KIWI RIDER 05 2019 VOL.2 | Page 25

ICE-CREAM RELAY The Dirt Guide moto-ice-cream relay was without a doubt an absolute tonne of organised chaos. We randomly put girls into teams, gave them a pink armband and an ice-cream each and then let the chaos unfold! Girls ran to the ice-cream station, ate their ice-cream and then took off around the track for a quick lap. They then passed their pink armband onto their team mate who did the same. Once all team members had completed the circuit, they all ran together to the ice cream station to present their sticky ice cream sticks in the hope of taking the top step. But only one team could be the winner… and that honour went to Team Frosty! TOP COACHING TALENT New Zealand and Australia has a huge amount of talent, and the Queens Of Dirt committee were lucky enough to get a bunch of them together to run skills and equipment coaching throughout the day. Jemma Wilson, Natasha Cairns, Chris Power, Brad Groombridge, Jake Whitaker, Mark Delautour, Shaun Prescott and Nathan Tesselaar all shared a huge amount of knowledge and skills with our Queens. The amazingly talented ex-professional off-road motorcycle racer Jemma Wilson flew over the ditch from Aussie to help out with coaching and to be our guest speaker in the evening. She was such a laugh and generously shared some insight into the life of an elite athlete – the highs and lows of her racing career and some of the amazing places she got to explore with her racing. The feedback from the event has been insane. Wendy Robinson said, “Being officially the biggest fan of Queens of Dirt, I have to say this weekend’s event was one of the best events I have ever been to. It was so much fun, so incredibly well organised, so innovative and so exciting! The ice-cream relay was a real hoot, the skills clinic a truly enjoyable experience and the track one of the best I have ridden, not to mention the sea of smiling faces”. Tracy Mayo said, “I loved it all! Was really impressed with the organisers. Everybody was so approachable, and the goodie bags were great! The prizes were phenomenal. Ice-cream relay was heaps of fun and everything was well accommodated”. And Shelley Hickman said, “Honestly it doesn’t get any better! Top tracks, organisation was 100% and just so much fun riding and then hanging out afterwards!”