Race is on to fly bike champ to Europe

EFFORTS are being cranked up to help get a young Ipswich mountain bike champ over to France this August, to compete at the Junior Cross Country World Championships. Ipswich Cycling Club is holding a fundraiser on July 15 to help raise the $6,000 needed for U-19 racer Joel Dodds and his Giant mountain bike to […]

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