Bourne auction attracts avalanche of items.
Organisers of the Possum Bourne Charity Auction and Dinner hav𝕴e been inundated with ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚa wide variety of items from the motorsport world and beyond.
The function to be held on Monday 12 April has been donated items by🌞 the Ford, Peugeot, Citroen and Subaru World Rally teams, including overalls, gloves, and bonnet plates, many of them signed by rallying's superstars, Pe🌜tter Solberg, Marko Martin, Carlos Sainz and Tommi Makinen.
Organisersღ of the Possum Bourn𓄧e Charity Auction and Dinner have been inundated with a wide variety of items from the motorsport world and beyond.
The function to be held on Monday 12 April has been donated items by the Ford, Peugeot, Citroen and Subaru World Rally teams, including overalls, gloves, and bonnet plates, many of them si🌺gned by rallying's superstars, Petter Solberg, Markꦫo Martin, Carlos Sainz and Tommi Makinen.
The Australian ꦚV8 Supercar circus has also come to the party with items from Greg Murphy, Marcos Ambrose and Russ♊ell Ingall. The Stone Brothers team who started their careers in the Tuakau - Onewhero area have put up some hot laps at the Pukekohe Supercar race meeting.
There is a considerable amount of Possum memorabilia as well, including overalls, helm🐼et and the bumper from his 1999 Rally of NZ Impreza WRC car which led the event on the first 🌞day.
Two trips are up fo🐈r auction. One to the R♚ally of Australia and the other to the Surfers Paradise Indy Car Grand Prix.
Other 𝔉sports have also chimed in with signed gear from the 2003 Warriors, the All Blacks, the Auckland rugby team, the Black Caps and the World Champion Silver Ferns and Black Socks.
And the international sports community has also come forward wit﷽h items from Tiger Woods, Mario Andretti and Ralf Schumacher.
The organisers have received so many contributions that an 'on-line' aucꦜtion is also being held.
"Th🌼e response when we started asking for items for the auction was phenomenal," said Andrew Miller, the auction organiser. "We received so many items that an 'on line' auction was the only way to make the mos⛎t of all the contributions."
There are numerous 'used' parts from Petter Solberg's cars from this year's Ra꧒lly of Monte Carlo and Sweden anꩵd signed Playstation WRC games.
More🦋 Australian Supercar V8 stuff, including signed posters, cars parts and overalls and numerous motorsport books are also available.
The 'on-line' auction is at
All proceeds from the din🧸ner and auction w🌊ill go to the Possum Bourne Family Education Trust.
