and Team Rose is back in business. I received a priority entry email for team captains and past participants – Danya, I hope you saw one as well – here‘s the details on the web, about the event. I have no illusions about being a major fund-raiser, but I’ve set a team target of $600 and a personal target of… Read more →
We have now officially raised in excess of one million dollars more than last year’s fundraising total for this event with our 2009 total now sitting at $3,132,780!! This is the most amount ever fundraised in MS Events history! More than half of that excess was raied by the top 100 fundraisers – $539,077 in total – which is a very good… Read more →
The MS Society sent out a newsletter, which basically stated that they wanted to announce the total fundraising as a Christmas present, so I finalised the cash donation situation yesterday and banked the money today. I ended up raising $520 ($165 cash), which makes this the best fund-raising Gong Ride so far (if I recall correctly) – both personally and… Read more →
Danya and I rode around the eastern suburbs today, as another training exercise for the ‘Gong, which is in two weeks time. It was going to be a straightforward loop out to Watson’s Bay, down to La Perouse and back to Marrickville. Unfortunately, Danya got a flat on the climb from Watson’s Bay, and we ended up with a more… Read more →
The MS Society announced that they’re open for business on the ‘Gong for 2009. This year, there are some changes in the way it’s run – 10,000 places and participants have to pledge to try and raise $200 each. They obviously felt that last year’s melee was, well…, a melee and they should therefore take mild steps to try and… Read more →
The ‘Gong Ride was held last Sunday. It was a full-on day with an amazing turnout. Danya and I turned up to the start about half an hour early, hoping to get away before the scheduled 7:30 start-time we’d been allocated; we were shambling along with the mob towards the start banner for almost the entire half-hour. Looking at the… Read more →
I didn’t see anything about this on the news tonight, but I guess that the current Great Depression will keep minds elsewhere in general. Of more pressing concern to me is that fact that all trains are out between Sutherland and Wollongong. Perhaps some bozo did something to cause the train derailment, but it’s more likely that this is due… Read more →
It’s almost that time of year again. On November 2, I’m riding the ‘Gong Ride. It’s the usual 90km option, stopping for lunch in the Royal National Park. My youngest brother, Danya, is also riding and it’s his first ride of such a length;Â previously he’s only done rides of about 20km, if I recall correctly. Once again, I have… Read more →
