Pink Ladies 2024 tractor run raises £127,000 for cancer research

Representatives of the Pink Ladies Tractor run have handed over a cheque for more than £127,000 for Cancer Research UK’s breast cancer appeal, the proceeds of this year’s event that took place in July.

One-hundred-and-ninety-one women on board 178 tractors, all swathed in pink, travelled 20 miles from south Norfolk and north Suffolk, cheered on by thousands of people lining the pavements in towns and villages, and positioned in laybys and gardens.

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The £127,150 raised took the total fundraising tally since the first event in 2004 to £1,224,150.

Organiser Annie Chapman described the number of entries, which included 63 newcomers, as “stunning”.

“I really thought the numbers would drop back, as last year was such a special event with the 20th anniversary and the incentive to reach the £1m, which we smashed,” she said.

The participants included Dawn Briggs, who has taken part since 2007.

This year’s event was particularly poignant as her daughter, Julie, was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Julie has since undergone chemotherapy that was targeted at the type of breast cancer she had.

“Through the research that Cancer Research are able to do, and the money we raise helps pay for, they were able to pinpoint the cancer and give her the right type of drug to target it and hopefully eradicate it,” said Dawn.

“That’s why we should continue to drive our pink tractors every year, so more and more people will be like my brave and beautiful daughter and be beautiful, brave survivors.”