About BMF

The BMF Committee

Chair Person Phil Herd

Vice Chair Peter Tomlinson

Treasurer Tanya Fudge

Secretary Andrea Mikic

Darren Mikic

Paul Hillbrick

Steve Foster

Anne Durie

To educate young cyclists and school children to adopt safe riding practices.
To encourage young cyclists to take up mountain biking as a strategy to get young riders off the roads.
To encourage and support promising young cyclists with the potential to make a career in the sport or become lifetime cyclists.
To work with governments, motoring organisations, the police and cycling organisations to ensure that:

Cycle lanes are incorporated into existing roads commonly used by cyclists as well as all new roads.
Policies, practices and laws are ‘effectively’ framed, implemented and adopted by all road users, particularly car drivers, to ensure that cyclists are able to safely share the roads with truck and car users.

To promote safe car driving practice in relation to cyclists and other road users.
To promote safe road cycling practice and encourage cycling organisations and associated stakeholders to act in concert to ensure that individual cyclists act to share the roads safely with other users.

Educating young cyclists and school children.

Promote the ideal safety clothing to be worn by young cyclists and equipment to be fixed to their bikes.
Implement training program in conjunction with the Southern Highlands Cycling Club (SHCC) amongst Primary and Secondary School Students to ensure young cyclists adopt safe riding practices.

Encouraging and supporting young cyclists

Continue to award the winner of an annual prize to the under17 Ben Mikic Memorial Wheelrace at the Southern Highlands Track Open.
Continue to sponsor the Illawarra Academy of Sport Elite Young Cyclists Training Program.
Provide an annual BMF award to young riders in the SHCC who are showing good potential.
Provide financial support to young riders entering national and international events.

Improving safety for cyclists

Campaign to have cycle lanes and safe cycling infrastructure built into existing and new roads.
Campaign to ensure existing laws enhance safety for cyclists
Campaign to ensure laws are promoted and adhered to by road users.

Local infrastructure projects

Work with Wingecarribee Shire Council (WSC) to ensure the safety issues associated with the Bessemer Street/Bowral Road junction, the current risks being taken by drivers, cyclists and pedestrians likely to lead to accidents; with the objective of upgrading the traffic light system and pedestrian crossings to make certain there are no further fatal accidents at this junction.
Support a local initiative designed to create a ‘safe’ cycling track for young riders and their families between Mittagong, Bowral, Moss Vale and outlying villages.
Work with the WSC and the SHCC to upgrade the Veladrome.
Work with the WSC and the SHCC to create a criterium circuit.

Establish a sponsorship and fundraising program

Target equipment manufactures, cycling organisations, car organisations and all appropriate stakeholders to sponsor the work of the BMF to ensure that the risks to young cyclists on our roads are dramatically reduced.
Locate BMF donation tins at sites likely to attract support for the foundation from local community.