This information may change or be updated, please check again.
(latest update 7th July 2011)
Medical statement added 7th July: Participants with existing conditions requiring medication (e.g. asthma inhaler) must bring it with them to the event and carry it with them on the course.
The roads are not closed for the event and the Highway Code,
Traffic Regulations, Road Signs and Traffic Lights are still applicable.
Highway Code for Cyclists
Objective: We are trying to raise as much money as possible for
Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.
Thank you for your kind support, we do appreciate what you are doing.
Sponsorship:
The easiest way to collect sponsorship is to use the Just Giving website. This allows us to collect Gift Aid.
Just Giving
Find Southend Bikeathon on the list(it may be on page2) and follow the instructions.
Alternatively Use the Sponsorship Form, try to get as many sponsors as possible: See notes on "Raising Sponsorship"
Your Bike: Check your bike before the Bikeathon day to make sure that tyres and brakes are in good condition and that it is generally road-worthy.
Help: We depend on a lot of help to run a Bikeathon. As you have agreed to ride, would any of your family or friends like to help either before or for a period on the day - if so please email Terry Joyce
Participants with existing conditions requiring medication (e.g. asthma inhaler) must bring it with them to the event and carry it with them on the course.
Car Parking: Entry to Shoebury East Beach is via George Street SS3 9ABThere will designated parking at Shoebury East Beach Car Park. Marshals will be present and we shall be grateful for your cooperation. If possible please ride to the event. See Maps
Arrival: Please be at the Bikeathon 15 minutes before your start time but not earlier. Your Control Card will be marked and you will be asked how much sponsorship money you expect to collect after the Bikeathon. You will then be directed to the start.
T-Shirt Wear your free Bikeathon T-Shirt which you will receive in the post.
Check In,Late Entry and Information Desks:Will be Located in the Start area.
Start Time: In the interests of road safety cyclists will start in small groups.
Control Card: The Control Card allows you to participate in the Bikeathon and will be marked by marshals at the Start, at Checkpoints and at the Finish to certify how many miles you have covered. Remember to keep your Control Card as proof that you took part in the Bikeathon. This will help you to collect your sponsorship money
The Bikeathon: You will be directed both by signs and by marshals around the route. Marshals will also be located at all the Checkpoints, where they will mark your Control Card, and at major intersections on the route. The last start time will be 10.30am and the route will be closed down (signs will be removed and marshals will go off duty) by 2.30pm.
SAFETY: Follow the HIGHWAY CODE, obey all Traffic Regulations, Road Signs, Traffic Lights and Police instructions. Never cycle more than two abreast and only then when other road users will not be obstructed.
Report any incidents to a Bikeathon Marshal.
You Must wear your number on your back.
ROSPA recommend that Parents ride behind their Children.
Please wear a cycle helmet.
Cycle Repairs are able to be carried out at Shoebury East Beach, Mucking Hall Farm & Great Wakering Health Centre. There may be a charge for these by the cycle mechanics. There will also be a puncture repair kit with each checkpoint manager available for your use.
Collect Sponsorship Money:
The easiest and most effective way to collect sponsorship is to Set up a Just Giving page & collect online.
If this is not possible experience has shown that it is much easier to collect money immediately after the event. So may we ask individuals and Group Leaders to please collect sponsorship money promptly. Trophies are awarded to those raising the most money in each category and who have paid in by the 31st October 2010.
Paying in Sponsorship Money:
Please pay over your sponsor money by 31st October 2010
Set up a Just Giving page & collect online
PLEASE RETURN YOUR COMPLETED SPONSORSHIP FORM to enable us to reclaim tax.
YOU CAN PAY YOUR SPONSOR MONEY AS FOLLOWS:
by cheque or postal order:
Please also return your sponsor form to the address below.
Please write your Entry Number on the back of your cheque/postal order
Make it payable to: Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research
Send it together with your completed Sponsor form to
Southend Bikeathon
Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research
39-40 Eagle Street
London
WC1R 4TH
(DO NOT SEND NOTES OR COINS THROUGH THE POST)
If you wish you may phone a Bikeathon Assistant on 020 7269 9009 who will take payment by means of a debit or credit card or forward a paying in slip to you.
We hope you will forgive us for repeating that the main purpose of this event is to raise as much money as possible for Leukaemia Research so that more and more lives are saved. There is more information on your sponsorship form
It's more fun taking part in a group
Build a team with family, friends or colleagues
YOU CAN ASK
Your family
Friends
Neighbours
Colleagues at work
Friends at school or college
Your boss(many companies will match the amount raised)
Members of your club, church, society
Friends at the pub
Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research is the only charity in the UK dedicated exclusively to researching blood cancers and disorders including leukaemia, Hodgkin’s and other lymphomas, and myeloma.
Our scientists and doctors work in over fifty top research centres across the UK. They are seeking to improve diagnosis of blood disorders and treatments for patients, and to find a cure for blood cancers.
We support patients, their families and friends by providing them a free information service including a range of over 40 publications
Anyone, at any age can be diagnosed with a blood cancer. 28,500 people in the UK are diagnosed every year. We are committed to giving every one of them the best chance of survival and each person needs the skilled research that your sponsorship money will fund.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THIS EVENT
Taking part in the Bikeathon not only supports Leukaemia Research but cycling only 30 minutes a day adds significantly to your life.
HAVE A GREAT DAY - FOR A GOOD CAUSE - TOGETHER WE WILL WIN
© Southend Bikeathon 2011.
This site was created and is maintained by Terry Joyce