The South Cariboo Track and Trail Dirtbike Association held their second annual Poker Run event on Saturday, May 25.
The event took place at the South Cariboo Track and Trail Dirtbike Association’s track at the end of Ainsworth Road and involved 67 entries. Brandon Plewes, the vice president of the association, said that some riders came from across the region from Horsefly to Cache Creek.
Plewes said that the trails that the bikers went through were single-track.
“They’re wide enough for dirt bikes, dirt bike riders, when they’re going through these trails they don’t have to worry about ATVs, side by sides, and vehicles coming down the same road.”
A poker run is an organized event in which participants, using motorcycles or other means of transportation, visit several checkpoints where they’ll draw a playing card. The object is to have the best poker hand at the end of the run.
Those with the best hands by the event’s end were Darryl Wright, Mike Ratcliffe and Fraser Bostan. Wright had a full house (which contains three cards of one rank and two cards of another rank), Ratcliffe had a straight (which contains five cards of sequential rank), while Bostan had a three of a kind (which contains three cards of one rank and two cards of two other ranks).
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Kelly Servinski, from Clinton, BC, won the Iron Man award for doing 10 laps of the 12km long course throughout the day.
Each contestant to the event went home with prizes thanks to several donations from community businesses.
“We’ve got everything from gift certificates to local shops, to full Ryder gear sets and everything in between.”
Plewes stated that the event was held on a motocross trail that was first in use from the 1970s to the 1990s. The track was recently started back up six year ago after a 22-year absence.
“The motocross track has also been a steward for protecting trails in the area, having them registered with the government and ensuring that people from town - riders, people, outdoor enthusiasts that love dirt biking, have an area to always come to ride, whether it’s closed circuit track or dirt bike only.”
Plewes said that he feels the Poker Run was a success for the association.
“For a rainy day we have here, I’m pretty impressed with the turnout we had. The parking lot was full.”
