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12 Tuesday <strong>November</strong> 7 <strong>2017</strong><br />
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Huge turnout for bike show<br />
• By Sophie Cornish<br />
THE SMASH Palace Bike Show<br />
took New Brighton by storm on<br />
Saturday.<br />
“It went really well, everyone had<br />
a ball,” said event organiser Jason<br />
Mill.<br />
Originally, 20 heats were planned<br />
for the demonstration but Mr Mill<br />
said on the day there was close to<br />
60.<br />
Tony Hockley, 82, son of former<br />
bike enthusiast and founding member<br />
of the Pioneer Motorcycle Club<br />
Geoff Hockley, raced on the day.<br />
The event was linked to the late<br />
Mr Hockley, who was involved in<br />
the first ever bike races on New<br />
Brighton beach in the early 1900s.<br />
Event organisers had one lap<br />
planned for Tony, who ended up<br />
lining up for the next six races<br />
afterwards.<br />
“We couldn’t get him off the<br />
bike,” said Mr Mill.<br />
Between 3000-4000 spectators<br />
showed up and the seaside market<br />
said they had one of their busiest<br />
markets of the year, said Mr Mill.<br />
Originally the event was planned<br />
to be biennial, however, following<br />
feedback from spectators, Mr Mill<br />
thinks this may change.<br />
“The word I kept hearing was<br />
next year . . . if the community<br />
wants it, we will do it.”<br />
ENTHUSIASTS: Between 3000-4000 people turned out in New Brighton on Saturday for the<br />
Smash Palace Bike Show.<br />
PHOTO: AARON CAMPBELL<br />
LINE UP:<br />
Riders about<br />
to set off for<br />
a lap on the<br />
beach. Tony<br />
Hockley (right)<br />
on a vintage<br />
bike. PHOTOS:<br />
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