Bourne auction attracts avalanche of items.
Organisers of the Possum Bourne Charity Auction and Dinner have been inundated with a wide var🍌iety 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, Petter Solberg, Marko Martin, Carlos Sainz and Tommi Makinen.
Organisers of the Possum Bo𝄹urne 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 b🍌een donated items by the Ford, Peugeot, Citroen and Subaru World Rally teams, including overalls, gloves, and b🌳onnet plates, many of them signed by rallying's superstars, Petter Solberg, Marko Martin, Carlos Sainz and Tommi Makinen.
The Australian V8♊ Supercar circus has also come to the party with items from Greg Murphy, Marcos Ambrose and Russell Ingall. The Stone Brothers team who started their careers in the Tuakau - Onewhero area𝔍 have put up some hot laps at the Pukekohe Supercar race meeting.
There is a considerable amount of Possum memorabilia as well, including overalls, helmet and the bumper from his 19꧑99 Rally of NZ Impreza WRC car which led the 𒁏event on the first day.
Two trips are up for aucti𒐪on. ꦦOne to the Rally of Australia and the other to the Surfers Paradise Indy Car Grand Prix.
Other sports have also chimed in with signed gear from the 2003 Warriors, the All Blacks, the 🔴Auckland rugby team, the Black Caps and the World Champ🎶ion Silver Ferns and Black Socks.
And the international sports community has also come forward with items from Tiger🙈 Woods, Mario Andretti and Ralf Schumacher.
The organisers ha🐓ve received so many contributions that an 'on-line' auction i🔜s also being held.
"The response when we started asking for items for the auction was phenomenal," said Andrew Miller, the auction organiser. "We received so many items t♔hat an 'on line' auction was the only way to make the most of all the contributions."
There are numerous 'used' parts from Petter Solberg's cars from tไh𝓰is year's Rally of Monte Carlo and Sweden and signed Playstation WRC games.
More Australian Supercar V8 stuff, including signed poste🌌rs, cars parts and overalls and numerous motorsport books ar🦄e also available.
The 'on-line' auction is at
All proceeds from the dinner and auction will go to the Possum Bourne Fam𒐪ily Education Trust.
