Enter the Dis-Chem Ride for Sight race now
Enter the Dis-Chem Ride for Sight race now and support those who stand to lose the gift of sight.
HIGHVELD – The 2017 Dis-Chem Ride for Sight will be a special cycle event in many ways.
It will represent the 10th year of Dis-Chem Pharmacies being the naming sponsor of this prestigious event now in its 29th year.
The event has raised almost R4 million over the past nine years and this entire amount has, and will continue to be donated to the UCT research project dedicated to finding treatments for genetic retinal blinding conditions such as Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), Macular Degeneration (MD) and dozens of other rare and devastating forms of retinal vision loss.
The South African National Council for the Blind has recently joined the organising team from Retina South Africa and will focus on promoting tandem cycling for blind athletes.
In another new initiative associated with the event, Retina South Africa has partnered with Ekurhuleni Metro and East Rand Cycling to transform cycling in the metro.
The 2017 Dis-Chem Ride for Sight will begin and finish at the Boksburg City Stadium, Cnr of Jubilee and Dudley Smith Roads, Boksburg South on Sunday, 19 February.
There are numerous benefits for cyclists, with the event having been embraced and supported by the City of Ekurhuleni that will avail of their technical and managerial expertise and infrastructure to support the event.
This enhances the cyclists’ safety on the day.
The 116km Dis-Chem Ride for Sight has once again been selected as a seeding event for the 2018 Cape Town Cycle Tour and novice cyclists and those not yet confident of participating in the longer ride, can enjoy all the buzz of this premier event by riding in the shorter vita-thion 62km challenge.
On line entries have opened and you can enter on www.cyclevents.co.za or www.dischem.co.za.
Entries close on 5 February.
All cyclists who enter the donation draw (minimum of R40), stand a change to win special lucky draw prizes valued at more than R100 000.
These funds will be matched by the Dis-Chem Foundation.
The high value lucky draw prizes on the day have become a feature of this event and this year will be no exception.
For further information regarding the cycle race, contact Retina South Africa at national@retinasa.org.za or 011 450 1181 or contact Claudette Medefindt, race organiser, at 083 306 5262.
