Spectacular Cannonball roadshow rolls through Sligo this weekend

CANNONBALL spectators are in for an extra treat when the annual supercar event rolls into Sligo town centre on Saturday, thanks to Apache Pizza who will be laying on free pizza and merchandise for those who turn out to enjoy the unique sannual pectacular fundraising roadshow.

Sligo town is one of three stop-over towns on this year’s Cannonball, giving locals the opportunity to get up close and personal with over 200 of the finest supercars including Lamborghini, Ferrari, McLaren, Aston Martin, Porche, Rolls Royce Bentley and Maserati.

Apache Pizza is supporting the three action-packed days of adrenaline fuelled adventure as an official tour sponsor and is using its national network of 183 stores to serve up free, tasty pizza to the thousands of spectators who are set to the welcome the Cannonball supercar convoy to the finish line each day.

The popular pizza chain will have a free pizza station close to the finish line in Sligo town centre. Local pizza fans are welcome to drop by to try some of the great tasting pizzas which have made Apache Pizza the market leader for pizza delivery in Ireland and to also get their hands on some great merchandise, including discount vouchers, before they are all snapped up.

450 Cannonballers are taking part in the 1,000 kilometre long roadtrip this year and Apache Pizza is also ensuring that they don’t go hungry by providing them with free pizza when they reach the finishing towns of Killarney, Sligo and Trim.

It is also joining in on the fun and spectators can keep an eye out for the Apache Pizza branded cars which will be driven by its Franchise Business Leaders.

“Apache Pizza prides itself on being local, being part of local communities and on serving great tasting pizza which can be enjoyed anywhere, at any time. Cannonball lets us showcase that like no other event and we are looking forward to taking to the road and to treating spectators in Sligo town to some great tasting, free pizza,” said Martin Lyons, CEO of Apache Pizza. “We love extra and our pizzas come with generous toppings and dips, extra ingredients, extra flavour and extra value.

“We always go the extra mile at Apache Pizza and what better way to prove that than to support the Cannonball as it makes its way through Sligo to raise funds for the Hope Foundation,” he added.

All proceeds from this year’s Cannonball will go towards The Hope Foundation, an Irish charity doing incredible work with the street children of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) in India.

Hope funds and operates over 60 projects, including 11 child protection homes, a hospital, an ambulance, counselling, food and nutrition, education, healthcare and the restoration of childhoods to children.

This year’s Cannonball Run is aiming to raise over €250,000 for the Hope Foundation by the end of September,