Claire Tyrell is one of Sabine's latest crew additions and brings a wealth of experience around journalism and event reporting, we hear from Claire, "I met Sabine during Delirium in 2017 – we both rode the 24-hour event, but while I switched out with my team mates every hour Sabine kept chugging away at the course alone. I was in awe of her determination and understated brilliance as she humbly accepted the [...]
Here we go again... The CDF and Veris Racing Team present the Award Winning Group Adam Hall and the Soul Playboys live on stage for the Soul-Charity series, Saturday 20th October 2018. With part profits toward Solaris Cancer Care- assisting those who suffer through cancer. Famous for his amazing range and Velvet Sound, Adam will take you on a journey through the music of his contemporaries; the masters of Funk and Soul [...]
In May this year, Veris Racing athlete Sabine Bird participated in the Ride Against Domestic Violence, a 260km ride from Busselton to Parliament House, Perth. The ride aims to raise awareness and funds for those affected by domestic violence. Domestic violence is often a silent occurrence in our society and therefore immensely downplayed and frequently ignored. Rates of domestic violence have steeply increased in Australia over the last five years alone, showing [...]
In November 2017, the Cycling Development Foundation (CDF) conducted its inaugural Hope2Day Charity Ride, through a generous funding contribution from SMEC, with this ride now becoming an annual event on CDF's community engagement calendar. Through funds raised from the charity ride ‘SMEC ride for Hope2Day’ Veris Racing athletes and board members of the Cycling Development Foundation (CDF) have facilitated a youth mentoring program in the shire of Laverton. The 20 cyclists who attended [...]
The Cycling Development Foundation would like to welcome Raechel Paris to the board of the foundation Raechel has been a keen cyclist for over 20 years and enjoys both road and mountain disciplines. She is passionate about promoting the benefits of cycling and making the sport more accessible to juniors and women particularly, from recreational levels through to competitive racing. Raechel brings her corporate executive experience to the Foundation, to support it in developing [...]
The Cycling Development Foundation would like to welcome Mary Tennant to the board of the foundation Mary is a keen amateur cyclist and has competed in the Ironman 70.3 series in Bussleton and Pucon Chile. Her first foray into cycling started on Groote Eylandt in 1986 when she was one of two woman to compete in the inaugural Groote Eylandt triathlon. She participated in the 2010 Ride for Youth and currently trains [...]
RAAM 2019: What it all means? It’s taken a while to think about all the risks and positive outcomes of RAAM in the last 3 months. When reading and listening to previous RAAM competitors, all I get to hear is how inexplicably painful, harsh and psychologically destructive this race is. People describe it as a race that nobody finishes unscathed, a race that is harder than [...]
Sabine's RAAM 2019 Team SCOTT A big WELCOME to Scott Sutton – the last member to join Team Bean for RAAM 2019. We are very excited to have him on board as he is not only a much needed paramedic but also his reputation to be a diligent, hard-working and super nice guy precedes him. Scott is already experienced in crewing and is keen to tackle the [...]
The Cycling Development Foundation (CDF), as owner of the Veris Cycle Racing teams, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Euroz Limited, WA's pre-eminent capital markets group. Euroz representative Brett Stapleton commented that "Euroz's corporate philosophy has long been to give back to the broader WA community, because WA has been integral to our growth and progression since we started in 2000". He also said that Euroz saw the extended reach of the CDF's cycling teams [...]
I have been lucky enough to have ridden the Liv Envie Advanced Pro 1 2016 for the past year. The Envie was my first race bike, and I loved it from the first time I rode it. It’s been a fast and reliable steed, and has become a little part of me, having carried me through my first road races with podium successes and through all the hard training sessions that followed. The [...]
