Sunshine Coast Daily: Lorian overcomes deadly crash
For gutsy Australian cyclist Lorian Graham, one of the really good things about competing in Noosa – apart from the enthusiastic crowds that pull her along when her legs tire – is the lack of one particular demon. And that is the motor car. As Brisbane-based Lorian […]

Warrnambool Standard: Amy’s legacy
Before her tragic death in a 2005 accident elite cyclist Amy Gillett listed the Great Ocean Road as one of her favourite training grounds. Yesterday Amy’s parents Mary and Denis Safe took part in an emotional ride along the road as part of the inaugural Great Ocean Road Recreational Ride. […]

Adelaide Advertiser: Road safety program launched
L-plate students have a chance to win a new Volvo C30 if they take part in a website questionnaire designed to build cyclist safety into driver education. In an Australian first, the new Road Right program has been designed by the the Amy Gillett Foundation to cut down the […]

Adelaide Now: L-platers taught to live with cyclists
Learner drivers will be taught to share the road with cyclists through a new national program developed by the Amy Gillett Foundation. Launched by foundation patron and Formula One driver Mark Webber in Victoria yesterday, Road Right will be promoted by the Australian Driver Trainers Association and state/territory […]

Border Mail: Ride to honour Gillett
Australia’s cycling elite and other sports stars will take part in a Brisbane to Gold Coast charity ride on Saturday in honour of Amy Gillett. Gillett died tragically last year when she was hit by an out-of-control car while training with her Australian team-mates near the town Zeulenroda in Germany […]

SMH: Graham makes brave return to track
Lorian Graham said she had goose bumps as she prepared for her first race after the devastating accident in Germany that killed one of her training partners and injured four others. The former national road champion yesterday made her return to competitive cycling in front of a home crowd […]

ABC: ABC Dominates 2006 Walkley Awards - 1 December, 2006
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Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) women’s cycling coach Warren McDonald talks for the first time about the crash which killed one of his team members and injured five others.
For the second year running, the ABC has won the prestigious Gold […]

From the Amy Gillett Foundation
Amy’s Ride Queensland - Saturday 9 December 2006
The Portfolio Partners Southbank to Surfers 100km Ride will double bill as Amy’s Ride Queensland. Participants can choose from a 100km ride, starting at Southbank, or a 45km out-and-back, starting in Surfers Paradise, with both finishing on the Esplanade in Surfers Paradise. This is […]

ABC Sport: Graham dreams of racing for Australia again - 1 September, 2006
Injured cyclist Lorian Graham says she still has dreams of riding for Australia again after being seriously injured last year. Graham was one of five cyclists injured when the Australian women’s team was hit by a car in Germany last year in […]

Courier Mail: Back for Amy’s Ride - 25 August, 2006
Road to recovery . . . Australian champion Lorian Graham is cycling again 12 months after the horrific crash in Germany in which Amy Gillett was killed
After enduring five operations and more than 12 roller-coaster months of intense physiotherapy, Queensland cyclist Lorian Graham is back […]

From WomensCycling.com.au: Poll: What do you think about the Amy Gillett Foundation Advert?

Rosemarie writes: “The Amy Gillett Foundation launched a TV campaign to promote and foster respect between motorists and cyclists. The advert is being screened as community services advert on Channel 10. Anyone who has not seen it and or want to see […]

The Amy Gillett Foundation has launched a TV advert, on the first anniversary of her fatal training accident in Germany. The TV campaign is to foster help greater respect between motorists and bicycle riders.
The Foundation has been able to establish an arrangement with Channel 10 where they get priority one community service announcements, so hopefully […]

News.com.au: Friends mourn cyclist Gillett - 18 July, 2006
Amy Gillett’s former Australian cycling teammates have honoured the Olympian on the first anniversary of her fatal training accident Germany. Members of the national women’s team spoke fondly of their friend and colleague after an emotional memorial service in the town of Zeulenroda, near the scene of […]

ABC: Team-mates honour Gillett one year on - 18 July, 2006
Amy Gillett’s former team-mates have paid emotional tributes to the cyclist one year after she lost her life in a road accident in Germany. Gillett was killed when a car hit a group of Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) riders training near Leipzig. Five […]

The Advertiser: Gillett’s parents in crash site pilgrimage - 18 July, 2006
Denis and Mary Safe, the parents of cyclist Amy Gillett, will today make a first private visit to the crash site where their daughter was killed a year ago. Ceremonies will be held in the German town of Zeulenroda on the first anniversary […]

‘Difficult’ journey brings cyclist’s loved ones back to Germany - 18 July, 2006
A year after the accident that devastated their lives and took the life of their friend, Amy Gillett, three Australian cyclists returned to the site in eastern Germany yesterday. Distraught at their return, they were nevertheless determined to come, to help their […]

Safe cycling ads to air on anniversary - 17 July, 2006
A television commercial which aims to promote road harmony between cyclists and motorists will go to air tomorrow to mark the first anniversary of Amy Gillett’s death. The 29-year-old Mt Helen cyclist was killed and five of her Australian Institute of Sport teammates injured […]

This past week, a forum was held in Melbourne bringing together both cycling and motorists groups, to discuss the cyclist/ motorists relationship, with the view to ironing out differences and building a common view that works to improve road safety for cyclists. Hosted by the Amy Gillett Foundation, the forum was attended by […]

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On a summer’s day in July last year the world stopped turning for Louise Yaxley and Alexis Rhodes. On that afternoon they were part of the six-member Australian Institute of Sport’s women’s cycling team enjoying a training ride in the German countryside when an out of […]

The Advertiser: It’s just not fair
by Chris Tinkler. 05feb06
THE PARENTS of champion cyclist Amy Gillett, who was tragically killed in a road accident in Germany last year, have criticised an “appalling” penalty for the driver of the car that ran into her. Stefanie Magner, who lost control of her Volvo before ploughing into the Australian […]