2011-06-16 CANSA Day (Red Star)

Every month, CANSA seems to focus on a different type of cancer and, seeing as June is Youth month, they decided to try and focus on the types of cancers that are prominent in children.

So, an idea was set in motion to get an event on the biking calendar to support the CANSA Foundation.

A lot of organising, a little bit of cooperation between a bunch of different clubs and a whole bunch of goodwill from a lot of interested parties later, and there was a day on the biking calendar called the CANSA Run for the Youth.

One of the goodwill partners in this venture was a guy by the name of Jacques, who also happens to be one of the partners/owners of Red Star Raceway. He graciously agreed that the event could be held at the Race Track.

The PBC decided to support this event and some of the members got involved in the organising committee.

However, the largest form of support came in the form of the members who turned up to actually participate in the day.

I am not 100% sure of what happened with the mass rides, as I was asked to be the "monster" of ceremonies and had to be at the venue earlier, so I was caught by surprise when I saw the number of bikes that were "suddenly" in the car park

There were a number of artists who volunteered of their time to participate in the day and entertain the crowds.

These included, among others, Mathhys Roets, who was an avid motorcyclist himself until an accident left him paralysed.

Some of the guys got together and decided to treat Matthys to a ride around the racetrack in a sidecar.

As you can see, Matthys enjoyed the time in the sidecar immensely and even allowed Frikkie (G'n Banggat) to perform a special salute down the main straight for the crowd.

The whole event went off reasonably smoothly for a first try and the organisers have seen it fit to consider making this an annual event...

...maybe even take it National.

Check the listings and events pages of the various websites for more information...


...and if it's on again this year...Try your best to support this worthy cause.