Help get our riders to Rio!
" I am Heath Ryan, a past Australian Olympian from the Equestrian disciplines and I have also been involved in a coaching capacity in the 90's and 2000 when Australia was winning Olympic Gold Medals. Today I need your help to help Australian based Equestrians for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics."
Heath's goal is "to raise an unheard of $150,000 and if everyone has a go $200,000."
The Rio de Janeiro Olympics, due to exotic diseases, comes with some difficult quarantine restrictions for the Australian based riders. 60 days quarantine in the Northern Hemisphere before being allowed back to Australia. This does entail larger than normal expenses for the riders, the horses and the horse owners. Also due to some of the Australian Olympic selection procedures some Australian riders were required to travel to the Northern Hemisphere for final selection trials with no guarantee of team selection.
Can you help?
The main thrust of the fundraiser is through a silent auction at the Olympic Fundraiser Ball and a live auction of 10 of the bigger items. Heath needs your support and donations which can be subsequently auctioned. To dat they have;
- A brand new car with no strings attached from Sutton's Motors & Gilbert & Roach
- A new Bates saddle
- 2 day private Marlin FIshing Adventure from Port Stephens
- A truck load of lucerne hay
- A pallett of horse feed
- A portable brush arrowhead cross country fence
- 8 portable steel gates which can make a portable yard
- 1 full mechanical truck service
- Past Olympic Memorabilia
- Dinner for two at a restaurant in the Hunter Pokolbin area
- Cases of wine
- One free shoeing
We do need lots more! $200,000 has never before even been thought about let alone achieved.There is no item too small or too large. These items will go up a couple weeks before the Olympic Fundraiser Ball online on an advertised website so that all of Australia can get involved with the fundraising efforts. The silent auction bidding will close at 11pm on the evening of July 30th at the ball. The licensed auctioneer Andrew Hearn is the husband of Dressage rider Sue Hearn who is trialling for Rio. Everyone involved in the Olympic Fundraiser Ball is on a voluntary basis. If you feel you can help us out in any way and make a donation we would be very grateful. Please see the Olympic Fundraiser Ball donation/sponsorship form attached.
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