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On Friday September 16, Team Repco Valvoline Cummins drivers Cameron McConville and Andrew Jones will lead a group of cyclists from Albert Park to Mount Panorama, Bathurst all in order to raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Cam McConville and Andrew Jones
will lead the first
Climb to the Mountain

The Garry Rogers Motorsport duo will take ten days to get to the spiritual home of Australian motorsport only days after participating in the Betta Electrical Sandown 500 enduro race. Upon arrival on Sunday September 25, the pair will complete a lap around the illustrious Bathurst circuit.

Allison Brown, a spokesperson for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, spoke of the association’s excitement of being the first charity to benefit for the inaugural Climb to the Mountain.

“The Make-A-Wish Foundation receives so many amazing ideas from adventurers and sports people to raise funds for our children with life-threatening illnesses, but few actually end up succeeding with their challenge,” said Brown.

“So many of our wish children are only sustained through their illnesses by the thoughts of their sporting heroes achieving their goals. It gives them hope for their own recovery, and their own sporting triumphs when one day, they are finally well enough to take to the field or court again and participate.

“Cameron and Andrew have set themselves an amazing challenge to Climb To The Mountain in September to raise funds to grant even more wishes for children and young people with life-threatening illnesses,” she continued.

“The staff, volunteers and, most importantly, the wish children of the Make-A-Wish Foundation will be cheering them on over every kilometre until they reach the finish line at Mt Panorama.”

The ride is set to cover one thousand kilometres of riding from Melbourne to Bathurst, and the fundraiser will visit towns such as Seymour, Shepparton, Wangaratta, Albury, Wagga Wagga, Murrumburrah, Canberra, Boorowa and Cowra.

Regarded as perhaps the fittest driver in the V8 Supercar fraternity, Cameron McConville sees Climb to the Mountain as an optimum opportunity to raise money for those less fortunate.

“We set out in our initial planning of Climb to the Mountain to create something that would be a real challenge, not just a token or half-hearted event, there’s been plenty of planning going on behind the scenes,” said McConville.

For 2004 Konica-Minolta Series Champion Andrew Jones, the Ride now has a special significance with the signing as the Make-A-Wish Foundation as the official charity. Jones’ late elder brother Nigel once received a wish granted by the group.

“I’ve seen first-hand the brilliant things the Make-A-Wish Foundation does so to be involved with them for this ride is quite special for me,” Jones said.

Following the conclusion of the Climb to the Mountain ride, McConville and Jones will participate in the famous Super Cheap Auto Bathurst 1000 from October 9-11. Cameron McConville currently sits fifteenth in the V8 Supercar Championship, with Jones in equal twenty-ninth position.

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Climb to the mountain charity announced