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David Grimes

I'm fundraising for a great cause!

I've created this page because I want to make a difference. I'm inspired by the work of ANZUP Cancer Trials Group Ltd and wanted to support them by raising money as part of my participation in 2023 Below the Belt Pedalthon, Sydney.

Please help me help them by giving whatever you can using the 'Give Now' button. The more people that know about ANZUP, the greater their impact, so please also spread the word by sharing my page with your friends and family.

Thank you in advance for your generosity, it means a lot!

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Shake-out ride ahead of the big day

Monday 30th Oct
https://www.strava.com/activities/10122079680

THANK YOU!!

Friday 20th Oct
To everyone who has made a donation, thank you.  Your generosity has absolutely blown me away, with the individual donation amounts far exceeding what I had anticipated.

This will just provide me more fuel for my ride, knowing that I have the support of so many people.

The Sydney Below the Belt Pedalthon 2023 – cycling to raise funds to advance research into treatments for ‘below the belt’ cancers

Wednesday 18th Oct
In May 2022, I was diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer, which is both incurable and inoperable due to its aggressive sub-type and the extent that it had spread. My diagnosis came out of the blue, given I had no real prior symptoms and for many years I have had my PSA tested, with results below the ‘normal’ range for a relatively fit and active 60 year old.

Unsurprisingly, this diagnosis rocked my world! 

The side-effects of the treatments that followed have had a dramatic effect on both my physical and mental well-being.  Significantly, they have robbed me of one of my greatest sources of pleasure in my life (outside of my family) – cycling with my mates. For many years, my cycling crew or ‘Team BMC’ (BMC for ‘Beer, Mates & Cycling’) have met 3 to 5 times a week for a ride and a chat (and the occasional beer or two). Whilst going through the initial post-diagnosis period and early treatment phase (including androgen deprivation therapy and chemotherapy) cycling became impossible for me to contemplate. Many of Team BMC became more that just ‘cycling buddies’, they became my support network that was always there to help with meals and transport to treatments, plus much needed moral support. 

Only recently have I felt up to recommencing cycling on a regular basis and already I feel the great positive impact on both my physical and mental state. Whilst I’m not yet up to riding fully with the BMC peloton, I am able to ride shorter distances at my pace, and we arrange a ‘hare and hounds’ type ride so that we eventually catch up with each other.

In 2022, 33,107 new cases urogenital cancers, also called ‘below the belt cancers’, were estimated in Australia, with over 24,000 men diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2022. Each year nearly 4,000 Australian men are newly diagnosed with lethal Stage 3 or 4 prostate cancers. In 2022, over 3,500 men died from the prostate cancer. These men were someone’s Father, brother, son, mate or maybe someone you knew.

Australia is a global leader in the research to development of improved treatments for urogenital cancers, including bladder, kidney, testicular, penile and prostate cancers  and has been pivotal in identifying new technologies for the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.  But this research is not cheap!!

By enrolling in the Below the Belt Pedalthon 2023, I’m hoping to help raise monies for the ANZUP Cancer Trials Group. Funds raised will assist in further research to develop improved treatments for below the belt cancers.  

The Below the Belt Pedalthon will represent a real physical challenge for me.  As an individual entrant my challenge is to ride for at least 3 hours around Sydney Motorsport Park – likely to be the furthest that I have ridden since my diagnosis in 2022, and yet a mere shadow of my pre-diagnosis rides of up to 5 to 7 hours. But I am going to give it a red-hot go, what have I got to lose??

Please assist me in doing my small bit to contribute to the search for new and improved treatments for urogenital cancers, by making a small tax-deductible donation to ANZUP and the 2023 Below the Belt Pedalthon.  Every cent raised by the Pedalthon event goes directly towards clinical trials research. 
 
Finally, if you are MALE AND OVER 50, PLEASE have a discussion with your GP about getting tested for prostate cancer.  It doesn’t require any gloves!!! just a simple bulk-billed PSA blood test – and hopefully this will help in catching prostate cancer early, while it is treatable and curable.

THANK YOU

Thank you to my Sponsors

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Aiden Heke

Chapeau Dave!!!

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Lisa & Troy

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Vaughan

Good on you Dave, go well !!

$52.75

Giles Bourne

Best of luck tomorrow!

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Tom Windeyer

Grimesy- Amazing.. Give it a red hot go as you always do

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Ged Finegan

Super cause Dave. Enjoy the ride buddy. 100?hind you champ.

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James Frape

Go hard Grimace and keep those cards handy. Great work

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Kent Williams

Go well legend. See ya on track.

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Jen Blake

You’ve got this👍 Awesome thing you’re doing!!

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Dylan Robertson

Can't think of a better bloke, or a better cause...go get 'em Grimace!

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Lance Yaffa

Grimace just do it! Go hard buddy!

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Steve Bennett

Well done mate, worthy cause 👍

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Sarah S

You can do it Dave! Think of the endorphins 😜

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Simon Crisp

Have a great ride David, worthy cause and obviously we all care about you deeply.

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Michael Hudson

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Holt

Great effort Dave.

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John Bowe

You are one of life's great givers Dave

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Peter Wallace

A great cause Dave!

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Beegees

Great work Dave!

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Shep

Always awesome to see you out riding Dave. You’re a great inspiration!

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Duncan Begg

See you on the road Grimace

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Toby W

You are an inspiration we love you Dave

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Simon Raper

Well done mate. You’re an inspiration!

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Robbie Warneford

Good good luck Dave

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Dan + Michelle

Great cause, great effort!

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Tom Sloane

Go Grimace

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Chris Oakes

Great cause mate and really good to see you're able to get back on the bike.

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Stephe

Dave, good luck - great initiative, from challenges, good things also sometimes arise, eh!

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Adrian Mitchell

Best wishes for this David, you are a great inspiration to all of us in Team BMC with your fight and determination

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The Skinny Hudsons

Lots of love Big D for a great pedal!

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Jeanmaree Furtado

Good on you Grimesy. Go for it. It’s great that you are raising awareness about this important cause.

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Jackie

All the best😊

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David Grimes