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INFORMATION PACK FOR SCHOOLS - Evans Cycles
INFORMATION PACK FOR SCHOOLS
INFORMATION PACK FOR SCHOOLS - Evans Cycles
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                           WELCOME
DETAILS OF THE COMPETITION                    3. S
                                                  elect your school’s favourite poem
                                                 (Each school can only submit one poem).
In order to celebrate the many benefits of
cycling, Evans Cycles are teaming up with     4. Submit the poem by email to
Olympic cycling hero Sir Chris Hoy and            competitions@evanscycles.com (5MB
inviting schools around the country               max upload), or by post to: Fusion
to enter a cycling poetry competition.            Media, The Record Hall, Fusion Media,
                                                  16-16a Baldwin's Gardens, London EC1N
Pupils will be encouraged to take part in         7RJ by midnight 29th October 2018.
classroom based cycling activities (see
‘Resource Pack’) to learn more about the      5. A
                                                  panel of judges including Sir Chris Hoy
benefits of cycling, culminating in the          will pick the winning poem based on the
creation of either an individual or class        set criteria:
poem about ​bikes, cycling or bike racing.       • Originality
The school will be asked to shortlist one        • Creativity
poem to be submitted to Evans Cycles for         • Links to Cycling
the competition.
                                              6. The winning school and three runners-up
The winning school will be visited by             will be notified by 30th November 2018.
Sir Chris Hoy who will help host a British
Cycling HSBC Go-Ride cycling session as
well as inspiring and entertaining pupils     PRIZES
with stories from his cycling career.
                                              1 x winning prize - The winning school
Remember this is a great activity to plan     will be visited by Sir Chris Hoy who will
for National Poetry Day, on Thursday          be inspiring and entertaining pupils with
4th October. This year’s theme is ‘change’.   stories from his cycling career and a British
How could riding your bike change you,        Cycling HSBC UK Go-Ride cycling skills
change your school or even change             session (limited spaces available). The prize
the world?                                    also includes a full single set of Chris Hoy’s
                                              ‘Flying Fergus’ books, band 1-9.

HOW TO ENTER                                  •A
                                                date will be agreed between Sir Chris,
                                               British Cycling and the winning school
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    ownload and print the ‘Resource Pack’
   as well as the ‘Information Pack for       3 x Runners-Up prizes – The runners-up
   Schools’ from evanscycles.com/             schools will receive a HSBC UK Go-Ride
   bike-to-school-poetry-competition          session (limited spaces available) and full
                                              single set of Chris Hoy’s ‘Flying Fergus’
2. W
    ork through the Resource Pack with       books, band 1-9, each.
   pupils as part of a classroom-based
   activity and get kids to write a poem      •T
                                                &Cs apply (see page 4 and 5).
   about cycling (there’s dedicated space
   on the back page of the Resource Pack).
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                ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS

WHO IS SIR CHRIS HOY?                           ABOUT BRITISH CYCLING
                                                HSBC UK GO-RIDE
Sir Chris Hoy MBE is one of the most
successful Olympic cyclists of all time,        For aspiring youngsters wanting to follow in
with six gold medals and one silver medal.      the footsteps of Sir Chris Hoy, the HSBC UK
He was born and raised in Edinburgh and         Go-Ride scheme provides the first step with
started competing in various sports at          over 80% of riders on the Great Britain Cycling
the age of seven. He started cycle racing       Team having started out at Go-Ride Clubs.
in BMX then transferred to track cycling,
                                                HSBC UK Go-Ride is British Cycling's
where he became a multiple World                development programme for young
Champion and multiple Olympic Champion.         people. The programme provides a fun
He was named BBC Sports Personality of          and safe way to introduce young riders
the Year in 2008 and received a Knighthood      to the world of cycle sport and provides
in the 2009 New Year Honours list.              a platform to improve bike handling skills.
Sir Chris retired from competitive cycling      Getting involved is easy, either with a local
                                                Go-Ride Club or through one of their many
in 2013 but launched his own bike range,
                                                holiday coaching programmes.
HOY bikes with Evans Cycles, and is author
of illustrated children’s books ‘Flying         HSBC UK Go-Ride Racing is British
Fergus’ in collaboration with Joanna Nadin      Cycling's exciting entry-level competition
and illustrator Claire Elsom.                   programme which helps young riders make
                                                the transition from school or club coaching
ABOUT HOY BIKES                                 sessions to inter club and open regional
                                                competition. Go-Ride Racing events offer
The HOY kids bike range,                        entry-level, local competition for young
available exclusively at Evans Cycles, has      cyclists under the age of 16. British Cycling
been designed to offer the best possible        racing licenses are not required and the
riding experience and quality and with          events are aimed at novice racing cyclists.
little riders’ needs in mind.
All of the latest bike models feature shorter   Email: go-ride@britishcycling.org.uk
cranks than most other brands to allow for      Tel: 0161 274 2070
a lower bottom bracket position to help
increase stability, as well as aluminium        ABOUT FLYING FERGUS
forks and integrated headsets to ensure
weight is kept to minimum and to keep the       Flying Fergus, published by Piccadilly Press
front end looking as clean as adult bikes.      in London, is an action-packed children’s
                                                book series of cycling adventures aimed at
Evans Cycles and HOY Bikes are the official
                                                5-8 year-olds and created by Sir Chris Hoy
bike partners for British Cycling’s HSBC
                                                in collaboration with writer Joanna Nadin
UK’s Go-Ride programme.                         and illustrator Claire Elsom.
VIDEO RESOURCES:                                The books evolve around nine-year-old
                                                Fergus Hamilton and his friends and a
Sir Chris Hoy winning the Keirin race           parallel universe called Nevermore.
in 2012 https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=FCpNt_aCTZU                             While, on the ground in Scotland, Fergus
                                                rides on his grandpa’s cycling team with
Sir Chris Hoy and Team GB win the team          great success, Fergus soon discovers that he
sprint in 2012 https://www.youtube.com/         can travel through time and space with his
watch?v=Y24dHy4MnzI                             dog, Chimp, by pedalling his bike backwards,
Sir Chris Hoy winning the individual sprint     entering magical, and sometimes scary,
in 2012 https://www.youtube.com/                places where adventure awaits and where he
                                                meets many amazing characters…
watch?v=SCsRgnPqANM
Teaching your child to ride a bike with         The latest addition to the series, book 9,
Sir Chris Hoy https://www.youtube.com/          ‘The Secret Cycle Scoop’, is out in October!
watch?v=DXepxNoS3vs
TERMS AND CONDITIONS                                                               4

TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR THE BIKE TO SCHOOL                          Cycles School Poetry Competition,
POETRY COMPETITION (THE “COMPETITION”)                             C/O Fusion Media, The Record Hall,
                                                                   Fusion Media, 16-16a Baldwin's Gardens,
1. INTRODUCTION                                                    London EC1N 7RJ.
  a)	The Competition is organised and run by F.W.            f)	Each school can only enter the Competition
      Evans Cycles (UK) Limited (“Evans”), who                     once, and only one (1) poem can be
      can be contacted at Camino Park, James                       submitted per school. Multiple Entries are
      Watt Way, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9TZ.                    not permitted. Only the first Entry from
  b)	By entering this Competition you agree to                    each eligible school will be accepted and
      these Terms and Conditions (the “Terms”)                     constitute a valid Entry.
      and any decisions reached by Evans, which               g)	All Entries must be received by Evans during
      are final and binding in all matters related to              the Competition Period or they will be void.
      this Competition.                                            Evans will not accept responsibility for:
  c)	The Competition starts at 00:00 on 12th               		       i. Competition Entries that are lost,
      September 2018 and ends at 23:59 on 29th                          mislaid, damaged or delayed in transit,
      October 2018 (the “Competition Period”).                          regardless of cause, including, for
                                                                        example, as a result of any postal failure,
2. WHO CAN ENTER THIS COMPETITION?                                      equipment failure, technical malfunction,
  a) 	The competition is open to primary schools                       systems, satellite, network, server,
      based in the UK.                                                  computer hardware or software failure
  b)	The Competition is not open to directors,                         of any kind; or
      members, partners, employees, agents or               		       ii. any change in dates, times or
      consultants of Evans, any person who directly                     cancellations or other arrangements that
      or indirectly controls or is controlled by                        may prevent a winner from accepting,
      Evans, or any supplier of goods or services                       taking or using a prize.
      in connection with the Competition, or the              h)	After the expiration of the Competition
      spouses, life partners, business partners or                 Period, a shortlist of ten (10) Entries will be
      immediate family members.                                    selected from all valid entries by a panel of
  c)	By entering the Competition you hereby                       Judges from Fusion Media. One (1) winning
      warrant that all information submitted by                    Entry will be selected by Sir Chris Hoy from
      you is true, current and complete. Evans                     the shortlist Entries. The winner will be the
      reserves the right to verify the eligibility of all          Entry which, in Sir Chris Hoy’s opinion, is the
      participants and disqualify a participant for                most original, creative and in-keeping with
      submitting false information.                                the theme of cycling.
                                                              i)	The winner will be notified by email, phone or
3. HOW DOES THE COMPETITION WORK?                                  post no later than 23:59 on 30th November 2018.
  a) 	No purchase is necessary to enter the                  j)	If a winner is found to be ineligible or fails to
      Competition and entry is free.                               comply with the Terms, then the winner may,
  b)	To enter the Competition, participants must                  in Evans’s sole discretion, be disqualified and
      download the information pack and the                        an alternate winner will be selected.
      teacher resource booklet from
      https://www.evanscycles.com/                          4. WHAT IS THE PRIZE?
      bike-to-school-poetry-competition                       a)	There will be one (1) winner and three (3)
  c)	To enter the competition, each school must                   runners up.
      submit a poem (“Entry”) (multiple being “Entries”).     b)	The winning school will be visited by Sir Chris
  d)	Each school can submit one (1) poem, written                 Hoy who will be inspiring and entertaining
      either by an individual student, or by a class,              pupils with stories about his cycling career.
      about bikes, cycling or bike racing.                         The winning school will also receive a British
  e)	Entries should be submitted by email                         Cycling HSBC UK Go-Ride session (limited
      to competitions@evanscycles.com (the                         spaces available) as well as a full single set of
      maximum file size is 5MB) or by post to Evans                Chris Hoy’s ‘Flying Fergus’ books, band 1-9.
                                                                                               (Continued on page 5)
(Continued) TERMS AND CONDITIONS                                                               5

  c)	The items listed in 4(b) and 4(c) together                 be deemed acceptance of this provision).
      constitute the winner’s prize (the                    c)	All participants irrevocably waive all moral
      “Winner’s Prize”).                                         rights in their entries to which they are entitled.
  d)	A suitable day will be arranged between               d)	By submitting an Entry to the Competition,
      Sir Chris Hoy and the winning school for the               participants agree that any such poems will
      visit part of the Winner’s Prize. This will be in          not infringe the intellectual property rights or
      term time and before the end of the spring                 other rights of any third party.
      term (April 2019).
  e)	The three (3) runners up will receive a British     6. GENERAL
      Cycling HSBC UK Go-Ride session (limited              a)	The winner and runner-ups may be required
      spaces available) and a full single set of Chris           to participate in reasonable post-event
      Hoy’s ‘Flying Fergus’ books, band 1-9 (one set             publicity, including the publication of the
      per school) (the “Runner-up Prizes”).                      author’s name (if the poem was written by an
  f)	The Winner’s Prize and the Runner-up Prizes                individual), school and geographic location.
      shall together be the “Prizes”.                       b)	The name of the winning school will be made
  g)	Prizes are non-transferable, non-                          available upon request.
      exchangeable, and have a cash value of zero.          c)	Subject to clause 6(b) above, Evans will keep
      Prizes are for personal use only and are not               your personal information safe and will not
      for resale. Prizes may be forfeited in the                 disclose it to anyone else and will use your
      event that Evans determines that the Prize                 personal information in accordance with the
      is being misused. Evans reserves the right to              privacy policy available on its website.
      substitute a prize of an equal or greater value       d)	Evans reserves the right to amend the
      in its absolute discretion.                                rules of the Competition, to withdraw the
                                                                 Competition at any time if circumstances
5. 	
    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS                                 beyond its control make this unavoidable,
      AND USE OF SUBMISSIONS                                     or to cancel prizes in the event of non-
  a)	Participants will retain ownership of                      compliance with these Terms.
      the copyright in their submissions to                 e)	The decision of Evans regarding any aspect
      the Competition.                                           of the Competition is final and binding and no
  b)	By submitting an entry to the Competition,                 correspondence will be entered into about it.
      the participant grants Evans the worldwide,           f)	Any cancellation or changes will be posted
      right to use the entry (whether or not it is               on the relevant competition page at
      selected as a winning entry) in relation to the            https://www.evanscycles.com/bike-to-
      Competition, advertising and/or marketing                  school-poetry-competition
      of Evans’s products and brand. Such use               g)	With the exception of liability which cannot
      may include, without limitation, reproducing,              be excluded by law, Evans is not liable for,
      copying, translating, adapting, publishing                 and you release Evans from, liabilities relating
      or making available your entry on Evans’s                  to any direct or indirect loss or damage
      websites, on any social media account                      which is suffered, as a result of entering
      controlled by Evans, and in Evans’s other                  the Competition, failing to win, winning,
      advertising and/or marketing materials,                    accepting or using a Prize.
      including but not limited to till receipts.           h)	If you require any help or have any enquiries
      The rights granted in this paragraph are                   relating to these Terms please contact Evans
      perpetual (i.e. they last forever), and royalty-           at the address above.
      free (i.e. the participant will not be entitled       i)	These terms and conditions shall be governed
      to any compensation or other payments                      by English law, and the parties submit to the
      from Evans). The school is responsible for                 exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England
      ensuring that the author of the poem that                  and Wales.
      is being submitted as the Entry is aware of,
      and comfortable with, this paragraph 5(b) in
      particular (submission of an Entry shall
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