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01-10-2008, 16:18 SARAH B Joined on 11-26-2007 Norwich Posts 124 Re: Cycle Cuba March 09 ahh right.........got ya. So if i've got any questions your the ladies to ask - what with your cousin having done it last year. Did she find it hard the training or fundraising or BOTH. Actually i should really ask her that - well if your reading this susanne perhaps you can reply. http:/www.justgiving.com/sarahjanebarrett    Report

01-10-2008, 18:57 SusannenoZ Joined on 08-26-2006 Staffordshire Posts 258 Re: Cycle Cuba March 09 Hi there, yes we like to keep things in the family! I am Susanne! I signed up for the ride 15 months beforehand and aimed to complete my fundraising within 9 months which I hoped would then leave me with 6 months or so to train, but i managed to meet the target of £2800 within 6 months, so started to train after that, 8/9 months before the ride, up to that point I did not even have a bike. It worked for me, it was good to be able to solely concentrate on the fundraising and then the training. I was very unfit before I started to train I did no exercise or sport and was about 3 stone overweight, you will be surprised how quickly your fitness builds up, but I did go out at least once every weekend and about 3/4 times in the week after work, for most of those training months. As for the fundraising I did a few events, a barn dance, auction and curry night, car boot sales, coffee mornings, raffles etc and asked for money for the fund instead of Xmas and birthday presents and it soon mounted up. The best motivator for me was meeting up with ladies I had got to know through this forum, we arranged a number of weekends away training staying in youth hostels in various places, as we come from all over the country, in all I think we met up 6 times altogether, every 6 weeks or so, and without the motivation from each other I don't think i would have done it. Good luck all of you! SusanneX    Report

01-10-2008, 19:29 SARAH B Joined on 11-26-2007 Norwich Posts 124 Re: Cycle Cuba March 09 Did you get most of your funds from the barn dance or curry night??????? I was thinking of doing something similar but was worried i'd end up out of pocket. sarah b http:/www.justgiving.com/sarahjanebarrett    Report

01-10-2008, 22:25 clarelambern Joined on 01-05-2008 corsham, wilts Posts 65 Re: Cycle Cuba March 09 hi how did you manage to get your ticker on your profile?i m not great with these things! Clare www.justgiving.com/clarelambern    Report

01-10-2008, 23:22 SusannenoZ Joined on 08-26-2006 Staffordshire Posts 258 Re: Cycle Cuba March 09 Sarah, I made about £500 profit on the Barn Dance, charged £10 a ticket inc a ploughman's supper I had to pay for the band and the room and the food, but it was hard work, I did the food myself and found it stressful trying to make sure I'd sold enough tickets to at least break even I wouldn't do another. The curry night was fantastic I made £948 in one night with only 50 people, and it was dead easy. I went to a local curry house and told them what I was doing, they closed off half the restraunt for me, set all the tables etc. they did me a set meal, selection of starters, bhajis, samosas etc 3 types of curry, naan and rice for £5 per head, I put envelopes on each table and asked people to put in the envelope what they thought the meal was worth suggesting £10, most people put this and some a bit more, so straight away  £250 profit. I also asked everyone who came to bring something that could be auctioned or raffled, and they brought all sorts form boxes of chocs and bottles of wine, to a new kettle, perfume, watches and some promises, like a nights baby sitting, I also wrote to some local attractions like Alton Towers, cinema, football club etc. for tickets and auctioned them, and then we raffled some prizes too. It was a great night, even the restraunt gave me a meal for 4 to auction. I had a good friend with the gift of the gab who did the auction for me.  SusanneX    Report

01-11-2008, 8:07 sarah e Joined on 08-21-2006 Nottingham Posts 251 Re: Cycle Cuba March 09 I also did a Barn dance to raise money for India. I made around £600. Was hard work and quite stressful to organise, but the plus side for me was that alot of people came who were complete strangers - just barn dance fanatics! So I wasn't solely relying on friends and family. My best event was a garden party, that I organised in just a couple of weeks. I don't have a huge garden either! Did a tombola, cake stall, bbq, bric a brac, treaure map, throw ball into a bucket, a raffle etc. I was really lucky with the weather,  and I made £738! Everyone had a fantastic time (about 80 people came through the course of the afternoon, I didn't know I knew as many people!) and many have said "When are you doing another?!"....... As Susanne said, and I have said previously, one of the best things we did was organising the get togethers through the forum. We all benefited from this immensely.    Report

01-11-2008, 10:09 SARAH B Joined on 11-26-2007 Norwich Posts 124 Re: Cycle Cuba March 09 Thanks - Susanne Curry night sounds like a good one - think i'll try that. Did you sell tickets before or just send invites? sarah i was thinking about the garden party. I often have partys in the garden in the summer anyway bbq, done my hubby a surprise 30th that sort of thing so think i'll have a bank holiday garden party. Clare If i remember right......... went to tickerfacory.com that was pretty straight forward. Follow instructions and at end they give you a code. Copy it and then paste in your profile under HRL. God i think. something like that - took i bit of time for me anyway, not god at that sort of thing. Sarah b http:/www.justgiving.com/sarahjanebarrett    Report

01-11-2008, 10:17 SARAH B Joined on 11-26-2007 Norwich Posts 124 Re: Cycle Cuba March 09 Clare If i remember right......... went to tickerfacory.com that was pretty straight forward. Follow instructions and at end they give you a code. Copy it and then paste in your profile under HRL. God i think. something like that - took i bit of time for me anyway, not god at that sort of thing. Sarah b http:/www.justgiving.com/sarahjanebarrett    Report

01-11-2008, 10:32 SARAH B Joined on 11-26-2007 Norwich Posts 124 Amazing News..................... I've just had the best phone call ever from my brother in law. My sister and my brother in law AND my husbands brother all work for a large citroen garage in Norwich. My brother in law is quite high up there and has been to the owner on my behalf and they have said they will sponsor me if i wear a top with their logo on and get my picture in the local paper. They have sponsored me £250..........................................wow how great. Sorry had to tell someone, hubby in meeting and sooooooooooooooo excited. oh susanne ignore about tickets just got it uurrrrr........ you had envelopes on tables and clare not sure what happened below. Sarah b http:/www.justgiving.com/sarahjanebarrett    Report

01-11-2008, 13:44 Anncie Joined on 09-12-2006 Stratford on Avon Posts 175 Re: Cycle Cuba March 09 Hi Jane Louise I am one of Susanne's Cycle India cycling buddies, I can endorse what she and Sarah E have said - it was the meeting up and training together every 6 weeks or so that really kept me going as well as all the chat on here. When we first met I was really struggling but those girls gave me the incentive and encouragement to keep going.  I'm in my fifties and overweight. When we first met up in April 2007 I was wearing size 20 skirts - now I'm in size 16  - still not slim but much more toned and my overall fitness has improved no end. If  I could get from where I was then to completing the ride on December 2nd then anyone can - provided they have enough determination. I have agreed to be Donna's training buddy for the first Cuba ride. Donna lives at Rugby and I live near Chipping Norton which isn't too far away from you. Would you like to join us? We haven't set any dates yet but we had thought of doing a ride in the Banbury area. Sarah M said she would come up from the south to join us and I see that there are another two people on one of the threads who are Oxford way so maybe we have the nucleus of a traning group. BTW I went for the padded shorts and gel saddle and I didn't suffer at all  neither in training nor on the ride. Take care Ann x Please help me support the work of Women for Women visit www.justgiving.com/AnnLattimore      Report

01-11-2008, 20:33 Jude D Joined on 12-26-2007 Posts 58 Re: Cycle Cuba March 09 Hi Ann I am Jane Louise's sister but live in Stoke on Trent and am also doing the Cuba 09 ride -I would love to join you on a training weekend in Banbury so please add me to your list!! Judith X    Report

01-13-2008, 20:48 Jane Louise Joined on 01-08-2008 Posts 3 Re: Cycle Cuba March 09 Hi sarah B yes I'm the jane thats sister to jude . This was her idea but I have to admit one of her better ones. We were inspired by our cousin sue who has just done India 2007. Jane L    Report

01-13-2008, 21:52 Heather W Joined on 12-04-2007 Posts 5 Re: Cycle Cuba March 09 Hi Sarah I didn't have any particular date in mind, what do you (and others) think? Would love to do something. Where does everyone live? I'm in Nottingham, anyone else near me? My Mum in law phoned yesterday to say she'd seen a write up in the local paper about someone called Emma who's doing the Cuba 09 event, would be great if she got in touch, there was an email address so I've just sent her a note! I've told her about the forum. Went to Decathalon today , bought myself a camelback, I know I won't need it yet but it was £44 down to £24 - can't resist a bargain! Heather    Report

01-14-2008, 15:43 clarelambern Joined on 01-05-2008 corsham, wilts Posts 65 Re: Cycle Cuba March 09 Hi  everyone- Ann, Heather and others                                                            As I am just below cotsolds in Corsham (M4 jctn 17) could you count me in re training days Oxford area .My sister lives in nottingham and my mother 30miles north of London in Herts/Bucks border so could probably stay with either of them(husband and daughter permitting!! for other areas. Sarah- thanks for ticker advice !! Clare       www.justgiving.com/clarelambern    Report

01-15-2008, 9:41 SARAH B Joined on 11-26-2007 Norwich Posts 124 Re: Cycle Cuba March 09 Hi everyone. I'm in Norfolk so about two and a half hours from you heather and about three hours from oxford. I'm happy to meet up at either. Why don't we arrange something for the wkend 1st March........? I'm happy to come to nottingham heather? What about you clare, jude, jane and everyone else? Banbury seems to have disappeared off other site and their now doing IOW i think? Seems like from the advise of the others its a good thing to do. Sarah B http:/www.justgiving.com/sarahjanebarrett    Report

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