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2025 Pedal4Prostate

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Never Give Up !!

Winners of the over 60yrs, 2 person team covering most distance - 75kms

What a Ride with unexpected Recognition

We up really early yesterday to get down to Hampton Downs & suss where needed to be. At Rego designated Garage 19. Being early we backed right up all full of nervous anticipation. Great to meet up with Wayne & Pauline plus Russell Troy all past Event experts !! Right on 9.00am the hooter went to signal start of the 4hr ride. Individual Riders plus one Member each from the 29 Teams began. Initially for the 1st 30mins it's non stop laps around the 2.7km course. I managed 5 & pretty knackered with a dodgy back so pulled up on the dot of 30mins. Then Jennifer took over for 2 laps  then I went back out for 3. Continued alternating like this til 1.00pm finish. We managed 28 laps between us for 75kms !! Wait there's more......Prizegiving in the Pavilion where they handed out tasty wraps for lunch then out of the blue, Team 'Never Give Up' was called out !!! Winner of the 2 Person team over 60yrs riding the most distance !! Tiredness and sore bums were soon forgotten as we took it all in. Our Mates now convincing us that we have to defend our debut win at next years Event !!
Again all the Donations have humbled us very much & we can't thank you all enough. Thanks to you, Our Husband & Wife little Team, 'Never Give Up' plus each of our individual totals have come to over $2000 for the Pedal4Prostate Fund Raiser. Absolutely amazing !! Next year might be a goer even !! With some training though, not the 2/3 outings we squeezed in this time !


Bikes loaded, Helmets stashed - last sleep

Fussed over the bike chains & sprockets this afternoon plus checked tyres, even finding an old pump that worked ! Thanks to Wayne, have an EBike to use for the 1st 30min spell, sussing the circuit out. It'll be more about the wobbly legs lasting a reasonable distance I think !!
Once again thanks for all the contributions. Hoping to crack our updated goal of $1000 now.
Hope to post updates during rest spells tomorrow. Now it's time for getting a good kip tonight !!   

Thanks & final prepping

1stly your contributions & moral support have exceeded our expectations so much we've actually increased our Team Target (Never Give Up) to $1000 just now for others to help us get there. 
Today is about checking tyres, clean/lubing chains, getting gear together and loading Prado for our early pre 6.00am departure tomorrow. Rego tomorrow at 7.15am at Hampton Downs.
Appreciate all the best wishes as we're novices when it comes to cycling let alone with 140 others on a circuit !!

Rising to a new Challenge !!

A flurry of activity these last few days !! Getting ready for Saturdays 'Pedal4Prostate' at Hampton Downs. Hauled out my road bike that I got in 1991 !! Am sure it had much lower gears below the 12 speeds it came with back then !! So thanks to wise advice from experienced Participant & long time Mate, Wayne, am also borrowing his Ebike as a back-up !! We've swam many ocean kms together over the years but this 2wheel pedal power activity is challenging !! Still it's for a cause that's become personal for me. Grateful for Jennifer's support as always - she's giving it a crack on her 'new acquisition". 

This year we are taking on Hampton Downs in Pedal4Prostate

We're taking on Hampton Downs in Pedal4Prostate (Saturday 11th Oct) to raise vital funds for the Prostate Cancer Foundation who support Kiwi men and their families living with prostate cancer. Please support our efforts by making a donation to our page. Thanks in advance for your donation!

Thank you to our Sponsors

$158

Affluence Management Ltd

$135

Turd Dodger

Go get it Uncle

$106

Martyn Southall

Now "young" Roger know you'll give it 100%.....Just remember no Drafting of Wetsuits ;)

$106

Martyn Southall

Awesome Jennifer, super proud of you and Roger......

$100

Peter Soulsby

Nice bikes!

$87

Mike

Go Commodore and Jennifer :-)

$80

Rebecca Chan

Good luck and have fun.

$60

Roger Soulsby

$56

Anonymous

You can do this !!

$56

Kerry & Maureen Tizard

Go well Roger - you are a true Legend 🚴💕

$56

Tinka And Ray

Go well Rog and Jen!

$56

David And Linda

Linda and I are proud to support you in your cycle challenge this weekend. All the best to you and Jennifer xx

$56

Sheryl Campbell

Congratulations to yourself and Jennifer. You are stars

$56

Angela Lowe

Good job Jennifer!!!

$56

Penny

Champion supporter👏👏

$56

Susan Sherwen

Give it heaps, Jennifer. Enjoy the ride 😄

$56

Angel Zhang

Great cause to be supporting - all the best out there Jenn and Roger 🎉🙌

$56

Jacques De Reuck

Bonne chance Commodore

$56

Penny Lawty

$52

Laeti

You go Roger and Jennifer! Looking forward to hear your stories about this incredible challenge! 💪

$50

Ash 'colnago'

$50

Jonathan Soulsby

$33

Rita Tang

$28

Mark Pearson

Good luck

$28

Brent B

Great stuff 🎉

$28

Graham & Shirley Morris

A great team effort for an excellent cause :) :)

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Rt

See you there🤪

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Penelope And Geoff

Great work Jennifer ♥️

$22

Julie Zhu (jon's Roommate)

Sending my love & support for this amazing cause!! You guys are inspiring

$12

Geoff Green Green

Our Team Members