Australia Day 2012 Wheelchair Race – Volunteers Needed

Posted: 04th January 2012

A great opportunity to help and watch top-level wheelchair athletes compete around the streets of the Rocks and admire the ‘WHEELIES” skills and determination in action.

The annual Oz Day Wheelchair Race will again be held on Australia Day starting and finishing at Circular Quay. The Wheelchair Race has been held each year since 1990 and highlights the skills and competiveness of top-level “Wheelies” in action around the Rocks.

Our Club has been a keen supporter of the Race for many years and has again been asked to provide marshals to help clear the track / street of glass etc. and to keep any spectators off the track. The race normally starts at 9am over a distance of 10 kilometres being 2 laps out along Hickson Road and back. Wheelchair Sports NSW is the organiser of this event.

We are looking for 30 volunteer marshals to help set up the course and man the barriers and the course for the Race. Volunteers need to be at Circular Quay at 6.45am on 26 January 2012 and duties normally finish at about 10.30am after we have packed up. Rotarians often take the opportunity after the race to enjoy fellowship and refreshments together.

This is a great opportunity for all our members, family and friends to be involved and especially an opportunity for newer members to be involved in a most worthy and inspiring activity. T-shirts are normally provided by the sponsors so I will need sizes. Please let me know if you and your family / friends are available. Minimum age is about 10 years old.

Contact Karol Binkowski:  kbinkows@gmail.com