{"id":130656,"date":"2025-09-11T20:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/130656\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T20:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:02:13","slug":"50-years-on-and-armagh-fundraiser-willie-nugent-cycles-again-for-charity-armagh-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/130656\/","title":{"rendered":"50 years on and Armagh fundraiser Willie Nugent cycles again for charity \u2013 Armagh I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1111\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Willie-Nugent-cycle.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Fifty years ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/armaghi.com\/category\/news\/armagh-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Armagh<\/a> fundraising champion, Willie Nugent set out on his first ever charity cycle and now \u2013 exactly half a century later \u2013 he will once again take to two wheels to raise money for Evora Hospice.<\/p>\n<p>Willie\u2019s first cycle on September 17, 1975 took him a total of 80 miles from Donegal town to Armagh city.<\/p>\n<p>Just four years later, Willie more than tripled the distance of his first attempt, completing his longest cycle ever from Armagh to Knock, County Mayo and back again\u2026 a whopping distance of 301 miles!<\/p>\n<p>Now 77 years of age, Willie will once again don his helmet and high vis as he takes on the almost-marathon distance of 23.4 miles from Armagh to Newry on the very same date as his first charity cycle in 1975.<\/p>\n<p>His mission is to raise vital funds for Evora Hospice, a specialist, palliative care charity providing care to individuals with complex life-limiting conditions who live within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust Region.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years Willie has always remained active through walking his four-legged companions \u2013 sometimes up to three times a day \u2013 and cycling.<\/p>\n<p>Proving that age is only a number, the fundraiser said: \u201cWhatever your age, being active can help you lead a healthier and happier life, exercise is good for your physical and mental health and the good news is it\u2019s never too late to start!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He has set himself a target of \u00a3500 through a JustGiving page and has already surpassed \u00a3300 in donations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/page\/willie-nugent-1?ut\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to make a donation to Willie\u2019s Charity Cycle JustGiving page.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign Up To Our Newsletter&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMost read today&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fifty years ago, Armagh fundraising champion, Willie Nugent set out on his first ever charity cycle and now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[27341,390,27340,4985,913,50,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-130656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-armagh-city","tag-breaking-news","tag-county-armagh","tag-cycling","tag-latest-news","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}