Five solo riders, four teams and 25 kids took part in the annual event which this year raised funds for the Tennant Creek Children’s Christmas Tree.

Riders departed at 6:30am.

The early bolter was Beanzy from team Flying Four, also Josh Starick following closely to Beanzy’s wheels.

Then there was the old stages settling into their groove.

By the 15km mark, Beanzy and Josh had dropped behind and Calvin Pomare was setting a cracking pace with Flash just 1km behind.

Greeny, Trin and Rick were closely on the tail.

The field had spread out quite quickly.

The teams were sorting out each other, one minute they were all bunched up then Bridgestone/Lavery team made a break.

Team Central was in the mix then T&J Contractors with the Flying Four bringing up the rear.

Calvin performed a great solo ride by coming in under five hours.

Flash and Rick were head to head at the last 2km mark but Flash pedalled away and beat Rick by 500 metres.

Flash and Rick both made the journey in five hours.

Rick showed some good sportsmanship by waiting for Flash to fix his puncture and catch up at Bonney Wells.

The Bridgestone/Lavery team was the first team in with Central Team not far behind.

T & J Contractors followed, not a bad effort as some of their team had a huge night out.

Trin and Greeny had a great ride and, like Calvin, this was their first attempt riding solo.

The same goes with all the teams, except for T&J Contractors.

The day went really well without any dramas.

The girls weren’t happy when Rick didn’t have the winners top to hand over to Calvin to put on because they wanted to see his ripping muscles.

The Children’s Bike Rde was well attended with around 25 kids.

However, due to some latecomers jumping in on the ride to the railway station, numbers may have been higher.

Thanks to Helen, Alison, Libby and Isabelle for trying to keep the eager young riders safe.