Raffle result and other info: 2013 Cardiac Challenge Cairns to Cooktown ride

2013 Raffle news

The two winners of the beverage raffle are Doris Pierce and Jan Dunphy, both of Cairns. Due to a certain level of busy-ness in my life at the end of 2013, I was not able to visit my highly trustworthy relatives in Mirriwinni to draw the prizes so a raffle winner program (c++) was written and used to give this result:

  Using News Corp for noise source ...
  Number of donors: 31
  Winner 1: Doris Pierce, Cairns
  Winner 2: Jan Dunphy, Cairns

Thanks to all supporters and my fellow riders Christal, Natalie, and Annett(!).
And please check out our 2014 Cycling Yogis.

Notes: 1) Petter Eccles has not won a prize this year (surprising, actually); 2) Vito & Melina Musumeci will hopefully contribute an action shot when returning to pick the 2014 prize winners.

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The Cardiac Challenge ride generates funds for use by the Cairns Base Hospital.
Here is some info on 2013 practice rides and sponsors please add comments at the bottom of this page.

Hi,

Remember my email asking for volunteers to come ride with me in the 2013 Cardiac Challenge, in which I described ride facts, info that was slightly factual, benefits, and stuff I made up?

Everyone thanked for assistance last year received the call.

Well three people from Cairns are joining me and we have formed the Cycling Yogis team. Why this name? ... as usual, the data speaks for itself:

• number of family members who joined: 0
• number of engineers I've worked with who joined: 0
• number of engineers or science students I've taught who joined: 0
• number of Cairns ashtanga people in our team: 4!!!

Please meet the Cycling Yogis team:

Christal, Natalie, Annett and Phillip == Cycling Yogis

We have been upgrading bicycles and bodies, with training rides up to Copperlode Dam west of Cairns (45km) and out to Second Beach near Yarrabah (90km). Now we ask for your 2013 sponsorship.

As in 2012, there are overnight stops at Mt Carbine and Lakeland Downs where all manner of cultural highlights await. We also have the Kuranda and Desailly Ranges for some extra "challenge". My leading sponsor (TheMother) is again volunteering in the support crew (not riding!) and she even has some cousins helping.

And I'm offering inducements. There are a couple of six-packs of pale ale (e.g. Coopers, 150-lashes, Little Creatures, & Fat Yak options) and Taylors Shiraz wines# which will be raffled.

Everyone who supports any Cycling Yogis team member goes into the draw. Even supporter Petter Eccles who has won a prize two years in a row! And of course if you won a bicycle mud guard (sorry Michael, Andrew, Lynne, Peter) or a computer OS (sorry Evan) or something less bubbly in a previous year, now is your chance to win something that you'll (really) enjoy.

So ... I'm hoping you'll support this keen and obviously fit team for their ride to Cooktown. Please use this team link to select from our Cardiac Challenge donation web links, pick one of us to support, and go into the draw. Your Fat Yak or multiple lashes are waiting.

If you have any questions, just email me (see here for a summary of the donation process).

Thank you,
Dr Phil

Note: receipts (sample) are emailed but please tell me if you donate anonymously so I can thank you (and enter you secretly in the raffle).

# FYI: the Kellermeister wines are not being raffled this year due to some unexpected local consumer exuberance, meaning I have no stocks left at home. And no, I will not be offering Hop Hog India pale ale or Gage Roads atomic pale ale even though searches reveal they do exist. On the other hand, any geek is welcome to swap an alcohol prize for a copy of PCBSD in order to enhance their life (especially my students who received academic or project advice at JCU, RMIT or ADFA ... Hi Webby).