Grants

The club has been very successful in receiving grants and we acknowledge the organisations that have supported the club’s mission. The club also receives strong support from Logan City Council and Redland City Council. The club acknowledges the many volunteers who have freely given their time to support the club.

JUNE 2022

The club has received $2,000 through the Queensland Government Active Clubs Round 2 Grant Program. These funds will be used to subsidise our Volunteer Recognition Program.

NOVEMBER 2021

Thanks to Logan City Council, the club has received $3,000 from their Active Spaces Maintenance September 2021 Grant Program. These funds will be used to service some of our trailer fleet.

MARCH 2021

The club has received a grant of $26,379 from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund which will be used to fund improvements to our timing system including remote split timing that will improve rider safety on our longer courses and enable new event types where the course is not contiguous.

The club has received $5,000 funding though the Queensland State Government’s Bike Riding Encouragement Program to restart our Chicks Ride program. This funding will enable us to relaunch a round of beginner coaching and maintenance classes, and get a new group of riders out on the trails.

OCTOBER 2020

The Queensland Government through the Active Restart Infrastructure Recovery Fund provided $19,800 for the purchase of two custom trailcare trailers. These trailers will improve mobility and storage for the trailcare teams at Redlands Track Park (Scribbly Gums) and Bayview Conservation Park.

SEPTEMBER 2020

Thanks to the Queensland Government and Logan City Council, the club now has a storage area at Underwood Park for our large trailer fleet.

JUNE 2020

The Queensland Government through the COVID SAFE Active Clubs Kickstart program provided $2,000 which we will use to restart our club rides and events.

NOVEMBER 2018

The Queensland Government through the Get Going Club Program in Round 7 provided $5,590 to purchase a new tracked mini dumper which will aid trailcare by reducing manual movement of heavy loads. We want out volunteers to focus on building and maintaining trail features rather than pushing heavy wheelbarrows.

MAY 2018

Mayor Karen Williams, Cr Peter Mitchell and Cr Julie Talty from Redland City Council made a $3,000 contribution from the Councillors’ Small Grants program which the club has used to improve the Bayview Blast 2018 event.

APRIL 2018

Cr Lisa Bradley from Logan City Council made a $2,000 contribution from her Community Benefit Fund which the club has used to improve the Summer Sprints 2018 event including free photography, toilets and lighting.

MARCH 2018

The club has received a grant of $25,000 from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund to build a multi use trail on the unformed section of Gramzow Road up to West Mount Cotton Road, which will provide an off main road linkage between Cornubia Forest and Bayview Conservation Park. Redland City Council and Logan City Council are also contributing to this project as will the club.

JULY 2017

The Queensland Government through the Embracing 2018 Legacy Program for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Ganes, provided $38,240 to the club as part of the Get Out, Get Active program to get women and girls active for life. The grant aims to encourage currently inactive women and girls to participate in regular exercise and will fund:

  • Purchase of eight bicycles and helmets for come-and-try use by participants
  • A shuttle-type trailer for bicycle transport
  • Low-cost introductory mountain biking skills courses (2 x 2 hr) for up to 100 women
  • Weekly Chicks Ride social rides for women and girls

Participants in the skills courses will receive 12-month recreational membership of the club, as part of efforts to continue growing the club’s female membership.

JANUARY 2017

Cr Lisa Bradley from Logan City Council has funded 3 trail counters, from her Community Benefit Fund, which have been installed at Underwood Park. These will provide valuable data on the visitation of Underwood Park Mountain Bike Hub that will be used for maintenance planning and future grant proposals to extend the existing facilities.

DECEMBER 2016

The club has received a grant of $31,000 from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund to build a trail connecting Cornubia Forest to West Mt Cotton Rd. The club will be contributing labour estimated at $22,075 of in-kind support.

NOVEMBER 2016

The Queensland Government’s Get Going Clubs Program provided $6,610 to fund two 6×3 m marquees which will be used to provide shelter for event volunteers and participants.

SEPTEMBER 2016

Redland City Council through the Councillor’s Small Grants Program provided $709.50 for the Chicks in the Sticks Women’s 3 hr Enduro event.

OCTOBER 2015

Cr Lisa Bradley from Logan City Council has made a $2,000 contribution from her Community Benefit Fund which the club intends to use for a Youth Cycling Skills program utilising the skills area and trials area at Underwood Park.

SEPTEMBER 2015

Suncorp through its Brighter Futures program has provided a $1,000 grant to support free racing for juniors at club events.

JULY 2015

Redland City Council is proud to provide $1,500 for our Chicks in the Sticks Women’s 3 hr Enduro event as part of the Community Grants Program in assisting the Redlands Community. Both Mayor Karen Williams and Councillor Julie Taulty were involved with this sponsorship and we thank them for their generous contribution. This Grant will support us in our aim to encourage more women and girls to participate and engage with our Mountain biking community.

JUNE 2015

The club has received a grant of $12,460 from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund to purchase automated timing equipment which will reduce the volunteer load for races. Finding volunteers prepared to not race has been a blocker in extending our race program. Unattended timing will remove this blocker.

DECEMBER 2014

The club has received $1,000 from SEQ Catchments Community NRM Support Grants for trail planning equipment and trail care tools.

NOVEMBER 2014

The club has been successful in our joint grant application with Logan City Council to the State Government’s Get Playing Program for $100,000, our biggest grant ever! The club will invest $20,000 of our funds and Logan City Council will invest $17,000 for a total project cost of $137,000. The project will be managed by Logan City Council and will deliver major upgrades to Underwood Park comprising extensive upgrades to the existing mountain bike trails and construction of an event hub (shade shelter), pump track, mountain bike skills park and what we believe to be Australia’s first bike trials park. All these facilities will be completely open to the public. The club expects that this exciting development will confirm Logan and Underwood Park in particular as a mountain biking destination.

A proposed site map is available here.

SEPTEMBER 2014

Cr Lisa Bradley from Logan City Council has made a $1,000 contribution from her Community Benefit Fund which the club will use to subsidise junior racing entries.

AUGUST 2014

Logan City Council through the Logan Sport & Recreation Funding Program has provided a $1,636 grant as partial funding for the purchase of a $3,800 motorised wheelbarrow, which the club will use during trailcare. This will be well received by trail care volunteers, many of whom for some time have been pushing wheelbarrows up and down our trails.

APRIL 2014

The club has received a grant of $9,243 from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund to purchase equipment, including a trailer, that will support our Cyclocross program.

DECEMBER 2013

Cr Lisa Bradley from Logan City Council has made a $1,000 contribution from her Community Benefit Fund. The club will use this contribution to subsidise junior racing entries and social ride participation licences.

NOVEMBER 2013

The club has been awarded two Friends of Parks Grants. The first grant is $6,600 to undertake a trail audit in the Plunkett Wickham Aggregation. This abuts the rapidly growing Yarrabilba housing estate and, although presently in a very raw state, has much potential for mountain biking.

The trail audit report was completed in June 2014. It included a comprehensive map of existing trails in Plunkett Aggregate and Buccan Conservation Park. Trails were categorised and graded according to difficulty and recommendations made for retention, improvement or closure. Proposed new recreational trails were mapped to provide circuits and links that are sustainable and enjoyable for walkers and mountain bike riders and provide a diverse range of experiences. Ten kilometres of informal trails were recommended to be closed and 15 km of new trails to be built. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service will use this Trail Audit to seek approval and funding to implement the recommendations.

The second grant is $19,558 for improvements to the trail network in Daisy Hill Conservation Park. The club also contributed $3,200 to this successful project, which refurbished Possum Box and built Jumping Ant.

The club will be working closely with QPWS on these exciting projects. It is very pleasing to note that other MTB areas in South East Queensland have been funded by this grant program, including Nerang National Park, Parklands Conservation Park and Tewantin National Park. 

JUNE 2013

The club has received a grant of $12,841 from the Jupiter’s Casino Community Benefit Fund to build Spangled Drongo trail, which will be constructed in February 2014.

OCTOBER 2009

The Queensland Government’s Gambling Community Benefit Fund provided $9,415 to the club for the purchase of equipment to be used at its various race and social activities. The equipment included:

  • Computers, printers, and software to manage entries and timing for race events
  • Inverter generator to run computing equipment
  • Display cork boards
  • Public address system equipment

NOVEMBER 2008

The Queensland Government’s Gambling Community Benefit Fund provided $7,820 to the club for:

  • Marquees to provide shelter at events
  • Website redevelopment

APRIL 2008

The Queensland Government’s Gambling Community Benefit Fund provided $4,543 to the club for the purchase of two-way radios, which allowed safer marshalling at races and improved event management.