White Horse Challenge

The WHC team hope you had a great day out. Thanks to everyone for supporting this event.

Date: 26^th April 2009

Route: 150 km distance

Start/finish: Shrivenham, Wiltshire

Entry cost: £22

Sponsorship: Sponsorship raised from this event will be donated to WaterAid.

The top three people that raise the most sponsorship will each receive £100 worth of vouchers from the Big Adventure Store, in Swindon.

This will be a useful early season ride that will enable riders to gauge their fitness level as they cycle around 150km through Wiltshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire with about 1400 metres of climbing. The route has been carefully selected to keep the riders interested and challenged by their surroundings, on decent road surfaces and with minimal traffic.

All sponsorship raised by this event will be given to Wateraid (funds will be used to provide clean and safe water to those who most need it).

What can riders expect?

Start and finish at the Memorial hall in the village of Shrivenham, Wiltshire.

Pass by four white horses: Uffington, Broadtown, Cherhill & Hackpen (Uffington White Horse is the oldest of all British chalk figures and dates back almost 3000 years).

Passing through Avebury which lies in the heart of the Wiltshire downs. The Avebury stones are thought to have been constructed in neolithic times (2700 BC to 2400 BC).

Enjoy beautiful views across the Lambourn & Marlborough downs.

Other historical places such as the Saxon town of Cricklade and picturesque villages such as Hannington and Castle Eaton.

What's included:

Clearly signed route with marshals to help at key locations
Electronic timed event (each rider will collect timing chip at the start)
Two well stocked feed stations
Mechanical support kindly provided by The Big Adventure Store, Swindon (www.thebigadventurestore.com)
Official Photographer (http://www.sportivephoto.com/)
Individual times will be added with Gold, Silver and Bronze standard
Results will be published on the website shortly after the event
Event T-shirt available for £8 (please order your T-shirt at the same time as entering the event)

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