Planning for the 2012 Future2 Wheel Classic, the third annual cycle ride seeking to raise $100,000 for disadvantaged young Australians, is under way.
Next year’s ride will be from Sydney to Melbourne, a 1200k route via Bundanoon, Canberra, Jindabyne, Wangaratta, Shepparton, Bendigo and Castlemaine.
The cyclists will set out from Sydney on the weekend of 15-16 September and arrive in Melbourne on the 23rd.
Ray Griffin and Peter Bobbin, the two Future2 trustees behind the ride, are calling on financial planning professionals, their colleagues and friends, to join them on the 10-day ride, or a section of it.
“After two great rides on the Bourke to Sydney road, we decided to change the route and open up the opportunity and challenge to a bigger pool of cyclists and potential supporters”, said Peter Bobbin, Principal, Argyle Lawyers has and will again be riding again alongside and behind Ray Griffin.
“Announcing our dates now will allow cyclists to plan ahead, get their training under way and start thinking about fundraising”, Ray Griffin added.
“We’re looking to get financial planning and life insurance businesses as well as financial institutions behind the Wheel Classic with team participation, as well as sponsorship support. We’ll be launching registration early next year and meanwhile we’re noting expressions of interest from cyclists, for the whole distance or one or more days”, Griffin said.
All funds raised will go to Future2, the foundation of the Australian financial planning profession, whose grants program has gifted almost $200,000 to charities and not-for-profit bodies working at the grassroots to transform the lives of young people who are struggling with financial disadvantage, addictions, family dislocation and other problems.
The inaugural BT Future2 Wheel Classic in 2010 raised $88,000 through a combination of sponsorship, fundraising events and individual donations. In 2011 the ride raised over $73,000.
