{"id":304323,"date":"2021-08-18T18:26:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T08:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=304323"},"modified":"2021-08-18T21:50:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T11:50:48","slug":"captains-dinner-officially-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/08\/18\/captains-dinner-officially-cancelled\/","title":{"rendered":"Captains Dinner Officially Cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Relay For Life patron Carl Rackemann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 18, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

The organising committee of the annual Relay For Life Dinner With The Captains has accepted the inevitable … the 2021 dinner has been cancelled.<\/p>\n

The booked out dinner was postponed on July 31 – the morning it was to be held – due to the announcement of a\u00a0snap south-east Queensland COVID-19 lockdown.<\/p>\n

It would have featured guest speakers\u00a0Allan \u201cAlfie\u201d Langer AM, Natalie Cook OAM\u00a0and\u00a0Kelvin Kerkow OAM.<\/p>\n

All the food preparations were complete which created a headache for organisers but a bonus for Kingaroy citizens who were invited to come down to the Town Hall to buy some special “takeaway” meals.<\/p>\n

At the time, South Burnett Relay For Life patron Carl Rackemann told\u00a0southburnett.com.au<\/strong>\u00a0he hoped the dinner could be rescheduled for later this year, but everything was very uncertain.<\/p>\n

However, Carl said on Wednesday the committee had “very\u00a0regrettably” made the decision to cancel this year\u2019s dinner altogether.<\/p>\n

“We don\u2019t feel we can confidently set a date later in the year without the risk of a similar disappointing outcome,” he said.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We are very grateful to all the supporters and sponsors, particularly major sponsors Telstra Store Kingaroy, and the night was promising to be another amazing event.<\/p>\n

“Hopefully we can stage Dinner With The Captains successfully next year.<\/p>\n

“In an attempt to raise much-needed funds for the ongoing fight against cancer, we plan to again have a live “Auction With The Captains”\u00a0later this year on CROW-FM.”<\/p>\n

This is the second year in a row the pandemic has scuttled plans for the dinner, which is always a highlight on the South Burnett’s annual calendar.<\/p>\n