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2019 Face Of Relay Carla Cross cut the ribbon to get the 2019 Relay For Life officially under way<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 14, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2019 South Burnett Relay for Life campaign has raised an “awesome” amount for the Cancer Council of Queensland … at least $111,000 and counting<\/p>\n

Committee chair Rowena Dionysius told southburnett.com.au<\/strong> the 28 teams entered this year had done a fantastic job of fundraising.<\/p>\n

The two biggest individual events were the Dinner For The Captains earlier this year, which raised $42,000, and the Ride 4 Relay, which finished on Saturday morning and brought in almost $21,000.<\/p>\n

The rest was raised by individual teams or during the actual Relay at the Kingaroy Showgrounds last weekend.<\/p>\n

“It is an awesome effort for an area this size,” Rowena said.<\/p>\n

Rowena’s own team, “2019 Cancer-Free Future”, was recognised as the highest team fundraiser, bringing in $9000.<\/p>\n

The Best On-Site Fundraiser and the Highest Fundraising School titles were both won by Taabinga State School which raised an amazing $7000.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After a couple of rain-affected years, the 2019 Relay For Life went ahead as planned at the Kingaroy Showgrounds.<\/p>\n

(Everyone wants the rain, except when you’re trudging around a speedway track in the wee small hours of the morning …)<\/p>\n

“We were very lucky,” Rowena said. “It rained just before the start of the Relay but then it didn’t rain again all night.”<\/p>\n

The weekend began at 3:00pm on Saturday with the reading of the Relay For Life ode by South Burnett Relay For Life patron Carl Rackemann.<\/p>\n

The 2019 Faces of Relay, Carla and Eric Cross, led the first lap around the oval – the traditional Survivors\u2019 and Carers\u2019 Walk – headed by piper Wayne Darr.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The rest of the walkers then joined in, pausing only at dusk for the Candlelight Ceremony of remembrance.<\/p>\n

The walkers were kept entertained with music provided by local entertainers, including jazz band Soul Good, Lloyd Back, Amber Goldsmith and Skin’n Bone.<\/p>\n

The gates were locked at 11:00pm but the walkers kept on lapping the oval until about 8:00am on Sunday when the fundraising figures were announced.<\/p>\n

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For the third year, the finish of the five-day South Burnett Mountain Bike Club’s Ride 4 Relay coincided with the main Relay For Life weekend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 20 or so cyclists rode into the Kingaroy Showgrounds just ahead of a cloudburst of rain and tiny hail.<\/p>\n

They covered an official distance of 401.6km and had raised an incredible\u00a0$20,606.90 by Monday, although this figure was still climbing.<\/p>\n

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Piper Wayne Darr leads 2019 Faces Of Relay Eric and Carla Cross in the\u00a0traditional Survivors\u2019 and Carers\u2019 Walk, the first lap around the showgrounds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Two of the Ride 4 Relay cyclists relaxing after their five-day slog …Jim Glenwright and Jason Scott, both from Kingaroy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Trevor Otto and his son, just-announced Division 4 Council candidate Brett, raised funds by travelling from the Gympie Regional Council border north of Murgon to the Kingaroy Showgrounds … Trevor rode his bicycle while Brett walked<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Volunteers from the Plymouth Brethren’s Rapid Relief Team from Gympie – who are working in the Wondai area as part of their drought relief operations – distributed free bottles of water to the weary Relayers … from left, Karl Baker, Duane Menzies, Drew Eade, James Eade and Jim Joyce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Trevor Heslop, Kingaroy; South Burnett Relay For Life committee member Frances Wyeth, Tingoora; patron Carl Rackemann, Wooroolin; and Cr Ros Heit, Wooroolin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Two members of the Birds Of A Feather team … Linda Thomas and Margaret Stewart, Kumbia<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Another Bird Of A Feather … Elaine Gurney, from Kingaroy, in full Relay For Life regalia<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Shannon Anderson, Emily Pashley and Monique Akers were part of the Murgon State High School team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jazz band Soul Good were just some of the local entertainers who kept the walkers moving<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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