ride4acure

How do you get to Melbourne? - One step at a time!

Firstly again thank you to all the big hearted, wonderful, generous people who helped make ride4acure so successful in 2009. 2010 is shaping up to be even more awesome.  In a nutshell 2010 is about things that were very close to Hannah’s heart….. Horses, cattle, community and fun! ride4acure aims to embrace all of that and more!

To kick off the year I am with my horse crew, doing a long distant event for ride4acure in 2010 .  A Horse Trek from 18th April to 4th July 2010, riding solo  with three of my horses ‘Wrangler’  (saddle horse), ‘Billy’ (pack horse) and ‘Meg’ (spare saddle horse), following Travelling Stock Routes (TSR’s)  through NSW and into Western Victoria this is over 1800kms. In addition to the trek I will again be visiting schools with the multi-media presentation “Mela-What?” that I created,  to promote sunsafety and skin cancer awareness to young Australians in rural and regional communities.  I am hoping to visit 31 schools en route and I am encouraging schools to fundraise for ride4acure-Hannah Rose Melanoma Research Fund.  The goal of reaching $150 000  by end of September 2010,  is becoming a reality as we’re nearly a third of the way there as of New Years Eve 2009 with over $44 000 raised in a few short months.  Donations can be made online, direct debit or by cheque. For details see donation link on right of page.

Meg, Wrangler & Billy-"The Crew"

The route is  finalised and is posted on this website (see right hand column ITINERARY) . Generally  I will be riding to Armidale across the ranges from Willawarrin via Bellbrook, then Armidale, Tamworth, Dubbo, Narrandera, Tocumwal, Charlton VIC, Bendigo, Kilmore then Melbourne. I will be looking for ‘friends’ along the way! so  please send me an email if you’d like to help out!   As I will be solo without a road backup crew. Watch this space!

The Crew having a well deserved rest.

17th April 2010 (Eve of trek departure) Willawarrin Hotel  ride4acure Fundraiser 7pm onwards. Great local band “Stinky Cheese” will be playing, also BBQ and fundraiser auction and raffle on the night and also the Willawarrin Idol competition so start oiling your vocal chords! . If you’d like to donate to the auction please email me with details.

18th April 2010:  Willawarrin to Melbourne Horse Trek departs from Willawarrin Hotel  at 9am.

1 & 2 May 2010: Willawarrin Campdraft – Coggie and Linda Wilshusen have donated a tropy in memory of Hannah for the Encouragement Campdraft, the Hannah Rose Memorial Trophy. Incidentally the 2nd of May is Hannah’s 22nd Birthday.

Hannah & Lena Zone 9 Associate Campdraft Champions 2005 & 2006

Hannah & Lena kicking up dust at Chiltern Rodeo 2008

4th July 2010:  Horse Trek arrives Melbourne Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.

11 July 2010 (finals venue TBC will be near Melbourne): Finals of Hannah Rose RideTuff Barrel Racing Saddle Series (over 10 rodeos held in southern NSW & VIC competing for trophy saddle  generously donated by Eddie Fisher Ride Tuff Rodeo Equipment) I will stay in Melbourne to proudly present the trophy saddle to winning barrel racer.

21st August 2010: ride4acure fundraiser spring cattle sale donations of livestock needed. A local livestock producer has generously volunteered to cart cattle within the Macleay Valley if needed to the sale.  Am also encouraging people in other areas to contact me and we can look at donating cattle to ride4acure in your own selling centres.  I will be riding through some of the most prolific beef production country in NSW and would love to hear from anyone who’d like to come on board with the cattle donations.

25th September 2010: ride4acure Dinner Dance and Auction at the Kempsey Macleay RSL Club dancing the night away to “The Offshores”. Tickets available at Silver Dollar Saddelery Smith St Kempsey (next to Subway) Adults $45 Kids under 13 $30.  The auction is yet again kindly ran by Kempsey Stock and Land.   This is shaping up to be a wonderful event after last years sell out two dinner dances. Mark your calanders and keep this date free. Again looking for donations for the auction please email if you’d like to support. Tickets will on sale 1st of September.

RAFFLE – ride4acure monster raffle will run throughout August and September and will be drawn at the dinner dance on 25th September. First Prize is a chainsaw package kindly donated by Regina And Greg Hawkins from Hawkin Mower and Chainsaws in Belgrave Street Kempsey. Second Prize is a beautiful piece of art painted by Anita Humphries a Newcastle artist. Third prize is a $100 Fuel Voucher donated by Mavin’s Petroleum Kempsey.

Please feel free to contact me if you’d like to support ride4acure. All donations will be very greatfully and graciously appreciated! You can also find ride4acure group on facebook!