Poker run winners and Ride to Remember update!

As many of you know there were two poker runs which were designed as fundraisers for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Prince Edward Island. Thanks very much to everyone who participated, who worked on it with me and those who volunteered your time.

Friday's poker run had about 55 bikes with an additional 15 passengers. The winner of this poker run wishes to remain anonymous and kindly donated the $100 prize money back to the Foundation. Thanks!

Saturday's poker run had approximately 214 bikes with around 55 additional passengers! Great turn out and thank you to everyone for your patience waiting in the line ups at registration and at some of the locations for cards. Something to improve on next year. The winner of Saturday's poker run was Jack MacKenzie from PEI. Congrats Jack - he was very excited!

The Ride to Remember tribute ride was amazing! Estimates are between 250 & 400 bikes. Someone said that they stopped counting after 300. It was great to see people standing on the side of the road waving at the bikes as they rode by. For those of you that purchased bandanas - thank you. Wear them with pride as they represent those in our lives who have been affected by heart disease and stroke.

Ride safe for the rest of the season and hope to see you back next year.

Sue Platts

What a weekend!!

Well I have had a couple of days to recoupe from all the festivities of the Red Island Run this past weekend and I am happy to report that the weekend was a great success.  We had aprox. 1000/1200 bikes participate in the first time event and everyone that I spoke with was happy with what they saw.  The weather co-operated with offering us nothing but beautiful sunshine and warm weather.  The entertainment was great, not only at night in the concert hall but durring the day as well when the Hub City Stunters were performing as well as the people who were doing the drags at Oyster Bed Speedway.  All the vendors agreed that the setting on the waterfront was spectacular and the turnout was way better than they had anticipated.  Thanks again to all the great sponsors who helped to make this event possible as well as Harley Davidson for sending along their Demo Truck so that people could test drive all the new bikes comming out for 2011. They have really set the bar high this year. Everyone was able to find somehting that they liked. One of the highlights of the weekend was meeting custom bike builder Bob MacKay as he showed off his latest bikes that were on display.  Everyone who met him could not believe how down to earth he was and the fact that he would take the time to talk with anyone regardless of age or if they even had a bike.  Anyway, thanks to all those that attended the first Red Island Run, we truly hope to see you there next year. 

Saturday 50-50

Saturday 50-50 Winning Number....

42633

Friday 50-50 Winner

Winner of the Friday 50-50 is Jim Doiron... He took home $340.

Time is short

Well, we have the prospects of great weather.....sun and just a few clouds....we have a great program of events and things for everybody at the Seaport Centre and at Raceway Park on Saturday, so I guess that for now we can only count on you dropping by to see the bikes, the vendors, the stunt riders, the fashion show and othjer exciting things that will be happening at the inaugral Red Island Run motorcycle Rally.

We look forward to seeing you, whether you own or wish you owned, a 2 wheel motorcycle, of any brand or color!!

Two days to go!

Festival tents are going up, getting lots of calls from people looking for information on the rally and the poker runs. Boomer is promising good weather! :-) Poker runs Friday & Saturday are going to be fantastic. I was riding in the front seat of a police car, yes... not the back seat, yesterday going over the Ride to Remember parade route to make sure that we have a smooth ride through town! We'll get to run red lights legally!

If you don't ride then come out & sit along the parade route, see the bikes as they go by, make banners, plaques with the names of people in your life affected by heart disease & stroke! Wear red to show your support! We depart from Green Valley Market on Rte. 2 at 4:30 pm. Parade route: Lower Malpeque Rd., North River Rd., Euston St., Brighton Rd., around Victoria Park, Kent St., Prince St. and onto Water St.. We will be escorted by the Charlottetown City Police and the RCMP will be helping us with stopping traffic on Rte. 2 to get us on our way! Thanks very much to both organizations for their support.

This event is for everyone - come down to the Seaport Centre in Charlottetown see the beautiful bike that will be there - cruisers, sport bikes and Jake Shaw's bikes of interest!

Sue

Awesome ride!

Rode the western route yesterday and the people at the stops are very excited to have the poker run coming their way! Weather, scenery and roads - amazing. Riding the eastern route tomorrow - it's going to be another great day.

Cheers!