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2025 Face Of Relay Irene McDonald, committee member Cr Danita Potter, South Burnett Relay For Life Patron Carl Rackemann, committee member (and South Burnett Relay For Life founder) John Bjelke-Petersen and South Burnett Relay for Life chair Rowena Dionysius took part in a cake-cutting ceremony to mark 20 years of the South Burnett event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 13, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 20th South Burnett Relay For Life attracted a string of teams to Kingaroy’s T.J. O’Neill Oval on Saturday, all eager to raise funds for Cancer Council Queensland.<\/p>\n

The actual Relay attracts nowhere near the number of walkers as some of the all-night pre-pandemic events, but the dollar amount raised is still enormous.<\/p>\n

So far, the 2025 South Burnett Relay For Life fundraising campaign has raised almost $150,000 which includes the totals from the Dinner With The Champions ($38,921), the Ride 4 Relay and Cattle 4 A Cure ( $51,205), and numerous\u00a0 individual events as well as the actual Relay day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2025 South Burnett Face Of Relay Irene McDonald led off the Survivors and Carers Walk, the traditional start of Saturday’s event, accompanied by members of the Burnett Celtic Pipes & Drums playing on the verandah of the Red Ants clubhouse.<\/p>\n

Walkers from other teams then joined the parade, doing laps of the oval.<\/p>\n

Rob Fitz-Herbert and members of the South Burnett Music Alliance donated their time, equipment and talent to keep the live music flowing all afternoon.<\/p>\n

The entertainment was provided by Jared Walmsley, Jarrod Edwards, Amber Goldsmith, MISfITZ, The Bucket Boys, the Hard Yakka Showband, Ground Crew, RYZA and the Kingaroy State High School Band.<\/p>\n

(Cricketers playing on the adjoining Lyle Vidler Oval commented how great it was to have music playing while they were batting!)<\/p>\n

Also donating their time on the day were members of QCWA’s Kingaroy Twilight club, who prepared the Survivors Afternoon Tea, and the Wooroolin Lions who manned the canteen.<\/p>\n

A highlight of the day was the emotional candlelight ceremony at dusk which recognised friends and relatives who have succumbed to cancer.<\/p>\n

Missed out on Relay? Donations can also still be made online<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

[UPDATED]<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2025 South Burnett Face Of Relay Irene McDonald, left, and members of the Proston Angels fundraising team led the Survivors’ Walk on Saturday … the Proston Angels have also been raising funds for 20 years (Photo: Ros Heit)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Proston Angels team members… Noela Ardrey, Irene McDonald, Brenda Johanson and Jennifer Adams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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QCWA Kingaroy Twilight members catered for the afternoon tea (Photo: Ros Heit)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cr Danita Potter with her mum, former Kingaroy councillor Marie Shaw<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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The Bucket Boys were part of the entertainment line-up which helped to keep the walkers walking<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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South Burnett Relay For Life committee chair Rowena Dionysius, centre, with members of the Go Getta Girls fundraising team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Members of the Burnett Celtic Pipes & Drums (pictured with fans!) played on the verandah as the Survivors and Carers Walk began (Photo: Supplied)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Members of the “Ellerslie Ghosts” team … Jacque Wilson, Jordan Davia, Hunter Rackemann, Sam and Georgie Gold and Nicky Watkins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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2025 South Burnett Face Of Relay Irene McDonald and committee chair Rowena Dionysius cut the Relay’s 20th birthday cake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Members of the Wooroolin Lions Club were volunteering in the canteen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Margaret Stewart, from Kumbia, with South Burnett cancer nurse Sue Cox … Margaret is a member of the Birds Of A Feather team which has been raising funds for Cancer Council Queensland for an amazing 21 years (longer than Relay!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ellie Eagleson, 13, from Windera, with her grandparents Pat and Alan Eagleson, from Mon-Dee Coffee 2 Go<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A new event this year was the Colour Run which combined chalk, water pistols and an obstacle course for participants to negotiate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Some of the participants who braved the Colour Run on Saturday afternoon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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