Support has been pouring in for Greenwood’s Route 3 Racing Club after club-owned bikes were stolen last week.
There has been little information to help the club find four motorcycles taken from their clubhouse in Greenwood sometime during the night on Feb. 3, said co-organizer Angus Macneil. The break-in and theft was discovered the following Sunday, with the Midway RCMP contacted and volunteers and club members heading out to find the bikes.
The stolen bikes are:
-2001 Honda CR250R
-2004 Kawasaki KX85 with 100 cylinder
-2001 Honda XR100
-2008 (apx) Yamaha TT-R125
Hope of finding them is dwindling.
“I was hoping we would find them out on the trails or in someone’s home, but I fear they are not anywhere near Greenwood now,” he said.
There’s been a lot of speculation over what happened to the bikes, but Macneil said he’s sure someone knows what happened to them and where they went.
Public support has been massive, he said, with a GoFundMe set up to help the club rebuild and recover their losses.
The GoFundMe page can be accessed here.
However, the club is offering a $1,000 reward for the return of all the bikes, or $100 for an individual bike in the hope they can be recovered.
In previous statements, club Public Relations officer Geneva Blair said the bikes are critical to the club’s success. The goal of the club’s mandate is to help get children and youth involved in dirt bike and motocross racing while making it affordable by providing some of the equipment.
The bike theft has seriously harmed that mandate, she said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Macniel at 250-328-3912, or Midway RCMP.
Despite this theft, the club is moving forward with its mandate, including the popular weekend-long Racing 4 Change and concert in September. Racers from across BC, Alberta and northwestern United States are expected to attend. Macneil said he couldn’t divulge too many details at this time, but promised the featured concert will have a “major” band.
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