Competitors Ready for Rehab UK Parliamentary Pancake Race

London, United Kingdom, February 21, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Members of the House of Commons, the House of Lords and the Fourth Estate will line up opposite Parliament in Victoria Tower Gardens at 10.15am on Shrove Tuesday, 24th February, for the annual Parliamentary Pancake Race in support of brain injury charity, Rehab UK.

The 2009 race, sponsored by British Lion Eggs, will see MPs and Lords fighting back after their 2008 trouncing at the hands of the media. This year all the sides are keeping their final team selection a secret until the morning of the event, but veteran pancake racers Lord Morris of Manchester, Lord and Lady Dholakia, Betty Williams MP and Steven Pound MP are expected to take part.

ITV newsreader Mary Nightingale will be on hand to official start the race and to make sure that the Rules of Engagement are strictly observed, including a newly-imposed ban on tripping up other competitors.

Ian Welsh, Director of UK Services for Rehab Group, says: “We’re really looking forward to the 2009 Parliamentary Pancake Race, and are delighted to have so many people running in support of the important work that we do with people with brain injury across the UK.

“Rehab UK is part of the Rehab Group and operates from three innovative brain injury rehabilitation centres in Birmingham, London and Newcastle, as well as a day centre in Blyth, Northumberland.

“The charity provides a comprehensive range of specialist services, from vocational and educational assessment and training to case management, and develops bespoke programmes for people in the comfort of their own homes. Rehab UK aids people with disabilities in their return to education, helps them to break into the workforce and sustain employment and enables them become more socially and economically independent.”

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