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Ride for a Child, an annual 7 000km charity motorbike ride across South Africa to raise funds for under-privileged children’s surgeries and medical treatment, will attempt a world record on February 24, to have the most motorbikes riding in staggered formation in Jeffreys Bay.
Office manager, Joyce Crompvoets, said that Ride for a Child was initiated by the founder and CEO of Pediatric Care Africa, Dr André Hattingh, five years ago.
She said that the annual Ride for a Child, a 7 000km charity motorbike ride around South Africa, will begin on February 11, in Mpumalanga.
“We will visit the most northern, western, eastern and southern parts of South Africa to draw a symbolic circle around the children of South Africa, to show them that we care about them,” said Crompvoets.
Before heading back to Mpumalanga, the route will continue to Limpopo, North West, Free State, Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
Crompvoets said that through the Ride for a Child initiative they hope to raise R500 000, which will be used for under-privileged children’s medical care and surgeries.
She further said the funds will not go to specific hospitals or health care facilities; instead it will be used to pay for the treatment of individual sick children whose parents cannot afford medical treatment or surgeries, and are unable to be assisted by government hospitals or institutions.
Crompvoets said that under-privileged children throughout the country will benefit from the funds raised.
To add a unique twist to this year’s Ride for a Child, she said that Hattingh is requesting all motorbike clubs, motorbike organisations and bike riders in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and the rest of South Africa to join him, as they attempt a world record to have the most motorbikes riding in staggered formation.
Despite the Ride for a Child ride starting in Mpumalanga, the world record attempt will start 50km before the Caltex Mentors Plaza near Jeffreys Bay on the N2, on the Western side, and then travel towards Storms River and end at the Mentors Country Estate in Jeffreys Bay on February 24.
Crompvoets said that bikers are required to meet at the starting point by 11:00, to allow all bikes to get into a staggered formation.
She said that on signal and once everyone is in position, they will all start their engines and drive as one staggered group to the final point in Jeffreys Bay.
“We need the biker community to make the fifth Ride for a Child bike ride a world record-breaking event. Let us show the world what South African bikers can do.”
Crompvoets further said that the record attempt will be screened on several TV stations, including in Australia.
She said that special record attempt badges and Hattingh’s cookbook, Cooking with Doc, will be available for sale at the end of the ride.
Crompvoets said that sales made from the badges and cookbook will go directly to Paediatric Care Africa.
To join the motorbike ride, riders must pay a fee of R100, while pillions pay R50.
“These funds collected will go directly to children’s medical care and surgeries as part of our fundraising effort to assist children in need,” said Crompvoets.
For more information or to join the motorbike ride contact Joyce Crompvoets on 076 229 5663, email info@pediatriccareafrica.org or contact Mandy Pieters on 072 034 0544, email jbaybikefest2024@gmail.com.
