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Cityfitness Ride-a-Thon

Cityfitness Ride-a-Thon

Over 1100 riders ‘busted their buns’ for breast cancer

November 2012


Good weather and a lot of passion made for a successful Ride Event on Saturday 10 November across 8 cities nationwide. Men and women across the country dressed in all manner of pink attire to raise money for the Breast Cancer Research Trust (BCRT). One participant even volunteered to wear a pink g-string which attracted a $1000 donation.

cityfitness put on the annual Ride-A-Thon asking for people to book a bike for a one hour ride class. With 4 classes running back to back simultaneously in Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Masterton, Wellington, Nelson and Christchurch, the event was bigger than ever and was the biggest coordinated ride class of its kind in New Zealand.

The aim was to raise over $11,100 for the charity. With the current tally looking at being well over $18,000, the event was deemed a huge success for all concerned. There is still money coming through from individual sponsorships and donations and a final figure will be announced over the next couple of days.

‘‘It was inspiring to see the physical effort and financial contributions that so many members of the cityfitness community put into this event. The staff, our members and their guests had a great day, an intense workout, and hopefully made a big difference to the efforts of the BCRT.’ says cityfitness Director of Group Fitness Allyson Donnelly. ‘we see the power of health and fitness every day inside our clubs and events such as this one illustrate how this power can manifest itself in the communities around our clubs as well.’

Deputy Chair of the Breast Cancer Research Trust, Tony Moffatt, comments, “This is the third consecutive year that a large scale event has been held by cityfitness to raise money for the Breast Cancer Research Trust. So far over $40,000 has been raised with this year being the largest to date. As our goal of finding a cure for breast cancer by 2018 gets closer it’s fundraising like this that will get us there.”

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