Sportives and Charity

LeicesterLad

Taking part in the Wiggle Rut this year, and notice it MENTIONS rasing money for cancer research, is this compulsary, or could I raise money for a different charity of my choice. (basically once ive paid a £30 entry fee i would like to reserve the right to do as i please)

Thanks

derbygrimpeur

you don't have to raise money for charity if you don't want to - you've paid to enter the event.

derbygrimpeur

so to properly answer your question if you WANT to raise money for charity, you can raise money for whichever charity you wish

LeicesterLad

thats the answer i wanted!

Cheers!

sheffieldpaul

I think there's 3 types of sportive rider

1) regular cyclists, perhaps not into racing, but love the sense of occasion of a sportive and testing themself and their mates against the clock- they tend to pay the entry but not raise sponsorship. They aren't ripping off the charities as you need a lot of these to make the event viable collecting all their entry fees (which almost certainly includes a cut for the charity as most the people working the event are volunteers for the charity)

2) people who train up for the event for a one off charity challenge- often with a personal motivation linked to the charity and they hammer the sponsorship

3) people who ride sportives a lot and constantly pester their mates for sponsorship which gets a bit annoying