Cathedral Mountain Bike Academy

The MSSA is raising funds for Rare Ovarian Cancer by undertaking a 120km ride in the North Queensland bush from Mt Fox to Greenvale (West of Ingham). This ride will take place on 1st of June where some members will be riding the entire distance whilst others will ride certain sections. The entire Academy will be involved by way of riding or providing support as well as undertaking various fund raising activities to hopefu...

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Goal: 10,000.00
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About CMBA

The Cathedral School in Townsville has supported a Mountain Bike Academy since 2020. The Academy is open to Students from Prep to Year 12 and is the only program in Australia run over such a large age group.

Our Junior School Academy (JSA) trains at School every Monday during Terms 1-3 and has over 50 Members. Riders learn skills such as Cornering, Braking, Gearing and how to ride over and around obstacles. Twice a term we take riders out to the local Douglas Mountain Bike Park to hone these skills and allow the kids to have some time and fun in nature.

The Middle and Senior School Academy (MSSA) trains at Douglas every Thursday during Terms 1-3 where they learn and enhance their skills with Nationally qualified coaches. The MSSA also attends various races in Townsville and around Queensland and has twice won the Townsville Schools MTB Cup. We have taken riders to Derby in Tasmania in 2022 and plan on taking riders to Rotorua in New Zealand in late 2024.

  1. Mt Fox RFS

    $550.00

  2. Anonymous

    $20.00

  3. The Cathedral School of St Anne and St James

    $2,951.09
    Donations from Bake Stall, Open Day and Combined Leos BBQ.

  4. Anna Gullo

    $50.00
    Well done everyone! Anna Gullo

  5. Olivia Gordon

    $25.90
    Cashed in the cans and bottles for the 10c recycling, an extra $25.90 to add to the kitty.

  6. Julie Wituschek

    $30.00
    Well done William

  7. Olivia & Brodie Gordon

    $250.00
    Dad and I are so proud of your ride Will. You certainly exceeded our expectations with how far you rode. Congratulations to the entire team- organisers, supporters, volunteers and riders. We can’t wait to do it all again in the future.

  8. Clinton Gordon

    $50.00
    Congratulations Will Gordon! Top effort.

  9. VP Roofing & Home Improvements

    $500.00

  10. Jeanette Backer

    $120.00
    What an amazing effort for all involved, especially my great nephew Thomas. I am a very proud great Aunty.
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  1. Donations from Bake Stall, Open Day and Combined Leos BBQ.

  3. Cashed in the cans and bottles for the 10c recycling, an extra $25.90 to add to the kitty.

  5. Dad and I are so proud of your ride Will. You certainly exceeded our expectations with how far you rode. Congratulations to the entire team- organisers, supporters, volunteers and riders. We can’t wait to do it all again in the future.

  8. What an amazing effort for all involved, especially my great nephew Thomas. I am a very proud great Aunty.

  11. Congratulations to Thomas and all the participants, what a challenge conquered.

  12. I’m sponsoring because my 2nd cousin Thomas Waldron completed a huge ride and it’s for a good cause

  16. Good luck William (McCallum), we are proud of you love Aunty Karina, Uncle Ange, Nadia and Connie xxx

  17. Good people supporting those in a sad situation, how could you not support.
    GOODLUCK ON THE RIDE! You are true auzzies.

  19. Gypseas has donated .50 cents for every coffee sold and then I have matched it.
    Congratulations everyone! Way to come together for a great cause.

  25. Such a great cause, so many will benefit from the funds raised.
    Thank you Drew and Charlize.

  27. Supporting Will Gordon on his first big ride with CMBA.
    Granddad and Grandma are so proud.

  28. Fantastic cause, well done CMBA. Very proud of your hard work and commitment to this. Go Mitch!

  29. Just a work of encouragement to Jeremy and Thomas, to just remember when the leg pain sets in just think about the charity your peddling for and push on.

  30. Just a word of encouragement to Jeremy and Thomas, just remember when the pain sets in just think of the course you peddling for.

  36. Best of luck William! Such a worthy cause that we are very happy to support.

  39. Go Charlize and Drew. Have fun and so happy to see you both doing what you love and raising money for a cause that is close to our hearts.

  40. Fantastic idea to help care for others, Great initiative!
    Look after yourself, look after your equipment and work together as a team. A team is stronger then one person.

  42. Go Charlize! I still remember your mum (Jo) talk that you were setting up bike riding lessons at school, gosh look how far you have come! Good luck Saturday

  45. Well done Max Richey. Such a great cause. Very proud of you for participating 😍

  54. A-round, round, wheels goin’ round, round, round, Down up pedals, down up down…..before the sun goes down 😊

  62. Good on you mitch for doing this, you are a good person and you definitely did not peer pressure me into doing this. Hope you have a good ride.

  72. $25 for each of the amazing girl boarders – Lucy, Rihana, Lily & Rebekah.

  77. Donating to support my eldest grandchild William McCallum and his team mates who are riding to raise funds for such a very deserving charity. What a wonderful thing to do! Congratulations and well done everyone!

  79. Great work William, that is a long way, sure more than I have ridden in a while.. good on you mate. Micko

  86. Good on you William McCallum! Team Rosenstengel are cheering you on!

  90. Successful bake sale at Junior school on Friday 17th May. Shout out to Charlize and Jesse and Abbey for manning the stall during their lunch breaks and school. Special thanks to Steph for helping to bake up storm.

  91. Great cause. This is a donation from the extended Bryant family for Gianluca and Reuben who hope to complete the ride.

  95. Donation on behalf of Kaye Penny and Cairns relatives in support of Charlize and Drew Penny.

  103. This donation is on behalf of Abbey – She has dipped into her hard earnt pocket money savings in order to support her big sister Charlize and Dad!

  105. Happy Mothers Day to my Mum & Thomas’s Grandma, Julie Price! Julie has requested a donation to the CMBA Charity Ride instead of a Mother’s Day present. Thanks Mum!

  106. Great job everyone! Ride hard. We will be with you in spirit!!

  107. How fantastic.!
    What a great thing to do Steve.
    You have always been such a talented rider.
    Very proud of you.

  109. Pedal hard Thomas as you ride to help others. $1 for every kilometre from all the Backer Crew in Brisbane. We’re proud of you!

  110. Great job Cathedral, what an incredible charity. Wishing you luck with your ride. 🤍

  111. Very proud of our Granddaughter. Have a wonderful day and stay safe . We love you .

  112. Well done Cathedral, a worthwhile cause. Proud to support Rafael and all the team.

  116. Supporting Charlize & Drew Penny raising funds for vital research. Very proud of you Charlize x

  118. Way to go team Cathedral! Super proud of my awesome daughter Charlize and hubby Drew, let’s do this!

  119. We are very excited to be involved with CMBA’s inaugural charity ride. Better still, it enables us to bring awareness to the great work that ROC is doing to bring awareness and raise funds to improve outcomes for women. ROC on, Cathedral!

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