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Scooter challenge the ‘toughest yet’ Simon Bloomberg The “toughest and best” Survivor Scooter yet has raised about $8000 for the Nelson Ark after covering some of the most challenging offroad terrain around the top of the South Island. Twenty-four riders started Survivor Scooter Five in Murchison on February 18 and finished Survivor Scooter riders during their epic journey around the top of the South Island. four mud-covered, water-logged days later at the Kahurangi Lighthouse. During that time, paint | wallpaper | curtains | blinds they traversed across 440km of roads, tracks, rivers and beaches on their 50cc scooters, all in the name of fun and fundraising for the Ark. “It was the toughest and best one yet,” organiser Jason Monopoli says. “Two-thirds of it was off-road and we had some really difficult sections. “We were only in the second hour of the trip and we hit a really steep, rocky section near Lake Rotoroa. The last day was tough as well paint | wallpaper | curtains | blinds because we had to start at four in the morning Exposed RRP from to get the tides along the beach and had this $87.99 per roll muddy, boggy river crossing that slowed us Last days of Emeka Collection paint | wallpaper | curtains | blinds paint | wallpaper | curtains | blinds Exposed RRP from down.” $79.95 per$87.99 metre uncoated per roll Jason says they had to repair quite a few of the scooters along the way to keep the riders on track. Riders also needed the occasional push or a pull from the Nelson Four Wheel Drive Trish TrishGray Gray Club support crew to negotiate some of the trickier sections. * Although the route for Survivor Scooter Five was a big challenge, Jason says the riders finished largely unscathed. “There were quite a few bumps and bruises and minor cuts, but nothing serious. I was the only Brenda Grant one who really got injured when I dislocated my kneecap on the way back from the lighthouse. “I was carrying a scooter across a river and this tidal surge caught the bike and whacked it against my knee and dislocated the kneecap. Luckily, it popped back in so I was okay.” Jason says the event was such a success that he Paula Fletcher is already thinking about planning Survivor Scooter Six. * * Conditions apply, see in store for details. “About 90 per cent of the riders were returning from last year and this year just about everyone * Conditions apply, see in store for details. *Offer applies to lined pencil pleat drapes with a minimum 160cm drop. Applies to fabrics $39.95 and over with a maximum 150cm width from selected fabric ranges. says they want to come back again, so it looks Offer valid until Sunday 5th October 2014. like I’ll have to organise another one.” A Peugot scooter, donated by major sponsor Total Oil and used in Survivor Scooter Five, Justine Gunn will be auctioned on TradeMe as soon as its clutch is repaired with proceeds going to the Nelson Ark.
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