GOLDEN Plains Trail Riders will be hosting their third annual Ride for MND fundraising event in Scarsdale this Labour Day long weekend.<\/p>\n
The ATHRA-affiliated group will set off on a casual ride between Friday, 11 and Monday, 14 March, in an attempt to raise money towards motor neuron disease research.<\/p>\n
Club president Samantha Wilson said the event will provide an opportunity to reunite after the lockdowns of the previous year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to catching up with the friends that I\u2019ve made over the years,\u201d Ms Wilson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seems to be mostly the same people each year but then they bring new people into it as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
The event will consist of camping through the Labour Day long weekend with lunch and drinks provided across both a 50-kilometre trail ride on Saturday and a 20-kilometre ride on the Sunday.<\/p>\n
A barbecue will be held on the Sunday evening with music provided by Miss Behavin, who have supported the event each year since its inception.<\/p>\n
With over 80 riders expected to participate, the fundraiser has donated over $10,000 to the organisation, FightMND in previous years.<\/p>\n
Ms Wilson said she hopes to raise even more this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a kind of satisfaction in knowing that you\u2019ve contributed somehow to try and find a cure for this terrible disease,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn finding a way to go about it, I decided that since my passion is with horses, I should try to do something with that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even though the event in hold by the Golden Plains Trial Riders, Ms Wilson said she\u2019s surprised at the number of regular attendants that aren\u2019t from the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would have thought our local horse-riding community would be going \u2018great this is something in our own backyard\u2019 but it\u2019s very minimal how many of our own people actually come,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s more people who travel an hour or two hours that we\u2019re normally attracting to the event.\u201d<\/p>\n
Entry payments will vary depending on the attendant\u2019s age and ATHRA membership status with choices available to ride on individual days or for the course of the whole event.<\/p>\n
Visit facebook.com\/groups\/189506348816233 to grab a ticket or find more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
GOLDEN Plains Trail Riders will be hosting their third annual Ride for MND fundraising event in Scarsdale this Labour Day long weekend. The ATHRA-affiliated group will set off on a casual ride between Friday, 11 and Monday, 14 March, in an attempt to raise money towards motor neuron disease research. Club president Samantha Wilson said […]<\/p>\n