Swindon CTC Champions Family Sportive

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 19TH START AND FINISH LYDIARD PARK ,SWINDON.
Enter and get another entry free on the sportives, the family ride is free.

CTC CHAMPIONS hold the first all family sportive day with rides for everyone. There are 2 sportive routes to test the regular cyclists and the long hilly offering a good ride for experienced riders and the short flat route to offer a great first taste or come and try ride for those riders with ambitions of bigger rides later in the year.

Finally there is a complete family friendly fully signed ride around the cycle routes of Swindon all starting and finishing from Lydiard Park on the out skirts of the town.

Get one entry FREE with every fully paid entry, just turn up on the day with your extra rider and they ride for FREE (just fill the entry form on the day)

Both sportive routes will be fully arrowed and timed with a feed stop half way around each route. The start and registration will have free tea and coffee and on your return you can collect your ride certificate. Full mechanical checkups will be available at the start and the Shimano service BMW motorcycle will be out along the route, to ensure your safety.

The feed point at Bushton Village Hall will have tea, coffee, energy drinks, bars, gels, fruit and cake, to keep everyone well fuelled for both rides.

A new addition to the rides will be the options of having a ride leader take you around the course offering advice and tips on nutrition while riding with you, just book in at the start.

We will also, should you suffer a terminal bike or leg failure have a “broom wagon” to get you back to the start.
Entries are available on line or from a downloadable form.

EVENT DETAILS

• Start and Finish Lydiard Park, Swindon follow the car park signs to the Hook Lane entrance, and the marshalls directions on entering the park.
• PLEASE DO NOT USE THE HAY LANE ENTRANCE
• Entry fee £15 but get one FREE so sign up a friend or family member on the day.
• All cycles must be mechanical sound and we will help with a quick check at the start.
• All riders will be expected to carry spare tubes and a pump to repair their own punctures.
• START TIMES from 09.00 to 09.30 FEED Closes at 2pm and Timing at 4pm.
• FAMILY RIDE STARTS at 10.30 to 11.30 closes at 3pm
• There are 2 cafes on site and will be open from 09.00 on the day.
• Please follow all signs in the park and ride with caution at all times, being courteous to other Park users
• For Safety Reasons (We reserve the right to bring riders back if they are to finish outside these times).
• Please read all our terms and conditions
• ROUTE DETAILS (Maps and GPX files from www.ctcchallengerides.co.uk)
• LONG HILLY RIDE 75KMS Feed at 46 kms (Bushton Village Hall)
• SHORT FLAT RIDE 55KMS Feed at 28kms (Bushton Village Hall)
• FAMILY RIDE 16KMS (map available at start) route fully signed.
• PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBERS AT THE START
• There will not be a first aid en route and any serious accident should be referred to the Ambulance service and HQ notified as soon as possible, stating the injured riders number.
• Please note this is a sportive and not a race and all riders must adhere to the Highway Code at all times and be courteous to all other roads users and fellow cyclists.

Please have a safe and enjoyable ride.