Since 2001 I am reporting about the Namibian Motocross sport. Each year we had some highlights worth mentioning but there were three exceptional highlights in the past years: firstly the opening of the Gallina Moto Cross Park in 1995, then twelve years ago the first edition of the Inter-Series, and lastly the year 2002, when more than 25 Europeans participated in the Inter-Series.

First and foremost we want to congratulate the organisers from the Okahandja Moto Cross Club. Everything was perfect; the organisation, the configuration of the track and the major financial input by the Muller family was rewarded with an exciting racing day. The 1st Okahandja MX-Festival of Speed was the major happening of the year for the town. Spectator numbers were a bit low though.

For the very first time the 9th Namibian Moto Cross champion- ship race will be held on the new MX-track in Okahandja. Under the able leaderships of Jaco and Cher Muller the Okahandja Moto Cross Club has built a great track; six month of heavy labour have definitely payed off. If the track holds promises, Okahandja can become a centre for Namibian MX-sport. Okahandja MX-Festival of Speed is the official title of this event.

This race was definitely to the taste of the many spectators. After 3 heats, points were added up and the overall winner of the 8th championship race in the Open/125cc Class is Tommy Gous.

The 8th championship race of the current Moto Cross season takes place on the 16th of August on the "Coastal Cement Works race track", north of Swakopmund, at the salt fields. The road to the track is sign-posted. The Coastal Racing Club, under the leadership of Chris Hall, will present the participants from all over Namibia with an exceptionally well prepared MX-track.

Many fans were delighted by the fact that finally another race would be held at the Gallina Moto Cross Park, and so they came in droves. In the Kings' Class, the Open/125cc Class, we could witness the expected win by Tommy Gous, but Brannigan Wise unexpectedly made it a really tough race for him.

Since ex-champ Rainer Becker did not partake in the race at ASTRA nor in Gobabis, he has almost no chance of winning the Namibian-Championship. He handed over the Championship – on a silver platter so to say – to the young contestant Tommy Gous. The 7th round of the Namibian-Championship will be held on the 12th of July, once again at the Gallina Moto Cross Park, on the Waldschmidt chicken farm. The official title of the event is "Wesbank Moto Cross Challenge".

Björn Bierbrauer, racing for the Kölling-Yamaha Team in Germany, was released for 3 weeks to undergo an orthopedic examination in his homecountry Namibia. Björn heard about the Gobabis race and grabbed this chance with both hands and signed for the race. He participated in the Open/125cc Class on his E.L. Sea Products Yamaha.

The mx-bikes were barely cleaned of the sand and dust of the ASTRA-MX-Track, when they were already moved in further easterly direction, this time to the capital of cattle-country, to Gobabis. Wikus Engelbrecht, owner of Messrs Big-5 is mainssponsor of this event and is also the driving force behind the Gobabis Motocross Club.

It finally happened! Tommy Gous was the winner of the day with a maximum number of 60 points and the treasured ASTRA-Trophy for the “King of the Dirt” race also became his. The fact that Rainer Becker was absent, is not realy blemish for Tommy. He won all his races bravely and was finally spared with technical problems on his Zenner-Yamaha. Later more of that.