Caption: Motorcycle club president Marty Maarhuis (centre) with Mahaleighyah Watene from No 12, and Desiree Brown from the Te Kūiti Communityt Housing Trust.
The proceeds from the Te Kūiti Quota Club poker run have been presented to community service organisations No 12 and the Te Kūiti Community House Trust.
January’s the poker run was a joint fundraiser by the club, the Te Kūiti Motorcycle Club, and the Te Kūiti Rod and Custom Club. The two service organisations were presented with $2000 each.
The St John Ambulance and the Te Kūiti Volunteer Fire Brigade each received $1200 from the inaugural 2023 event.
This year, after breakfast in Te Kūiti, car and motorcycle enthusiasts travelled to Aria, Piopio, The Caves Village and Ōtorohanga. They collected a playing card from each location and returned to the Quota Club where the team with the best poker hand won a prize.
“We are thinking of another one next January, I’ve just got to figure out who to give it to this time,” club president Mark Blakeway said.
He’s hoping it will be bigger and better.
“We were supposed to have a group of bikes come over from Tokoroa, but the weather let them down. No fun on a bike in the rain. Hopefully we get a better turnout next time.”
