The 400 in 4 Charity Ride receives excellent local and regional media coverage, including TV news, radio and press. Here's a sample:
400 in 4 on Channel Ten news!
We were fortunate enough to be interviewed by Tim Bailey from Channel Ten news just before the start of the 2009 ride.
Excerpts from the news bulliten.
Photos of the live interview.
Television:
Press:
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LIVERPOOL LEADER
March 2010
All Fired up for kids
"Scott Hanley, is organising a charity bike ride to raise money for the Burns Unit at the Children's Hospital at Westmead."
Northern District Times
(Readership 91,000 - Circulation 58,675)
Fired up for charity
"RYDE Fire Station’s Nicole Sutton is trading the fire-engine for pedal power, cycling 400km in four days to raise money for the Burns Unit at Westmead Children’s Hospital..."
Yass Tribune
(Readership 3,977 - Circulation 1,744)
Firies light up for a good cause
"Students, teachers and parents at Yass Public welcomed some very important visitors to the school on Wednesday afternoon..."
Liverpool City Champion
Pedal power for cause
"IT'S been four years running, but Liverpool firefighter Scott Hanley is still committed to this week's NSW Fire Brigade's 400 in 4 charity bike ride..."
Southern Cross Cycle Club
NSW Fire Brigades ‘400 in 4’ Charity Bike Ride
"On the 17th March I with 15 other cyclists and 2 support personnel consisting of other NSW Fire Fighters and a representative from the Macquarie Bank will take part in the 4th Annual NSW Fire Brigades ‘400 in 4’ Charity Bike Ride..."
Daily Advertiser Wagga Wagga
17/3/2009 - Readership 46,408 - Circulation 17,188
Cycling firies are on their way
Weekend Advertiser Wagga Wagga
21/3/2009
Ride raises funds for burns unit
"A 400-Kilometre fundraiser came to an end for a gang of Sydney firefighters yesterday when they blazed into Wagga on their bicycles..."
Wollongong Advertiser
18/3/2009 - Readership 123,000 - Circulation 98,853
Pedal Power
"Firefighters don't like being told to 'get on their bikes' but this time they are keen to pedal off into the sunset - all in the name of fundraising..."
Macarthur Advertiser
22/3/2009 - Readership 111,000 - Circulation 54,422
Burns unit will get proceeds from ride
"Matt Cooper and Dave McMurdo are used to putting their bodies on the line during their day job as firefighters..."
Maitland Mercury
26/3/2009 - Readership 14,666 - Circulation 5,490
Bike rider clocks kilometres to raise money
"Every kilometre Nicole Sutton has cycled in her quest to raise money for young burns patients has been travelled with love..."
Gundagai Independent
23/3/2009
Fires stop over in Gundy on 400 x 4 journey
"Glenn Wilshire and Matt Cooper were part of the big group of firemen who stopped over in Gundagai on Thursday..."
08/07/2009
Lives filled with risk and compassion
"Firefighter Nicole Sutton said her job inspired her to ride 400km from Sydney to Wagga to raise money for the Children's Hospital, Westmead burns unit..."
The Weekly Times Online
08/04/2009
Charity bike ride for burns victims
"Ryde Fire Station's Nicole Sutton makes a pit-stop off the Hume Highway on the way to Wagga Wagga..."
June 2009 - Pages 4 & 5
Australasian Fire Authorities Council
Autumn 2009 - Page 33
The leader
Firefighters pitch in for burns victims
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