What a weekend!!! A huge congratulations to everyone that took part in one of our events, we had an incredible amount of participants this year and it was great to see everyone out there pushing themselves. And of course, a special congratulations to our winners!
Bendigo-born professional triathlete Fraser Walsh will be hitting the O’Keefe Challenge this week to see what he can muster in his first marathon. “This is my first fresh marathon. All my marathons I’ve done have been off a 180km bike usually in the hot afternoon.” Growing up around triathlons, Fraser Walsh has had his eye [...]
If you haven’t experienced the O’Keefe Challenge before you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s just your standard marathon. What you might not know is that our main event day (Sunday 21st April) is a fantastic community day out, perfect for those looking for something to do with their families. The finish line at Barrack Reserve [...]
Heathcote gym At The Bar are gearing up for their second year competing in our Ekiden relay and after fantastic results in 2023 with their men’s team taking out second place and their women’s team coming in third, these locals are giving it their best shot in 2024. Gym owner Nicky Walker has been keeping [...]
In 2023 we raised an incredible $7,000 for our charity partner Heathcote Dementia Alliance who work tirelessly in their quest to reimagine dementia care. With an estimated 104,000+ people living with dementia in Victoria alone we believe they’re doing very important work and we are excited to see that they are making great progress. Since [...]
Given that the Heathcote Dementia Alliance is our charity partner here at the O’Keefe Challege, we wanted to take this opportunity to provide this update to our past and present participants. Many of you will have seen recent local media reports that, unfortunately, after nine years of effort, the ‘Gilbruk Place’ Dementia Village vision will [...]
The ‘2022 O’Keefe Challenge Light The Trail Night Ride’ has been postponed to Friday 13th May due to heavy rain forecast.
Due to the weather forecast and will make a decision whether to proceed or cancel this event on the following schedule. We are very eager to see our ride proceed, but we also want to provide a fun and safe experience for you, our volunteers and our event organisers.
We're excited to share our finalised 5km and 10km courses which will now take in our namesake - the O'Keefe Trail - and still includes the magnificent McIvor Creek Trail and the liquid ambers walk.
We – The O’Keefe Rail Trail Marathon Inc Committee – are optimistic that our O’Keefe Challenge event scheduled for 29 April and 1 May 2022 can take place. However, in the event that we are unable to hold our event due to COVID-19, we wanted to let you know what will happen next.