Archive for the 'Amy Gillett-Safe/AIS Cycling Team' Category

ABC Dominates 2006 Walkley Awards

ABC: ABC Dominates 2006 Walkley Awards – 1 December, 2006 Also see Australian Story: “One Perfect Day” 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 [...]

Amy’s Ride – Queensland & Victoria

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. [...]

QLD: Graham dreams of racing for Australia again

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 [...]

QLD: Back for Amy’s Ride

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 [...]

Poll: What do you think about the Amy Gillett Foundation Advert?

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 [...]

Watch the Amy Gillett Foundation’s TV commercial

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 [...]