Honda 50 Run & Family Fun Day

On Sunday 12th August a special fundraising event will take place at Ballyleague, Co. Roscommon in aid of The National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI). Called ‘Honda 50 Ride Around Lough Ree’, up to 100 motorcyclists will taking part with day-long activities at the Waterways Ireland Marina, Ballyleague with lots of family entertainment plus kayaking, sailing and a day-long BBQ.

One of the highlights of the event will be a raffle for a Honda 90 Vintage Cub motorcycle which is bound to attract lots of interest. Tickets are €10 and available from Gerry O’Reilly 086 8251225 or email gerry@nbcri.ie or Joe Cribben, Daybreak/Top Filling Station 043 3327583, Ballyleague. Tickets are limited to 300, with all monies raised going to National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI), based in Galway.

The family fun entertainment includes kayaking, Canadian canoeing, lake boat-trips, Sub-aqua display, Aunt Sally, fly-fishing exhibition, Irish dancing exhibition, busking, face painting, artist exhibition, bouncy castles, obstacle course, cartoon characters, stalls, sumo wrestling, wet sponge games. Also featuring live music, pig-on-spit barbeque, raffles and auctions.

The NBCRI research team are working hard to find the causes and factors that influence breast cancer and therefore help to develop effective screening, treatments and medication to combat it. The organisers would like to thank the 12th Ballyboro Scout Troop, Local Gardening Club, Ballyleague Village Renewal & Tidy Towns Committee and Local businesses for all their help and support with staging this event. Special thanks to Joe Cribben, Daybreak/Top Filling Station for sponsoring the Vintage Honda 90 Cub.