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City Sports Grille Ponies Up To Host Pre-Registration Bike Night
Bikers To Receive Discounted Fee For Pre-Registration

BRISTOL, Conn. -- City Sports Grille is partnering with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Connecticut Chapter to host the first MS Motorcycle Ride pre-registration bike night Saturday, Aug. 2, from 4 to 7 p.m. Bikers have an opportunity to pre-register for the eighth annual MS Motorcycle Ride, which will be held the next day at Cadillac Ranch, while at the same time enjoying live music, $2.25 Coors Light, $2 drink specials, free munchies and half-price appetizers. There is a discounted fee for those pre-registering.

Butler, Souza
Karen Butler, captain of the Iron Maidens & The Band of Brothers MS Motorcycle Ride team, and Pam Souza, manager of City Sports Grille, take a moment to pose for a picture while at the first Iron Maidens HOG Wild Pig Roast, held May 17 at City Sports Grille. The pig roast raised more than $2,200 for the MS Motorcycle Ride and the more than 6,000 Connecticut residents battling the baffling and oftentimes debilitating effects of multiple sclerosis. To date, the team has raised more than $4,200 toward a $6,000 goal.
“We’re delighted to team up with the chapter,” says Pam Souza, manager of City Sports Grille. “We want to do what we can to help end the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis. We’re dedicated to community and worthy causes such as the fight against MS.”

Multiple sclerosis is a potentially debilitating autoimmune disease affecting the central nervous system. The cause is unknown and there currently is no cure. Symptoms can include, among other things, numbness in the limbs, difficulties with vision and speech, stiffness, loss of mobility and, in some more severe cases, total paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot be predicted. Funds raised through chapter events, such as the MS Motorcycle Ride, ensure ongoing scientific research to find a cure and the continuation of vital programs and services offered by the chapter to more than 6,000 Connecticut residents diagnosed with MS.

The benefit ride traverses a 50-mile route through Connecticut’s breathtaking countryside and quaint back roads. The ride features a down-home barbeque and finish line activities to include live music by Lick, vendors, drawings for prizes and much more.

The MS Motorcycle Ride will be held rain or shine at Cadillac Ranch in Southington, Sunday, Aug.3. Pre-registration is $30 per biker and $20 per passenger. Registration the day of the event is $35 per riders and $25 per passenger. Registration fees include the finish line barbecue. The fee is just $10 per person for those who do not wish to ride but who would like to take part in the finish-line festivities to include the barbecue. Event-day registration begins at 9:30 a.m. The ride kick starts from Cadillac Ranch at 11 a.m. Cadillac Ranch is at 45 Jude Lane in Southington. Learn more by visiting: http://www.caddyranch.com/.

Spare Time / City Sports Grille is located at 177 Farmington Ave., Bristol, Conn. For more information on the 2008 MS Motorcycle Ride, please pick up a copy of Connecticut Cruise News, tune to WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness News, Country 92.5 FM or visit http://www.ctfightsms.org/.

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For More Information
Contact Karen Butler
Vice President of Communications
Phone: 860.714.2300, ext. 230
kbutler@ctfightsMS.org