2025 Tour de Rocks - REGISTRATIONS CLOSE SOON!
It's only 2 weeks to the start of the ride! REGISTER NOW!
We want to continue supporting our fabulous Cancer Researchers and help those Cancer Service providers in doingthe special, and valued, work they do. We can only do that with the awesome support and help of our riders, supporters and the community.
Here is a brief overview of the event. (The route is subject to approval from all the relevant Councils, NSW Police and Transport NSW.).
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Day 1 - Armidale to Ebor (97 kms) GOOD NEWS - The grass paddock and hill after Morning Tea are "GONE"! Plenty of elevation changes and some "little hills".
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Day 2 - Hernani to "Aberfeldy" - Ulong (78 kms) We will start off the day at Ebor, acknowledging ANZAC Day, as part of the Ebor ANZAC Dawn Service. We hope that everyone joins us by attending this special service on what is such a special day. We won't be leaving for Hernani until the service is finished. Breakfast will be at Ebor for everyone. We will be transporting all riders, by Bus, from the campsite at Ebor to Hernani for the start of the day. This is to ensure the safety of all riders. For 2025, we are camping on a glorious private property "Aberfeldy" - just out of Ulong. It is magnificent, plenty of space, better facilities and some great water holes to have a dip after a long day on the bike. "Aberfeldy" - Ulong is located just out of the town. You may still want to visit Ulong and the great shops there. You will also be able to have camp fires, in above ground "fire pits"!
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Day 3 - "Aberfeldy" - Ulong to Woolgoolga (84 kms) The last day as we head to the finish line! The day will start with a ride through the beautiful "Aberfeldy" property. The scenery is fantastic and, after riding through the property, we head back to the Eastern Dorrigo Way to the Woolgoolga Sports Oval. After re-grouping, everyone will ride in together. We know that the view from the finish in Woolgoolga will be worth it.​​​​
We can't wait to see you all in 2025 for another great adventure.
Ride Briefing and Information Session
The Briefing covered important logistics, safety information and tips for the ride. It is important that everyone reads it to ensure a great experience and safe event for everyone.
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Click on the link below to watch a replay of the Briefing.
You can also download the Briefing Document.​​
Here is a poem sent to us by an Oncology patient.​​ It was written by her Husband.
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It is so special and after reading it, we hope it helps to motivate you
to continue raising much needed funds for Cancer Research
Fundraising Commitments
A reminder for those with Fundraising as part of your registration that your minimum commitment is $250.
Could everyone can please share their Fundraising pages via Facebook, Twitter and email - that would be great.
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The more we raise, the more we can appropriate and help support Cancer Research and Services.
Call out for Cakes, Slices, Muffins, etc.
We will need your help! It takes a lot to feed the Riders and Supporters over the three days of the ride. The more items donated means more funds for us to appropriate. We are looking for donations of: -Biscuits; Slices; Cakes; Muffins; and Protein Balls. If would be great if you could put them in disposable containers. They DON'T need to be individually wrapped.
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Please deliver them to Armidale Servies Club (137 Dumaresq Street)
on Wednesday 23rd April AFTER 4:30pm please.
A message from the Children's Cancer Institute
Please take a few moments to read this message from Children’s Cancer Institute and watch the video.
This is Why We Do What We Do! We won’t stop until a cure is found!
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As we approach the end of 2024, I wanted to thank you for your kind and generous support throughout the year.
This year is particularly significant for the Institute, because it’s 40 years since our laboratories first opened. We were founded by a small group of parents and doctors of kids with cancer who asked themselves: ‘What can we do to make a difference?’
And it’s thanks to kind and caring people like you, who continue to ask this question, that allows us to continue to make great progress towards our vision of curing every child of cancer.
Some of our amazing Researchers and beautiful oncology families have recorded this video to personally pass on their gratitude for helping us in our fight against childhood cancer. Please take a minute out of your day to watch it below.​
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From our first day, it has been about researchers and clinicians working together to improve outcomes for children with cancer. The best illustration of this is the Zero Childhood Cancer Program (ZERO), our national precision medicine program for kids with cancer which we run in partnership with the Kids Cancer Centre at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick.
Over 2,000 children have now been enrolled on ZERO and, in June this year, we published the most recent results that show the precision medicine approach taken by ZERO significantly improves survival in kids with high-risk cancer. In fact, the 2-year progression-free survival of children who received their ZERO-recommended personalised treatment was more than double that of children who received standard therapy.
Put simply, more children are surviving because of ZERO. And more children are alive today thanks to supporters like you.
Because ZERO involves comprehensive genomic profiling of samples from every child enrolled, it's generating massive amounts of data and insights into all childhood cancers, which is driving a large number of research programs, both at our Institute and elsewhere.
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Here are just a few of the many highlights this year that you have made happen:
• Our researchers found that a new-generation drug for T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, an aggressive leukaemia that mainly affects children, has 'excellent potency’ as a single agent and in combination with other therapies. Find out more.
• We discovered for the first time that a gene known as RUNX1T1 is essential for the development of neuroblastoma, opening up the possibility of a whole new approach to treating this aggressive childhood cancer. Find out more.
• A $5m grant was awarded to the Institute by ACRF to establish a ground-breaking childhood cancer early detection, prevention and treatment Program. Find out more.
• Associate Professor Paul Ekert and Chelsea Mayoh were featured in The Australian newspaper’s ‘Top 100 Innovators 2024’ list.
This significant progress is moving us towards a future in which every single child will survive their cancer. Where every child will have the opportunity to grow up and grow old. Because, like you, we believe that a life should be long. Kay, that has always been our vision, and I know it’s a vision you share.
On behalf of everyone here at Children’s Cancer Institute, and from all the children and families you are helping, I want to thank you for your support.
I hope you have a wonderful holiday season with friends and family.
Together, I believe we can and we will cure every child of cancer. As we say at the Institute, it’s not if, it’s when.
Warm regards,
Professor Michelle Haber AM
Executive Director
Children’s Cancer Institute
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