90kms Left 7am arrived 1.30pm
Steve Warden going into Peak Hill
Nardeen Hayden
FOUR new riders – Nardeen Hayden Peter Rohr, David Stephens and Tony Farnham – joined the Barossa Valley to Tamworth Mountain Bike Challenge Sunday night.
Their first stage was a 90km trek that took in some country roads along the Newell Highway.
It also included plenty of dirt.
For Manilla’s Nardeen Hayden the charity ride is nothing new.
She’s been riding the charity and other long distance rides for a number of years.
“This is my eighth charity ride for the helicopter,’ she said early yesterday.
“I’ve also done a few other rides with friends, did a Manly to Manilla.”
Nardeen runs the Westpac Instore at Manilla as well as teaching (maths/science) and relishes the chance to ride in the charity events.
“It’s a personal challenge,” she said.
“Challenges you in a away you haven’t been challenged before.”
She said conquering the physical and mental aspects of distance rides makes obstacles and problems at home seem minimal when she returns.
Born and bred in Manilla she is a stones’s throw from the Royal Hotel, or as she puts it a “waterbomb” or two.
She laughs about lobbing waterbombs at the Royal, which is run by Tom and Vicki Cocking.
They have been good friends to the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service in the past and accommodated riders on their Manilla legs of the September rides.
They have been good friends to the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service in the past and accommodated riders on their Manilla legs of the September rides.
Vicki Cocking didn’t know Nardeen was on this current trek but was delighted to learn of it yesterday.
“It would be a fabulous experience,” she said.
‘We’ll have to throw a bit of sponsorship your way. And we’ll get a few of the patrons to throw in during the week and see what we can do.”
Yesterday’s 90km leg started at 7am with a quick run down from ride captain, Rick Lavers.
“We have to be in Dubbo by 3pm because Carly Gillard (one of the Newcastle riders has to be there to have her nails done,” Rick said.
“I might get mine done too,” replies Bruce Jeffrey from the shadows.
Carly is a bridesmaid at a wedding this weekend.
Vicki Cocking didn’t know Nardeen was on this current trek but was delighted to learn of it yesterday.
“It would be a fabulous experience,” she said.
‘We’ll have to throw a bit of sponsorship your way. And we’ll get a few of the patrons to throw in during the week and see what we can do.”
Yesterday’s 90km leg started at 7am with a quick run down from ride captain, Rick Lavers.
“We have to be in Dubbo by 3pm because Carly Gillard (one of the Newcastle riders has to be there to have her nails done,” Rick said.
“I might get mine done too,” replies Bruce Jeffrey from the shadows.
Carly is a bridesmaid at a wedding this weekend.
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