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Cats at Kyogle 04

Gateway to the Rainforest Rally Kyogle 2004

For the third year of the rally, the Wildcats were in attendance once again, with members travelling from Walgett, Gunnedah, Casino and Kyogle. This rally is organised by the Rotary Club of Kyogle with the assistance of the Ulysses Club - Mt. Lindsey Branch to raise funds for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter and Camp Quality.

After staying overnight in Tenterfield at the biker friendly pub - The Royal Hotel Motel (well worth a look), we travelled on to Kyogle to meet up with the rest of the Cats at Tallie and Shelly's place for a well earned cup of coffee.

Fully loaded up with liquid supplies, we headed out to the showground to set up camp. With Macca and Tallie in the lead on bikes, an ideal site was selected staggering distance from the entertainment. Armed with a handful of tent pegs, Tallie discovered that the flat grassy area was on top of a rock filled reclaimed site (tent pegs bend easily when bashed with a hammer).

After all that exertion, it was time to crack the head of some liquid refreshments and head for the BBQ Lunch that was being cooked by the Kyogle Rotary Club and their many helpers.

The gymkana started early afternoon with the first event being the horseshoe throw. This was followed by the sack race. Tallie was the only Wildcat to slip into a sack that didn’t reach his kneecaps.

Unfortunately, Tallie is no bush kangaroo - three hops and he's down.

The tyre throwing was hotly contested with the odd casualty in the crowd from misguided rubber missiles. After the dismal effort in the sack race, Tallie showed his true colours with his triumphant win in the dummy spitting contest.

Joy and Shelly braved the egg throwing event only to be disqualified after their egg splattered all over Joys shoulders.

The Wet T-shirt with a Twist event was an icy challenge with three contestants per team. Mark and Macca worked feverishly to fit the shirt over Joy, but the icy cotton top just didn't make it.

The Show and Shine was well supported with many makes and models being displayed. There were bikes of all shapes and sizes from Big Cruisers to Micro Pee Wees.

The oldest rider on the day was Mr Mutt - aged 90 riding a 5 year old tourer whilst the youngest was a 17 year old girl from Brisbane.

Unfortunately, Mr Mutt ( alias John Sheppard pictured on the cover of the last Riding On magazine) didn't win the Oldest Bike / Rider combination as he was defeated by a young 54 year old riding a 1937 WLA Harley.

Other Prizes won by Wildcat members saw Big Ted win the Longest Distance Travelled, a gallon of WD40 in the monster raffle and (best of all ) the Hard Luck Award (see end of report). Joy won a 15 metre Tradesmen electrical extension chord. Tallie boosted the esky contents with his win in the multi raffle winning a carton of VB long necks and a carton of Coke. The Wildcats came third in the Most Attended - won by the Ulysses Club - Glasshouse Mountain Branch.

The Wildcats membership increased by two with the induction requirements being attained and approval being granted by No 2 Executive Member (Tallie). They are Mark Carpenter (Truckie) and Ainsley George (Office Worker) from Casino. Mark and Ainsley -friends of Shelly - travelled by bike to the Rally, pitched their tent on the grassy rock shelf and joined in the gymkhana events and camaraderie during the evening. Their highlight of the rally was winning the major raffle of a Holiday for Two at South Stradbroke Island.

The Hard Luck Award

Senior Wildcat Big Ted loaded his gear onto the bike ready to head out only to discover that his beloved BMW had a leaking fuel tank. Not deterred, he reloaded the gear into the car and headed for Coffs Harbour to meet up with some female acquaintances. To his dismay and to the pain in his groin, he discovered that both of his lady friends now share the same house (BUGGER). Totally disgruntled, he turned left and headed up the coast to Kyogle joining the rest of the Wildcats for coffee at Tallie and Shelly's.

- Macca