IoW Randonnee

Thanks to your amazing generosity supporting the Randonnee this year, we have been able to support a number of local charities.... some photos attached, and full details here --> https://www.cycleisland.co.uk/randonnee/donate .. we are so very grateful for your support.... thank you...see you all next year 🙏

Our friends at Snap My Ride were out and about again this year - photos are now uploaded and can be found here -->

Snap My Ride | IoW Randonnée Gallery: IoW Randonnée on Snap My Ride

Well done to everyone who took part in the 2024 Randonnee today - we'd like to thank each of you for your generous donations both online and at the checkpoints. It's only through the donations and badge sales that we can maintain the Randonnee in its current form and more importantly support local charities. We will publish in due course the charities and amounts we have donated. We’d also like to thank the local community for their support, Businesses, Schools and Villages that let us use their premises and the Schools for providing the feed stations that are so enjoyed by the participants - thank you all -

If you have any photos of the event, we'd love to see them - please post to this thread :)

see you next year….The Randonnee Team.

Only a few weeks to go before the 2024 Randonnee on the 5th May. Hope the training is going well :)

We still have a few places left if you're quick - further details can be found on our website

https://www.cycleisland.co.uk/

The Randonnee Team

Hello Everyone - we're pleased to announce that registration for the 2024 Isle of Wight Randonnee is now open.

As with previous years, the event is free to enter - if your are able to make donation when you register we'd be very grateful - this helps maintain the event as free to enter, with any excesses donated to local charities after the event.

Further details can be found on our website
https://www.cycleisland.co.uk/

The Randonnee Team

We're pleased to announce that the 2024 Randonnee will take place on Sunday 5th May 2024.
We will open registration for the event at the beginning of February 2024 and will share more details closer the time.
As with previous years.... The Randonnee follows the Round The Island (RTI) cycle routes in a clockwise direction and there will be a choice of 100km and 55km rides. The Event starts at 9am and finishes at 6pm.
The Randonnee Team

Thank you all for your positive comments and photos :)

We still have a few badges left for anyone who took part but missed out on the day. They can be purchased online here --> https://www.cycleisland.co.uk/randonnee/buy-old-badge

Our friends at Snap My Ride have been busy uploading the 1000s of photos taken on Sunday & will be making a contribution to charity from any purchases relating to our event —> https://www.snapmyride.co.uk/

See you all next year...

Some photos of the 2023 Randonnee taken in Freshwater ..

We had 3000 participants register this year and we'd like to thank each of them for their generous donations both online and at the checkpoints. It's only through the donations and badge sales that we can maintain the Randonnee in its current form and more importantly support local charities. We will publish in due course the charities and amounts we have donated. We’d also like to thank the local community for their support, Businesses, Schools and Villages that let us use their premises and the Schools for providing the feed stations that are so enjoyed by the participants - thank you all

Some of your asked if you could still make a donation post the event - thank you - here is the link → https://www.cycleisland.co.uk/randonnee/donate

Our friends at Snap My Ride are busy uploading the 1000s of photos taken yesterday and will be coming online over the next 24 hours. Snap My Ride will be making a contribution to charity from any purchases relating to our event —> https://www.snapmyride.co.uk/

We'd love to see your photos of the event - please post them here :)

See you next year…..

Hello Everyone... just a few weeks to go now before the 2023 Isle of Wight Randonnee on Sunday 30th April.

If you haven't registered your place yet, there is still time and places available - you can register here --> https://www.cycleisland.co.uk/randonnee/online-registration

As of 2023, our West Wight checkpoint will be moving from Yarmouth to Freshwater. We will host a small "popup" checkpoint at Yarmouth for the first 3 ferries into Yarmouth but otherwise all further activity including the feed station will be at Yarmouth Primary School's new premises in School Green Road, Freshwater.

The Randonnee Team

Hello Everyone - we're pleased to announce that registration for the 2023 Isle of Wight Randonnee is now open - further details can be found on our website https://www.cycleisland.co.uk/

The Randonnee Team

We're pleased to announce that the 2023 Randonnee will take place on Sunday 30th April 2023.

We will open registration for the event at the beginning of February and will share more details closer the time.

As with previous years.... The Randonnee follows the Round The Island (RTI) cycle routes in a clockwise direction and there will be a choice of 100km and 55km rides. The Event starts at 9am and finishes at 6pm.

The Randonnee Team

Looking for a good excuse to cycle around the glorious Isle of Wight and raise money for charity, well look no further... Saturday 10th September - GKN Charity Sportive - choice of 3 rides .. details can be found below... hurry as places are limited... 😁 --> https://www.gpsport.org/event/gkntob/...

GKN Charity Sportive – GP Sport There will be a choice of THREE Isle of Wight routes ranging from a 50 km tour of the East Wight up to a lung busting Island wide 115 km route. The event also has a Virtual Ride which allows you to support the Charity but can be completed anywhere in the World.

A quick update on 2022 Randonnee - thanks to all our participants generosity this year with badge sales and donations, we have donated a record £8000 to charities this year (Hants & IOW Air Ambulance , Wessex Cancer Trust (IOW Branch),IOW Youth Trust and Aspire Ryde). THANK YOU

Breakdown can be found here:
https://www.cycleisland.co.uk/randonnee/donate

Hopefully you're fully recovered now from last Sunday's Randonnee. We still have a few badges left over from the event - if you would like to purchase one, it's not too late - details here :) --> https://www.cycleisland.co.uk/randonnee/buy-a-2022-badge

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We have a few badges left over from the event - if you would like to purchase one, it's not too late - details here :) --> https://www.cycleisland.co.uk/randonnee/buy-a-2022-badge

Well done to everyone who took part in the IoW Randonnee today. Thank you all for your generous support at the checkpoints, it's your donations and badge sales that keep the event going in its present form. If you have any photos from today you'd like to share, we would love to see them....See you next year 🙂

Hi Everyone - details of the Red Funnel Isle of Wight Ferry Randonnee offers can be found here https://www.redfunnel.co.uk/en/isle-of-wight-guide/events/archive/isle-of-wight-randonnee/

Registration for the 2022 Isle of Wight Randonnee is now open - further details can be found on our website https://www.cycleisland.co.uk/

Thank you all for the positive response to our announcement earlier this month..... as promised, some more information about this year's event...

- Registration for the 2022 event will open on Tuesday 1st February we will update the website with the links to register and post on social media

- We are going all in on advanced registration / e-ticket this year (no registration on the day will be available) - you will need to bring this with you on the day to be scanned at your first checkpoint- more details to follow

- There will be up to 2500 entries available this year

- We will be moving fully to a digital brevet card using our mobile app - more details to follow

- Unfortunately we will not have a checkpoint at Alverstone or be able to do registrations on the Ferries this year

- The event remains free to enter. When you register for your e-ticket, you will have the option of pre-purchasing your brooch/badge for collection on the day and also making a donation if you can - this helps maintain the event as free to enter, with any excesses donated to local charities after the event.

Thanks for your understanding of these changes, many brought about as a result of Covid where we are, so far as possible, attempting to run the event on a no-touch basis with minimal bunching of cyclists at checkpoints.

The Randonnee Team

We're pleased to finally announce that the 2022 Randonnee will take place on Sunday 1st May 2022, subject to there being no changes to the current UK Government or Cycling UK Covid guidance that may prevent the event taking place.

We will be making changes to the event this year in light of Covid guidelines, specifically to the checkpoints processes and the need for all participants to register this year - there will be no registration on the day at any of the checkpoints - and places will be limited. We will share details shortly.

We expect registration for the event to be open at the beginning of February, and again will share details shortly.

We are passionate about holding the event this year and thank you for your patience as we navigate through this!

As with previous years....

The Randonnee follows the Round The Island (RTI) cycle routes in a clockwise direction and there will be a choice of 100km and 55km rides. The Event starts at 9am and finishes at 6pm.

The Randonnee Team

We are very sorry to have to inform everyone that the committee organising the Isle of Wight Randonnee has decided not to hold the event in 2021 given the situation and ongoing uncertainty resulting from the Covid-19 "Coronavirus" pandemic. This has been a difficult decision for us - given the nature of the Randonnee, with approximately 3,000 registered participants annually, the inevitable bunching of participants at ports, on ferries, checkpoints and feed stations, the presence of staff from a number of schools at feed stations and the age profile of our volunteers, all of which present a level of risk to the Public in context of the nature of Covid-19.

Our conclusion was that with public safety in mind, and the uncertainty ahead of us, it would be irresponsible (if not impossible) to plan for the event in the circumstances and that we should make the decision and notify participants and volunteers as early as possible.

We are very sorry for any inconvenience and look forward to holding the event again in the future....

We are very sorry to have to inform our followers that the committee organising the Isle of Wight Randonnee has decided to cancel the event for 2020, which was due to be held on 3rd May. Given the rapid spread of the Covid-19 "Coronavirus" in other parts of Europe and the current lack of clarity as to the extent to which the virus has spread in the UK we looked carefully at the measures being taken by other sporting events both in the UK and Continental Europe where event cancellations are becoming the norm. We also looked at the nature of the Randonnee, with approximately 3,000 registered participants annually, the inevitable bunching of participants at ports, on ferries, checkpoints and feed stations, the presence of staff from a number of schools at feed stations and the age profile of our volunteers, all of which present a level of risk to the Public in context of the nature of Covid-19. Our conclusion was that with public safety in mind, it would be irresponsible to hold the event in the circumstances and that we should make the decision and notify participants and volunteers as early as possible.

We are very sorry for any inconvenience and look forward to holding the event again next year if at all possible.

All - to keep you updated - we are monitoring the Coronavirus/COVID-19 advice on a daily basis and we will be following any guidance given by Central Government, local authorities and Public Health England. We are also consulting with Cycling UK who are providing regular updates on the holding of cycling events. It is not yet clear to what extent Coronavirus/COVID-19 will impact the 2020 Isle of Wight Randonnee and whether we will have to cancel or significantly modify the format for this year's event but we will be posting updates through our website and Social Media presence as soon as we are in a position to do so.

The Randonnee Team

We're pleased to announce that registration for the 2020 event, taking place on Sunday the 3rd May, is now open.

Online registration form can be found here ...

http://www.cycleisland.co.uk/randonnee/online-registration

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Wishing all our followers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year :)

A date for your new diaries - the 2020 Randonnee will be held on Sunday 3rd May - registration will be open in the New Year.

We did the handover yesterday of the defibrillator,to Pedallers Café,Newchurch (a cyclist favourite) in memory of Alan Paul (Wayfarer).It was purchased with funds from this years Randonnee - thank you all again for your generous donations that make this possible.

Thanks to your generous donations and badge sales, we did a couple of cheque hand overs this week as part of the charity distributions from this years Randonnee surplus.
On the top a donation of £750 to the Air Ambulance,and on the bottom,the same amount to Carers IOW,a charity that supports people caring for others. Thank you all!

Thanks to your generous donations again this year, we have been able to give £750 to Carers, a local charity supporting unpaid carers on the Isle of Wight.... more to follow, watch this space 😀