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organisation outside of Lancashire. T he Lancashire Cycle Challenge 2015 is back for a third successful year this June! Last year, 79 organisations and over 1200 people signed up to the Lancashire Cycle Challenge 2014, encouraging 385 non cyclists to try cycling for the first time in over a year. This year the competition is coming back to Lancashire and we’d like to invite your workplace to take part. Working with Lancashire County Council, this challenge has a lot of potential for improving facilities for cyclists across Lancashire. Not only do we have the Lancashire Cycle Challenge but we also have a national challenge running at the same time this year. So, not only will you be in with a chance of winning some great locally sourced prizes, but you and your company will also be entered into a national league table and compete for some further great prizes including holidays. This is especially exciting for those who would like to compete with other branches of their 4 On your Marks... So, what is the Lancashire Cycle Challenge? It’s a free incentive based staff cycling scheme run to encourage and support employees to discover the benefits of cycling. Workplaces across Lancashire will compete from the 8th to 28th June 2015 to win fantastic individual and team prizes, including cinema tickets for those who ride a bike for the first time in a year. Your staff only need to cycle once for a least 10 minutes in the three week challenge period. It’s not about cycling the furthest nor about cycling to work. We just want as many people as possible to try riding a bike. T his year British Cycling will be delivering the Sky Ride Local programme right across Lancashire during the summer months.  The Sky Ride Local programme is a series of guided rides aimed at families with rides ranging from 5 to 30 miles. All rides are led by trained British Cycling Ride Leaders and many are traffic free. Full details of rides in each area can be found at www.goskyride. com/lancashire. As part of the programme Breeze rides will also be taking place right across Lancashire. These rides are women only fun, social rides that are arranged and led by British Cycling Breeze Champions. Details of Breeze rides can be found at www.goskyride.com/Breeze. This exciting County and now Nation wide competition is going to give cycling a further push in 2015, building on our successes in 2013 and 2014 when over £500,000 in cycle related workplace improvement grants was given out each year in Lancashire alone. Help influence the morale, health and fitness of your workforce, register today and show your support at www.lovetoride.net/ lancashire We look forward to welcoming you aboard! www.lancashiresport.org.uk www.lancashiresport.org.uk On your Marks...5