David died in a motorbike accident on 28 September 2002 and, through our undertaker, we arranged for donations to be made in his memory, to NABD. David was only 20.

Our eldest son, Matthew, later decided to enter the 2003 London Marathon as a tribute to David and to raise more money for NABD.

I am very pleased to be able to inform you now that Matthew completed the marathon, which was run on Sunday 13th April 2003. It has taken a while to gather all the sponsorship money and I now enclose the completed forms together with cheques totalling £700. Matthew and David were only born seventeen months apart and they were very close, so Matthew was extremely pleased to run in David's memory. He too is a biker, currently running a Kawasaki ER 500. Matthew is now 22 and has just completed a Microbiology degree at Nottingham University.

Donations to NABD from David's funeral totalled £645 so, together with the marathon sponsorship of £700, a total of £1,345 has been raised in David's memory for the NABD cause, which is very pleasing for us as a family. We will always remember David as a dearly loved son and brother, of whom we are extremely proud. We are pleased that part of his memory will be in the form of providing help to some of his fellow bikers. 

Yours sincerely, Keith, Maria, Matthew & Hannah Lees

At the NABD AGM this year we were honoured to be presented with a donation of £600.00 Raised by The Time Lords MCC based at Dalton Army Barracks, Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

We have also been recently offered facilities for the 2004 AGM at Dalton Barracks which we will be investigating further. The Time Lords MCC were also of invaluable help at the Autumn Nabd'ness Rally this year, our thanks go to them all.

Though only in its 2nd year the show proved itself to be a real success. Andy Roughley and his all too small team of helpers put heart and soul into the show and then donate the proceeds to charity. 

I am reliably informed that next year the NABD will be one of the main benificiaries.

Andy is pictured below with his daughter Harley. Well done to all concerned.