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\t\t\t\tTuesday, December 3rd, 2019<\/span> | Posted by Tayla Kershaw<\/a><\/span> \t\t\t<\/div>\n

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ENGINES FOR ENJOYMENT: (Back, L-R) Leongatha Motorcycle Club members Andrew Mackie and Darrell Van Den Borne are joined by (front, L-R) Jett, Liam and Aidan. The club\u2019s year breakup was filled with fun and enjoyed by all. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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THE Leongatha Motorcycle Club celebrated its year last weekend with a Christmas breakup held at the Mackie farm.<\/p>\n

Dozens of members took to the farm to ride, enjoy a sausage sizzle and each other\u2019s company.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a feel-good time for us at the end of each year,\u201d club president Darrell Van Den Borne said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got everyone out here, kids, parents, enjoying themselves. It\u2019s what John (Mackie) would have wanted too, so it\u2019s pretty special.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the adults spent time chatting with each other and preparing food, the kids rode around the farm endlessly, thoroughly enjoying the opportunity to ride their bikes and put them to the test against each other.<\/p>\n

Someone also dressed as Santa Claus on Saturday, surprising kids and bringing more enjoyment to the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want them to race each other too fast but we do let them have some small competitions, it\u2019s just great to see them coming here and having fun,\u201d Darren said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor a lot of these kids it\u2019s their chance to socialise and spend time with a bunch of other kids. We want to make it fun, that\u2019s what we\u2019re all about providing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The young riders also take the opportunity to learn from the veteran riders.<\/p>\n

This is something Andrew Mackie believes is a standout aspect of the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou teach them specific things, whether it be about turning or control, and then they\u2019ll pass it on to others down the line,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just like learning proper technique in football, it\u2019s really beneficial, and it\u2019s great to have that aspect.\u201d<\/p>\n

The club is eager to get stuck into next year already, and is open to welcoming all comers for a small fee.<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 | Posted by Tayla Kershaw Bike riders hold brilliant breakup ENGINES FOR ENJOYMENT: (Back, L-R) Leongatha Motorcycle Club members Andrew Mackie and Darrell Van Den Borne are joined by (front, L-R) Jett, Liam and Aidan. The club\u2019s year breakup was filled with fun and enjoyed by all. Daniel Renfrey \u00a0 THE […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,10,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15207,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863\/revisions\/15207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}