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While most people were sweltering in the humidity on Waitangi weekend, 88-year-old Jim Sonerson was putting everyone to shame by cycling non-stop for a four-hour fundraiser.
He climbed aboard his static racer at 3pm in the relative cool of the Warkworth RSA bar and didn’t stop again until 7pm, when he was presented with a much-needed cold pint.
Jim was riding to raise funds for the RSA’s lift appeal, which is needed to take visitors up from the downstairs carpark into the bar, restaurant and clubrooms. He managed a total of 165.7km at an average speed of 41.3kph, and his efforts raised an extra $1380 for the cause. RSA secretary manager Chrissy Keith said it was a terrific effort.
“Work has started today on the installation of the lift, and hopefully it will be finished by-mid April,” she said.
Donations can still be made here: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/warkworth-rsa-big-ride-raising-funds-to-install-an
