ON October 11 and 12 the Eyre Highway Motorcycle Gymkhana Club held another successful weekend with great motorcycle racing for the family on the Saturday and Pony Express for senior riders on the Sunday, raising money for the Royal Flying Doctor Service and St John Ambulance. This is a huge effort from a small band of committee to run such an event.

With 100 riders and approximately 200 people through the gate, a great weekend was had by all. Rider numbers were down by about 40 riders. Many competitors travelled from the Goldfields, Hopetoun and Esperance.

On Saturday morning a riders’ meeting was held to let everyone know how the weekend was to run. Racing began at 9am with the first event being the Obstacle Race. Three other events were held on Saturday they were the Scramble Race, Bending Race, Flag and Barrel Race and Barrel Race.

On Saturday night after the barbecue tea three vehicles competed in the Mudbog 4x4 Competition. Brad Casey and Dean Bow performed to the crowd in the Brad’s 2008 Polaris RZR, completing the course with no hesitation. Ryan Danks and Joel Willsher also entered the competition in their vehicles entertaining the crowd.

On Sunday a very successful Pony Express was held with 32 senior riders competing. This event was a three-hour event with two and four wheel riders participating.

Motorcycle results for the weekend are:

Champion men’s A-grade two wheels—first B Allen, second B Pietrala, third B Winfield; champion junior two wheels—first B Edwards, second C Tierney, third B Baldock; champion midget two wheels—first B Winfield, second J Allen; champion ladies four wheels—first J Shaw, second L Parker, third S Hitchock; champion junior four wheels boys a-grade—first E Florisson, second K Nelson, third R Barron; champion junior four wheels girls a-grade—first S Tierney, second M Florisson, third L Kilby; champion junior four wheels B-grade boys—first D Burston, second J Baldock, third B Bow; champion junior four wheels B-grade girls—first A Parker, second R Howe, third S McKenzie; champion midget four wheels—first C Parker, second J Seivwright, third K Nolan; champion ag four wheels—first D Henderson, second D Howe, third R Martin; champion sports four wheels—first D Henderson, second J O’Regan, third D Willmott; champion banshees—first A Parker, second T Roodbeen, third D Paparone; champion quadracers—first J Willsher, second R Stevens, third C Mansell; champion veteran quadracers—first B Baldock, second J Frawley, third P Culver.