INFORMATION PACK FOR SCHOOLS

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DETAILS OF THE COMPETITION

In order to celebrate the many benefits of cycling, Evans Cycles are teaming up with Olympic cycling hero Sir Chris Hoy and inviting schools around the country to enter a cycling poetry competition.

Pupils will be encouraged to take part in classroom based cycling activities (see ‘Resource Pack’) to learn more about the benefits of cycling, culminating in the creation of either an individual or class poem about bikes, cycling or bike racing. The school will be asked to shortlist one poem to be submitted to Evans Cycles for the competition.

The winning school will be visited by Sir Chris Hoy who will help host a British Cycling HSBC Go-Ride cycling session as well as inspiring and entertaining pupils with stories from his cycling career.

Remember this is a great activity to plan for National Poetry Day, on Thursday 4th October. This year’s theme is ‘change’. How could riding your bike change you, change your school or even change the world?

HOW TO ENTER

1. Download and print the ‘Resource Pack’ as well as the ‘Information Pack for Schools’ from evanscycles.com/ bike-to-school-poetry-competition

2. Work through the Resource Pack with pupils as part of a classroom-based activity and get kids to write a poem about cycling (there’s dedicated space on the back page of the Resource Pack).

3. Select your school’s favourite poem (Each school can only submit one poem).

4. Submit the poem by email to competitions@evanscycles.com (5MB max upload), or by post to: Fusion Media, The Record Hall, Fusion Media, 16-16a Baldwin's Gardens, London EC1N 7RJ by midnight 29th October 2018.

5. A panel of judges including Sir Chris Hoy will pick the winning poem based on the set criteria:

• Originality • Creativity • Links to Cycling

6. The winning school and three runners-up will be notified by 30th November 2018.

PRIZES

1 x winning prize - The winning school will be visited by Sir Chris Hoy who will be inspiring and entertaining pupils with stories from his cycling career and a British Cycling HSBC UK Go-Ride cycling skills session (limited spaces available). The prize also includes a full single set of Chris Hoy’s ‘Flying Fergus’ books, band 1-9.

• A date will be agreed between Sir Chris, British Cycling and the winning school

3 x Runners-Up prizes – The runners-up schools will receive a HSBC UK Go-Ride session (limited spaces available) and full single set of Chris Hoy’s ‘Flying Fergus’ books, band 1-9, each.

• T&Cs apply (see page 4 and 5).

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WHO IS SIR CHRIS HOY? Sir Chris Hoy MBE is one of the most successful Olympic cyclists of all time, with six gold medals and one silver medal. He was born and raised in Edinburgh and started competing in various sports at the age of seven. He started cycle racing in BMX then transferred to track cycling, where he became a multiple World Champion and multiple Olympic Champion. He was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2008 and received a Knighthood in the 2009 New Year Honours list.

Sir Chris retired from competitive cycling in 2013 but launched his own bike range, HOY bikes with Evans Cycles, and is author of illustrated children’s books ‘Flying Fergus’ in collaboration with Joanna Nadin and illustrator Claire Elsom.

ABOUT HOY BIKESThe HOY kids bike range, available exclusively at Evans Cycles, has been designed to offer the best possible riding experience and quality and with little riders’ needs in mind.

All of the latest bike models feature shorter cranks than most other brands to allow for a lower bottom bracket position to help increase stability, as well as aluminium forks and integrated headsets to ensure weight is kept to minimum and to keep the front end looking as clean as adult bikes.

Evans Cycles and HOY Bikes are the official bike partners for British Cycling’s HSBC UK’s Go-Ride programme.

VIDEO RESOURCES: Sir Chris Hoy winning the Keirin race in 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCpNt_aCTZU

Sir Chris Hoy and Team GB win the team sprint in 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y24dHy4MnzI

Sir Chris Hoy winning the individual sprint in 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCsRgnPqANM

Teaching your child to ride a bike with Sir Chris Hoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXepxNoS3vs

ABOUT BRITISH CYCLING HSBC UK GO-RIDE

For aspiring youngsters wanting to follow in the footsteps of Sir Chris Hoy, the HSBC UK Go-Ride scheme provides the first step with over 80% of riders on the Great Britain Cycling Team having started out at Go-Ride Clubs.

HSBC UK Go-Ride is British Cycling's development programme for young people. The programme provides a fun and safe way to introduce young riders to the world of cycle sport and provides a platform to improve bike handling skills. Getting involved is easy, either with a local Go-Ride Club or through one of their many holiday coaching programmes.

HSBC UK Go-Ride Racing is British Cycling's exciting entry-level competition programme which helps young riders make the transition from school or club coaching sessions to inter club and open regional competition. Go-Ride Racing events offer entry-level, local competition for young cyclists under the age of 16. British Cycling racing licenses are not required and the events are aimed at novice racing cyclists.

Email: go-ride@britishcycling.org.uk  Tel: 0161 274 2070

ABOUT FLYING FERGUSFlying Fergus, published by Piccadilly Press in London, is an action-packed children’s book series of cycling adventures aimed at 5-8 year-olds and created by Sir Chris Hoy in collaboration with writer Joanna Nadin and illustrator Claire Elsom.

The books evolve around nine-year-old Fergus Hamilton and his friends and a parallel universe called Nevermore.

While, on the ground in Scotland, Fergus rides on his grandpa’s cycling team with great success, Fergus soon discovers that he can travel through time and space with his dog, Chimp, by pedalling his bike backwards, entering magical, and sometimes scary, places where adventure awaits and where he meets many amazing characters…

The latest addition to the series, book 9, ‘The Secret Cycle Scoop’, is out in October!

3ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS

TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR THE BIKE TO SCHOOL POETRY COMPETITION (THE “COMPETITION”)

1. INTRODUCTION

a) The Competition is organised and run by F.W.

Evans Cycles (UK) Limited (“Evans”), who

can be contacted at Camino Park, James

Watt Way, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9TZ.

b) By entering this Competition you agree to

these Terms and Conditions (the “Terms”)

and any decisions reached by Evans, which

are final and binding in all matters related to

this Competition.

c) The Competition starts at 00:00 on 12th

September 2018 and ends at 23:59 on 29th

October 2018 (the “Competition Period”).

2. WHO CAN ENTER THIS COMPETITION? a) The competition is open to primary schools

based in the UK.

b) The Competition is not open to directors,

members, partners, employees, agents or

consultants of Evans, any person who directly

or indirectly controls or is controlled by

Evans, or any supplier of goods or services

in connection with the Competition, or the

spouses, life partners, business partners or

immediate family members.

c) By entering the Competition you hereby

warrant that all information submitted by

you is true, current and complete. Evans

reserves the right to verify the eligibility of all

participants and disqualify a participant for

submitting false information.

3. HOW DOES THE COMPETITION WORK? a) No purchase is necessary to enter the

Competition and entry is free.

b) To enter the Competition, participants must

download the information pack and the

teacher resource booklet from

https://www.evanscycles.com/

bike-to-school-poetry-competition

c) To enter the competition, each school must

submit a poem (“Entry”) (multiple being “Entries”).

d) Each school can submit one (1) poem, written

either by an individual student, or by a class,

about bikes, cycling or bike racing.

e) Entries should be submitted by email

to competitions@evanscycles.com (the

maximum file size is 5MB) or by post to Evans

Cycles School Poetry Competition,

C/O Fusion Media, The Record Hall,

Fusion Media, 16-16a Baldwin's Gardens,

London EC1N 7RJ.

f) Each school can only enter the Competition

once, and only one (1) poem can be

submitted per school. Multiple Entries are

not permitted. Only the first Entry from

each eligible school will be accepted and

constitute a valid Entry.

g) All Entries must be received by Evans during

the Competition Period or they will be void.

Evans will not accept responsibility for:

i. Competition Entries that are lost,

mislaid, damaged or delayed in transit,

regardless of cause, including, for

example, as a result of any postal failure,

equipment failure, technical malfunction,

systems, satellite, network, server,

computer hardware or software failure

of any kind; or

ii. any change in dates, times or

cancellations or other arrangements that

may prevent a winner from accepting,

taking or using a prize.

h) After the expiration of the Competition

Period, a shortlist of ten (10) Entries will be

selected from all valid entries by a panel of

Judges from Fusion Media. One (1) winning

Entry will be selected by Sir Chris Hoy from

the shortlist Entries. The winner will be the

Entry which, in Sir Chris Hoy’s opinion, is the

most original, creative and in-keeping with

the theme of cycling.

i) The winner will be notified by email, phone or

post no later than 23:59 on 30th November 2018.

j) If a winner is found to be ineligible or fails to

comply with the Terms, then the winner may,

in Evans’s sole discretion, be disqualified and

an alternate winner will be selected.

4. WHAT IS THE PRIZE? a) There will be one (1) winner and three (3)

runners up.

b) The winning school will be visited by Sir Chris

Hoy who will be inspiring and entertaining

pupils with stories about his cycling career.

The winning school will also receive a British

Cycling HSBC UK Go-Ride session (limited

spaces available) as well as a full single set of

Chris Hoy’s ‘Flying Fergus’ books, band 1-9.

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c) The items listed in 4(b) and 4(c) together

constitute the winner’s prize (the

“Winner’s Prize”).

d) A suitable day will be arranged between

Sir Chris Hoy and the winning school for the

visit part of the Winner’s Prize. This will be in

term time and before the end of the spring

term (April 2019).

e) The three (3) runners up will receive a British

Cycling HSBC UK Go-Ride session (limited

spaces available) and a full single set of Chris

Hoy’s ‘Flying Fergus’ books, band 1-9 (one set

per school) (the “Runner-up Prizes”).

f) The Winner’s Prize and the Runner-up Prizes

shall together be the “Prizes”.

g) Prizes are non-transferable, non-

exchangeable, and have a cash value of zero.

Prizes are for personal use only and are not

for resale. Prizes may be forfeited in the

event that Evans determines that the Prize

is being misused. Evans reserves the right to

substitute a prize of an equal or greater value

in its absolute discretion.

5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND USE OF SUBMISSIONS

a) Participants will retain ownership of

the copyright in their submissions to

the Competition.

b) By submitting an entry to the Competition,

the participant grants Evans the worldwide,

right to use the entry (whether or not it is

selected as a winning entry) in relation to the

Competition, advertising and/or marketing

of Evans’s products and brand. Such use

may include, without limitation, reproducing,

copying, translating, adapting, publishing

or making available your entry on Evans’s

websites, on any social media account

controlled by Evans, and in Evans’s other

advertising and/or marketing materials,

including but not limited to till receipts.

The rights granted in this paragraph are

perpetual (i.e. they last forever), and royalty-

free (i.e. the participant will not be entitled

to any compensation or other payments

from Evans). The school is responsible for

ensuring that the author of the poem that

is being submitted as the Entry is aware of,

and comfortable with, this paragraph 5(b) in

particular (submission of an Entry shall

be deemed acceptance of this provision).

c) All participants irrevocably waive all moral

rights in their entries to which they are entitled.

d) By submitting an Entry to the Competition,

participants agree that any such poems will

not infringe the intellectual property rights or

other rights of any third party.

6. GENERAL a) The winner and runner-ups may be required

to participate in reasonable post-event

publicity, including the publication of the

author’s name (if the poem was written by an

individual), school and geographic location.

b) The name of the winning school will be made

available upon request.

c) Subject to clause 6(b) above, Evans will keep

your personal information safe and will not

disclose it to anyone else and will use your

personal information in accordance with the

privacy policy available on its website.

d) Evans reserves the right to amend the

rules of the Competition, to withdraw the

Competition at any time if circumstances

beyond its control make this unavoidable,

or to cancel prizes in the event of non-

compliance with these Terms.

e) The decision of Evans regarding any aspect

of the Competition is final and binding and no

correspondence will be entered into about it.

f) Any cancellation or changes will be posted

on the relevant competition page at

https://www.evanscycles.com/bike-to-

school-poetry-competition

g) With the exception of liability which cannot

be excluded by law, Evans is not liable for,

and you release Evans from, liabilities relating

to any direct or indirect loss or damage

which is suffered, as a result of entering

the Competition, failing to win, winning,

accepting or using a Prize.

h) If you require any help or have any enquiries

relating to these Terms please contact Evans

at the address above.

i) These terms and conditions shall be governed

by English law, and the parties submit to the

exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England

and Wales.

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