Aug 19 Memorial Ride Leon Mason, Simon Short, Toni Dommerholt-Purchase

**Genestho** · 22nd July 2007, 12:08

Event location: Bay of Plenty - Tauranga

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Memorial Run for Leon Mason, Simon Short and Toni Dommerholt-Purchase

Please paste the following link to view or print a flyer (sorry its only Jpeg, my .pdf let me down), or get more details, or just to have a nose
http://www.badd.co.nz/Whats%20On.html

Sunday 19 August 2007

Postponement date is Sun 26th if weather isnt looking good. Will put a cancellation over Local Radio stations. Also the Rock and Hauraki Fm.

Ride meets either 9.30am BayRide Cameron Road Tauranga, and on the day registration is at Okororie Hotel 10am.
The bar wont be serving alcohol but it will have Tea and Coffee

The route is to Hamilton (Main Roads) then back roads from Hamilton back to Tauranga.

The ride wont be going past the accident site because

A - I think thats quite personal
B - Safety of Bikes will be an issue and where the site is would not be a good place for 200+ bikes to stop or even rubber neck.
C - I want to celebrate Leons, Si's and Toni's lives - not deaths.

Registration is $10 and you get a NZ Bikers Against Drunk Drivers Logo Metal Pin.

Fundraising goes to NZ Bikers Against Drunk Drivers For:

Website hosting - to continue to publish awareness, to publish polls and to have a place where people can post opinions. And hopefully to continue to save Lives.
Funds also go towards presentation tools in the form of A course in presentation and speeches, software, a trailer specifically designed to have Leon and Simons bikes professionally and permanently, protected from weather mounted to go out into the community and Educate Secondary School Pupils the perils of Drink Driving and hope that I can reach a generation, Also to tour Bike Shows.
Travel will be expensive - especially if I go from one end of the island to the other..
The funding does NOT go to any of the families affected by this disaster.
If you wish to make donations to the families email baddnz@gmail.com and I can pass on your details.

Please pre register either online at www.bayride.co.nz or at Bayride Cameron Road Tauranga so we can see what size this ride will be, we will need a team to help with traffic according to the size of the run, we'd like a fair idea before we have to meet on the day also so we can find a stop for Food etc big enough to park the bikes.

Any questions please call BayRide Motorcycles Tauranga 07 5713040

**Matt_TG** · 22nd July 2007, 19:48

This ride sounds like a good idea, I saw the article in the BOP Times on the weekend, it's certainly a poignant cause and nice to see it gaining momentum.

I expect the ride will be a leisurely cruise over the hill, if so the wife and I would be most keen.

**Genestho** · 22nd July 2007, 21:16

Yep its a no stress event, in a good cause for a great reason, in the name of fantastic people, see you there

**tri boy** · 23rd July 2007, 12:48

Will have to miss the 19th date.(adv ride with Clint/and crew), but will be there for the rain date if that is required.
Attend if you can guys.

**Matt Bleck** · 23rd July 2007, 16:03

Originally Posted by DMNTD

We will make this one if at all possible

+1 .

**Unit:Me** · 23rd July 2007, 20:51

Would love to support this ride/meeting if at all possible, looking forward to meeting all who will attend

**nudemetalz** · 24th July 2007, 15:44

I'll see if I can attend also.

**MidnightMike** · 24th July 2007, 16:54

Ill probably be there, we'll see.

**jimbo** · 25th July 2007, 16:11

+2 of us mebbe more

**canarlee** · 25th July 2007, 16:17

if i can get a bed/sofa/floor *delete as appropiate* for the night before then i might just make it!

tis a good cause if we can get pissheads off the roads.......

**gijoe1313** · 25th July 2007, 23:20

Will clear my schedule and be there.

**insane1** · 27th July 2007, 09:51

im in for this one as well.

**Matt_TG** · 27th July 2007, 10:17

Will Bayride have a place on their website to register or have I missed it?

**Genestho** · 27th July 2007, 10:47

Hiya

Lindsay at Bayride whose helping me organise this, is away this week, back on board next week.
His webmaster is supposed to be creating the online registration form, ps you pick up your badge on the day at a designated and sign posted area, Ill have a team of girls calling out names for pre registration.

Ill email Lindsay's webmaster now and see where theyre at with creating the online reg, and post back here. Thanks for bringing that to my attention, I just went onto www.bayride.co.nz and couldnt see anything myself! Eeeeek. Cheerz