To those of you who attended this year’s race, a huge thank you for coming and taking part in our annual event. Everybody seemed to agree that the new off-road format worked much better and we have even more exciting plans for next year’s race, expanding on the new concept, offering different distances and formalising the children’s race. Oh, yes and putting out more signs and marshals to reduce the numbers of lost cyclists and incidents of bad language! (Sorry Craig).
We brought in a total of R30 000.00 including the entry fees and fines collected but, as we always say, the RattRace is not really about the money we raise. It is an annual celebration of David’s life and his contribution to the Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift communities and it is the one day in the David Rattray Foundation calendar when the fund-raising effort is visible in the community itself. It is also a great excuse for a gang of friends to get together and have a good ol’ party.! For these reasons, it is an important tradition and we are delighted to have seen so many old and new faces for this year’s race. Thank you James (and his guitar) for such great entertainment, we look forward to a Myers/Hendry duet next year!
Please note that the RattRace 2013 will not take place on the Heritage Day weekend as in all previous years. We are moving the event to the end of July in the hope that we will attract more entrants and especially more younger participants. The 2013 RattRace will therefore take place on the weekend of the 19/20 July so please block off that weekend in your diary now.
To those of you who didn’t attend the 2012 RattRace, to my immense regret I am again obliged to penalise you, although, as on previous occasions, we have decided that if you book for next year’s race, you will have the option of having the amount of this fine returned to you as a discount on your entry fee for 2013. A special thank you for their very generous donation goes to the Godlonton family who unfortunately could not make it this year. This, however, does not mean that you can miss the 2013 weekend!
The fine for non-attendance by previous attendees is, as usual, R500 per couple and it may be paid into the David Rattray Foundation bank account as follows: Standard Bank, Ladysmith Branch no 057725. Account number 060148330. Please use your surname as a reference.
Many thanks for your support in the past and again now. A big thank you to our sponsors, especially SATIB for yet again sponsoring the T shirts.
We very much hope to see you next year. More details will follow through the year.
See you there – for more aching muscles, emptying pockets and, above all, good company and fine food! The more the merrier …
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