FRIDAY THE 13th PORT DOVER RUN 2011

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JOIN US !! THE FAMOUS FRIDAY THE 13th PORT DOVER RUN WILL BE HAPPENING FRIDAY MAY THE 13th, THOUSANDS OF BIKING ENTHUSIASTS, AND GUESTS WILL DESCEND UPON LAKE ERIE'S MOST FAVORITE BIKING SPOT. JUST LIKE LAST YEAR , FOR EAST END RIDERS WE WILL MEET UP IN THE SCARBOROUGH AREA AT THE "JACK ASTORS" SOUTH OF THE 401 HWY AND MACOWAN RD, ON PROGRESS AVE AND BOROUGH RD BESIDE THE SCARBOROUGH TOWN CENTRE FOR 8:30 AM. THEN WE WILL TAKE HWY 401/403 TO THE WESTEND MEET UP99 Rathburn Road West, Mississauga, ON L5B 4C1 (905) 273-9000 ‎ NEAR SQUARE ONE, HURONTARIO RD SOUTH TO THE "PLAYDIUM" 99 Rathburn Road West, Mississauga, ON L5B 4C1 (905) 273-9000 ‎ PARKING LOT ON RATHBURN ROAD FOR 9:30 AM. THEN BACK ON THE 403 TO PAST QEW OAKVILLE..AND CONTINUE TO 403 HWY TO PAST THE ALEXANDRA PARK WAY AND TO HWY 6 HWY STRAIGHT DOWN HIGHWAY 6 TO PORT DOVER.... http://www.pd13.com/images/map1dover.jpg From Toronto 1 - Take the 403 West to the Highway #24 exit (just West of Brantford). 2 - Take #24 Highway South until you reach the intersection of #24 and #3 Highway. 3 - Turn left {East} on #3 Highway. 4 - Follow #3 Highway until you reach the Blue Line Road stop lights. Turn right heading South. 5 - Follow the Blue Line road until you reach #6 Highway, turn left {East} on #6. Follow #6 into Port Dover.

The Origins of Friday the 13th In 1971 when George Simons gave his son a Rupp minibike, he never dreamt he would be instilling a life-long passion in his son Chris. Chris Simons has since owned several dozen bikes. He knows bikes inside-out and top to bottom. Chris also had a well-known bike shop in Port Dover called 'Biker's Delight'. The Friday the 13th tradition started in 1981. It was the same year that a group of head-banging teenagers had come together in Los Angeles to form Metallica. Despite a recent assassination attempt, the president of the United States was still Ronald Reagan. Pierre Trudeau was prime minister of Canada, while Bill Davis was premier of Ontario. The Rolling Stones were singing "Start Me Up" and "An American Werewolf in London" was playing in theatres. Against the backdrop, Chris Simons and approximately 25 friends, through word of mouth, got together at the Commerical Hotel {The Zoo}, now known as Angelos of Dover. It was in November and it was Friday the 13th. They had such a good time they decided they should do it every Friday the 13th. And so the tradition was born. Every Friday the 13th thereafter, the number of people coming to the event has increased. Chris has a suitcase full of newspaper and magazine clippings regarding Friday the 13th and he has become somewhat of a celebrity because of it. Everywhere he goes, people have heard of Friday the 13th in Port Dover. ~Courtesy of The Port Dover Maple Leaf