Memorial Ride June 9
[heading]Memorial Ride June 9[/heading]
Whistler Cycling Club rides in memory of Kelly and Ross
WHISTLER, June 5, 2015 – The Whistler Cycling Club invites all members and friends to join in a memorial ride for Kelly Blunden and Ross Chafe on Tuesday, June 9.The ride is open to all. Club members and non-members alike are welcome to participate. The club anticipates between fifty and one hundred cyclists in the ride.The slow, processional ride will be police-escorted, looping two times around the center of Whistler, beginning at 5:30 pm. The procession will enter Blackcomb Way at Sundial Crescent, proceed past Municipal Hall to Lorimer Road, then to the Upper Village and back to the start at Sundial Crescent to begin a second loop. Following the Village loops, the club ride will continue out to the Callaghan.Participants are urged to gather no later than 5:15pm at Whistler Village Sports, adjacent to Mountain Square in Whistler Village. Non-members planning to join the ride out to the Callaghan will be required to sign a waiver and should arrive a few minutes earlier with that in mind. Those only riding in the Village loops do not require a waiver.Riders are encouraged to wear a Whistler Cycling Club jersey, though all are welcome whatever their choice of attire. Whistler Village Sports is now offering the 2015 Whistler Cycling Club jerseys deeply discounted to $105 for club members, and $115 for non-members. Those interested in acquiring a jersey are urged to visit the store well in advance of the ride, preferably on an earlier day.Spectators are welcome to watch the ride along Blackcomb Way on the berm, near the Fire Hall or Municipal Hall or Whistler Olympic Plaza, or other areas of the route in the Village.The Whistler Cycling Club was founded in 2013 to facilitate and promote recreational road cycling in Whistler and the surrounding area. The club hosts four regularly scheduled rides per week, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, and Saturday and Sunday mornings, most rides accessible from Whistler, with some Sunday rides outside the Whistler area. A full schedule, as well as on-line registration for club memberships, is available at the club’s web site www.whistlercyclingclub.ca. The club also has a presence on Facebook under the name ‘Whistler Cycling Club’. For further information contact Frank Savage.