{"id":2403,"date":"2018-09-03T07:36:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T21:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyclingclassics.com.au\/bowral\/2018\/09\/03\/smiddy\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T14:46:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T03:46:04","slug":"smiddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyclingclassics.com.au\/bowral\/2018\/09\/03\/smiddy\/","title":{"rendered":"Smile For Smiddy As You Fundraise For The Mater At This Year&#8217;s Bowral Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>The Bowral Classic is thrilled to announce a new charity partnership with highly-respected charity group, Smiling For Smiddy.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Many Queensland-based Bowral riders will be familiar with Smiling For Smiddy &#8211; since 2006 Smiddy riders &amp; supporters have raised over $7 million for cancer research at Brisbane\u2019s Mater Hospital.<\/div>\n<div>These funds have helped enable breakthrough research, major discoveries with the potential to save lives.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Select \u2018Smiling For Smiddy\u2019 As Your Chosen Bowral Classic Charity<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>This year the charity objective is to raise a staggering $1.3 million for Mater Research \u2013 and to do that they need your help.<\/p>\n<p>You can select Smiling For Smiddy in the charity recipient menu when you register for the October 21 event.\u00a0Share your choice on social media and tell fellow riders you are supporting the essential research at the Mater.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Smiling For Smiddy<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5686\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5686\" style=\"width: 255px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5686 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bowralclassic.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Adam-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adam Smiddy was just 26 years old when he passed away.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Adam Smiddy never had an enemy in the world.\u00a0His disarming smile, one that rarely left his face even amid the gravest of circumstances, gave his family and friends a window into the soul of a gentle, kind-hearted and unassuming boy from Home Hill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2006, Adam passed away from an aggressive melanoma. He was just 26 years old, a talented triathlete and respected physiotherapist with the world at his feet.<\/p>\n<p>Six months earlier, Adam had discovered a small lump in his groin, and a biopsy revealed it was a malignant melanoma. He had immediate surgery to remove the lump and his lymph glands.<\/p>\n<p>Gradually over a six month period, Adam\u2019s health and fitness started to return. Sadly however, it was not to be.<\/p>\n<p>During a bike ride with his close friend and triathlon coach, Mark \u2018Sharky\u2019 Smoothy, Adam confessed he was not feeling well. Just over three weeks later, Adam passed away.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5684\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5684\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bowralclassic.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/40255934_10155802519221274_278845567667273728_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smiling for Smiddy riders during a recent outing. You too can ride and support this charity group at this year&#8217;s Bowral Classic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>1600km From Brisbane To Home Hill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To honour Adam, in that same year Sharky and two other mates Ron Steel and Oliver Bodak, fulfilled one of Adam\u2019s unrealised dreams.<\/p>\n<p>They rode 1600 km from Brisbane to Adam\u2019s hometown Home Hill, nothing but a credit card in their back pockets, and raised $24,000 for cancer research in the process.<\/p>\n<p>The next year 22 friends joined the ride.\u00a0In 2008 there were 50 riders, who together raised an incredible $420,000 for cancer research.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past ten years supporters have raised over $7 million for cancer research at Mater. That\u2019s an incredible effort, but there is still so much more to be done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Select Smiling For Smiddy As Your Chosen Charity When You Register For The Bowral Classic.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bowral Classic is thrilled to announce a new charity partnership with highly-respected charity group, Smiling For Smiddy. Many Queensland-based Bowral riders will be familiar with Smiling For Smiddy &#8211; since 2006 Smiddy riders &amp; supporters have raised over $7 million for cancer research at Brisbane\u2019s Mater Hospital. 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