Pedalling for Pendle!
06.06.10
Earby-based
Holiday Cottages Group is gearing up for the
ultimate challenge. As part of the Pendle Cycle Festival
in June, the company is showing their support by
entering a team of 15 riders in the National
Cyclo-Sportive event as well as being headline sponsors
for the weekend.
The National
Cyclo-Sportive is a bike ride for both experienced
and novice riders and takes place on Saturday 26th June.
Participants can choose either a 50 or 95 mile route
which takes in the Ribble Valley and the Trough of
Bowland.
cottages4you, the company's leading brand, has
several members of staff who regularly cycle in the
area, including managing director Geoff Cowley. The team
will be raising money for Pendleside Hospice.
Geoff said: "cottages4you has
sponsored several major bike races in the North West
over recent years and we are delighted to be supporting
the 2010 Pendle Cycle
Festival.
"The team has been in training over the last few months
and we hope to raise lots of money for the hospice. It's a great cause and
should be a fantastic weekend for all the family."
The cyclists will be sporting
specially designed tops created by Matthew Harvey, one
of the team taking part.
cottages4you will have a stand at
the festival open between 11am and 4.30pm on Saturday
26th June and 10am until 5pm on Sunday 27th June at
Barley Picnic Site.
The
headline event
of the weekend is the National Road Race championships
on Sunday for the elite male and female cyclists in
the country. Taking part will be Olympic champions
Bradley Wiggins and Nicole Cooke, plus multiple Tour de
France stage winner, Mark Cavendish.
Brian Cookson,
Pendle Council's Director for Regeneration and
President of British Cycling said: "We would like other
Pendle businesses and organisations to follow
cottages4you's example and join the sportive. It will
be a challenging but very enjoyable ride and gives local
people the chance to support the Pendleside hospice, a
charitable organisation which is so important to local
people."
To sponsor the cottages4you team,
please visit
http://www.justgiving.com/cottages4you-National-Cyclo-Sportive-team
For more information on the
weekend, including details of how to enter the National
Cyclo-Sportive, visit
www.pendlecyclefest.co.uk
Outside the Cottages4you Office