Trevor Pomery has his head shaved by Anthony Hurst.
Brenda and Lucy Gibbs before the "shave".
Luke Hayes and Kim Longbottom.
Brenda and Lucy Gibbs, Johnny Orton, Luke Hayes and Trevor Pomery after losing their locks for the Leukaemia Foundation.
A TEAM of Padthaway locals have lost their locks and raised a staggering amount of more than $28,000 as part of the World's Greatest Shave.
Close to 170 people attended the auction and "shave" at the Padthaway Football Club on Saturday night - and spent big.
"It was just a typical Padthaway thing, they got right behind it," said now bald organiser Trevor Pomery.
The pleasure of shaving off Trevor's hair sold for $1000, while his beard went for another $1000, and his eyebrows for $700.
Landmark Padthaway's Lucy Gibbs, along with her mum Brenda and customer Luke Hayes, also farewelled their locks.
The team racked up around $6000, which was boosted by an impromptu bid of $2000 for Johnny Orton to shave his head at the end of the night.
Around 30 goods and services were also auctioned off.
Big ticket items included:
- A dinner party for eight at Henry's Drive for $2500.
- One tonne of stock blocks for $1300.
- Weekend accommodation at The Barn for $500.
- A Maxine Brown honey log for $300.
"Obviously they gave, and they spend well on top of that," Mr Pomery said of the Padthaway and Naracoorte communities. "I would have been happy with $15,000 from the night and we should get $28,000."
While the night has been hailed a major success, it wasn't all smooth sailing - a live pig donated by Terry Merrett escaped and took 40 minutes to catch, while it later bit its purchaser.
The fundraiser was in memory of well-known local and Henry's Drive vigneron Mark Longbottom, who lost his battle with leukaemia several years ago.
The World's Greatest Shave is a fundraiser for the Leukaemia Foundation which aims find a cure for blood cancers.
Donations can be made up until March 17.
"I think once people see how jolly handsome I look without hair they might donate," Mr Pomery joked.