A group who tackled one of the county's toughest challenges during the summer has handed over a £5,000 cheque to Shalom House Trust. The Pembrokeshire Peloton Team and Friends have raised over £65,000 in the last three years. In 2004, they cycled around Dyfed and Powys, while in 2006 they covered the length of France on their bicycles. But this year they faced their most demanding venture yet. They cycled, walked and swam their way to complete what is believed to be the first ever Pembrokeshire Tri-way challenge. On May 12, 27 riders from Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire met at St. Dogmaels and cycled along the roads following the coastal path to Amroth - a total of 111 miles. Four days later, the team walked the entire coast path in 11 days, averaging 19 miles a day. Three weeks after that, they were at Haverfordwest Swimming Pool where they swam a 68 miles relay - the equivalent nautical distance from St Dogmaels to Amroth. The organisers of the event were Detective Sergeant Anthony Mattick, Pembroke Dock, and Ian Evans, retired Detective Constable/Armed Response Pembrokeshire. Although Anthony was unable to be present, Ian, his wife Anne, and Nigel Flower, who works for the Doctors-on-Call service visited the recently opened Shalom House - the first palliative care respite/ daycare centre in Pembrokeshire. They presented the £5,000 raised by the tri-way challenge to Margaret Burnett, founder of the charity and Renate Thome, Shalom's director of Services. "The group was set up because a number of family members and friends were suffering from serious illnesses, and members wanted to raise money for charities involved in those illnesses," said Ian. "We are very pleased to help the important work of Shalom House."

• Margaret Burnett also recently received, on behalf of Shalom House Trust, a cheque for £2,200 from Mr. and Mrs. Lee, of Pembroke Dock. The couple raised £4,400 at a concert. The other £2,200 was presented to Mrs. Dilys Hamner, who received it on behalf of Macmillan Nurses.