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Mothers’ Day Classic at Girgarre

By Kyabram Free Press

May 2, 2023

One in, all in: Cindy Attwell and some of the younger participants from the Mother’s Day Classic Event at Girgarre last year.

Girgarre is one 70 Australia-wide locations that will host Australia’s biggest fun run and walk for breast cancer research, the Women in Super Mother’s Day Classic.

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The Sunday, May 14, event is in its 26th year of operation, with 20 of the 73 confirmed locations conducting an event for the first time.

So far there are seven new locations for 2023.

In Victoria they include Seymour, Echuca and the Mornington Peninsula.

In Western Australia, Point Samson and Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

For NSW, Taree, plus Woodgate Beach in Queensland.

There will also be 12 popular venues returning after an absence of a few years including Edenhope, Ouyen and Lilydale in Victoria, Parramatta Park and Kyogle in NSW, as well as Chinchilla, Roma and Toowoomba in Queensland.

And in Western Australia, Broome, Karratha, Port Hedland and Carnarvon make a return.

The breast cancer research fundraising event will start at Girgarre at 8am, with tickets available on the day from 7.30am

A four-kilometre course will start at Railway Reserve in Station St on market day.

Another new element to this year’s event is the addition of some longer running distances.

In Melbourne, entrants can sign up for the new 12km distance, and there will also be a 5km and a 10km run in Sydney and Western Sydney.

“Over 1.5 million people have participated in the Mother’s Day Classic for breast cancer research in the past 25 years, donating $41.5 million, and each year we are building on the success of the event,” Ms Lawless said.

“So this year we’re giving running enthusiasts more options, adding longer distances to some locations.”

Participants will receive a race bib and medallion in the mail so they can create their own unique MDC experience and have access to the MDC online fundraising dashboard and fitness tracker.

“By signing up for the Mother’s Day Classic you are joining a passionate, pink, and purpose-driven community united in the fight against breast cancer,” Ms Lawless said.

“We cannot wait to see everyone suiting up, showing up and standing stronger together on Mother’s Day and as we bring communities back together across Australia.”