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Supporting Charities Through Rider Sponsorship
Our website now features a dedicated drop-down page designed to help bike riders collect sponsorship via Just Giving. In addition to your registration fee, this is a fantastic opportunity to offer further support to our chosen charities. Maximise Your Contribution By...
TIME TO FULFIL YOUR NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
We wish you a very happy and peaceful New Year.. Just a reminder that registration for the 2026 Bike Ride is now open, and we hope you and your friends will be with us again this year on Saturday 9th May. Our first entry was received as most of us were still...
Rotary’s Presentation to Dementia Forward
As a result of the contribution made by our riders and sponsors in 2025, we were able to receive a match funded award from Rotary's Foundation charity to enable us to support the purchase by Dementia Forward of six new laptops. These are replacement laptops for use by...
Specsavers Signs On as Lead Sponsor for Ripon Rotary Charity Bike Ride 2026
The Ripon Rotary Club is thrilled to announce that Specsavers will be the Lead Sponsor for the 2026 Ripon Rotary Charity Bike Ride, set to take place on Saturday, 9 May 2026. This exciting partnership brings together two organisations committed to community...
£11,000 raised by the 2025 Ride!
Photo: Directors of Specsavers Ripon receive a certificate of appreciation as lead sponsors of the event We’re proud to announce that the Ripon Rotary Charity Bike Ride, held on Saturday 10th May 2025, raised an outstanding £11,000 in support of local charities. This...
A Wonderful 2025 Ride!
The sun came out on May 10th to greet the 253 riders who took part in the 2025 Ripon Rotary Charity Bike Ride. Many of our riders return, year after year and none more so than members of the Ilkley Cycling Club, pictured here enjoying a well earned rest with some of...
A Thank You to our Sponsors
Thank you once again to our fourteen sponsors who helped cover the expenditure of our annual Charity Bike Ride. Katherine Friis, a director at our lead sponsor, Specsavers, entered into the spirit of the event by taking to the road and for the first time ever...
Call for marshals for this years event
We are now halfway towards our target rider numbers and picking up new friends everyday. It is time to encourage friends to step forward and check in now. The weather is getting cooler at the moment and perfect for a training ride. We are just a little down on...
Helping Good Causes – St Michael’s Hospice
3rd April 2025 Ripon Rotary Charity Bike Ride representatives David Wells and Peter Cooper presented a cheque for £6000 to St Michael's Hospice in Harrogate. The money raised by the bike ride will provide a new specialist bed for use in their hospice, Crimple House....
Why I join the Ripon Rotary Charity Bike Ride…
I am a regular cyclist, I have just come back from taking part in the Paris Nice Challenge in France, and will be returning to Yorkshire in May this year for my fourth Ripon Rotary Charity Bike Ride. Having taken part in many events in the UK and abroad, I am...