Scenic 40km

A scenic 40 kilometre ride taking in the sites of City of Melbourne, Port Phillip, historic Hobson’s Bay then travelling to the famous Flemington Racecourse with a course completion in Carlton North.

Start / Finish Site

The Melbourne Summer Cycle will start and finish at Princes Park in North Carlton:

Princes Park Cnr Royal Parade & Walker Street CARLTON NORTH MEL REF: 29 G12

Start Time

7.30am – 8.30am

Rider start times will be printed on the front of the envelope that your entry kit arrives in. In the interest of rider safety and a coordinated start, coloured bibs will be issued relevant to the staggered start time allocation.

Attention All Riders

For safety and crowd control all participants will be allocated a specific start time. Check the front of the envelope that your entry kit arrives in for your scheduled time.

Ride on behalf of someone living with MS!

We have a number of people living with MS who participate in the Melbourne Summer Cycle, but there are many people with MS who are not able to ride 40km or in some circumstances, not well enough to ride at all.

If you have a family member or friend who has MS, show your support for them by officially riding on their behalf.

When registering online, please tick this option and we will contact you & assist setting up an additional log on for your friend or family member who has MS to access your fundraising page. This will enable both of you to fundraise for the event and share the glory together!

If you do not know someone with MS but would like to ride on someone’s behalf, we can partner you with a person living with MS who is keen to get involved.

 

Entry Fees

Early Entry (21st Oct 08 – 31st Jan 09)	$
Adult Entry	$45.00
Child Entry (10 – 16 yrs)	$25.00
Family Entry A (1 adult & 2 children)	$85.00
Family Entry B (2 adults & 2 children)	$115.00
Late Entry (1st Feb – 17th Feb 09)	$
Adult Entry	$55.00
Child Entry (10 – 16 yrs)	$30.00
Family Entry A (1 adult & 2 children)	$100.00
Family Entry B (2 adults & 2 children)	$140.00

Late Entry will be accepted on the day up to 8am

Discounted Entry & Jersey Package

Early Entry package (21st Oct 08 – 31st Jan 09)	$
1 x Melbourne Summer Cycle Jersey PLUS 1 x Adult Entry	$130.00

Discounted Entry & T-shirt Package

Early Entry package (21st Oct 08 – 31st Jan 09)	$
1 x Melbourne Summer Cycle ¾ sleeve T-shirt PLUS 1 x Adult Entry	$65.00

Help Us Fundraise $350,000 to support people living with MS

Never fundraised before? Contact us!

If you have never fundraised before and are keen to support people with MS, please do not hesitate to call us. We are available to make it easier for everyone to achieve our fundraising goal and helping people with MS.

Call Kristin Paton on (03) 9845 2718 or email msc@mssociety.com.au at anytime.

Before you get started, read about our fantastic 2008 fundraisers and team captains to see how they helped people with MS.

Set a fundraising goal

Setting a fundraising goal communicates to sponsors that you have a personal target to achieve. Let your sponsors be part of that experience of contributing towards something bigger than a simple donation. People donate because they respect the person asking them. Let them feel better about their donation because they are supporting you personally and your personal fundraising goal.

Set a fundraising plan to achieve your goal

Setting a plan to achieve your goal is the best way to ensure success! Look at your strengths and contacts to work out the most efficient way to use your time to achieve a great result. More often than not you will surpass your goal just because you executed your fundraising plan and your sponsors noticed how passionate (and organised) you were and so they respond by exceeding your expectations.

Example: If you decided to set a goal of $4,000 you could plan to:

• Run a trivia night for 100 people (will get 10 people to organise a table each) - $2,000

• Ask for online sponsorship from friends and co-workers (20 people x $50) - $1,000

• Ask for matched funding ($4,000) or a company donation - $1,000

Read about MS and where your money goes

Educate yourself about Multiple Sclerosis. It is also a great idea to read about our programs and services offered for the benefit of people living with MS.

Promote your efforts

Let everyone know about what you plan to achieve and promote this great thing you are doing to help people with MS. People want to help and may offer a donation or even their time to help with your fundraising. People give because they want to support you and your fundraising, why not let them!

Great ways to promote your efforts are:

• Send an email or PowerPoint presentation to communicate your message, including the link to your web page

• Place on company Intranet or sporting or community newsletter. Why not ask if you can send something out in your company’s payslips that are sent to employees!

• Place posters up around your workplace

• Insert your fundraising goal on your auto signature

• Send an invite for people to sponsor you on Facebook

• Join the Melbourne Summer Cycle Facebook Event Group

Enquire about matched funding

Many workplaces and organisations are more than happy to support a good cause, a huge bonus being if they can be seen to support their employees at the same time, all you have to do is ask! Click here to find out more!

www.melbournesummercycle.org.au