The Big Weekend

Tour de Ovacome

We're fundraising in Memory of Debbie Baldwin

In 2021, our good friend Debbie lost her courageous battle with ovarian cancer. Whilst it’s important to ride in memory of Debbie and all the positive things she represented, its very much about raising the vital funds Ovacome need to provide training and support for all those impacted by Ovarian cancer.  And that’s where you all come in…

So far YOU have collectively raised just over £130,000 and this year we want to reach £200,000.  Since we started the rides back in 2023 there have been encouraging developments in both diagnosis and treatment of Ovarian cancer but 21 people are diagnosed every day in the UK.  So Ovacome still need your amazing support.

For this year`s challenge we will ride through 6 countries in 48 hours.  Starting in France, we will ride across Switzerland into Germany then down via Austria and Leichenstein for a final climb over the Alps into Italy.  500km and 4,000mtrs of climbing.

Ovacome are a UK charity providing vital support services to those diagnosed or impacted by Ovarian Cancer

·       £49 could cover the cost of running an online support group session for 12 people.

 

·       £142 could cover the cost of running an in-person support group session for 12 people.

 

·       £500 could cover the fees for our expert speakers at 1 Ovacome Health and Wellbeing Day.

 

·       £1,500 could cover the costs of running Members Series webinars for 1 year. That's 6 sessions reaching 15 people per webinar featuring personal stories from those living with ovarian cancer.

 

·       £2,500 could cover the costs of running informational webinars for 1 year. That's 20 sessions led by experts on the latest advances in ovarian cancer treatment and research, as well as advice for managing aspects of living with a diagnosis.

Thank you to our Sponsors

£75

Jan-patrick Willmes

Big bold purpose :-) chapeau.

£50

Gemma Stewart

£100

Haug Scharnowski

Hi Phil, I hope all is well. Congratulations on another successful ride and your willingness to suffer in the saddle for the greater good. Haug

£200

Lea

What an achievement! Well done Simon and the rest of the team

£20

Caroline Newton

Well done, Rob! Rest up now 😄

£35

Reinald & Debby Rijklof

keep up the good work Pravin!

£100

Ian Hogarth

Well done Phil and the team

£25

Deanna Tuxford

Good luck Paul !!

£185

Eliah Zuercher

£25

Beryl Soderberg

Well done Philip

£100

Bill And Sue Hall

Well done Rob!

£40

J & T

absolute heroes, one and all x

£200

Rob Wyse

You deserve it for the Strava alone! Good luck Steve and team with this fantastic challenge

£280

Nick G

Happy Birthday Phil!! I know how much energy and passion you put into this, keep doing what you do. 💪🔥🏆

£5

Louis Richardson

You got this💪

£20

Flo Richardson

Keep going!!!

£100

Charlotte Kirby

£50

Kate Chan

Go bro!

£100

Sharon, Steve, Dan & Tom

Really impressive effort Phil and Team, good luck with this amazing challenge and great cause.

£50

Andra

Well done, Paul! Congratulations for the energy and resilience required to support this cause!

£50

Raja Vamsi Adiraju

£100

Kris Watkins

£100

Jon Hocking

Hope it goes well!!!

£20

Tilla

Go go go!!! 🚴

£25

K Powery & Family

Thanks Simon and have fun 😊.

£50

Chris Stahle

Don’t overdo it, walking is also fun

£50

Tufo Sauce Chef

Allez Allez Allez

£50

Jonny Wright

Proud of you Steve for this huge but important challenge. May the winds of the Flüela and Albula passes be on your back.

£120

Anonymous

£50

Robert Prochnow

Thanks for doing this 😎

£100

Peter Shaw

Good luck!!

£250

Anonymous

£75

Craig Cleaver

Go Booly !

£75

Bruce Cleaver

£10

Emma Glover

Hope all goes well.

£10

Andrea Webley

£25

Reto Bader

Go strong !

£200

Mike & Megan Dickow

£255

Christoph Dönni

£25

Nick Taylor

£500

Scott Sherman

£20

B. K.

Go, Paul & Rob! Your neighbor B.K.

£50

Claire Ledder

Good luck Paul xx

£25

Urs Tuxford

Good luck Paul xx

£25

Dodo M.

Go Rob!

£100

Maria Claudia Prieto

£100

Tim

Good luck Simon and team, and keep drinking! (Water!)

£25

Www.lawless.london

Best of luck! From the team at LAWESS.

£50

Helen Mann

Good luck!! Stay hydrated!! 🍻

£25

Mubi R

All best wishes Alistair!

£50

Shelley Curran

£50

Chris West

£25

Dario

£50

Peter

Wishing you all the best of luck Rob with your amazing challenge. Cheers Pete

£100

Roversi Family

£100

Matthew Fairless

Good luck!

£25

Dudley Kenneth Mallinson

Go Rob! Very imprressive

£40

Margaret Farrall

Good luck. Margaret

£20

Catrina Popham

This is just a little bonus since it's going to be so hot - good luck to all the team, and stay safe! xx

£20

Alex

Have fun!

£10

Pamela Bannister

Good luck Rob! X

£25

Anonymous

£50

Roger Boeni

Go for it, Rob!!!

£10

Emma Story

£25

Beat Perjés

£15

Georgie & Charlie

£50

Izzi & P

Another one!!! Gooooo team Ovacome 🧡🚲 keep pedalling!!! Proud of you xx

£5

Emma Hookey

Brilliant cause but definitely questionable choice in this heat!

£100

Anonymous

£100

The Coooer Family

Phil & Team, Another amazing challenge you are embarking on, for such a great cause. Hope it all goes well. Thank you for what you do.

£50

Jess Fleming

A few GBPs for the essential post-cycle pints! With all the love & support from Blighty; cycle safe 💜🍻 🚴‍♂️💨💨💨

£50

Chris Bassadone

Go Rob!

£100

Eli And Family

Good luck Simon and Team - You’ve got this!

£100

Ralph Oster

Go strong my friend!

£50

Rosmarie F.

£50

Ashley Hathaway

Kudos to you friend! Hope the ride goes well! Cheers 🎉

£50

Ajeer

Good luck Rob!

£25

Kirti Santene

£50

Robin Pyman

Good luck for a great cause

£100

Ben & Rachel

You guys are just amazing, and generous

£50

Jonathan Bevan

£200

Mark Mcclennon

Mate! I’m saddle sore doing 20 mins of peleton a day! All the best Phil and gang for a wonderful cause.

£50

Christof Grass

£10

Alex Hammond

Good luck!!! Lots of love, Alex :)

£125

Eamonn White

£50

Hywel And Tash

Good luck Alistair!

£100

Andy Dunlop

Good luck Ali!

£100

Locoespresso

Good luck

£75

Joe Shunk

£15

Fi S-h

£250

Julian Temes

Forza !

£25

Kelly Van Der Meij

£100

Bengt Olof Sterner

Good luck riding!

£50

Alex Summers

Good luck Stuart

£100

Caroline Bool

Hope that new (expensive) bike makes it easier

£50

David White

Good luck Paul !

£50

Dean Kringas

Good luck Phil and Team!

£100

Leslie Johnston

Go, Alistair, go!

£100

Manfred Wagner

£50

Anonymous

£25

Luc Vermetten

Great initiative, good luck!

£150

Kay Dermatis

I am so proud that you and your team are participating in such a worthwhile event to raise funds to help those in need. Well done!

£50

Katarina Fecusova

£50

John Crudele

£50

Adrianus Floor

£15

Andrea C.

£50

Barry Atttwood

Good luck to you all.

£50

Jamie Mackay

£100

Emma Compton-burnett

£100

Sebastian Solomon

£25

Rosie & Tom

Good Luck! Rosie & Tom

£25

Anonymous

£75

Ben Stimson

£50

Catherine Neracher

Good Luck Rob! A crazy but very inspiring challenge!

£50

Popovic

£100

Alistair And Debbie

Best of luck to all of you!! Must be mad, but huge respect !! Alistair and Debbie 💪💪

£25

Sally Daniels

Madness for an excellent cause!

£25

Mr Richard Leather

£100

Matthew Woodeson

£100

Chris Spencer

Go for it Ali - amazing that you are back in the saddle so soon after the op. Wishing you and the team the very best.

£100

Jamie Nettleton

Are you sure your handlebars are the right way round?

£100

Tim & Laurence

Hats off to you and the team for this great initiative!

£50

Lee Robson

Great effort under the circumstances! Don’t fall off!

£25

Anonymous

£50

Andrew Underwood

Good luck Phil, sounds like a great route, will test your stamina !

£25

Anonymous

I’m sorry I can’t afford more.

£30

Antoinette

Good luck!! As always, amazing initiative.

£25

Victoria Clare

Best of luck to all of you. Thanks so much for all your peddling, awareness raising and support 🙏

£200

Thomas Sebastian

An overdose of fun here! Great cause

£25

David Quin

Good luck Rob!

£100

John Corless

Good Luck - Hope it cools down a Bit!!

£25

Nick & Maree

Wishing you success!

£20

Kate Van Wyk

Another boost!

£200

Tea Gunde

£100

Jon Wismer

Great stuff, Steve, and ever better cause! Thank you!

£100

Gregory B

Best of luck! Go get it!!!! And watch the back..

£100

Judy & Harry

Thank you Phil for doing this for our daughter Debbie. Good luck

£100

Chris Vaz

Good luck! 🍻

£50

Louise

£50

Jean Manning

Best of luck

£100

Steve Richardson

£25

Anonymous

Much strength to you! Thank you for doing this.

£75

Charlie Boughton

Smash it Dan.

£10

John Reeder

Good luck guys.

£300

Steve Birks

Enjoy it bud, a little pain for a great cause.

£25

Mina Skuqi

£25

Sandra Sharifi

£150

Penny Snell

Lots of luck & good weather on this year’s ride. Love from us both.

£50

John

£20

Stephen E. Mccormac

Good luck Paul

£50

Donna Seyed Raissi

Go Phil! You guys are amazing.

£25

Mary Sinclair-porter

£10

Charles And Vicki Holden

You’re right - it is crazy but well done!

£40

Debs

Seriously lost the plot, Stu, but I’m incredibly impressed nonetheless - brilliant 🤩 xx

£10

Samantha Teague

£15

Kerry & Andrea

£200

Dave

Good luck Simon and team, great cause and a big challenge!

£480

Oliver Middendorp

Keep on riding.

£100

Lawrence Doyle

£25

Anonymous

£70

Anonymous

£25

Debra Sabri

Good luck!

£200

Kathy & John Frank

Good luck Phil and the team!! You guys rock!

£75

D J Mackay

£100

Cara J

£30

Ann Marie Salter

Good luck Phil & Team! Such admiration for you all ;0)

£100

Marc Devereaux

Good luck! Sorry for delayed donation.

£100

World Cup Sweepstake

Good Luck!!

£30

Hellene

£10

Mum

£100

Monika

£25

David Townsend

£40

Phil

You’re going to blow the doors off this ride

£25

Anonymous

£25

Mark Hilditch

£25

John Brookmyre

Woooo hoooo 🚀

£50

Philipp Schineis

£50

Pablo Jejcic

As always - all the best - great initiative.

£50

Xingguang Geo Cai

£100

Nathalie

£25

Lyndsey Hancock

Good luck Dan (and team). When the going gets tough just think about Kirsty the bus driver in the arctic!

£250

Montse Cortes

Good luck Phil!

£250

Rob Small

£75

Susan & Filippo Fröhli

What an inspirational group of guys for such a wonderful cause! Well done and will be cheering you on in spirit !

£100

Nick James

What a ride, good luck!

£5

Anonymous

£50

Ross Logan

£312

Marc

Well done Simon on your 312!!! As promised, corresponding donation to your great cause. Marc

£250

Family Jones

£100

Tom

£25

Kirstin G

Best of British, Rob! Xx

£25

Carolyn Muir

Go Rob!!

£25

Vicki Godwin

Good luck, Rob!

£25

Clare

£25

Andrew C

Good luck mate, I hope it goes well.

£25

Miles Escow

Good luck, it's a long ride!

£20

The Van Wyks

All the best Rob. Looking forward to seeing photos of your ride and a beer photo at the end. Enjoy.

£50

Penny Wilkie

£50

Daniela

go go go Rob 🚲🚲🚲

£250

Catrina

Good luck to you and the team!

£50

Joanna Boyd

Well done - and thanks from Women everywhere - such a huge need

£20

Hannah Bailey

£25

Sally Jones

£50

Clare & Nigel Caldicott

Good Luck Rob. Fantastic cause! Have a fabulous time!!!

£20

Vic Gardner

Have fun Rob for a great cause. X

£50

Mballinger

Do well rob and beer time when back.. Don't forget me.

£25

Simon Hamilton

Good luck Rob! All the best Simon

£100

Michael Popham

£10

Tammy Penny

Good luck! An amazing fort for an important charity.

£50

Piritta

Wishing you tailwind!

£50

Matthew Barnard

Good luck!

£25

Louise

Happy cycling

£20

Kate Van Wyk

Go go go!!

£50

The Wadia Gang X

Nice one Popster! Best of luck and have fun.

£500

Rob Popham

Kicking off the fund raising

£25

Nina Gachnang

£50

Roberta

£25

Joshua Nafz

£100

David Clare

£25

Anonymous

£50

Barbara Angehrn

Good luck!

£15

Charlotte

Good luck and have a great time!

£75

Michael Van Keulen

Keep crushing it my friend!

£327

The Snape's :)

Great work again Phil and team!! All the best and enjoy the journey! Epic!

£100

Nat

£50

Mark Mitchelson

Good luck to all the team Phil.

£50

Mark & Julia

Good luck Dan, love Mark & Julia xx

£25

Kev & Sarah Taylor

Go Dan!

£20

Martha Kemp

£100

Jurgen Schwabe

Best of luck Phil and team - this truly a worthy cause.

£25

Manoj Parekh

Phil, what an incredible challenge. It is truly inspirational to see the effort to raise both awareness and vital funding for Ovacome. Wishing you and your team the very best for this incredible ride . Manoj Parekh

£50

Natalia

good luck!

£75

Steven Merrill

£50

Thomas Hillard

Best of luck Phil, fantastic cause!

£100

Suzan Van Dijk

Good luck Phil and team. Such an important cause.

£50

Alastair Mcmenamin

£50

Patricia Leoff

Fantastic initiative - good luck 🍀

£300

Anonymous

"It never gets easier, you just get faster."

£50

Andy Lightfoot

Good luck Phil and team. Great effort for a great cause. Go well!

£100

David Harkness

Best of luck Phil. The 500kms don’t scare me, but the 4,000 metres certainly do!

£25

Dave And Maggie

Have a great trip !

£50

Charles Devereux

Good luck ! Rather you than me!

£20

Diana And Chris Grove

Good luck Dan. We wish you every success on such a challenging journey. Best wishes Di and Chris @40.

£100

Nick Hills

Good luck Dan, amazing challenge for a great cause. Cycle carefully and have fun too!

£10

Dave Wolfe

What an adventure. Cheering you on Dan !!

£10

Michelle Wolfe

You are an absolute hero! Very best of luck x

£100

Michael And Grainne

Best of luck Dan

£50

Andrew Mitchell

Best of Luck.

£50

Michael Connelly

£100

Rachel & Jim

Dan the man! Safe travels and speedy riding! Thank you for supporting such a great cause xx The Cains

£25

Melanie Goemans / Kittoe

£20

Nigel

From Nigel

£25

Rhonda Roberts

£1

Georgia Herring

£200

Daniel Englberger

All the best Phil and team. Great cause!

£25

Anonymous

£25

Adele Munday

Incredible challenge Dan & friends, hope the weather and roads are kind to you all. Best of luck and well done, we’re in awe of what you all achieve, love Adele & Matt xxx

£20

Rick & Jo

Well done Dan - not even that photo stopped us from donating! Rick and Jo

£100

Jay Munta

Good Luck Phil

£50

Darren Laverock

Good luck Phil & team!

£50

Mel Hoad

Applauding you and your team from Canada. 🇨🇦 👏

£50

A. Nitz

£50

Wayne Cordi

£100

Axel Rognerud

£50

Mike D.

Best of luck Phil! Appreciate what you're doing to raise awareness!

£100

Sofia Ao

Great cause! Good luck with the ride!

£500

Jag Lamba

Phil, wanted applaud you and support you in this fight against Cancer.

£150

Gunther Gommes

Massive respect - great cause which will make the cycling challenge a lot easier.

£100

Mark Pickering

£50

Paige Adams

£50

Rob Spick

Good Luck Si & Team, you will smash it as usual! 👍

£100

Angie

£25

Liz Larkin

You got this Phil! See you at the Gala!

£100

Gartner Finance

£100

Sunil Bhavanasi

Incredible feat and an amazing cause Phil! Hugh respect to you and your team, have a wonderful ride!

£50

Vanessa Taibo

Amazing cause!! enjoy the ride and good luck! 🚴‍♀️🙌

£100

Rob, Rosie And Phoebe Scott Xxx

Once again.....huge respect to you at the team, for what will be another incredible feat and for a fantastic cause! Thank You! 🩵 🩵 🩵

£25

Jessica Mclellan

Good luck!

£100

Jake Hennessey - Certa

Go and smash it, Phil and team, and have fun!

£100

Dan Snell

£50

Anonymous

£25

Liz

Good luck, great cause

£50

Raviraj Apte

Phil, it is inspiring to see your commitment to the Ovacome ride in support of such a noble cause. Wishing you the very best for what is an extraordinary challenge - both physically, and in the impact that it will help create. It’s a privilege to support the effort in a small way. I hope the ride goes smoothly and safely. Best, Ravi

£100

Andrew Chandler

£50

Sigal Ebneter

£50

Dan

Good luck team, another stern test of endurance….

£50

Chris & Bahar

Good luck Simon. Great cause. Keep peddling! Chris and Bahar.

£100

Tom Leone

Way to go Phil!

£20

Rachel Margolis

Good luck to you all! xxx

£50

Karen Randall

Fantastic achievement over the last few years x

£200

Stefan

Great idea, great challenge, great purpose

£50

Jason Glover

Good luck Si. 😘

£50

Val. Glover And Lib Piccirillo

Good luck.

£100

Sandra Mcnally

Wishing you the very best of luck!

£50

Kerry Leather

Good luck Si and team Love Kerry, Dataw & Beau xx

£50

Izzi Roversi

Go Dad go, such an amazing accomplishment over the past few years for you and the team! 🚴 Just remember to keep pedalling! Izzi & P xxx

£100

Bill

Fantastic Si - Good luck to you and the team!!

£500

Simon Glover

£28

Takashi Kurumisawa

Great challenge!

£50

Yelena La Forgia

£13.26k

Workplace Match Funding

£200

Alistair Bool

£200

Bill Bailey

£100

Anonymous

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