Final Long Gully ride night and fund raiser for Luke Montgomery - Fri March 28th

[Wisey]

The guys at FTF, Plush DH Shuttles and Long Gully have decided to put on a fund raising night to also coincide with their last DH shuttle night for the day light saving season. Instead of the usual Thurs night, they have moved it to Fri 28th March so everyone can come along and make an evening of it.

Ben Reynolds has kindly offered to also use the evening as a fund raiser for Luke. Luke unfortunately had an accident riding DH at Warby in Dec and consequently is now confined to a wheel chair. There are some very positive signs for Luke in that he may get the use back of his legs one day but at this point in time he is paralyzed from the waist down. We will use this evening to draw attention to his plight and raise some much needed funding to help him get on the road to recovery. A raffle will be held with donated goods from Yarra Valley Cycles, Sram and others with that money and a portion of the evenings fees all going into a fund for Luke.

Come out for a few runs of the new and improved Long Gully with 5 different tracks to choose from, enjoy a drink and BBQ afterwards and help out a fellow rider in need.

Where: 330 Long Gully Road Healesville
Time: Shuttles start at 5pm on the dot and run till sunset.
Date: Fri 28th March
Cost: $20 for FTF Club members, $25 non members plus $10 for a day license. Includes drinks and a BBQ to end the evening and bring a few spare coins for the raffle as there will be some quality product up for grabs.

Click on the link below to see a few pics from late last year of the property for those that have never been there. Benny has been hard at work rebuilding all the trails and a couple of the jumps as well.

http://www.ftfdh.com/

 

[rednightmare]

EDIT: just saw the other thread.

 

[dunndog]

This is awesome. i was driving the shuttles that day, and was one of the guys right on the scene. Harrowing situation, can only imagine the battles Luke's fought but I've heard he's extremely positive which is inspirational. Will be there next Friday without a doubt.

 

[Wisey]

This Friday night people. Get on it for a good cause.

 

[Puppet Master]

Don't forget to head up to Long Gully on Friday night (28/3/14) come and do some skids for a good cause! (read the first post to see why we're having this fundraiser)

When you come up you should bring money for Raffle tickets!!

Prizes confirmed so far including heaps of sunglasses from Oakley, R.M. Williams, Arnette and Tifosi, Tyres from Schwalbe and Rubena, tubes, insulated water bottles from Polar, we've got gift vouchers and heaps of goodies from Yarra Valley Cycles. Avanti Plus in Croydon and Cycle Science in Mitcham have also donated to the prize pool. We've got wine from Medhurst Wines in the Yarra Valley, Sparkling Wine from Chandon and there's a meat tray from Yarra Glen Quality Meats

So head on up get some riding in do, some skids, have a few beers (BYO) and BBQ and maybe walk away with some sweet gear. All this while raising money to help Luke out!

FTFDH would like to thank everyone that has donated to this fundraiser including (and in no particular order) SW Hollis Butchers and The Beef Joint in Healesville for supplying Sausages, Baker's Delight in Healesville for supplying bread. The Bicycle Peddler, Bike Box, Robbie Williams, Yarra Valley Cycles, Medhurst Wines, Yarra Glen Quality Meats, Avanti Plus Croydon, Cycle Science Mitcham, Domaine Chandon. We'd also like to thank Scott Reidy for the use of Long Gully for the event.

 

[MB]

Just want to bump this up to the top again, come out to Long Gully tonight for a rad night of shuttles that all goes to a great cause. I'm on my way out there now with some Alpinestars swag to kick in.

See you all out there.