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2025 Cycling Information

Chair:  Tory Stevens

Co-chair: Marilyn Bergen

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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:

Monday Ride Leaders

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:

 Wednesday Ride Leaders

Fridays, 9:30 a.m. from Saanich Municipal Hall, corner of the Lochside Trail and Darwin Ave.

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                                          2025 Cycle Tour                  

              

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!

  • 70 women signed up for the tour with an average age of 72.
  • They rode a combined 29,863 kilometres.
  • The tour raised an astounding $223,000+ and growing.
  • Fundraising will remain open for the rest of the year.

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.

Photos from 2025 Cycle tour

Week 4 photos (email Laurie to get the photo credit for individual photos): Cycle Tour 2025 Week 4 photos

Campbell River ride photos (email Laurie to get the photo credit for individual photos): Cycle Tour 2025 CR ride photos

Pedalling the Cycle Tour News: Edition 1Edition 2Edition 3Edition 4Edition 5

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The Campbell River to Victoria Ride History

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2025 April to September Monday Training Rides
 DATE  TIME  Meet Up LOCATION
RIDE #  Map #
 April 7   9:30 am

 Blenkinsop Connector

Ride 1-34km Map_G4A Ride_01.jpg
 April 14   9:30 am  Connector  G4A Ride_02-37km.pdf  Map_G4A Ride_02.jpg
 April 21   9:30 am  Switch Bridge G4A Ride_03-42.6km.pdf  Map_G4A Ride_03.jpg
 April 28   9:30 am  Switch Bridge  Ride 4.pdf Ride 4 Map.jpg
 May 5   9:00 am  Connector   G4A Ride_05-51km.pdf  Map_G4A Ride_05.jpg
 May 12   9:00 am  Lochside Park  G4A Ride_06-51km.pdf  Map_G4A Ride_06.jpg
 May 19   9:00 am  Switch Bridge  G4A Ride_07-56.4km.pdf Map_G4A Ride_07.jpg
May 26   9:00 am  Switch Bridge   G4A Ride_08-54.1km.pdf  Map_G4A Ride_08.jpg
 Jun 2  8:30 am  Switch Bridge  G4A Ride_9 - 57.6km.pdf  Map_G4A_9.jpg
 Jun 9  8:30 am  Connector  G4A Ride_10-69km.pdf  Map_G4A Ride_10 map
 Jun 16  8:30 am  Connector  G4A Ride_11-71km.pdf  Map_G4A Ride_11.jpg
 Jun 23  8:30 am  Connector  G4A Ride_12-73km.pdf  Map_G4A Ride_12.jpg
 Jun 30  8:30 am  Switch Bridge  G4A Ride_13-70km.pdf  Map_G4A Ride_13.jpg
 July 7  8:00 am  Lochside Park  G4A Ride_14 - 70km.pdf  Map_G4ARide_14.jpg
 July 14  8:00 am  Michell Farm  G4A Ride_15-75km.pdf  Map_G4A Ride_15.jpg
 July 21  8:00 a.m.  Connector  G4A Ride_16-80km.pdf
 Map_G4A Ride_16.jpg
 July 28  8:00 a.m.  Lochside Park  G4A Ride_17-86km.pdf  Map_G4A Ride_17.jpg
 Aug 4 **  8:00 a.m.  Blenkinsop Connector
 **G4A Ride_19-76km.pdf  Map_G4A Ride_19.jpg
 Aug 11**  8:00 a.m.  Switch Bridge  G4A Ride_20-89km.pdf
 Map-G4A Ride 20.jpg
 Aug 12  8:00 a.m.  Switch Bridge G4A Ride_18-88km.pdf
 Map_G4A Ride_18.jpg
 Aug 18  8:00 a.m.  Switch Bridge  G4A Ride_21-70km.pdf  Map-G4A Ride 21.jpg
 Aug 25  8:00 a.m.  Blenkinsop Connector   G4A Ride_22-52km.pdf  Map-G4A Ride 22.jpg
 Sept 1  8:00 a.m.  Blenkinsop Connector Cue sheet for Route to Carol Crane's - created for Sept 2 2024.pdf
 Carol Crane ride map.jpg
 Sept 5-7    CR to Victoria

G4A Ride Day 1 - 2025.pdf

Cue sheet for 2025 G4A Ride Day 2.pdf

G4A Ride Day 3a - 2025 Morning Chemainus to Mill Bay Ferry.pdf

G4A Ride Day 3b - 2025 Brentwood to Selkirk Trestle.pdf

G4A ride Day 3c - 2025 finish ride Selkirk Trestle to Mile 0.pdf


G4A Ride Day 1 2023.jpg

G4A Ride Day 2 2023.jpg

G4A Ride Day 3a map 2023.jpg

G4A Ride Day 3b map 2023.jpg

G4A Ride Day 3c map 2023.jpg

 

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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.

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