The Building Bikers
15 June 2010
Fair weather and smooth road surfaces will be high on
the wish list of 10 cyclists from Costain and its partners in the
London Borough of Lewisham's Building Schools for the Future
programme on 20 June.
The team will be taking part in the annual London - Brighton
Bike Ride, to raise money for the British Heart Foundation
(BHF).
Ahead of them, as they push down on the pedals at the Clapham
Common start line, will be 54 miles of exertion before they can
rest on their handlebars as they cross the finish line near the
south coast resort's beach.
"We've been doing a lot of training, going out together after
work," says Design Manager, Sean Chipchase, who leads the team.
"I've already done a practice run from Hayes to Brighton and I can
tell you there's a big hill right at the end!
"I think it was originally Ian Dixon's idea to do it; we have
known people who have done it before and it's a good team event. I
have a personal target time of 4½ hours for the course, not sure
for the rest of the team."
The team hopes to raise £2,000 for BHF.
• Apart from Sean, the team for the event is: James Aitken,
Design Manager; Andy Ashwell, ICT Integration Manager VT plc; Ian
Dixon, Commercial Manager; Sandy Doherty and Paul O'Conner, Project
Managers, London Borough of Lewisham; Steve Jakes, Senior Project
QS; Gareth Jones, Project Leader; Emma Laverty, Solicitor and Dan
Rennison, Principal Design Manager.
Pictured right: Members of the Costain/Lewisham team - (left
to right) Sandy Doherty (Lewisham Council), Gareth Jones, James
Aitken, Steve Jakes, Sean Chipchase, Paul O'Connor (Lewisham
Council) and Ian Dixon - get ready for another practice run before
the big day.