iron-women spirit to also race in the women’s
grade on the Sunday, finishing the day unbeaten.
Best of the New Zealanders chosen to
represent their country in the ANZAC Challenge
was Taupo’s Wyatt Chase, who finished overall
runner-up in the senior MX2 (250cc) class on
the Sunday.
The high-profile Go Girls Racing Australia
(GGRA) team contributed the majority of
riders to Australia’s bid for ANZAC Challenge
Cup honours.
GGRA is an organisation set up to promote
and develop females in motocross, explained
president Nicole McIntyre. The organisation
started with 10 girls in 2004 and last year had
150 members. It is growing all the time.
“I would like to thank the committee from
the Manawatu-Orion Motorcycle Club (that
ran the Woodville event) for their amazing
support of our GGRA team and really want
everyone to know that the effort they put
in to overcome some hurdles was truly
appreciated,” said McIntyre.
“The weekend saw me close out 12 months
of planning to take six of Australia’s top female
riders and parents to New Zealand to race,
a total of 14 people under the banner of Go
Girl Racing Australia. The logistics and cost
alone was huge, but we did it.”
The GGRA group has committed to returning
to race at Woodville again next year too.
The New Zealand Grand Prix at Woodville
always attracts the cream of talent from all
corners of New Zealand, but has also over the
years enticed visitors from Australia, Indonesia,
Japan, The United States, Great Britain, Sweden,
Belgium and other parts of Europe, a testimony
to the event’s world class status.
Thousands of hours are put in by a massive
crew of club volunteers, with heavy duty
earthmoving equipment also donated by
various organisations and so many sponsors all
coming together to make it happen.
This year’s New Zealand Grand Prix at Woodville
was supported by Blue Wing Honda, the Tararua
District Council, Fly Palmy, Copthorne PN,
Manawatu Toyota, Scan Power, Placemakers,
G&H Engineering, McDonalds Manawatu, New
Zealand Natural Clothing, Kiwi Rider Magazine,
BikesportNZ.com, Stringfellows, the Lion
Foundation, NZCT, Profab Engineering,
Roofing Industries, ACP, Judd refrigeration
and Dwyertech.
Wyatt Chase (Honda)
Kirk Gibbs (Yamaha)
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