The East Coast Cycle Challenge

Raising money for the blind youth of Australia

On Thursday 25 March 2004 The ECCC team handed over a cheque for $22222 to Blind Citizens Australia. What a fantastic effort! Thank you so very much to everyone who donated. An extra big thanks to the occupants and management of Metroplex who between them donated $7500 (over a third of the total raised!). We also could not have done without the tremendous generosity of Cannondale who sponsored us the use of a very slick and sexy tandem road bike.
Photos of the handing over ceremony are coming soon.

WE are now in the planning stages for next time. Yes! we are doing it all over again. This website will soon be revamped in preparation for our next adventure down the coast of New South Wales. But for now, we will leave it as it is.

The giant raffle consisting of 27 prizes has now been drawn. A big congratulations to all of the prize winners and a big thanks to everyone who supported us by buying raffle tickets.

Please view our Trip Diary to learn about what we got up to and to view our exciting photos

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In December 2003, twelve cyclists (including two blind riders) successfully cycled from Brisbane to Sydney with four goals in mind. They were:

To raise in excess of $100,000 for Blind Citizens Australia (BCA);
To focus community awareness on the services provided to the blind and vision impaired in Australia by BCA with particular attention on services provided to younger people;
To promote health and exercise in a fun and accessible way for all people including people with disability; and
To complete the challenging trip in eleven days.

Blind Citizens Australia is a registered charity and fully endorses the East Coast Cycle Challenge as a fund raising event being held on its behalf. BCA thanks you for any donation no matter how large or small and will be directing all money raised to youth related projects and programs. We invite you to read the BCA Letter of Support

Learn more about the East Coast Cycle Challenge Learn more about Blind Citizens Australia Sponsorship Opportunities How can I make a donation Press Gallery

To see where and when we were riding, view the trip schedule

The ride organisers were Darren Fittler, Ben McEvoy, Chris Morton and Andrew Ryan. We can be contacted at the following addresses:

chris@cyclechallenge.org
ben@cyclechallenge.org
darren@cyclechallenge.org
andrew@cyclechallenge.org

For general inquiries and information please send a message to info@cyclechallenge.org

Wentworth and Southern Courier Photo Shoot:
On Thursday 23 October 2003 Darren Fittler was the subject of a photo shoot conducted by the Wentworth and Southern Courier. These photos will accompany articles about the East Coast Cycle Challenge and about Darren Fittler and should appear in the next edition of the respective newspapers. Thanks to Centennial Park Cycle for the use of their tandem bicycle for the photo shoot. back to top

Press Gallery

Read the article in the People With Disabilities Inc e- bulletin
Read the article in the Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association e-Newsletter
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List of Sponsors

The organisers would like to thank the following sponsors for their contribution:

Tip Top Bakeries. "Good on You, Mum!"
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U-Haul Australia - Australian trailer and equipment hire - Right behind you since 1962 !
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This site was last updated on Monday 23 February 2004