Bike Blenheim Palace
Bike Blenheim Palace is a great day out for families to enjoy a once a year opportunity to cycle around the beautiful oak-lined roads of Blenheim Park!
Bike Blenheim Palace
About
18 – 19 August 2012
Breast Cancer Care is delighted to be the official charity of Bike Blenheim Palace, a festival event celebrating cycling in all its forms.
The event will include:
- Breast Cancer Care's 26.2 mile Pink Ribbonride
- A 60 and 100 mile Sportive through the Cotswold's Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- A 40k off-road Sportive
- A tough 20k Time Trial all on the closed roads of Blenheim Park
- The staging of the amazing Brompton World Championship 2012
- Family rides in a beautiful and safe car free environment
- Cycle skills for children
- New cycling demonstrations and exhibits in the event village.
Bike Blenheim Palace is a great day out for families to enjoy a once a year opportunity to cycle around the beautiful oak-lined roads of Blenheim Park! The event village will be full of other cycling exhibits including cycling proficiency and Bike Polo.
Registration to some events has now opened, for more information visit the Bike Blenheim Palace website.
Whatever event you choose to take part in we would be delighted if you would cycle for Breast Cancer Care. All you need to do is select Join Team Breast Cancer Care as you go through registration.
How we will support you as part of Team Breast Cancer Care:
- a cycling support pack full of fundraising and training advice
- a training plan
- a Team Breast Cancer Care cycling jersey to wear on race day (if you fundraise a set amount before the event)
- support and advice from a dedicated member of the Breast Cancer Care challenges team
- regular newsletters and emails to keep you updated
- fundraising materials to help you including balloons, banners and collection tins
- 20 per cent off your first purchase from Sweaty Betty – specialists in performance wear for women
- a fantastic post-race massage.
Volunteering
We are looking for volunteers to help us with a wide variety of roles from helping out with registration and marshalling to jobs on the route.
If you’d like to be a part of this event by volunteering please complete and return the registration form or use our online registration form. Help us make event day a success!
We hope to welcome you to Team Breast Cancer Care very soon!
Pink Ribbonride
Last year we introduced our very first Pink Ribbonride in association with Oakley. This marathon-length road cycle ride took place alongside the ever popular Sportive route, with a less daunting distance!
This event will be back for 2012! Register your interest now to take part in this marathon 26.2 mile cycle ride and support people living with breast cancer in the UK.
This great cycle ride will start and finish in the stunning grounds of Blenheim Palace. The route will take you through woodland trails and picturesque Oxfordshire villages and take in the best of the Cotswold’s splendid rural scenery.
This event is open to both men and women.
For full details and to register visit the Bike Blenheim Palace website.
Brompton World Championship
This unique event sees enthusiastic Brompton cyclists wear commuter jackets and bow ties to compete on classic Brompton fold up bikes.
Watch this space for more information…
FAQs
Questions
How much sponsorship do I need to raise?
How do I qualify for a free Breast Cancer Care cycling jersey?
How will you support me with my fundraising?
If I don’t want to take part in the event can I help out instead?
Answers
How much sponsorship do I need to raise?
All of the charity places across the Sportive, Time Trial, Brompton World Championship and Pink Ribbonride have a fundraising commitment of £200. Please visit the specific event page for full details or email challenges@breastcancercare.org.uk
If you register for a non-charity place and decide to fundraise for Breast Cancer Care we simply ask that you raise as much as you can, we don’t have a minimum sponsorship pledge.
How do I qualify for a free Breast Cancer Care cycling jersey?
If you chose to cycle for Breast Cancer Care or are cycling in any of the Breast Cancer Care charity places you could qualify for a free jersey! £100 of your sponsorship money needs to be with the charity by Monday 31 July 2011 for you to receive a Team Breast Cancer Care cycling jersey to wear in your event. Please email challenges@breastcancercare.org.uk and let Breast Cancer Care know that you will be fundraising for your jersey.
How will you support me with my fundraising?
Once you register to cycle for Breast Cancer Care we will send you a fundraising support pack with everything that you will need to start fundraising including sponsorship and paying in forms and details of how to order materials such as collecting tins, banners and balloons.
In your e-newsletters there will be specific sections with fundraising advice and a dedicated member of the challenges team will be on hand to answer any of your fundraising questions and offer advice.
If I don’t want to take part in the event can I help out instead?
We are always looking for volunteers to help support our fundraisers on race day and make Breast Cancer Care’s Bike Blenheim Palace a success. We could not put on the event without their support. We are looking for people on the day to come and help with a variety of roles. For more information please email challenges@breastcancercare.org.uk
