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Sponsors

Main sponsor

Lathallan School (est. 1930)is located a 25minute drive south of Chaptelon. It is an award-winning independent, co-educational day and boarding school offering Nursery, Junior and Secondary education in the North East of Scotland.


The school’s 19th-century castle, boarding house and facilities are within 60 acres of leafy grounds, providing unrivalled outdoor learning opportunities for nursery, junior and senior pupils between the ages of 6 months and 18 years.


Lathallan is the only all-through school in Scotland to have been awarded the Gold Learning Outside the Classroom Quality (LOtC) quality mark, and was awarded UK Small Independent School of the Year in 2021.


Families are welcome to visit the school year-round, contact admissions@lathallan.org.uk or call 01561 362220 to arrange a tour.

Silver sponsors

Acumen Financial Planning was founded in 2002 in Aberdeen and is one of the leading independent financial planning firms in the UK, providing clients with a clear view of their financial future.

 

A multi-award-winning Chartered and Accredited firm, Acumen Financial Planning provides a range of financial services including advice on pensions and retirement planning, savings and investments, and tax and estate planning. We are headquartered in Aberdeenshire and have offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Elgin, and Peterhead.

Partner sponsors

We partner with Stonehaven Cycling Club who organise the routes for the event. Since its inception in 2015, the club has grown rapidly and has now over 200 active members, of all abilities, making it the fastest growing cycling club in the country

Elsick Development Company (“EDC”) was set up by the Earl of Southesk to promote the development of 634 hectares of land, owned by his father, the Duke of Fife, and a further 204 hectares owned by neighbouring farmers. The company’s objective is to deliver the new town of Chapelton, ensuring that results are consistent with the town’s masterplan.

A&A Civils are a leading local Civil Engineering contractor with vast experience in providing a fully integrated service solution for Residential, Commercial and Local Authority Projects.

Michael Gilmour Associates is an architectural practice in the west End of Aberdeen that prides itself on being design led. We have adopted a policy of promoting quality design above all other considerations. This is not to say that we ignore the many other aspects of architecture, such as functionality and economy, but that without the added value of design quality, these aspects will lead to mediocrity.

JKR Contractors is a north-east based civil engineering contractor which employs a dedicated workforce throughout Aberdeenshire, Moray and Angus. It undertakes all types of civil engineering works including earthworks, roadworks and footpaths, drainage and attenuation, foundations, concrete floors, retaining walls and above ground structures, underground services, wind turbine bases, and all forms of pavings, kerbs and hard landscaping finishes. We own and operate an extensive range of construction plant, including excavators, dozers, articulated and site dumpers, rollers, tipper lorries, all terrain forklifts concrete pumps and suction excavators. As well as all these in-house resources we have our own quarries and recycling facilities at which we produce new and recycled aggregates and concrete mixes including our own design of floor mixes.

Places for People offers homes to rent and buy in various locations across the country. They provide options for social, supported, and retirement living, as well as specialist housing for students and people with special needs.


Their award-winning homes are designed with considerations for space, convenience, privacy, energy efficiency, and choice.

Special thanks to

Trinity Frameworks is a small friendly independent bike workshop based in Newtonhill offering servicing, custom bike and wheel builds, and advice. Mike is a certified Cytech technician and will be at the Chapelton Bike Ride on the day to assist with any emergency repairs, advice or simply to talk bikes!

Macphie is the UK’s leading, independent, added-value food ingredients manufacturer, and we have been producing premium quality food ingredients and solutions for almost 90 years. The Macphie product range is used by bakers, chefs and food

manufacturers across almost every industry worldwide. We’re passionate about corporate social responsibility and sustainability, driving a number of initiatives to help the environment and local communities.