Malta Airport ALIVE 2013 Cycling Challenge for Cancer is taking place this month, when forty cyclists will be covering an endurance route of 720km by cycling from London to Brussels to Paris, between the 19th to the 26th of July. The group will cycle an average of 120 km every day for 6 days.
The endurance challenge is to raise funds for breast cancer research in Malta. Three of the forty cyclists come from Gozo, Louis Debattista of the Gozo-Greyhounds Youth Athletic Club in Qala, Gerald Abela from Victoria and Josef Vella from Nadur. The three Gozitans are training almost every day to get ready for the 720Km challenge.
Louis Debattista said that it had not been easy to collect donations in Gozo, with his donations coming from individuals both local and from the USA. The Qala Primary School held a tombola and raised €580, the English speaking Roman Catholic Community who meet in the Victoria Seminary had a cake stall to raise funds, as well as giving donations, all of which went towards raising the minimum €1,800 donation.
The raised funds will go towards breast cancer research projects funded by the University’s Research, Innovation and Development Trust (RIDT).
ALIVE is a non-profit making organisation which has taken up the commitment of supporting charities by organising diverse fund raising events. Most of ALIVE members are passionate cyclists and each will aim to raise a minimum of €1,800 for this fund.
The Challenge:
Day 1 – Arrival in London – Challenge Briefing
Day 2 – Cycling: London to Dover (121 km)
Day 3 – Cycling: Calais to Brugge (121 km)
Day 4 – Cycling: Brugge to Brussels (105 km)
Day 5 – Cycling: Brussels to Arras (145 km)
Day 6 – Cycling: Arras to Beauvais (130 km)
Day 7 – Cycling: Beauvais to Paris (98 km)
Day 8 – Return to Malta.
The public can send donations by SMS on 50617364 (€2.33); 50618081 (€4.66); 50618913 (€6.99); and 50619208 (€11.65) or via Paypal to Beneficiary: alivecharityfoundation@gmail.com [1] or via bank transfer:
Account No – BOV 4002149804-6 Alive Charity Foundation
Bank’s Bic – VALLMTMT
IBAN- MT85 VALL 2201 3000 0000 4002 1498 046.