Round Rable ‘BurnRun’ gets off to a roaring start
Tablers will endure this epic challenge for six nights and seven days of dirt riding.
Sheppie Round Table 83 held a BurnRun ‘get together’ party at South Coast Audi in Margate last Saturday. The party was to thank their sponsors for their support of the upcoming BurnRun event, which raises funds for the Hero Burn foundation.
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Tablers taking part in the BurnRun will be covering 1 802 kilometres on dirt roads over a period of seven days using dirt bikes and unconventional vehicles to raise funds and awareness for the foundation.
The team plans to travel from Port Shepstone to Langebaan in the Western Cape to coincide with the AGM of The Association of Round Table Southern Africa taking place at Mykonos, on the West Coast. They left on Friday, April 5 and will undertake this epic challenge for six nights and seven days of dirt riding.
Tabler Leon Garbade, who is spearheading the BurnRun told the Herald more than a million humans are affected annually by burns on the African continent. “Burns are the third most common cause of accidental deaths among children and young adults in South Africa,” he said.
Mr Garbade said while most people can recover from burns, serious burns, however, require emergency medical care to prevent complications and death, unfortunately, this kind of emergency medical care, as well as the post-trauma medical treatment is time-consuming and comes at a huge financial expense.
The benefactor of the BurnRun the Hero Burn foundation provides much-needed support to burn survivors and their families by preparing them for the long road ahead to recovery. The foundation also identifies and resolves shortcomings and obstacles in the medical and legal systems and creates a platform in which the recovery process is faster and more effective.
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