****ONE WEEK TO GO****

Join us on Saturday 20 June from 9.00am at West Kirby Concourse if you can, use your own static bikes at home or go for a real ride

Prostate Cancer is the most common form of cancer for men in the UK and it’s not surprising that most of us know someone who has suffered or is suffering from it. In the absence of a national screening programme, essential early diagnosis is frequently missed.

So, how’s your cycling? We need you and your bike (exercise or otherwise) as once again, West Kirby Rotary Club members will be doing their bit to raise money for PROSTATE CANCER UK in support of prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment, and we would really appreciate your support. We are running a hybrid cycling event (and we’d love you to join in) using our road and exercise bikes to cycle ‘virtually’ between 7 key North West Cancer Centres on Saturday 20th June 2026 (Countess of Chester, Clatterbridge, Arrowe Park, Royal Liverpool, Christies (Manchester) & back to Broadgreen). This will be a minimum of 170.6km between us, although with support of family, friends and fellow Rotarians we hope to clock up many more beating last year’s total of around 450Km. If you’re able to take part remotely on the day or in the week before or following, just record your mileage (or should that be kilometrage?), tag West Kirby Rotary on Facebook, Instagram or X with the distance travelled and we’ll add it all together for a final total. Photos are very welcome. Persuade your family and friends to join in too and donate or sponsor you.

To kick off our Rotary Ride fundraising all are welcome, irrespective of age and cycling experience, outside the West Kirby Concourse Sports Centre on Saturday 20th of June 2026 from 9:00 until 13:00. As in previous years, the local sports centre in West Kirby is supplying us with outdoor static biking facilities (under cover!) and we will have 2 static bikes pedalling away in relay with the miles clocked up on our laser display board. Unfortunately, Cycle Team GB won’t be there but you don’t have to be an Olympic cyclist to take part and we’ve had all ages and abilities pedalling in previous years as part of the overall effort. Please come along on the day to support if you can.

We’re also urging people to get on their own dynamic bikes and under your own steam (and responsibility) you can ride your real bike whenever and wherever you choose during the week (to allow everyone time to participate when they can), and tag West Kirby Rotary on Facebook, Instagram or X with the distance travelled to be added to the static total (photos very welcome!). If you’d rather use your own exercise bike and get sweaty in front of the telly or in the garden, that’s good too.

Many thanks to the West Kirby Concourse team for continuing to provide the bikes and support and to Home Instead for agreeing to provide a cafe for refreshments inside West Kirby Library, just behind our bikes and outside, weather permitting.

You can follow us on Facebook from 9.00 am on Saturday 20th of June 2026 as we start riding with live updates: https://www.facebook.com/westkirbyrotaryclub/

ALL sponsorship will go to Prostate Cancer UK who have a simple ambition – to stop men dying from prostate cancer. Through shifting the science over the next 10 years to focus on radical improvements in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and support, we will stop prostate cancer being a killer. You can donate to our JustGiving page by using the QR code or clicking here:

https://www.justgiving.com/page/wkrc-west-kirby-rotary-club-16?

Last year we raised over £2700 (including Gift Aid) and it would be wonderful to beat that this year.

Any support /sponsorship / donations would be welcome – maybe get your family and friends to sponsor you as well. We did think about a suggested donation per kilometre cycled but concluded that this would probably be counter-productive.