Team Pet Circle

The Smith Family Challenge 2025

Our BIG Challenge to help children in need!

This MARCH we are taking on The Smith Family Challenge 2025! We will run, mountain bike, kayak and navigate our way through the bush, over mountains and up rivers to complete the course.

Over 2 days we'll cover more than 100km!!

It's going to be tough but the effort will be worth it so that kids in need can break the poverty cycle.

In Australia, 1 in 6 children are growing up in disadvantaged homes, where even the basics in life are hard to come by.

But supporting their education is the key to breaking the cycle of disadvantage.

Your donation will give children in need essentials like school books, bags, uniforms, shoes and the help they need to keep up at school.

Thanks for your support! (and wish us luck!)

So far this year, our team has helped provide:

279

School Essentials Packs

68

reading buddies and books

77

children with their education

Our Achievements

Thank you to our Sponsors

$12.02k

Allegra Spender

Good luck!

$6.02k

Leah

Well done!

$5.02k

Pet Circle

$3.32k

Stigma Health

Love your work Richard and team! Great cause.

$2.02k

Anonymous

$2.02k

Marks Capps Matched By Canva

$2.02k

Mark Capps Matched By Canva

$2k

Michael Frizell

$2k

Mark Capps

$2k

Jason Pellegrino

$2k

Richard Cooney

$2k

Richard Skimin

$1.31k

Daniel Petre

Super happy to support you, Michael.

$1.02k

Ben Kilgallon

Keep up the great work Mike and good luck

$1.02k

Bianca Spender

Go so exciting you are supporting this xb

$1.02k

Kim + Scott

Congratulations Mark! Amazing effort on another year's challenge.

$1.02k

Anc

Thanks Mike and team for getting in behind the Smith Family and supporting kids in need

$1.02k

Anonymous

$1.02k

Lucas Shipway & Sheridan Emerson

Go Mark - good luck from the Shipway/Emersons

$1.02k

Euan Prentice

Well done Richard & team!

$1,000

Blair Caffrey Foundation

Go Mike and Go the Dream team. Sorry I cant make it this yr!

$1,000

Christine Holman

Richard, Best wishes to you and your team. Thank you for your committment to support such a great cause. Inspiring for all us:) Christine

$1,000

Tdm Charitable Foundation

Huge effort Mike and team. Excellent organisation to support. TDM Team are cheering you on!

$739

Ned Moorfield

Good luck out there this weekend Mike! Great cause to be supporting. Happy to be helping you to hit your fundraising goal with this one :-)

$680

Richard Brown

I’m proud of you Rich.

$680

Brent Mcgoldrick & Jim Stewart

Good on you!

$680

Christian Hamilton

Good luck sounds like an amazing challenge

$680

Molly And Jason

Great work Mark!

$680

Kathleen

Best of luck with the challenge Richard!

$680

Paul Wilson

Great to see you doing the challenge again! Well done.

$680

Henry Lud

Let's go Mark 💪

$660

G

$516

Olivia

$516

Scimitar Trust

Good luck Richard

$516

Andrew Mckillop

Good work Mike and see you on the track!

$516

Lucas And Sheridan

$516

Chris Devlin

Mark (and Team), great achievement getting over the line.

$516

Anonymous

Go Mark Go!!

$516

Em & Andy

Big congrats Mark & Team! What an extraordinary effort 👏

$417

Nick Ellsmore

Good luck Richard!

$309

Lesli Berger

$288

Doron Kalinko

$264

Nick Hughes-jones

Go Richy he’s so fine

$264

Alexander Keach

Go Ricardo!!!

$264

Gwilym Funnell

Nice work.

$264

Andrew Palmer

$264

Tom & Libby

Nice one Rich

$264

John Skelley

All the best for your challenge. Hope you benefit from the tail winds coming your way! Cheers John and Loiee

$264

Graham Mirabito

Go coach Jason!

$264

Will Tomasetti

Get it Rich, good luck

$264

Paul Clarke

Great work Mark. Hope the weekend goes well.

$264

Matt Stubbs

Good luck Richard

$264

Ben Hawter

Very happy to support this Mark

$264

Mike Smith

$264

Duncan Bullard

Very worthwhile bud!!!

$264

Matt Aspinall

$264

Richard Frizell

$264

Adrian O’connor

Good luck Mark!

$264

Tea Brown

You’ve got this!

$264

Maya Vanden Driesen

Dear Richard What a great cause to support and you are really putting in the hard yards!! It has been a pleasure to work with you-best of luck with everything in the future!

$264

Kevin O'hara

Don't die big fella... You got this!

$264

Simon Pothecary - Frontier Pets

Hey Richard , best of luck with the event . Cheers Simon

$264

Oscar Done

Good luck mate !!

$264

Big Sky Consulting

Well Done Richard!! We are devoted supporters of The Smith Family. No better organisation providing educational support for children.

$264

Sally Mckay

Good luck!!

$264

Michael Gonski

Well done on what you are doing!

$264

Rob Shmalo

Congratulations and keep up the good work.

$264

Daniel Flint

$264

Francesca @ Peter Cooney

Well Rich!!

$264

Conrad Yiu

Good luck Mike! Hear you have a great team with you!

$264

Kristina Macourt

$264

Nigel Warne

Pedal, push & pound the ground; all for a fantastic cause. Go Rich 👍

$264

Geoff Stewart

Good onya Richsrd

$258

Anonymous

Well done Mark!

$250

Geoff And Ffion

Onya Rich! Great charity too.

$250

Eva Skimin

$250

Helsinki Agency

Epic challenge Richard for a great cause. We’re sure you will demonstrate that Finnish SISU over the two days. Good luck from your friends @ Helsinki

$250

Xs

Run, Richard, run!

$250

Germaine

All the best!

$250

The Alignment Partnership

Excited to support of such a great cause – from the TAP Team

$216

Vuly Play

$211

Youngsoo Kim

This is an amazing challenge and cause. Good luck Richard!

$211

James Johnstone

$206

Carty Homes

Well done Mark

$200

Chris And Daya Jones

Good luck Rich, you'll be amazing.

$200

Peter Mobbs

Well done Mike. A great initiative and an incredible achievement.

$158

Jenny And Mike

Hope all goes well.

$158

Kennedy Associates

Wonderful cause, terrific event, inspiring commitment Richard!

$158

Neal French

Less talking more with walking !!

$158

Neil Tolaney

Much love Mike!

$154

Tina And Phil

Go you legend!

$148

Nick Guzowski

Good stuff mate! Rip in and good luck

$148

Sam Batten

$148

Iain Morris

Best of luck Mark and team - wishing I was there!

$148

Iain Morris

Best of luck Mike! Very jealous to not be able to do it this year!

$148

Iain Morris

Best of luck Richie!!!! Looking forward to hearing all about it and doing it again with you next year

$148

Ian & Liz Warne

This is from Ian and Liz Warne. Terrific work completing the challenge.

$148

Misha Saul

Good luck and well done Mike!

$148

David Narunsky

Good Luck Richard!

$148

Charbel

All the very best Richard

$148

Gavin Simpson

Good stuff

$148

Rick Bourke

Great stuff, mate!

$148

Kai

Go mate, great project!

$148

Justin Alexander

Good luck mate!

$148

Charli Walters

Sorry it’s late!

$148

Mad Mex - Clovis Young

Good luck with the adventure. Sounds like fun!

$148

Tom Rudd

Well done Rich

$148

Robbie Treharne

Dominate Rich!!

$148

Daniel Roberts

$148

Chris Guzowski

Good luck mate! Great initiative

$148

Owen Young

Go for it!

$144

Maisie Lam

Congrats Mark!

$140

Alex Luo

Go get em Richard. Good luck!

$140

Medhealth

$140

Rob Ackermann

Go well Richard, you guys now have a time to beat from last year!

$140

Steiger-thorpe Family

Well done Mark & Team!

$132

Tom Beard

Go Mark!! Even faster than last time...?!!

$106

Rachel Beard

Well done Mark!

$106

Douglas Little

Well done

$106

Denise Macintosh

We are monthly donors to the Smith Family and have been so for many years. This modest additional donation will hopefully help Rich Cooney achieve his target for this very fine cause.

$106

Nick Corkill

Good luck mate

$106

George Georgiadis

Onya Mike!

$106

Jamess Forrest

Buona fortuna Ricardo!

$106

Matthew Reede

A great cause and sounds like a terrific outdoor adventure

$106

Brendan Lyons

$106

Nicolette Rubinsztein

Well done Mark!

$106

Leon Saliba

Good luck Rich!

$106

Robert Holt

Great work Richard!

$106

Kim Gilbert O'dowd

Fantastic Richard, huge congratulations!

$106

Natalie Livet

$106

George Dobson

$106

Alexander Schuman

$106

Anonymous

Fantastic effort, Mark. Good luck! x

$106

Alison Harrington

$106

Adam Lindsay

Good luck!!

$106

Pauline Soo

Thanks for supporting a great cause. All the best in the challenge!

$106

Hugh O’s

Thank you for everything Richard.

$106

Melissa Ironside

Good luck on your challenge and for a huge year ahead!

$100

Carl Pritchett

Massive challenge for a great cause Mark!

$100

Maria Carambelas

Thank you for everything Richard. You have been so supportive and caring over the years and I will miss working with you. All the best on your new journey & good luck with everything

$100

Adam Dixon

Go, go, go Skimmo!

$100

Cindy Wei

So wonderful to see you continue this year on year, Jase! Well done to the team!

$100

Caroline Jones

Go Rich!! You'll be great, we're proud of you.

$66

Sam Baddeley

Great effort mate, good luck!

$66

Li-shuai Soh

$66

Claire Macmillan

Good luck!!

$66

Ivan Jacques

Very impressed that you're setting yourself this challenge and such a worthwhile cause.

$66

Maria Lockyer

Go Rich !!

$66

Hyojeong Kwak

U living a legend

$66

Jessica Dudley

Wonderful Rich! Proud of you

$66

Anuj Goel

Go Mike!

$66

Garry Jull

All the best mate!

$66

Mm

Onya Mark!

$66

Shirley Frizell

$66

Ishtar Vij

$66

Rachael Lockyer

Good luck Rich!

$66

Stefan Batory

$66

Eloquium

$66

Anonymous

$66

Floria Popoff

Great work !

$65

Vanessa Cardonnel

$64

Anonymous

$61

Isla

It's been lovely working with you, all the best for your next challenge!

$61

Candice Cordeiro

$61

Christine Mabini

$61

Richard Lodge

$61

Ay

$61

Chris Connolly

Good luck mate, great effort!

$61

Sarah Cavanagh

We are all cheering you on! Amazing work for a fantastic cause.

$54

Alexander Ovchar

Good luck Mike!

$54

Richard Pearson

$54

Anonymous

$54

Grazielle Carreon

Good luck and all the best!

$53

Christian Burns

Good luck Richard - such a fantastic cause.

$50

Derek Lichtensteiger

Good luck Mark! Go get em!

$50

Amy Jones

Absolutely outstanding achievement Richard!!

$50

Andre Koch

Great work Richard, and great cause.

$50

Jasper Johnson

Run, bike and kayak well Mark! Great initiative.

$50

Min Kyong Noh

Go Richard!

$28

Wayne Howard

$3

Charlotte Busby