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and Const. are ready to make the 1,000-kilometer Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock trek from Port Alice to Victoria starting Saturday. To date, the ride has raised $24 million towards fighting and in .
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Welle is a Pacific Christian School graduate who grew up in Saanich, while Nicholson is a former member of the Canadian Forces who relocated here from the Lower Mainland. The two are the 61st and 62nd Saanich Police officers to ride the Tour de Rock since its inception in 1998.
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Welle is part of a new generation of riders who were aware of it before they became police officers or first responders. Back in high school, Saanich Police Staff Sgt. Gary Schenk visited PCS and the memory stuck with Welle.
In 2016, it was actually Schenk who made the Saanich Police formal invitation to Welle to join the force.
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While it is tradition that most riders shave their heads at some point on the tour, Welle already shaved his head. He did it Friday at PCS, in an event that raised $5,000. Three of the teachers also did it, including cancer survivor Bridget Sainsbury.
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For Nicholson, the training sessions started a little rocky as he went over the handle bars in early April and broke his hand. In the collision, a fellow cyclist also came off her bike and the two of them were taken to hospital.
Nicholson is a daily commuter who rides to work from downtown Victoria, but stepping up to the TourB次元官网网址檚 standard of cycling is a whole other world.
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Saanich Police has played a major role in the Tour de Rock since it started, with dozens of volunteers acting as support members.
