| Hakim Hayat |
OVER 70 riders participated in the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride (DGR) Brunei Darussalam 2018 during the weekend.
According to event organiser Abdul Azim bin Abdul Ghani from Recycles Motorcycle Co Brunei Darussalam and the Brunei DGR committee members, this year’s edition saw the largest number of participants since its inception in 2014.
The event was held to promote awareness on men’s health issues.
The event kicked off at the Progresif Headquarters in Kampong Kiarong and proceeded towards the Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex in Berakas and later towards Kampong Subok, Bandar Seri Begawan, Berakas, Gadong and ended at Kampong Kiarong.
The DGR was founded by Mark Hawwa in 2012. It is a worldwide annual event held on September 30. The event encourages riders to dress stylishly as they take to the streets in over 650 cities across 95 countries in support of men’s health. With around a million men losing their lives annually from suicide and prostate cancer, the annual event calls on the community to stop men from dying at a young age.
Over 120,000 men and women dressed in their finest attire rode their vintage and classic motorcycles during the worldwide event to raise funds and promote awareness on prostate cancer and mental health programmes on behalf of official charity partner, the Movember Foundation.
Having already raised over USD13 million for charity since 2013, the DGR is on a quest to raise a further USD6 million throughout the 2018 fundraising campaign which kicked off on August 1.
Brunei Darussalam raised USD844 (over five million raised worldwide for 2018) for the international cancer fund.
