Organisers of the 2022 Mount Isa Distinguished Gentlemen's Ride are hailing this year's event as a great success.
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There were 69 riders taking part this year and all of them were dressed to the nines as they took to their motorbikes around town on Sunday, May 22.
A stop was made at Tom O'Hara park at the Moondarra turn-off where Hoofs, Paws and Claws put on a wonderful sausage sizzle and Headspace provided coffee and TimTams.
The registered riders was a little down on last year because of shut-downs and changed shift patterns, but they managed to raise $8,384 to be spent by the Movember movement on Prostate/Testicular cancer research and awareness of PTSD and Men's Mental Health issues. Three out of four suicides are men.
Everyone had a great event with a final meeting up at the Barkly Hotel. Rider Gavin Anderson took out the prize for the highest male fundraiser with $1,018 while Nikki Row took out the female award with $615.
The Distinguished Gentlemen's Ride was founded in Sydney in 2012 after inspiration from a photograph featuring classic suits and vintage motorcycles, when Mark Hawwa decided a themed ride would be a great way to combat the often-negative stereotype of motorcyclists and connect the global motorcycling community and to raise funds for a cause important to every rider.
Since 2012, the event has connected hundreds-of-thousands of classic and vintage style motorcyclists from over 100 countries around the world and to-date has raised $30 million for men's health.
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