Gary Bertwistle's Blog

There’s been a lot happening behind the scenes at the Tour de Cure as we are getting ready for this years Signature Tour. We had a busy Board meeting last week where we closed off 2 very successful events that have taken place in the last couple of months, being the Victorian Country Tour and the Melbourne Iron Man project. Both worked particularly well in building awareness and ambassadors for our cancer project and also in generating some much needed funds to go to the people who are doing great work in the areas of research, prevention and support of cancer in men women and children.

No sooner had we drawn breath than it was time to focus on the 2013 Signature Tour from Adelaide to Canberra that starts in just 3 weeks. Josh has been doing a great job in getting the assessment rides together to ensure everybody is in good shape for the ride. Our corporate partners have been showing some amazing support with events at the Commonwealth Bank and Optus just last week as well as the upcoming Tour de Rocks in Armidale which is going to be an epic 3 day off road event, hosted by the Armidale community, that will raise many thousands of dollars and much awareness around our cause. With only 21 days to go, now is the time for each team to pump up the volume to ensure they meet their own personal target and that their legs are ready for the ride ahead.

We even welcomed an international guest all the way from Hong Kong. Our own Andrew ‘Max’ Walker has been training in the smog and insane traffic of Hong Kong to get himself ready for this year’s ride. We haven’t yet worked out how to guarantee us some great weather, but I’m sure Geoff will think of something.