Local triathletes to tackle IRONMAN Western Australia

IRONWOMEN FOR A CAUSE… From left, GV Health McGrath Foundation breast care nurse, Michelle Parish, KMD Creative logo designer, Kris Muir, triathlete due, Kylie Jones and Fiona Le Gassick, McDonalds owner operator, Tully Lyster and trainer, Anne Maclean. Photo: David Lee.
IRONWOMEN FOR A CAUSE… From left, GV Health McGrath Foundation breast care nurse, Michelle Parish, KMD Creative logo designer, Kris Muir, triathlete due, Kylie Jones and Fiona Le Gassick, McDonalds owner operator, Tully Lyster and trainer, Anne Maclean. Photo: David Lee.
IRONWOMEN FOR A CAUSE… From left, GV Health McGrath Foundation breast care nurse, Michelle Parish, KMD Creative logo designer, Kris Muir, triathlete due, Kylie Jones and Fiona Le Gassick, McDonalds owner operator, Tully Lyster and trainer, Anne Maclean. Photo: David Lee.
IRONWOMEN FOR A CAUSE… From left, GV Health McGrath Foundation breast care nurse, Michelle Parish, KMD Creative logo designer, Kris Muir, triathlete due, Kylie Jones and Fiona Le Gassick, McDonalds owner operator, Tully Lyster and trainer, Anne Maclean. Photo: David Lee.

LOCAL triathlete duo, Kylie Jones and Fiona Le Gassick are tackling the gruelling IRONMAN Western Australia in December in the name of the McGrath Foundation.

Kylie is a three times breast cancer survivor, having recently experienced her third diagnosis even after an earlier double mastectomy, and with Fiona’s daughter at risk of carrying the breast cancer gene, the two friends and training buddies have united in the support of the Pink Ribbon cause.

This will be both Fiona and Kylie’s third IRONMAN (3.8km swim, 180km ride and 42.2km run) but the first one they have competed in together.

Kylie and Fiona said, “We wanted to financially support the McGrath Foundation as we believe breast care nurses make a world of difference to the lives of families experiencing breast cancer.”

Under their team name, Pink Peaks IRONMAN, they hope to raise $5,000 for the McGrath Foundation to assist with continuing to provide breast care nurses for the Goulburn Valley.

To kick off their fundraising campaign local McDonald¹s licensees, Tully and Michelle Lyster have kindly donated $2,500 to the cause.

As a major fundraiser Pink Peaks IRONMAN will be hosting a trivia afternoon on Sunday, November 25 at 2pm at the Senior Citizen’s Centre. The event will be hosted by local trivia guru, Dean ‘Waldo’ Walton, with tickets available via Eventbrite ‘Pink Peaks IRONMAN McGrath Foundation Trivia Afternoon.’ Tickets are just $15 per person with tables of 10 encouraged.

To make a donation, visit https://mcgrathfoundationportal.gofundraise.com.au/page/FionaLeGassick