Long distance cycling carrying
Rotary mission & fund raising has been flagship program of Rotary Bangalore
Whitefield Central for the past 4 yrs. A 15-member team (list given below)
comprising members of RBWC and other Rotary clubs in Bangalore went on Cycling
Expedition from Bangalore to Goa from 23-28th Jan 2016 via Tumkur,
Arsikere, Bhadravathi, Sagar, Gokarna & Karwar.
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Participants for Cycling from
Bangalore to Goa - 23rd Jan - 28th Jan '16
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S.No.
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Name
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Rotary Club name
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1
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RG Bhat
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Rotary B'lore Whitefield Central
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2
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Srinivas Kumar C
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Rotary B'lore Whitefield Central
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3
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Ajay Bansal
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Rotary B'lore Whitefield Central
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4
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Prasanna
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Rotary B'lore Whitefield Central
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5
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Sandeep Mittal
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Rotary B'lore Whitefield Central
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6
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Mrs Bindu Mittal
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Rotary B'lore Whitefield Central
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7
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Bharath Poovaiah
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Rotary B'lore Whitefield Central
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8
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Vincent Raj
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Rotary Club of B'lore
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9
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Dr.Ganapathy
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Rotary Club of B'lore
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10
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Ravi Gowda
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Rotary Club of B'lore
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11
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Shripad Annigeri
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Rotary B'lore North West
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12
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Rtn.M R Lokanath
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Rotary B'lore South
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13
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Ramprasad Reddy
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Rotary B'lore South
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14
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Pradeep Rao
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Rotary Yelahanka
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15
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Roshan Naveen
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Rotaractor-Rotary B'lore South
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The team was flaggd off symbolically from Bull Temple by noted yester year Kannada film personality Mrs.Bharathi Vishnuvardhan.
They started pedalling form the
morning of 23rd Jan from Tumkur and covering around an average of
90-100 kms per day reached Goa on 28th Jan. The team had Joint
Meetings with Rotary clubs (4 clubs) at Tumkur, Tiptur, Arsikere, Bhadravathi,
Shimoga, Sagar & Karwar. RCs at Tumkur, Arsikere, Bhadravati & Sagar
hosted dinner. Tiptur hosted lunch while Shimoga RC hosted breakfast on our way
to Gokarna. Flags were exchanged with these clubs.
En route the journey we visited 8
Govt Schools and distributed dictionaries, atlas & notebooks to nearly 400
poor students. The smiles on the faces of children were most satisfying for the
members. Children’s smiles helped the participants in a big way in rejuvenating
with renewed energy and they could continue pedalling enjoying every bit of
moment.
We terminated our expedition
after reaching Goa at Madgaon. At Goa the members were received by our Dist
International Director Rtn Srinath Babu and Dist Secretary Rtn Biligere
Shivkumar. After loading our bicycles we boarded the vehicle and reached Kala
Academy at Panjim i.e. venue for the Dist Conference where we were received by
Dist Governor Fl Lt.KP Nagesh along with other district officials.
On 29th Jan 2016 - 39th
Rotary International Dist 3190 conference got opened up at Kala Academy, Goa.
What was heartening to note that in the welcome address by Dist Conference
Committee chairman Rtn Nagendra Prasad opening remarks he said “Our Rotarians
have come to attend this Dist conference either by train, bus or flight. But I
am happy to say that we have 15 Rotarian Cyclists who chose unique way of
pedalling all the way from Bangalore to Goa to attend this conference. They
started their journey on 23rd Jan and reached here in Goa yesterday.
Throughout their journey they have also visited Govt Schools distributing
notebooks, dictionaries & atlas to students and they are here today attending
conference. I salute them”.
Later during 2nd half
of the day, International Director Rtn Srinath Babu invited every participant
cyclist on the stage and they were felicitated with a memento by DG Fl Lt KP
Nagesh in the presence of RI President’s Representative Rtn Mario Cesar
(Trustee of TRF).
On the whole, for the
participants, the entire Cycling Expedition was refreshing, joyful, memorable,
challenging and meaningful with service to community.
The smiles that they saw
on the faces of children are still fresh in memory. What was most notable in
this expedition was that not a single participant sat in support vehicle at any
point in time. Apart from this it brought great friendship and fellowship
amongst participants of different rotary clubs.
This cycling expedition has
touched on some key avenues of rotary service viz., Club Service, Community
Service, Youth Service, International Service, Public Image & TEACH
mission.
My sincere thanks to Rtn Prasanna
who coordinated the whole expedition with perfect arrangements, Rtn Srinivas
Kumar for arranging TEACH materials for distribution amongst Govt Schools children,
Rtn Ajay for providing Tee shirts and banners on time, Rtn Bharath thru’ his
Company TripOn in arranging comfortable accommodation for the participants in
hotels at every location, Rtn Sandeep Mittal in providing back up vehicle.
Needless to mention support from all the Rotarians of our club for supporting
us in this memorable expedition in one way or other.
Joyful time in Goa post cycling expedition:
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