CYCLE TOUR ROUND UP

15/4/2015

After a week of fires in Cape Town in the week leading up to the 2015 Cape Town Cycle Tour, the race organisers took the difficult decision to shorten the length of the tour from 109km to 47km. While obviously a huge disappointment for many of our riders who had been training hard and raising support for Beautiful Gate, they did not let it deter them and we all continued to support the #showyoucaresolidarityride!

This year we had 63 riders on the Beautiful Gate Ride for Hope team. Nine riders were from Johannesburg, 1 from Kenya, 1 from the UK and the rest based in Cape Town. Three of our staff members formed part of the team: Sonwabile, Luyolo and newcomer Thabo. We even had two children riding in the main event and a couple of father-son teams. Beautiful Gate staff came out to support the team as they finished their race, and riders looked a lot fresher than they have on previous years.

On the Saturday before race day, 5 children from our after school programme and 6 children, whose parents support Beautiful Gate, took part in the Junior Tour, riding between 1.7km and 10km. Great fun was had by all and the children were excited to receive their medals.

While the final amounts are still making their way into our bank account, it looks like we will have exceeded the R200 0000 mark for this year's campaign! We would like to thank each rider that took part and would also like to extend our appreciation to our sponsors who provided cycling jerseys. post-race hospitality and parking. Thank you Tullow Oil, Deloitte, Reeds and Rennies Travel.

Have you had a chance to look at the photos on our Facebook page? If you're in one of the photo's, please tag yourself.

How can you get involved in future?

Each of the riders that took part and raised funds is an Ambassador for Beautiful Gate. You can become an ambassador too. Give up your birthday gifts, ask friends and family to make a donation instead of receiving wedding gifts or take part in a sporting event. These are some ways that our Ambassadors have raised support this year already! Find out more here.
Are you riding in the Momentum 947 Cycle Challenge in Johannesburg? We have a team of riders participating. Get your entry and then get hold of Kerry to join the team !