Name: Amelia
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Age: 10

First Motorbike: Yamaha TTR 90

Current Bike: Yamaha TTR 90

If you could have any car or bike: KTM 65 SX

First race: Hornsby Interclub 2019

Biggest crash: Hornsby Series 2 Rnd 1 falling off at Ring Return I hurt my wrist

Favourite food: Donuts
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3 fav things: 1 dance, 2 dirt bikes 3 netball 

Favourite Drink: Hot chocolate with marshmallows that my dad makes me

3 fav minikhana events: Orange, Figure 8, Ring Return

Hobbies: Performing Arts

What do you want to be when you grow up: A professional performer dancer, singer, actor

Who do you admire: Deborah Krizak, she’s everything in a performer that I want to be.


What are you most proud of: Placing first in my first solo dance competition

Favourite holiday place: Gold Coast
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What scares you: Spiders

Fav sports person: Maddie Proud - Centre of Swifts Netball Team

Favourite movie or t v show: Full House / Fuller House
 
What do you like best about motorbike riding: that you can ride fast with out getting in trouble from my parents

Fav track: Louee

If you could change one thing in the world what would it be: Stop climate change and global warming and for everywhere to have world peace
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Pleasant, peaceful Penrith was populated with patient, playful people last Sunday the 18th August. The Sydney Minikhana clubs came together, once again this calendar year to compete rider to rider, club to club at the Penrith Interclub. 

The day was forecast to be warm and sunny however the morning chill was evident as bikes were unloaded from trailers and pushed down the narrow car park to warm up for the day. Red Frogs were handed out at sign on which kept all the kids (and parents) going for the day.

Riders gathered in the pits and awaited their event area designations. This is always a good opportunity to socialize with friends and meet new ones. 

Events competed in across the day included; accelerate & brake, slow, bending, orange, minicross, ring return and footed clover. Riders competed within their grade with some riders competing in a new grade after placing at the last interclub.

Hornsby were well represented and as always “had each other's backs” by supporting one another both on and off the track. A full list of the points can be found here.

Podium places for Hornsby included:

50cc B Grade - #32 Sienna - 2nd

MW A Grade - #17 Chad - 1st
MW B Grade - #45 Joel - 1st

65cc A Grade - #150 Sam - 2nd
65cc B Grade - #751 Jordan - 3rd
65cc C Grade - #23 Charlie - 2nd

85cc C Grade - #125 Nicholas - 1st.
85cc C Grade - #106 Sam - 2nd

JBW A Grade - #91 Declan - 2nd
JBW A Grade - #04 Kye - 3rd
JBW B Grade - #255 Max - 1st
JBW C Grade - #414 Luke - 1st
JBW C Grade - #167 Jackson - 3rd

Thankyou to the Penrith club for hosting yet another great event and thanks to all the parents, marshals, officials & volunteers to help make this day possible.

Big thanks to our photographer Steve for another great selection of pics from the day which can be found here.

We have Race Pace coaching coming to the club on Saturday 31st August. Head coach Michel Constantinou has been coming to the club for a number of years now and his coaching classes are not to be missed. Please contact Race Pace direct to book your spot or Click here.

On Sunday 43 riders and their families braved the cold August winds and attended Series 2, Round 2 at HJDBC. There were plenty of jackets, beanies and gloves to keep everyone warm enough to get through the day and lots of volunteers to cook the BBQ, the warmest place at the track!

The morning began with some warm up activities and stretches for the riders. This was followed by; orange, slow, bending, ring return, looping, accelerate and brake and footed clover. Once again results were close and sportsmanship was prominent. 

The lunchtime buzz was electric with everyone taking a well-earned break to refuel their bikes and bodies.

The afternoon was spent on the race track with heats and finals now with up to 6 riders on the grid. This, along with a dusty track made for exciting starts. 

Thank you to 'On the Throttle' for your kind voucher donation which was won by a lucky member in our raffle for the day.

The final results were so close there was one class, 65cc with both an equal first and equal third which generated a 'run off' at the end of the day. This was a fun way to end the day. 

Results for the day were;

8 Nippers:
#177 Coby
#601 Tiana
#42 Saul
#282 Saba
#823 Ryder
#41 Tate
# 720 Matteo
#263 Marli

50cc - #5 Jamie
MW -  #17 Chad
65cc - #150 Sam
85cc - #61 Byron
JBW - #04 Kye

The full list of results can be found here and yet again Steve has captured some amazing thrills & spills of the day which can be found here. 

Our marshals definitely need a shout out today as I am sure they are only still thawing out after being amongst the elements for the day. 

Our next event is the Penrith Interclub on this Sunday 18th August. With such a strong performance today lets put those skills in action and show the other Minikhana clubs how it’s done! Go Hornsby!!!

Name: Sean 
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Age: 12

First Motorbike: Honda CRF 50

Current Bike: KTM 85 SX

If you could have any car or bike: 918 Spyder

First race: Hornsby

Biggest crash: Straight into a tyre wall at HJDBC!

Favourite food: Lasagne
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3 fav things: Gaming, Dirt biking, Creating 

Favourite Drink: Cola

3 fav minikhana events: Slow, Non-Footed Clover & Motocross 

Hobbies: Gaming, Dirt biking & LEGO

What do you want to be when you grow up: Car designer OR Streamer

Who do you admire: Spider Man

What are you most proud of: My first plaque in Kindy

Favourite holiday place: New Zealand
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What scares you: Heights

Fav sports person: Usain Bolt

Favourite movie or t v show: End Game
 
What do you like best about motorbike riding: Makes me feel free & relaxed

Fav track: Nepean flat track

If you could change one thing in the world what would it be: Everyone gets a million dollars.

On Sunday 21st July Junior Trials club held the 4th rnd of the Minikana Interclub series. This was a slightly unique event compared with other interclubs in that it was to be a timed enduro event. Riders from all the clubs around Sydney gathered at the Gwandalan track which is known for rain only to find...a dry track!

The car park was full and excitement was in the air as riders signed on for the day and transponders were fitted to bikes before they were scrutineered into the pits. Riders were split into three groups, nippers, 50cc & Miniwheels and then 65 and 85cc riders, each with their own Enduro loop.

After completing the siting lap all riders had the opportunity for a prologue lap which recorded their times and determined the placing for the next race. There appeared to be some challenging corners with a few riders missing some corners altogether! After each lap the previous time then determined the new placement. In total the riders completed approx 7 laps for the day which isn’t too bad considering lap times averaged from approx 2.30 - 6.30.

Transponder times were taken for each lap and this was used to find the fastest riders for the day. The top 5 riders in each class received a trophy and Hornsby were very well represented on the podium with the following results..


50cc C Grade - 2nd #25 
50cc B Grade - 2nd #32 
50cc A Grade - 1st #5 

MW C Grade - 1st #8
MW B Grade - 5th #94
MW A Grade - 2nd #207

65cc C Grade - 3rd #23
65cc B Grade - 3rd #751
65cc B Grade - 1st #34
65cc A Grade - 5th #62
65cc A Grade - 3rd #150

85cc C Grade - 3rd #37
85cc B Grade - 5th #61

JBW B Grade - 5th #414
JBW B Grade - 1st #191
JBW A Grade - 5th #24
JBW A Grade - 3rd #91

All this riding would not be possible without our parent volunteers, marshals, sweep riders and our trusty pit crew who all kept the kids safe, fed, hydrated and happy for the day. As much as they enjoyed being on the track, between each lap was a sea of yellow and black all encouraging each other and having fun.

A big Thankyou to the JT club for putting together such a fantastic event. I’m sure there will be plenty of Hornsby riders lining up to do this again next year!
Check out some of the action shots here courtesy of  'By Amy Photography ​'

This weekend we have Rnd 2 of our series 2 Minikhana Championship at HJDBC. Get your bikes ready for another great weekend of competition...See you there!