Community comes together for KOM

THIS year, King of the Mountain (KOM) celebrated 44 years with a huge event on Sunday 23 July.

KOM chairperson Heather Manders said the KOM team and the Cooroy Pomona Lions Club are so proud and honoured to continue to host this community event.

“Our focus this year was to concentrate our efforts on the two circuits: the Mountain Challenge circuit and the Prince and Princess Race circuit.

“The Bendigo Bank Mountain Challenge saw 74 competitors competing, and the Prince and Princess Race saw 63 competitors completing their course.

“Congratulations to all the competitors who entered the races.”

Heather said organising the event is a mammoth task made possible by the KOM team, community groups, volunteers and of course, sponsors.

“A big thank you to our amazing KOM team: Barry, Brian, Dan, Hayley, Jeff, Leslie and Vicki, who all work tirelessly behind the scenes ticking off all the jobs that are required to run the KOM event.

“A special thanks to our retiring KOM race director Dan King for his dedication over the past five years.

“Thank you to all the Lions Club crew, Friends of Lions volunteers, and Noosa Heads Lions Club for their help on the day.

“Special thanks to Jeff Langton and his wonderful band of volunteers for organising the Venture Cycles Mountain Bike Ride on the Noosa Trail.

“Thank you to our community partners which include SES, Pomona & District Community House, The Majestic Theatre, Pomona Railway Station Gallery, Pomona Markets, Noosa Museum, Pomona Fire Station, and Historical Engines

– Gympie & Wide Bay, for helping make the day a huge success.

“Thank you to Noosa Council and all our local community groups who attended and had a stall at our event.

“Many thanks to all the Bendigo Bank staff for helping on the day, and MC Toby Cootes.

“Thanks to all our wonderful volunteers who helped at the event – marshals on the mountain, track, road: SES, Noosa Ultra and Trail Runners, parents, Bec (mountain goat) and community members.

“Thanks to the team from the Qld Parks and Wildlife Service for assisting us with the event and allowing us to continue the race and keeping us mindful that Mount Cooroora is a very special mountain.

“And finally, thanks to all our funding bodies, sponsors and supporters – the KOM event could not exist without the kind sponsorship and funding,” Heather said.

KOM is sponsored and supported by Bendigo Bank Cooroy, Cooroy Rag, Cooroy RSL, Design Divaz, Grow Landscapes, Gympie Skips, IGA Pomona, Livelife Pharmacy, Majestic

Theatre, Noosa Council, Noosa Trophy & Engraving Centre, Noosa Museum, Page Furnishers, Pomona Community House, Pomona True Value Hardware, Pomona Markets, Pomona Railway Station Gallery, Pomona Fire Station, QLD Parks & Wildlife, Raine and Horne Noosa Hinterland, State Emergency Service, Venture Cycles, Historical Engines – Gympie & Wide Bay, Unique Health Products, Zinc 96.1, Australian & Queensland governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).