The nine day cycle to Queenstown for Bursary funds
Cyclists to reach final destination after gruelling 850km ride tomorrow.
The 1965Ride Cycle Tour, sponsored by Life Suikerbosrand Hospital, got underway in Heidelberg on April 3 as Tony Frost (well known former Queen’s College student and ex Springbok athlete) led the cyclists to a nine day ride of 850km to Queenstown. The race aims to raise funds for bursaries.
President of the Queen’s College Old Boys Association Ian Dorrington, headmaster of the school Chris Harker and Frost discussed the needs of bursaries for the school. In December 2010 Frost decided that he would undertake a cycle tour from Johannesburg to Queenstown to raise funds for his alma mater Queen’s College so that bursaries were freely available. Thus the 1965Ride was born with Dorrington as Chairman.
This year cyclists and their sponsors had a choice of seven schools: Balmoral Girls Primary School, Girls High School, Hangklip Junior School, Hangklip High School, Queen’s College Boys Junior School and Queen’s College Boys High School to be sponsored in the (Queen Elizabeth Foundation) QEF Bursary Committee.
In 2011 only Queen’s College was involved with the 1965 Ride that was started by the Queen’s College Matriculation Class of 1965. However from 2012 onwards, the net has broadened to involve all the member schools of the Queenstown Education Foundation whose aim it is to transform education in Queenstown so that the town could become one of the leading educational centres in the country.
The 1965Ride Cycle Tour contributes to fees asked of parents of talented but disadvantaged students. Therefore it relieves some of the funding pressure on the schools and benefits the family of the student. It gives them and the community of which they are part a sense of hope. “All the cyclists that participated in the event benefit in building a better nation for yourself and those around you, as 48 bursary years have been sponsored for deserving and talented young people in just seven years,” said Frost. The cyclists are expected to arrive in Queenstown tomorrow.
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