P4P5 fundraising challenge starts today – Heading for the Emirates!

And so it begins. Our Managing Director Jon Ellis with his Pink Team colleagues headed across to the Emirates Stadium in London this morning for the start of the Pedal For Pounds 5 fund raising challenge. The photo shows the Pink Team gathering in readiness for the off with the “Ferno Support Vehicle” in attendance.

As the Pink Link Pedal for Pounds 5 fundraising bike ride, organised by Huddersfield Town Football Club,  gets under way, the route the cyclists will take is detailed below.

Using specialist site MapMyRide, all four days of the route can now be viewed online.

Day one, which will see the cyclists depart the Emirates Stadium and cover almost 90 kilometres before the first overnight stop at Cambridge, is available here.

Day two will see the cyclists pedal from Cambridge to Leicester, is available here.

Day three is the longest on the ride, with cyclists covering over 126 kilometres and climbing over 750 feet between Leicester and Doncaster - check it out here.

The final day will see cyclists arrive at PPG Canalside from Doncaster in preparation for their lap of honour at the John Smith's Stadium.

Almost 300 cyclists are scheduled to take part – including Huddersfield Town’s Chairman Dean Hoyle and of course our very own Managing Director Jon Ellis – in the 250 mile ‘Chapman Trail’ ride from Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium to the John Smith’s Stadium.

The ride, which is in aid of the ‘Keep It Up’ Campaign, began early this morning with cyclists getting coaches from PPG Canalside down to London. Participants will then set off around midday from the Emirates Stadium, cycling to Cambridge, Leicester and Doncaster over three and a half days. The final day will see the cyclists arrive at the John Smith’s stadium  in time for the last home game of the season against Leicester City on Saturday 26 April 2014.

The Club’s previous four bike rides have contributed over £600,000 to the £980,000 to the campaign since its inception in 2009.

To support Jon and this event  and to donate to the ‘Keep It Up’ campaign please visit www.justgiving.com/Jon-Ellis2014 or text KIUP99 £5 to 70070. Jon is aiming to raise £5,000 this time around . He definitely has earned our support this time around as he is undertaking the challenge whilst recovering from a knee injury. Go Jon!

You can also follow all the action on Twitter using the hashtag #p4p5