Weekly Rides for 2025 Please contact vg4acycleregistrar@gmail.com if you would like to be on an e-mail list. (Infrequent weather cancellations are sent out to the e-mail lists.) Monday, 9:30 a.m. alternates between Blenkinsop Connector and Lochside Park (see link below). 1st, 2nd, 3rd, (and 5th when there is one) Monday ride will start at the Blenkinsop Connector and the 4th Monday of the month will start at Lochside Park on Lochside Drive. Click link below to sign up for Leader or co-leader of Monday rides: Tuesdays, Joy of Cycling. **POSTPONED UNTIL LEADER FOUND and start time to be determined then** e-mail Julie to help or to get on the list. Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. from Blenkinsop Connector Click link below to sign up for Leader or co-leader of Wednesday rides: Fridays, 9:30 a.m. from Saanich Municipal Hall, corner of the Lochside Trail and Darwin Ave. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our one-month Cycle Tour wrapped up on Grandparents Day, September 7, with the confluence of three rides: Grandchildren and their grandparents, Centennial Park, and the Campbell River to Victoria 3-day ride. The cyclists were met by other Cycle Tour participants, and by friends, family, and fans. The finale included speeches by Tory Stevens, Cycle Tour Chair, Will Greaves, MP for Victoria, and Laurie Wilson, Cycle Tour participant and recent visitor to Stephen Lewis Foundation-supported projects in sub-Saharan Africa. And then there were pictures! The pictures captured the joy of everyone at the event. Thank you to Jane Player for being the artist behind the lens. (See more of Jane’s fabulous pictures on the VG4A website in the Members only section) And we can all be proud of the stats!
Many thanks are due to the Cycle Tour Working Group: Christine Scott, Cynthia Cosulich, Peggy Hunter, Margie Cogill, Rose Mary Ormerod, Wanda Bentkowski, Lynn Kobierski, Mary Ann Matous, Marilyn Bergen and countless other ride supports, communication briefings, Grandmother groups, leads, sweeps, cyclists, ride organizers, and of course, our donors. Everyone contributed to this successful Cycle Tour. It will make a noticeable difference to our Grandmother Sisters in Africa. Pedalling the Cycle Tour News: Edition 1, Edition 2, Edition 3, Edition 4, Edition 5
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Campbell River to Victoria Ride History --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2024 Cycle Tour Summary Thanks to you, our donors and supporters, we are among the top 10 Grandmother group fundraisers. We raised $181,000 in the 2024 Cycle Tour and $1.5 million over the 18 tours so far. Pedalling the 2024 Cycle Tour News: Edition 1 Edition 2 Edition 3 Edition 4 Edition 5 Every Edition has photos and stories related to the Optional and Weekly Rides - enjoy seeing what your sister Grandmothers and Grandothers are doing! Thank you to Editor Anne Kirkaldy and her talented daughter, Allison Kirkaldy for producing each newsletter, and to Peggy Hunter and all other contributors. |
