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.