Full details have been announced for the Petuaria Community Forum’s Tour de Yorkshire all day picnic and party event on the Burrs playing field. Bring down your deckchairs and picnic blankets and enjoy the fun.
The main attraction is a big screen streaming live coverage of the race from its start in Doncaster at 1pm, along the route which includes Ellerker, Brough, Elloughton, Welton, North Ferriby and Swanland, and through to the finishing line in Selby at around 5.30pm.
Radio Humberside will be visiting and Sally Fairfax will be presenting her show live from the Burrs Field from 12 noon.
In addition to the televised race, there will be an area under canvas with stalls and a soft play area for children. The following vendors and businesses have been confirmed.
- Atom Beers – local craft brewer
- All About Soft Play – soft play for children
- Dreamshakers Ice Cream – ice cream van
- Larry’s Bar – mobile barista selling artisan coffee
- The Drinky Tin – mobile cocktail bar, prosecco and gin
- Ladybird Preschool – nursery and childcare
- Little Wold Vineyard – local wine grower
- New Village Kitchen – locally sourced, quality homemade food
- Nicola King – beauty products
- Pizza Mamma – freshly made wood fired pizzas
- Yorkshire Brewhouse – local craft brewer
The big screen will be on from 11.30am. Prior to the race it will be showing advertisements and information from local businesses who are supporting the event.
The event has been generously sponsored by BAE Systems and Veolia. Other supporters include the following local businesses.
- Art & Soul – design, branding and illustration
- The Picture Box – family portrait and baby photography
- Elloughton Private Nursery – nursery and childcare
- Welton Sailing Club – watersports
- Philip Bannister & Co – estate and letting agent
- Ladybird Preschool – nursery and childcare
- Humber Enterprise Park – commercial property
- Nu-Lawn Landscapes – Landscape gardening and groundworks
- MRD Garages – used car sales
- Yorkare Homes – residential care homes
- Sunflowers Tree Nursery – nursery and childcare
- Busy Bees Brough – nursery and childcare
- Hawleys Auctioneers – antique auctions and valuations
- Simply K9 – dog training and daycare
- Sarah Smith Travel Counsellor – personal travel consultant
- Urban Angels – hair and beauty
- Élan Salon – hair and beauty
- Sightcare Opticians – eye care and eye wear
- Blackburn Leisure – sports and social club
Stage 1 of the men’s race will come through Brough and Elloughton between 2.45pm and 3.15pm on Thursday 2nd May 2019. Local residents and community groups have been decorating the route with the trademark blue and yellow bunting and bicycles.
Click for more details of the race route including a local map.
