Festive 500 aT hhv
The annual challenge promoted by Rapha to ride 500km over the 8 days of the festive period morphed into something new in 2020 at HHV when staff member Boru, and chair of HHV’s Trust, Tim, decided to ride 500km around HHV’s 450m track, just because they could. They ended up raising over £10,000 for charity and a new annual tradition was born. From 2021, HHV has opened up the challenge to 10 riders, who face the elements overnight at the track to complete the Festive 500 in one go, and raise money for the FHHV and a charity of their choice.
Read an account written by Amy, one of the 2022 riders here!
2023 riderS
Dylan Pratt McCullagh for Mind
Guy Burgess for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital
Jade Lau for MAP Medical Aid for Palestinians
Kat & Till Sommer for Intoart
Lucy Choules for The New Normal Charity
Luke Marshall-Waterfield for Brixton Soup Kitchen
Martin Gough for The Connection at St Martins
Rich Hall for Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers
Russell Kesley for My Name’5 Doddie Foundation
You can also support all riders and their charities by donating to the ‘Class of 2023’ fundraiser here
Youth track festive 50 (kms) frog bikes festive 50 (laps)
This year we invited our younger riders to get involved and ride their own Festive challenge on Wednesday 27th December before the adults get underway.
Youth riders (aged 8-16) took part in a Festive 50 - challenging themselves to ride 50kms (or 112 laps) whilst raising much needed money for FHHV to support less advantaged young riders come and cycle here at the velodrome.
Riders aged 3-8 completed their Frog Bikes Festive 50 and complete 50 laps of the inner track in teams of 2-8 riders to share the distance!
A message from Tianne Bell - Youth Development Officer -
I was so proud of each and every one, their own efforts and struggles with tiredness and, in some cases, illness, their support for other riders and the enormous achievements of all.
Your fundraising efforts have also blown us away. Over £6,000 raised to date and still a few weeks to continue to collect in money. The fundraising page (https://supportus.fhhv.cc/fundraising/youth-track-festive-50-fundraising-page) will stay open until the end of January so please do continue to share your achievements with family and friends and remember to tag us on Instagram (@hernehillvelodrome) with your pics.
Our fundraisers will be open until the end of January: visit the Festive 50 group funding page and the Frog Bikes Festive 50 group funding page and share with your friends!
