Cycling executives to brighten the lives of critically ill kids

Chain Reaction is a physically challenging, seven-day cycling event for senior executives with a passion for cycling and an awareness of their corporate social responsibilities.

The third annual Chain Reaction Challenge will be a seven day, 1,000km ride from Tasmania to Melbourne held between 7 and 13 March, 2009.

Australia's island state of Tasmania is compact, diverse and ideal for cycling. Our riders will circumnavigate Tasmania. We begin our ride in Launceston and travel the East Coast, experiencing deserted beaches, historic villages and spectacular scenery. We continue our travel heading west through mountains, rain forests and wild rivers.

The days will be long and hard, but the experience will be worth it!

Full details of the route are available on our Itinerary page.

Funds raised from the 2009 Chain Reaction Challenge will be used to help children through the Starlight Children’s Foundation and the Cerebral Palsy Education Centre (CPEC).

Starlight delivers innovative programs that restore the fun, laughter and joy that serious illness takes away. It currently reaches one in three of the 600,000 children hospitalised annually in Australia. Its aim is to reach three out of three.

CPEC is now acknowledged as a world leader in providing specialist education programs for children with cerebral palsy. The CPEC professional staff who work at the Centre in Glen Waverley are renowned internationally as the best in their field.

Now the Chain Reaction Challenge presents business executives with the opportunity to get involved and make a difference.