2011 Honda Australian Junior MX Nationals this weekend
Friday 30 September: 680 Junior Motocross riders are making their final preparations for the 2011 Honda Australian Junior Motocross Championship, which will rev into gear at Murray Bridge in South Australia tomorrow.
One sleep until the 2011 Honda Australian Junior MX. Junior Motocross riders from across the
country are making their final preparations for the 2011 Honda
Australian Junior Motocross Championship, which will rev into gear at
Murray Bridge in South
Australia tomorrow.
On the 680 confirmed entries list is 9 New Zealanders.
- Kurtis Lilly
- Hamish Harwood
- James Anderson
- Hadleigh Knight
- Cohen Chase
- Wyatt Chase - I'm told he has broken his femur 4 days before they left doing BMX
- Dion Picard
- Joshua Mead? - don't know that name?
That makes 7 plus also gone is Sean O'Connor and Haki Waller, total of 10 that we know of.
Amongst the Aussies is 2010 Champion
Hayden Mellross, who is in his final year as a Junior and getting ready
to take to the grid for his last Aussie Junior MX. The New South Wales rider impressed in
2010 when he took the 13-U15 200-250cc crown and will step up this year
to tackle to 15 years 250cc and 125cc classes.
The Honda rider is looking forward to the challenge, and making the most of his last performance at the Australian Junior MX.
"I’m really looking forward to the 250cc 15 year class as this is my last year as a Junior,” Mellross said. "I am feeling pretty good as I have just
come back from eight months at the Millsaps Training Facility in
America, and am looking forward to riding at the Monarto Track even
though I have only
ever been on it once. I’m really looking forward to competing
and striving to obtain the best results in appreciation to my sponsors
this year and especially Honda and Glenn Bell. Also, this being my last year as a
Junior is going to be really emotional as I have never missed an
Australian title since I was five years old so it is sort of like the
end of an era and the
beginning of my next stage by stepping up.”
Mellross will be joined in Murray Bridge
by a brilliant line up of Junior Motocross riders for an action-packed
week of riding and competition.
The 2011 Championship will be hosted by
the Murray Bridge Sporting Car and Motorcycle Club at the Monarto
Motocross Track in South Australia from 1-8 October.
For more information on the event and for all the latest news and results make sure to visit
www.mxjuniornationals.com or the event site at
www.ma.org.au.