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<\/a><\/p>\nAnd what the Lucky Lady Wins:<\/strong><\/p>\n Prizes to date:<\/p>\n The final is at the Royal Hotel Cookstown\u00a023rd March 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Heat Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n There will be also entries from:<\/p>\n To apply or nominate visit\u00a0www.belleofmidulster.co.uk<\/a> to download an application form.<\/p>\n Background to The Friends of the Belle of Mid-Ulster Association. <\/strong><\/p>\n The Friends of the Belle of Mid-Ulster Association is a cross community group that was formed in 2016.<\/p>\n The Friends of the Belle of Mid-Ulster Association<\/strong> was established to promote the benefits of the Belle of Mid-Ulster event to the wider Mid-Ulster Community.<\/p>\n The objective of the association is to develop further participation of the Belle of Mid-Ulster event to all inhabitants within the Mid-Ulster community.<\/p>\n Membership of the association is voluntary and there are currently no employees.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n The Belle of Mid-Ulster Event<\/strong><\/p>\n Mission Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018Devoted to showcasing the Mid-Ulster area as a great place to Live, Work and Visit\u2019<\/p>\n Aims are:<\/strong><\/p>\n To Champion:<\/strong><\/p>\n SUPPORTING LOCAL<\/strong><\/p>\n Supporting local is at the heart of everything we do.<\/p>\n Our first year charitable donation is to Air Ambulance Northern Ireland Charity.\u00a0Visit their website for more information here.<\/a><\/p>\n Living in the rural Mid-Ulster we all can appreciate the benefits of an Air Ambulance Service to support the paramedics on the ground.<\/p>\n After Ryan was stabilised he was transferred by Police helicopter to intensive care in Belfast.<\/em><\/p>\n The journey from Portrush to Belfast took only 9 minutes and there is no doubt in my mind that the speed of the transfer greatly increased Ryan\u2019s chances of survival.<\/em><\/p>\n Having lived through this experience and understanding the challenges of living in the rural community, for those of us who seek urgent medical treatment, I can see the enormous advantages of having an Air Ambulance Service supporting our hard working medical teams on the ground.<\/em><\/p>\n My appeal to support Air Ambulance Northern Ireland has nothing to with motorbike racing.<\/em><\/p>\n I have experienced the advantages first hand and my Husband is the living proof that it will save more lives.<\/em><\/p>\n This service should to be available for everyone in Northern Ireland because I believe everyone should have the same chance as Ryan.”<\/em><\/p>\n Karen Farquhar (Check out\u00a0Karen’s Blog here<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The event is open to all females 18+ years, contestants must reside or have ancestry links to the Mid-Ulster.\u00a0 This exciting event aims to celebrate all women of all backgrounds, shapes, size with no upper age limited. And what the Lucky Lady Wins: Prizes to date: A sensational crown sponsored by\u00a0Soir\u00e9e Society NI Front page … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13278"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13278"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13285,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13278\/revisions\/13285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>“My Husband Ryan was injured at the North West 200 race last May held in Portrush.<\/em><\/p>\n