Thousands of toys were juxtaposed against almost as many motorcycles at the 33rd Motorcycle Toy Run, on Sunday, November 29.
December 1, 2015
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Brad Schafer at the 2015 Toy Run.
The event was hosted for the fifth consecutive year at the Benoni Northerns Sports Grounds, in Northmead and, by 11am, most of Northerns was filled by parked motorcycles.
The entry fee for the event was at least one toy, which eventually amounted to 23 700 donated toys.
With a sea of eye candy for petrol heads, the event attracted a vast crowd throughout the day, despite the hot weather.
Beside the pistons and wheels, Northerns featured to a large number of stalls, a beer garden and a stage with live entertainment.
Former Jacaranda FM DJ Paul Rotherham was the master of ceremonies and kept the crowd laughing between the performances of the two bands, Tryst and Back Bone.
The bikes departed from four mass starting points at 9am:
Irene Village Mall
The Blockhouse Garage
Carnival City Casino
Silverstar Casino
Benoni CPF, Metro Police, Gauteng Traffic Police and volunteers facilitated the safe flow of the more than 20 000 bikes to the venue.
Organisers Pete Beart and Graeme Cartwright said they were very grateful to the bikers, participating organisations and local community members.
Cartwright wanted to apologise for the road closures and traffic delays caused by the event.
The toys will be distributed by the organisers, Rotary Club, Lions International and Round Table Gauteng to a number of pre-approved charity organisations.
Jeff Marshall and Lauren Ritchie-Robinson.
Santa Claus is coming to town. One of the thousands of motorcyclists that descended upon Northerns on Sunday, November 29.
Chantal and Walter Watson arrive with their toys in hand, after a long ride.
Jurie van Jaarsveld (left), Ross Botha and Peter de Vries.
Seen here are (from left): Martie and Riaan Strydom with Pieter and
Petro Janse van Rensburg.
Ryno (left) and Renaldo Gerber with their donations.
The Toy Run was full of tough-looking bikers, but they all have hearts of gold. Seen here with their toys are, back (from left): Theuns and Gatiep Vermaak. Front: Natasha Stofberg and Jacques
Bezuidenhout.
Morné Combrink (left) and Stephen Rothner, from Ridge Riders.
Some bike association members at the Toy Run. They are, back (from left): Martinique Narsi (Forgiven), Nursheen Pather (Old Dirty Bastards), Dimple Narsi (Forgiven) and Riaz Pather (Old Dirty Bastards). Front: Siva Lungoomiah (Old Dirty Bastards) and Tahir Syed (Forgiven).
Michelle Kruger (dino) and Skinny van Schalkwyk (hippo).
Darren Brull and Mica da Couceicao.
A fraction of the donated toys. Seen here are, back (from left): Erika de Koker and Amonique de Koker. Middle: Jaydene Midlane and Graeme Cartwright. Front: Franca Guidici, Nikita Cumming and Pete Beart.
Arnie and Janie Honiball from Old School.
Uncle Darth and his little princesses. JP Maree, with Alouis (8, middle) and Isabella (4).
Eunice Nthite and Sibongiseni Masinga.
Daniel Nxumalo (left) and Darren Hunt.
Leon Labuschagne (left) and Dan Parker, riding with Harley Davidson Sandton.
Some of the bikers at the 2015 Toy Run. They are (from left): Randle Hurriepersad, Edwin Pillay, Prenesa Govender, Nuren Govender and Carl van der Walt.
Seen here are the main organisers (from left): Pete Beart, Graeme Cartwright, Franca Guidici and Jaydene Midlane.
Morgan Wood (left) with Cameron and Shellee McKenzie.
Celeste (left) and Mark Lewis, with Joe Pieterse.
Seen here are (from left): Sandy and Rob Nicol with Carola Trummer, Shirley Knowles and Grant Robson.