With assistance from the club’s First Lady, Kate Mah, we are auctioning off a one-of-a-kind genuine Orica GreenEDGE jersey to raise funds to assist injured Rouleur Cathi Dixon in paying her medical bills.

For those who don’t know, earlier this year Cathi Dixon went on what was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime for this avid cyclist, riding in the Pyrenees and watching the Tour de France. Unfortunately Cathi was injured falling off her bike in the mountains on day three of the trip, and instead of seeing the Tour de France spent 6 weeks in French hospitals.  Her injuries included four fractured vertebrae and a severely damaged T8 (that threatened to leave her paralysed), broken ribs, bruised lungs, fractured shoulder and scapula, severe concussion and abrasions. She was able to have spinal surgery in Paris so that she could return to Perth. On her return she spent a further 2 weeks in Shenton Park Rehabilitation Hospital.  Cathi is now on the long road to recovery and it’s highly likely she’ll require further surgery so she can get back on her bike and back into life. Go now to this site to know more about the complete history behind this evolution of this surgery technique.

The jersey is professionally framed and has been signed by 10 of the 12 members of the men’s and women’s medal winning teams that competed in last year’s World Road Team Time Trial Championships, Valkenburg, The Netherlands.

Signed Orica GreenEDGE Jersey Auction

Place a bid now by clicking on the link above and grab yourself a piece of sporting history!

Please also forward or share this link with as many people as you are able!!

Thanks so much for your support…

SPR Social and Fundraising Team

For those who have been around for a while you’ll know that each year we honour a few club members with whatever awards we feel like in that particular year.  This year the Social Sub-committee would like your help in deciding upon the nominees for these awards. This year we will be recognising;

• Ride Leader of the Year
• Most Improved Rider
• Most Improved Racer
• Clubperson of the Year
• Online Media Presence Award
• Most Unintentional/Spectacular Dismounts for the Year
• Punctures Award
• Dirty Bike Award

Please provide us with some thoughts via the survey link below…there is no need to answer all the questions if you only wish to nominate people for one or two awards.

http://freeonlinesurveys.com/s.asp?sid=vdfinecsxonuy31157898

The survey will stay open until midnight Sunday so get cracking if you can think of someone who deserves some recognition.

Cheers

Andrew

On Saturday, after the main rides, we’ll be finalising a small fundraising raffle in support of Cathi Dixon.  More information about Cathi and the raffle here.

The prize is 4 tickets to the Santos ‘Legends of Cycling’ dinner on December 8th.  Prize value is $660, thanks to the generosity of Santos.  Tickets are $4 each or 3 for $10.

Please dig deep to help Cathi get back on her bike as soon as possible!