The Car

Rhino Rouge Car 17 is a 1976 model short wheel base Landcruiser, with a 4200cc petrol engine. She was bought by Tanya Carr-Hartley sixteen years ago as it seemed like a useful vehicle to have around but she says that she always imagined that one day it would do the Rhino Charge. It sat in a garage for eight years, and then Tanya, six months pregnant decided it was time to do her up put the car to its first rhino charge run as Car Number 17! This was 2004.

The car has competed in six events to date, always with an all girls team whose composition varies depending on whose having babies or is on safari or tied up with professional commitments. The team has won many awards in the event and is often well positioned in the final results:

• 2004 – Tanya Church, Julie Church, Colleen Outram, Kerry Glen, Alex Bell and Lucy Darch – raised KES 795,000 and placed 33rd out of 61 entrants
• 2005 – Tanya Church, Helle Sejer-Hansen, Julie Church, Colleen Outram, Kerry Glen and Lucy Darch – raised KES 1,625,000 and finished and placed 12th out of 57 entrants
• 2006 – Tanya Church, Helle Sejer-Hansen, Julie Church, Mary Njonjo, Gemma Lawrence and Colleen Outram – raised KES 2,105,000 and placed 8th out of 53 entrants.
• 2007 – Tanya Church, Helle Sejer-Hansen, Julie Church, Mary Njonjo, Gemma Lawrence and Colleen Outram – raised KES 2,550,000 and placed 15th out of 53 entrants
• 2008 – Tanya Church, Helle Sejer-Hansen, Julie Church, Mary Njonjo, Gemma Lawrence and Colleen Outram – raised KES 2,010,000 and placed 25th out of 50 entrants
• 2009 – Tanya Church, Helle Sejer-Hansen, Louise Leakey, Kim Greene, Alison Allport and Lucy Cook – raised total of KES 1,883,289.06, 21^st out of 60 entrants.