Congratulations to the five SHCCC entrants who've each won a Garmin Edge 500 GPS unit.

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All the knicks are gone. Sorry...

If you still want to get yourself a souvenir jersey, you'd better be quick. There are only 200 left!
Get yourself to the Entries page, enter the SHCCC and start training.

Congratulations to Vicki Rowe of Balwyn in Victoria and
Robert Murray of Limeburner's Creek in New South Wales
(it's near Port Macquarie - we'd never heard of it either!)
who are the lucky winners of the November SHCCC prize.

They'll each receive a pair of Continental GP4000s tyres, four tubes and a Continental cap - $250 worth of Conti goodies!

The prize packs will be sent out shortly so you can be riding your new tyres for the Christmas holidays. Congratulations to both Vicki and Robert and thanks for entering the SCODY High Country Cycle Challenge.

There are only two days to go to be eligible to win the
November Continental prize worth $250 - two GP4000s tyres, four tubes and a cap. Two of these prize packs will be given away at the end of the month.

In the meantime, Bruce has foolishly published his Garmin data from his ride up Mt Buller yesterday.

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You'll soon see the Oncology Children’s Foundation undergo a transformation... a change of branding from the Oncology Children’s Foundation to The Kids’ Cancer Project marks the next important chapter for the charity.

What does this mean for the research we support, for our supporters both old and new? Our goal to cure childhood cancer remains the same and we face this challenge with more determination than ever. On our new exterior will highlight our passion, drive and professionalism and open new doors to ensure that The Kids’ Cancer Project achieves our single goal - to cure kids’ cancer.

One well-organised SHCCC entrant has already raised almost $1000 for the Kids' Cancer Project!

Click here to start your own fundraising page and click here to find out more about the Kids' Cancer Project.

The first 200 to order bib knicks with their entry have been successful; so all bib knicks are now gone.
If you're quick you can still order a pair of knicks…

There are still a few pairs of knicks available for free with entries into the 2012 SCODY High Country Cycle Challenge.

Keep in mind that there's an easy way to work out whether the size and style of knicks you want are still available: if you can select them - they're still available.

With a large quantity order like this, SCODY has to start production months ahead. So Bruce had to finalise quantities a few weeks ago. As the quantity of each style and size is filled, that size will be removed from the selection list, shown in the pic on the right. If a certain size is no longer listed, all the knicks (or bib knicks) of that size are taken. (You might notice that the XXXL bib knicks are no longer listed... they're all gone.)

So… you'd better be quick!

The 7 Peaks has started again! The Alpine Ascent
Challenge is all about visiting Victoria's High Country…
and there's a holiday to the 2012 Tour de France to be won. Make sure you pick up a copy of the 7 Peaks passport and
get it stamped on Mt Buller during the SHCCC! Order your passport here and start riding.

Last week Bruce made the painful mistake of joining a
group of mates to do '7 Peaks in 7 Days' - the whole lot in
just one week! As he'd been to Fitz's Challenge in Canberra
the previous weekend, he missed the first two days. However,
he did manage to drag himself up 5 peaks in 5 days.

Read more about it here - it even includes the data from his Garmin so you can see how badly he did! Mind you, he still climbed over 10,000m in the 5 days!

The photo on the right shows the 7P7D crew on Mt Buller,
the third of the seven climbs, on Melbourne Cup Day. From
the left is Bruce (wearing the new SHCCC 2012 kit), Gerard, Rod, Tim and Amanda. Rod and Tim were the only ones to
ride all 7 peaks; Rod the only one to ride the whole 1000km!

Congratulations to Ruth May of Lang Lang in Victoria; she was a winner on Cup Day! Ruth entered the SHCCC in late October and has won a customised 8-week training program by one of TORQ's qualified coaches.

Congratulations Ruth! Your performance enhancing prize from TORQ is worth over $500! TORQ will be in touch soon to get you started with your individual training plan!

November's prize is a super prize pack from Continental. Two lucky winners will each receive a pair of GP4000s, four tubes and a Continental cap. Each prize is worth $250!

Enter the SHCCC before the end of November
and you'll go into the draw to win this brilliant
Continental prize pack!

September's 'monthly prize' is a real beauty - $400 of 'stuff from Ground Effect - no nonsense cycle clothing for leading the bunch, hammering the singletrack, terrorising the city, or just hangin'. Conceived by cycle nuts, refined by the style police and constructed in New Zealand from hi-performance fabrics. Check out their full range at www.groundeffect.co.nz

The winner is … drum roll please … is …

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As entries only opened a few days ago, Bikevents has decided to extend the deadline on the prize draw of $400 of 'stuff' from Ground Effect.

Ground Effect make great gear in Christchurch, New Zealand (yes, they're still operating, despite the earthquake!) and will get your purchase across the Tasman by Airmail for only $5. Check them out at www.groundeffect.co.nz

(Keep in mind that to win the October prize of an 8-week training program from TORQ, you'll need to enter before the end of October - that deadline won't be moving!)

Bikevents Australia are pleased to announce that entries to the SCODY High Country Cycle Challenge
are now open.

We've made a few changes for 2012, many based on feedback from entrants, so please take a moment to take them all in.

Kit change - knicks AND bib knicks
The SHCCC still offers a free jersey to entrants, but for 2012 the First 400 entrants will receive free jersey AND knicks OR bib knicks! Yes … you read that right. A complete kit for the First 400 who enter the Cycle Challenge!
SCODY will have 200 pairs of knicks and 200 pairs of BIB KNICKS available for the first 400 who enter the SCODY High Country Cycle Challenge. But you'll need to be quick as numbers will be very strictly limited.

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Here are a few upcoming events to help get you ready for the SHCCC. The highlights are the other two rides in the OCF Triple Challenge Cycling Series. Tell 'em Bruce sent you.

Fitz's Challenge - Sunday 30 October, 2011.
Fitz's Challenge is Canberra’s biggest and best known long-distance one-day participation event offering you the choice of four fantastic challenges: It is not for the faint-hearted and includes some of the toughest climbs in the Canberra region. Test your skills, fitness and endurance by taking on the Brindabella Ranges in one of 4 challenges. 2011 will be its 24th year. This challenge is still unique in its combination of terrain, distance and weather!

Visit http://www.200tomorrows.com.au/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=41693 for more details.

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