K24 Challenge

Steve Bustin, Academic Dean of PE and Health

August 25 and 26 saw the fifth K24 Challenge at Kilvington in Dalton Hall.

This event consisted of each of the four houses being set the challenge of always having a student in Years 5-12 cycling on a stationary spin bike for 24 hours, trying to complete as many kilometres as possible. There was also a ‘Staff’ and a ‘Parents’ bike competing against the students.

All students were required to collect sponsorship money, with all funds raised being donated to the Zaidee’s Rainbow Foundation, which raises awareness of organ and tissue donation.

This year, the overall competition winners were the Parent Team, cycling a staggering 705.9km – that’s an average speed of 29.4kmph!!! All six teams completed the challenge and should feel extremely proud of themselves.

The final results were as follows:

1st: Parents, 705.9km
2nd: Fethers, 655.5km
3rd: Fysh, 654.7km
4th: Burman, 651.8km
5th: Staff, 599.0km
6th: Barrett, 574.4km

A Silent Disco was held for all the competitors.

Students had the opportunity to wear a pair of headphones and could pick one of three channels to listen and dance to.

All students had a great time, with many commenting they wanted their next birthday party to be a silent disco – great news for the parents!!

Some interesting statistics of K24 2017:

103 students, 32 staff and 36 parent competitors during the 24 hours
6 Spin Bikes supplied free of charge by Grays Fitness in Altona
3,841.3km ridden by all six bikes, which is the equivalent distance of riding from Melbourne to Perth!
50 rolls, pies and buns supplied free of charge by The Bread Roll Shop.
80 water bottles kindly donated by MyPhysio GESAC, that even had the K24 logo printed on them!
36 coffees brought by the Kilvington Community at Platform One, resulting in a generous donation from them
$2,500 raised for Zaidee’s Rainbow Foundation.

The Prep to Year 4 students were also involved during the day.

Students paid a gold coin donation and tried to run as many laps of the School’s courts as possible in 30minutes, with three students per house being able to run at one time. Barrett won this event, running 100 laps.

Thank you to all the students, parents and staff that participated and helped out, and to all the businesses that supported the challenge.

A special thank you to Jenny Hedger, Pat Lehman, Nicola Whitfield, Ben Wood, Kirsten Brooks and Kylie Burns for organising the six teams.

The countdown now begins for K24 number 6 – watch this space!!!!!