{"id":18159,"date":"2016-05-17T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2016\/05\/17\/cycle-for-sight-knysna-retirees-pedalling-from-beitbridge-to-knysna-for-a-good-cause-r4800\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T08:14:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T08:14:51","slug":"cycle-for-sight-knysna-retirees-pedalling-from-beitbridge-to-knysna-for-a-good-cause-r4800","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/cycle-for-sight-knysna-retirees-pedalling-from-beitbridge-to-knysna-for-a-good-cause-r4800\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycle for Sight: Knysna retirees pedalling from Beitbridge to Knysna for a good cause"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barry de Kock and George Fitzpatrick are just about halfway to their goal of cycling from Beitbridge to Knysna. The pair \u2013 who have been friends since they both worked for SAA many years ago \u2013 have undertaken the journey to raise funds for cataract operations, sponsoring a guide dog, and cornea transplants, through the Knysna Lion\u2019s Club.<\/p>\n

The original idea was the 62-year-old De Kock\u2019s. He wanted to do a mountain bike ride from Beitbridge (on the border of South Africa and Zimbabwe), to Cape Point via Sedgefield and Cape Agulhas, the most southern tip of Africa. <\/p>\n

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After some persuasion, Fitzpatrick (69 \u2013 who has been managing the finish of the Lion\u2019s Pennypinchers Karoo to Coast since 2005 \u2013 decided to join him. According to Fitzpatrick\u2019s wife Sue \u2013 who is chairperson of Lions Knysna \u2013 he has seen the response and delight of someone that has had a cataract removed. \u201cAlso, he is so involved with the Lions and Karoo to Coast, that they decided to raise money for the Lions sight projects – hence the title \u2018Cycling for Sight\u2019,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

The ride will be some 2 060km long with around 20 110m of climbing, and should take them just over a month to complete. They are riding mountain bikes and plan to stick to dirt roads as far possible, although certain sections necessitate some tar miles. <\/p>\n

To follow their journey and to donate to the cause, check out their official Facebook page (https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Cycling-For-Sight-Border-to-Coast-1184494934916848\/<\/a>). <\/p>\n

Lion\u2019s Pennypinchers Karoo to Coast <\/strong><\/p>\n

Entries are now closed. Substitutions are open but riders need to find someone who wants to sell their entry through social media platforms. There are LIMITED reserved Karoo to Coast entries for those who are still entering the Pennypinchers Dr Evil Classic. This three-day stage event (72.4km day one, 50.2km day two, 37.8km day three) is the ideal warm up event for Karoo to Coast.<\/p>\n

Seeding for the Karoo to Coast will take place in August and riders will be sent their race numbers thereafter. All proceeds from the event go to charity. Contact zandile@karootocoast.com for more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barry de Kock and George Fitzpatrick are just about halfway to their goal of cycling from Beitbridge to Knysna. The pair \u2013 who have been friends since they both worked for SAA many years ago \u2013 have undertaken the journey to raise funds for cataract operations, sponsoring a guide dog, and cornea transplants, through the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":42588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2742,2740,2743,222,2741],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-18159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-barry-de-kock","tag-cycle-for-sigh","tag-george-fitzpatrick","tag-karoo-to-coast","tag-knysna-lions-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18159"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=18159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}