{"id":374177,"date":"2026-07-10T11:45:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T01:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=374177"},"modified":"2026-07-10T11:45:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T01:45:57","slug":"lions-dig-deep-to-support-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2026\/07\/10\/lions-dig-deep-to-support-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions Dig Deep To Support Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_374178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-374178\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709lions1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-374178 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709lions1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709lions1.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709lions1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709lions1-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709lions1-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709lions1-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709lions1-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-374178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The riders and their support crew at Wondai Sportsground on Thursday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>July 10, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Wondai Lions Club welcomed a special group of cyclists and their support crew members on Thursday night who are raising funds for research into rare forms of ovarian cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The 11 riders taking part in the 2026 Ride For Research, dubbed the &#8220;Great Queensland Rail Trail Adventure&#8221;, have been exploring the Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail (BBIRT), the Kilkivan to Kingaroy Rail Trail (KKRT) and the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail (BVRT).<\/p>\n<p>They left Boynedale, near Gladstone, on Tuesday with overnight stops at Monto and Gayndah.<\/p>\n<p>After spending the night in Wondai on Thursday, they were heading to Linville before finishing at Wulkuraka on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The group is raising funds for Rare Ovarian Cancer Inc, a charity which supports the Monash University&#8217;s Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne and researcher Associate Professor Simon Chu.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Chu joined the riders for the first leg of the ride to Monto.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The cyclists set a target of $100,000 for the 2026 ride, which they passed on Thursday night with a generous donation of $4500 from the Wondai Lions Club.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This takes the total amount raised by the charity since it began to more than $500,000.<\/p>\n<p>The Wondai Lions donated all profits from their market days in May and June, as well as raffles at the Wondai RSL Club and three numbers boards.<\/p>\n<p>They catered dinner for the riders on Thursday night at the Lions Pavilion as well as breakfast on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Donations to Rare Ovarian Cancer Inc can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocinc.org.au\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made online<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_374179\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-374179\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709lions2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-374179 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709lions2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709lions2.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709lions2-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709lions2-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709lions2-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709lions2-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709lions2-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-374179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wondai Lions Club president Dale Langley, second from right, with club members who provided dinner and breakfast for the cyclists<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wondai Lions Club welcomed a special group of cyclists and 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