Team Hairy Snid cheque presentation to the Rob Vine Fund
Team Hairy Snid, who helped Ian source and run his Kawasaki ZX-6 in the Supersport races at this year’s TT, have sent ianmackman.com this press release regarding their fundraising evening held in May:
“Team Hairy Snid presented Dr David Stevens of the Rob Vine fund with a cheque for £1042 during TT race week.
The Team, a group of TT supporters and road racing enthusiasts whose slogan is ‘Bikes, Beer, Craic’ have been visiting the Island every year since 1988, with this year being their 25th ‘TT Tour.
‘We have been coming to the Island for years now, and have have had such good times and made some great friends. Last year we helped roadracingsupporters.com promote their annual charity roadracing photography exhibition at St Ninian’s church during the TT. They suggested we could use the Team Hairy Snid logo to raise funds and thus the ‘Brand Hairy Snid’ merchandise was launched – a range of t-shirts, hoodies and mugs, with all profits going to road racing charities.
‘We have been coming to the Island for years now, and have have had such good times and made some great friends. Last year we helped roadracingsupporters.com promote their annual charity roadracing photography exhibition at St Ninian’s church during the TT. They suggested we could use the Team Hairy Snid logo to raise funds and thus the ‘Brand Hairy Snid’ merchandise was launched – a range of t-shirts, hoodies and mugs, with all profits going to road racing charities.
They introduced us to TT rider Ian Mackman who very kindly agreed to carry our Brand Hairy Snid logo on his Superstock bike that year. We weren’t able to offer him any financial support, but promised that if and when we we’re able to, he would be top of our list.
Over the winter, one thing led to another and the team agreed to supply Ian with a Supersport 600 bike for this year’s TT. With the generous support of Lancaster Brewery, they held a Pre-TT Fundraiser night at the brewery visitors center. Guests had the chance to meet ‘Mackers’ and see the Team Hairy Snid race bike whilst enjoying an open bar and live music. £5 of every ticket sold was donated to the Rob Vine Fund and all proceeds from a prize raffle were added to the total.
The team would like to thank Lancaster Brewery and all the bike sponsors for their valuable support, the prize donors who generously supported the raffle, and Ian for his hard work, skill and dedication during his TT campaign.
Find out more about Team Hairy Snid at www.teamhairysnid.com”
David Bleasdale.