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Festive 500 aT hhv
29 - 30 December 2024
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!
2024 riderS
Declan Ruane for the Royal Marsden
Fran Hall for The Dog’s Trust
Jamal Akhtar for CALM
James Wong for Refugee Community Kitchen
Ken Chisholm for Jigsaw South East
Linda Wijlaars for Muscular Dystrophy UK
Lloyd Collier for Essex & Harts Air Ambulance
Marta Cooper for Gaza Sunbirds
Tabs Dilmohamud for The New Normal
Tom Openshaw for Leap India
You can also support all riders and their charities by donating to the ‘Class of 2024’ fundraiser
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 29th December before the adults get underway to raise money to improve facilities for young riders at HHV and to support our Youth & Kids Development Officer roles.
Youth riders (aged 8-16) will take 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 will ride their Frog Bikes Festive 50 and complete 50 laps of the inner track in teams of 2-8 riders to share the distance!
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!
