Moving along .....

Well - we had a good meeting last night and I think we are pretty much organised for our Launch.

Now all we have to do is sell those tickets - so, we need final numbers by Tuesday night - if you want to come along, please send me an email or speak with either Ashley or Richard. You can always donate some cash if you cannot make it BUT we would prefer your company on the night!

For those of you who do not know Ashley very well, he is a big ideas man. His latest idea is to hold a "cyclethon" where he and Richard will ride their bikes for 24 hours straight. Have I mentioned this before? Well, he has had the idea and is really keen to get it happening but guess who gets to actually make it happen? That's right - good old Margaret! Thanks Ashley .... he even gave me a couple of months to do it in - wants to do the cyclethon at the end of November! Men!

So today I looked at some venue options. The Victoria Park racetrack seemed like a good place to start - central location, able to accommodate vehicles, entertainment and food. A very good price for a minor event under 5000 people too - FREE! On reading the Terms and Conditions though I discovered we had to have our own Public Risk Insurance - so far out of our budget we cannot even consider the place.

So, next venue to look at is the Velodrome - sorry - Adelaide Super-Drome. Have sent them an email and am hoping for a positive reply very quickly. It would actually be ideal if it is available and a realistic cost as the weather would not be detrimental to any riders. We thought we might invite some local cycling clubs to participate as well. They could choose how long they wanted to ride - 2 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours etc - and donate funds to the BWBR. Of course Ashley and Richard would be looking for sponsors to encourage them to complete the solid 24 hour ride!

So, please cross your fingers and toes that we get a positive response for this one and then be prepared for the calls for HELP!

The guys had their photo taken last night for the local Messenger Press - will let you know when that article comes out.

We have also bought back our original domain name and have had it redirected to this site. So if you want to give out our web address to anyone and are getting tired fingers with writing such a long address - you can just cut it down to www.bigwishbikeride.com

Time for this little (in my eyes) chicky babe to get dinner sorted for the hungry male bodies in the house.

Cheers ......