The Queensland Yamaha Girls Team (QYGT) working together put their professionalism and perfection on display on the weekend, taking all major placing’s at Round one and two of the Go-Girls Women’s Off-Road Series with Tamara Gray topping the seniors, and Courtney Knight the juniors.

The Go-Girls events in Queensland are renowned for catering for all classes in women’s  motocross right from the youngest 50cc rider right through to fully graded senior categories, thus attracting riders from far and wide in record numbers. This year’s series took on a new format, incorporating round one on Saturday at Reedy Creek on the Gold Coast and round two on Sunday some two hours drive north at Glenfern Park Kilcoy.

Enduring sweltering heat, Queensland Champion Tamara Gray (City Yamaha) took the overall on both days in Senior Women’s A Grade, despite having Melissa Holmes all the way from the Northern Territory down and charging hard. Gray’s only blemish on a perfect score card was a

small crash early in her second moto on Saturday, which saw her sidelined for a few moments restarting her bike, Gray remounted to finish 4th with the short amount of time she had to work with.  

“I wasn’t sure quite what to expect this early in the year from myself, but I am pleased with how I rode on the weekend. There were a few moments where I really had to race hard to get back towards the front after my crash or a bad start. So it was a great indicator to show where I am

at, especially with our state and national titles a couple of months away.” Gray commented.

Queensland number 4 Brooke Thiemann (City Yamaha) backed up Gray’s performance in Senior Women’s A Grade with a 3-2 on her overall positions. Thiemann rode strong all weekend, and as ever continues to find more speed and confidence with each outing.

“I felt great this weekend, some of our race’s were longer than usual and I handled them easy. I had a narrow escape in my final moto for the weekend, I was nearly brought down in a pile up. I am sporting some nasty bruises from that incident but, fortunately I avoided that and other obstacles to stay safe this weekend, and keep up the front with the front runners where I belong.”

Queensland Champion Courtney Knight (Pro Yamaha), had a perfect five from five wins in the Female Junior Lites class despite a gutsy, calculative comeback in her last moto of the weekend after a small crash.

“I was really hungry for good results this weekend, so I had been working extra hard over the past few weeks to really ready myself, and it paid off.”

“In the last moto where I laid the bike down, allowing second place to slip by. I admit I was flustered, but I really made an effort to calm myself down and just focus to get the job done. That was my most satisfying race of the weekend by far.”

The girls will now head in separate directions to race the minor meetings around South-East Queensland before the team re-joins for the Queensland Junior Women’s motocross Championships scheduled to be held at Tivoli over the Easter long weekend in April.

Go-Girls Women’s Off-Road Series – Senior Women’s A Grade - Round 1 Results

1st Tamara Gray

2nd Melissa Holmes

3rd Brooke Thiemann

Go-Girls Women’s Off-Road Series – Female Junior Lites – Round 1 Results

1st Courtney Knight

2nd Briony Hendrickson

3rd Brooke Wicks

Go-Girls Women’s Off-Road Series – Senior Women’s A Grade – Round 2 Results

1st Tamara Gray

2nd Brooke Thiemann

3rd Melissa Holmes

Go-Girls Women’s Off-Road Series – Female Junior Lites – Round 2 Results

1st Courtney Knight

2nd Patrice Hearne

3rd Briony Hendrickson