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Monday, 26 May 2008 20:15 |
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The podium was awash with blue yesterday as Yamaha’s Jemma Wilson and Brooke Thiemann stood one, two at the opening round of the Queensland Women’s Natural Terrain Championships.
With an unavoidable date clash with the Australian Women’s Motocross Championships, the girls opted to stay in the Sunshine State to fight it out for their Championship. The Honda Thunder X Series rumbled in to Mount Perry yesterday, 4 hours north west of Brisbane. The track taped out on watered virgin fields had racers testing their skills in and out of gullies, down fast straits and winding through the trees. This is natural terrain motocross. No jumps found here. Defending champion Jemma Wilson from the QLD Yamaha Enduro Team rode the wheels of her Caboolture Motorcycles WR250F claiming three straight wins from three starts, showing good reason why she won the motocross stage at the A4DE. “I am wrapped with the win. I was second in to the first turn behind Brooke in each moto. She was a gun today on the starts. The WR250F handled great, with the enduro suspension working a treat as (the track) got more and more rough”. Wilson beamed in reflection. Wilson did not have it all her own way, as you would expect her main competition came from another blue bike in the form of fellow QLD Yamaha Girl’s MX Team rider Brooke Thiemann. Thiemann launched her City Yamaha YZ250F in to the hole shot in all three moto’s, but could not quite match Wilson’s speed. Thiemann however kept her firm in her sights to take two seconds and a third after a soil test when a tricky little tree root caught the better of her. “I am wrapped with my result, my YZ250F was fast and handled the track great. My speed is definitely improving & my fitness is definitely showing an increase as I was really able to push hard to the end of the race’s today”. Thiemann commented. Fellow QLD Yamaha Girl’s MX Team rider Tamara Gray missed her chance on the weekend to improve her standing’s at the Australian Women’s Motocross Championship due to a mending broken wrist. Next up, Jemma and Brooke will head to Horne’s Property on June 22 to contest the second round of the series. 2008 QLD Women’s Natural Terrain Championships Round One Results 1st Jemma Wilson YAMAHA 75 points
2nd Brooke Thiemann YAMAHA 64 points
3rd Prue Maeyke 58 points |
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