Gillett asks locals to join weekend ride

Simon Gillett, the widowed husband of professional cyclist Amy Gillett, has called on all recreation cyclists to join him and some of Australia's top cyclists for a ride on the Australia Open Road Cycling Championships course this Sunday morning. The Ride with the Champions will be led by Simon, a two time world rowing champion, and Olivia Gollan, who will be joined by a host of other top professionals to help raise money for the Amy Gillett Foundation.

"There's a couple of messages in this," Simon told The Courier. "The first is it's a rare chance to rub shoulders with the elite riders, both men and women, bearing in mind some of the women are former team mates of Amy.