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Pink Ribbon Ride 2008
It has to be a very special occasion for Westmead Breast Cancer Institute (BCI) web officer Kerry Eyles to don black leather jacket and pants and a pink tutu.
And indeed the annual Pink Ribbon Motorcycle Ride on Sunday 19th October was a special event, with about 500 motorbikes roaring through town to raise more than $30,000 for the BCI to help fight against breast cancer.
“The warm spring weather and the friendly camaraderie of the riders, along with the outrageous costumes and decorated bikes made it a fantastic event,” Kerry said.
Kerry was diagnosed with breast cancer 12 years ago and her mother has had breast cancer twice in the past six years. Both are well and are testaments to the fact that early detection saves lives.
Kerry was an enthusiastic pillion passenger on her husband’s much loved Super Duke motorcycle, which is a rather rare KTM from Austria. Kerry and her husband Paul have been participating in the Pink Ribbon Ride for the past 5 years and look forward to it each year.
This year, motorcyclists and pillions from Sydney and surrounding areas rode, quite conspicuously, to the Pink Ribbon Ride departure point at Hornsby RSL club.
“Pink feathers, ribbons and tutus were in abundance and our convoy was quite a spectacle, we turned a lot of heads when we travelled through the north-western suburbs of Sydney.”
The ride coursed through Maroota with one check point at Pitt Town where riders and their pillions stopped for a welcome cool drink at Pitt Town & Districts Sports Club.
Then the convoy returned to Hornsby RSL club and enjoyed a relaxing lunch and prize-giving ceremony. Animal, a regular pink Ribbon Ride participant, won the Best Dressed Bike award, and Melanie Rogan from Bikers Australia won the prize for raising the most money and also the Best Dressed Scooter award.
BCI Health Education and Marketing Manager Sandra Botic said the Pink Ribbon Motorcycle Ride was a tremendously successful annual event.
“It’s wonderful to see so many people turn out to support this event and it’s all thanks to the passion of the Women’s International Motorcycle Association, they put so much hard work in to make it happen.”
![BCI staff Jo and Kerry (centre left and right) enjoyed being pillions with [Jo?s bro?s name] (left) and Peter Eyles (right).](/images/stories/news/pinkribbonride/ribbonride2008/bcistaff.jpg "BCI staff Jo and Kerry (centre left and right) enjoyed being pillions with [Jo?s bro?s name] (left) and Peter Eyles (right).")
