PRLog (Press Release) – May 03, 2011 – Two local companies, the Three Lions Pub in Nakusp and the Nelson Brewing Company have sponsored Jennings-Bates and his team for the weekend allowing them to support the inaugural Targa Canada West rally event. The event will be a performance and navigational rally which will be held on Saturday May 14th, 2011. Visitors will be able to view the teams at a Parc Expose on Saturday morning from 7:15am and then view the action on the stages. For information, visit www.targacanadawest.com.
The local host town of Nakusp, BC has been very supportive of this "proof of concept" event that is being held as a demonstration for what could become a multi day navigation and perfor raising chickens mance rally similar to The Targa Newfoundland, a prestigious and notorious rally held "on the rock" that attracts global entries and is very significant economically for the region.
Mark Jennings-Bates is an "Ambassador" for Rally4Life a Canadian Registered Charity that is currently raising $4 million to save 200,000 lives with the provision of safe water in developing countries. Mark will be participating in international race events this year to raise awareness for the Rally4Life project and will be attempting an aviation Guinness World Record in the spring of 2012.
"I am really excited to be heading to Nakusp for this event, the organsiers have done a fabulous job of putting together a really exciting day and to be honest the commun bmw M5 specification newsmatic.com/tag/hybrid-2012-infiniti-m">Infiniti m hybird ity has been wonderfully hospitable, it will be a great weekend for competitors and residents alike" said Jennings-Bates.
Stefanie Scambler, owner of the Three Lions Pub and one of the sponsors of Jennings-Bates' team voiced her support for the event also "As a local business, we are very pleased to see this kind of event happening in Nakusp, it is a great time of year to add this type of activity into our calendar and I am sure we will see a benefit to the local business community because of it. We are very keen to be supporting one of the race teams, it gives our customers something to engage with over the weekend."
The Three Lions Pub and Nelson Brewing Company will be hosting a party on Thursday evening at the Pub and the Rally4Life team will be present for customers to meet and chat to, including the 2004 Subaru STi that Jennings-Bates will be racing on the Saturday.
For information and tickets for the Thursday evening event, call 250 265 3331.
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Mark Jennings-Bates has turned his sights to challenging himself with ultimate adventures in order that he can raise awareness and funds for Rally4life, a Foundation that was created in order to relieve poverty by providing water, shelter, education and sustenance in Canada and around the world. www.MarkJenningsBates.com
Rally4Life is a Canadian Registered Charity, registration number 85328 4206 RR0001, based in Kelowna British Columbia. Their initial object 2011 Chrysler 200 Convertible ive is to raise $4 million to save 200,000 lives with safe water projects. www.Rally4Life.org
Targa Tabula Rasa is the first step towards a multi-day adventure tourism style competition, in the spirit of the original Targa Florio. TTR Performance is a one-road rally, with "special stage" total of 40km (25 miles), with very little transit distance. In other words, more time spent in competition. www.TargaCanadaWest.com
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