Great Nottinghamshire Bike Ride

The 2008 Great Nottinghamshire Bike Ride sponsored by Boots took place on Sunday 22 June 2008.

Thank you to all those who took part in the ride and made it such an enjoyable day. You can look up your ride time on the raceahead website at www.raceahead.net/SearchEvents.aspx. Just select the ride you entered and then input your rider number. Unfortunately, if you did not put your rider chip on your wheel (or low down on your bike) then your time may not be recorded. If this is the case the message "We're sorry, we did not find any results that matched your criteria" will appear. Photographs from the event are available on the Marathon-Photos website at www.marathon-photos.com. Just select Great Nottinghamshire Bike Ride in the events section and enter your rider number to see if your photos are there.

It still isn't too late to raise sponsorship for the associated Bike Ride charities. Riders who raise over £50 sponsorship will be entered into a prize draw and you can download your sponsorship form [PDF 110KB] here. Alternatively use online fundraising it’s simple, fast and totally secure!

To set up your Great Nottinghamshire Bike Ride online sponsorship page visit www.justgiving.co.uk and select Rainbows Children’s Hospice – you can then select the GNBR as your chosen event. All monies raised through your online page will go to the GNBR charities. It is also the most efficient way to collect your sponsor monies, the Great Nottinghamshire Bike Ride Charities will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28p in every £1.00 will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

Find out more about the charities that will benefit from your sponsorship money.

There were four different types of rides all of which started and finished at the National Water Sports Centre, Holme Pierrepont:

• 100 mile ride - a sportive route for the more serious cyclist that took in North Nottinghamshire and parts of Sherwood Forest
• 50 mile ride - a challenge ride that went to Newark before looping back to Holme Pierrepont
• 18 mile ride - a community ride that went to Shelford before looping back to Holme Pierrepont
• Lap challenge - a ride for young cyclists on a closed circuit around Holme Pierrepont.

For the first time there was also the Freeth Cartwright corporate challenge for businesses. Organisations entered a team of five into either the 18 or 50 mile ride. The aim is to raise at least £50,000 for the Great Notts Bike Ride's five nominated charities, with the top fundraising business taking the corporate challenge title.

If you would like more information about the bike ride please tel: 08449 80 80 80 or e-mail: bikeride@nottscc.gov.uk