Pitching in:

Preparing for this weekend’s Magpie Madness Motorcycle Rally at Winchester are, from left, McCormick Bell, 3, Mark Bonnington, Timaru, Temuka and Geraldine (TTAG) Motorcycle Touring Club president Adam Bell, and Jaxon, 8, and Spencer, 6, Bell. More than 8000 people are expected to the 27th event which began yesterday and runs until tomorrow.