Volunteer Briefing

Real Insurance Spring Cycle

19th October 2014

Briefing Agenda

1. Event Overview

2. The Route

3. The Sites

4. Volunteer Information

Event Overview

Sunday 19th October www.springcycle.com.au

• 31st year of Spring Cycle

• 10 000+ participants

• 3 ride options• The Real Insurance SPRING CYCLE is the

flagship event for the Cycling & Wellbeing Festival and Sydney Rides Festival.

Ride the Bridge. Ride Sydney.

Event Sponsors and Partners

Partners and Supporters

Ambassadors

The Route

Cut off times

• 9:30am – Sydney Olympic Park (finish of first 55kms)

• 11:30am – Criterium loops completed (finish of final 45kms)

Spring Cycle’s 100km Challenge Ride is designed for everyone (including young adults aged 16yrs+) looking to test themselves and challenge their long-distance cycling endurance. After taking in 50kms of Sydney’s iconic landmarks including riding across the Sydney Harbour Bridge and traversing the Inner West, Challenge Riders test their skill and endurance repeating a 4km loop around a Sydney Olympic Park circuit. Compete against yourself, your friends, your colleagues – or be in it for the fun of an event not seen before in NSW.

Cut off times

• 9:30am – Pirrama Park Rest Stop

• 12.00pm – Sydney Olympic Park cycleway (Victoria Road entrance) (short-cut route activated)

***11.30am advertised to riders

• 1:00pm – Olympic Boulevard Finish

Spring Cycle’s 55km Polygon Classic Ride is ideal for everyone looking for an adventure and takes in the best of Sydney’s iconic landmarks including riding across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, before taking riders through the Inner West and onto the festival finish at Sydney Olympic Park.

Cut off times

• 8:30am – North Sydney Train Station (riders redirected to bridge)

• 9:00am – Sydney Harbour Bridge

• 10:30am – Cahill Expressway

• 11:00am – Sussex Street at King Street (redirected over Pyrmont Bridge)

• 11:30am – Pirrama Park Finish

Spring Cycle’s 15km Sydney Rides the City is a family-friendly ride ideal for the novice and social rider who want to experience the thrill of riding through some of Sydney’s most iconic landmarks. It starts at St. Leonards Park in North Sydney, rides over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and finishes at the festival finish site Pirrama Park, Pyrmont.

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Roles Team Leaders Start Point End PointHours of

OperationMeeting Point Volunteer Shift

Train Station AssistantDi FieldingJack Hammer

North Sydney Train Station North Sydney Train Station 6am - 8.30amStation Masters Office - North Sydney Train Station

5am - 9am

Start Site AssistantDavid AnderbergAlan RandalDanny Mok

St Leonards Park St Leonards Park 6am - 8.30am Volunteer Tent St Leonards Park 5am - 10am

Registration DeskAbigail SiaMary Bagtas

St Leonards Park St Leonards Park 6am - 8.30am Volunteer Tent St Leonards Park 5am - 9am

Sector A Route Marshal - 4.7kms Joe FarrugiaSTART - Miller Street nr. Carlow Street, North Sydney

Conservatorium Rd/ Macquarie Street

6am - 9.15am Nth Sydney Train Station 5.30am - 9.45am

Sector B Route Marshal - 4.2kmsDoug Draper

Conservatorium Rd/Macquarie Street

Bridge Street/ Conservatorium Road

6am - 10.30am Martin Place Train Station 5.30am - 11am

Sector C Route Marshal - 4.8kms Philip JohnstonBridge Street/Conservatorium Road

Sussex Street/ Hay Street 6.15am - 10.45am Observatory Hill 5.45am - 11.15am

Sector D Route Marshal - 5km Gordon Mai Sussex Street/Hay StreetHarris Street/ Thomas Street, Pyrmont

6.30am - 10.45am Exhibition Centre Light Rail Stop 5.50am - 11.15am

City Finish Site Assistant Noel Patterson Pirrama Park Pirrama Park 6.30am - 2pm Volunteer Tent Pirrama Park 5.30am - 12pm

Sector E Route Marshal - 3.6kms Kirsten KarbowiakHarris Street/Thomas Street, Pyrmont

Jubilee Park Oval (prior to bridge cross)

6.45am - 11.30am Wentworth Park Light Rail 6.00am - 12pm

Sector F Route Marshal - 4km Lencia MacleodJubilee Park Oval (after bridge crossing)

Canal Road/ Hawthorne Canal Bridge Crossing

6.45am - 12pmCentral Station - driver pick up to meet. Alternatively Jubilee Park Oval (after bridge crossing)

5.50am - 12.30pm

Sector G Route Marshal - 5.2kms Les RobinsonHawthorne Canal bridge crossing/Richard Mudden cycleway

Halliday Park Water Stop/ Udall Avenue, Five Dock

7am - 12pm Strathfield Train Station 6.10am - 12.30pm

Halliday Park Water Stop Site Assistant Maureen Robinson Halliday Park Halliday Park 7.15am - 12pm Volunteer Tent Halliday Park 6am - 1pm

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Route Support

• Last Riders

• Sweep Bus

• Ride Crew

• Police and Ambulance

• St Johns