Carlton’s Matthew Kreuzer has completed his ride from Bendigo to Bathurst.
 
Kreuzer completed the ride to raise money and awareness for St Luke’s, a not-for-profit organization, that works in rural and regional communities to assist people to make positive changes, to be connected and to contribute to their communities.

Joining Kreuzer on the ride is Carlton’s High Performance Manager, Justin Cordy.

The five-day ride from Bendigo to Bathurst will form part of Kreuzer’s rehabilitation from season ending knee surgery.

To sponsors Matthew Kreuzer or to donate to the ride visit www.rideforyouth.org.au  

Day 1: Bendigo to Numurkah - 155 kilometres
The riders will start from Lake Weeroona (car park nearest the railway line) between 7am - 8am on Monday 4th October 2010.

They will head out of town along the Midland Highway where Poyser Motors staff will line the highway to cheer them on. The cyclists will continue through Huntly and Goornong before heading through Shepparton and north to Numurkah and their first overnight stop.
 
Day 2: Numurkah to Urana
139 kilometres
 
Today will see these cyclists ride into New South Wales. They will ride through Katunga, Strathmerton and Cobram before hitting the NSW towns of Berrigan, Oaklands and their overnight stop, Urana.
 
- Namurkah Road ->
- Cobram Koonoomoo Road ->
- Vermont Nangunia Street ->
- Cobram Road ->
- Greggerys Road ->
- Berrigan Oaklands Road ->
- Berrigan Road ->

Arriving at Corowa Road, Urana, at approximately 2:00pm.
 
Day 3: Urana to Cootamundra
210 kilometres
 
This is the big day for our participants in terms of kilometers covered.
Major towns visited will include Lockhart, Junee and Bethungra before a well-earned overnight stop in Cootamundra.
- Urana Lockhart Road ->
- Green Street West ->
- Sturt Hwy ->
- Travers Street ->
- Byrnes Road ->
- Crown Street ->
- Main Street ->

Arriving at Cootamundra at approximately 2:00pm.
 
Day 4: Cootamundra to Cowra
120 kilometres
 
Heading off from Cootamundra cyclists will head through towns including Wallendbeen, Young and Koorawatha before arriving in Cowra.
 
Day 5
Cowra to Bathurst
120 kilometres
 
The final leg of the St Luke's Ride for Youth will see the participants finish just outside Bathurst in Forest Grove. The weary riders will be welcomed by St Luke's CEO Dave Pugh and Deputy CEO Lauren Bean will be there to meet the team and thank them for a terrific effort.

ABOUT ST LUKE’S
Between 1932 and 1978 the St Luke's Toddlers' Home cared for 1500 children in Bendigo, Victoria. In the 1970s, the auspice of the agency moved from the Melbourne Diocese of the Anglican Church to the Bendigo Diocese. St Luke's Family Care, now known as St Luke's Anglicare, was born in 1979.

Today, more than 20 years later, the wellbeing of children remains our core business as we work with children, their families and communities to bring hope and create opportunities for change.

More than 300 people are employed by St Luke's who, between them, work with more than 1000 people on any given day.

To find out more about St Luke's and the work that it is doing visit www.stlukes.org.au