Countdown on to inaugural Billy Kerr Sportive

Enter on line at www.ballymenaroadclub.co.uk to still be in with a chance to be entered into a free prize draw for a Vitus Razor road bike courtesy of our sponsor Chain Reaction Cycles.

Cost for entry is £30 for the event.

Riders will receive a goodie bag, and be entitled to refreshments during the cycle and at the finish location.

Furthermore all finishers will received a high quality medal and a contribution from each entrant will go towards the chosen charity NI Children’s Hospice.

Each goodie bag supplied by by Chain Reaction Cycles will contain a buff, bottle, tube, multi-tool and nutrition. Mechanical and medical support will be provided at the event.

Sign on at the event will be held at the ECOS centre on Friday 15th August at 7:30pm. Sean Kelly will be attending the sign on event and he will be available to take questions, select a winner for the bike prize draw and pose for photos with participants.

Anybody not riding on the sportive and wishing to attend the pre-sign on event can make a donation of £10.

Maps and more details of the event can be obtained at the sportive www.facebook.com/BillyKerrSportive. Similar information will be provided at sign on.

On Saturday 16th August, riders can start from 8am to 9:30am. Riders doing the 150km route are encouraged to start first and will go out in groups of 40.

While online pre-sign on is preferred so as to be eligible for free entry to the prize draw, sign on will be accepted on the Friday evening. If you are unable to attend on the Friday, sign on will be available on the Saturday morning.

HELPERS MEETING

A planning meeting is arranged for Mon 11 Aug at 7.30pm in the club house to make final arrangements for the Bill Kerr Sportive. All volunteers already contacted are encouraged to attend.

The following will be discussed:

* Marshalling procedures

* Distribution of food and drinks at the feed stations

* Sign on procedures for the Friday night (15 Aug) and Saturday (16 Aug) morning

* Placement of signage

* Broom wagon

* First aid

* Marquee handling

While we encourage as many club members to cycle the event, if there are members who are not able to ride, their help with any of the above tasks would be appreciated.

We plan to have riders leaving the ECOS centre in groups of 40 and we would like a number of club members to be a group leaders especially those who rode the sportive routes recently.