Adelaide girl sets her sights on the Galaxy! - March 2013

March 14, 2013 by Gillman Media

Adelaide model Colleen Boyle, who added a bit of glamour to Gillman Speedway with her fund-raising appearances earlier in the season, will be back at Gillman this Saturday night.
Since she was last here she has gone onto bigger and better things in her modelling career and is one of South Australia’s four representatives in the Miss Galaxy Australia contest in Sydney later this month.

So what’s Colleen’s tie-in with Speedway? Well, she is the daughter of former Solo rider Danny Boyle.

“Yes, my father was a rider at Rowley Park, as were some of my uncles, Tony, Martin and Kieran” Colleen explained. “But even before that my grandparents (Mick and Mary) use to go to the speedway as far back as the 1940s, so I’ve always been aware of the speedway and what a family orientated sport it is. I know friends of my Dad have been going for 50 or 60 years and still love the racing, and at the other end of the family tree they now take their grandchildren, some as young as 3 or 4, and they love the colour and the atmosphere, and being able to go into the pits and maybe sit of their hero’s bike.

“So I thought Speedway would be an ideal fit for my fund-raising for Make-A-Wish Australia, which grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions, and it has turned out very well. The Speedway people were very supportive and I sold a lot of my calendars at the Solo Championship meetings.”

The prestigious Miss Galaxy Beauty Pageant is one which focuses not only on outer beauty; the contestants are encouraged to fundraise for Make-A-Wish Foundation.

“Raising Money for the children’s charity has become much more important to me then winning the pageant” says Colleen.

She is still seeking donations for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and you can donate to her cause at – give.everydayhero.com/au/colleen-boyle