Treve Ripley and Sean Cornell
Treve and Sean are our Charity Challenge Champions! Treve Ripley and Sean Cornell cycled from London to Paris and raised over £5,000 for C P Sport! We would like to express our sincere thanks for this donation.

Why did you decide to take on a challenge for CP Sport?

I got talking to one of my neighbours who had a son with CP and is in a wheelchair. I checked some cycle rides our and found one leaving on July 5th (my birthday), and that seemed spot on. As it was an open charity ride, we could designate our own charity and CP Sport seemed like the perfect fit.

How did you raise sponsorship?

We raised sponsorship in the usual ways by asking friends and family. We also sold advertising space on our cycle shirts which raised £1,200. We had an 80s party that was free to existing sponsors but £10 per ticket to others. This raised a further £800. Sean going round with a bucket at the end of the night asking for all loose change added a significant £100+ to the total.

What did you enjoy about the event?

We met some great people and the organisation was first class, with all food, transport and accommodation laid on, and even when we lost a day stranded on a ferry across the channel, the guides re-planned our final route into Paris marking ou final day a 100 mile extravaganza finishing at the Arc de Triomphe!

What level of fitness did you need to have?

It was a tough challenge. Participants were split into groups of ability so not everyone there was a budding Lance Armstrong (although there were a few that tried, not us I hasten to add). It certainly gave us the bug for more, and if the Great Nottinghamshire Bike Ride hadn't been so close to our departure date, we would have come up to Nottingham for that one. Still there's always next year!

Left Treve Ripley and right Sean Cornell.