{"id":926917,"date":"2026-10-13T18:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T18:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/926917\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T18:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T18:26:12","slug":"1700-cyclists-to-take-over-hall-park-this-weekend-for-maca-cancer-200-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/926917\/","title":{"rendered":"1700 cyclists to take over Hall Park this weekend for MACA Cancer 200 Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">More than 1700 riders will set off from Perth and cycle 100km to Mandurah\u2019s western foreshore this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Cyclists will finish day one of the two-day MACA Cancer 200 Ride for the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research at Hall Park on Saturday, October 17.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1de7982416d7f6d7ea49960c3359f33cc82f6ce2.jpg\" alt=\"Tents set up in the Mandurah Village at Hall Park for the MACA Cancer 200 Ride.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconTents set up in the Mandurah Village at Hall Park for the MACA Cancer 200 Ride. Credit: MACA Cancer 200 Ride<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Turning the space into Mandurah Village, riders can recharge and refuel in the make-shift campground for the night before journeying back to their starting point at The Kingsman on Riverside Drive on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The MACA Cancer 200 is celebrating its 15th year and has been a cornerstone event for the WA community to support life\u2011saving cancer research at the Perkins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">This year\u2019s event will have 270 riding teams supported by 400 volunteers, with more than 90 per cent of participants having been touched by cancer, either personally or through family and friends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Perkins CEO Peter Leedman AO said the ride had seen an extraordinary show of giving and determination, with funds being put to work powering the next cancer breakthrough here in WA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">It has raised more than $82 million over the past 14 years and supports cancer research, drug development and trials of new drugs and treatments.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/7a7b2da8e144afc53613458bd76090cffbdfaabf.jpg\" alt=\"Mandurah Village at Hall Park for MACA Cancer 200 Ride.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconMandurah Village at Hall Park for MACA Cancer 200 Ride. Credit: MACA Cancer 200 Ride<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Mr Leedman has taken part in the ride every year since its inception and said every every dollar raised had represented the effort and endurance toward every new breakthrough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI\u2019ve witnessed first-hand the generosity, loyalty and kindness of the people of WA,\u201d Mr Leedman said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThese funds support WA scientists in the pursuit of tomorrow\u2019s lifesaving treatments. Each year, corporate WA unites with the big-hearted WA community to ride with one purpose \u2014 to make cancer non-lethal and keep our families together for longer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 1700 riders will set off from Perth and cycle 100km to Mandurah\u2019s western foreshore this weekend.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":926918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,76394,85,45],"class_list":["post-926917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-mandurah","tag-sports","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=926917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/926918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}