TOUR DE GRACTOWN 10TH ANNIVERSARY:
Tour de Gracetown is well regarded as the first premier cycling touring event in the South West of Western Australia with a rich tradition now in its 10th year. The 7th November 2015 event is our second half of the celebrations for this auspicious year!
It is befitting therefore in its 10th Anniversary that the Tour of Gracetown returns to its original roots with the Start and End point being the township of Gracetown.
We are inviting and encouraging all riders in the past 10 years to support this event and what a wonderful outcome this will be if we had everyone turn up! Imagine the sight of the riders climbing up Gracetown with the Indian Ocean in the background! This has become many a Facebook page for many a rider who has graced us with their presence and support and we are counting on you for this one too.
Cognisant that we are NOT a race and but instead a social community ride for charity – we will in 2015 be creating realistic average speed groups so that riders who are signing up can self-seed themselves and also invite their friends to sign up appropriately. This will therefore require wave starts where logically we will invite the 110 km distance riders to commence first followed by the 55 km riders.
The commencement times and average speed categories are appended in the sign up section. We are also encouraging as many groups to attend and ride in YOUR colours whilst at the same time also supporting the charity by pre-purchasing our Event Jersey that you can then use in the course of the year to continually remind the cycling community about the Tour de Gracetown.
We are equally fortunate to have great synergy partners in this year’s event namely St John of God Foundation, Telethon Adventurers, Glen Parker Cycles, the Bike Valet, Enervit Active Hydration and the Perth Integrated Health Cycling Group. They have together combined their expertise and experience to ensure that the 10th anniversary will be one of celebration yet with the sombre focus that our ride event is for a cause and that of children suffering from cancer.
We have OTHER developments in the pipeline which at the time of this registration launch is in the developmental phase. Rest assured that once you have signed up – you will be party to a TDG Anniversary Newsletter which will provide updates and further details as we approach the 7th November 2015.
New also for the November 2015 event is your choice of recording a Team Name as we are encouraging as many social bunch rides, friends in cycling, companies and clubs to participate in TDG.
Also new and commencing in June 2015 will be Training Rides for TDG where we will train riders to accomplish the TDG 55 km which is for developing and progressive riders and TDG 110 km which is for established and endurance riders. We will cater training for both but you will need to indicate your interest in the registration column.
Those with GPS enabled computers can also look forward to the provision of turn by turn GPX and TCX files and we are making arrangements to ensure that the Bike Valet will be available for those wishing to do the 55 km distance and still have transportation back to where we will be hosting our celebrations!
COSTS:
Under 18s - 55km and 110km - $40
Over 18s - 55km - $70
Over 18s - 110km - $100
Spread the word and please SHARE the registration link with your friends and remember to LIKE and FOLLOW us on Facebook under Tour de Gracetown and follow the lead up of this event through our website: www,tourdegracetown.com.au