After a break of 3 months, many MX-riders can't wait to get on their bikes. It's about time for the new Moto-X-season to start! A lot of the riders began with physical exercises again to get rid of the excess kilos from Christmas. On the previous Saturday, the guys met at the Gallina Moto Cross Park and the reigning champion in the Open-Class Ronnie Adams, freely admitted that he is absolutely not fit. "Too many parties", says Ronnie, who will ride for Suzuki-Namibia again in 2007.

Matthew Nederlof is the current Namibian 50cc MX Champion, and at the age of 7 Years, the youngest sportsman (in any Sport Code) in Namibian history to be nominated for the "Namibian Junior Sportsman of the Year" award. He is also the only moto-cross rider to have reached the finals for this award.

Although he did not win the award, having to compete against sportsman of up to 20 years old, he caused a stir at the premier gala event and made sure that Moto Cross would get the attention it deserves.

Once more we there was a good Moto Cross event held in Swakopmund. With participants from South Africa, Botswana and Angola, this racing day even had an international touch. The two riders from Botswana were Ross Branch, who rode for the Sturm-Team in Germany this season, and Carr Lebatha, the "Black Pearl" in southern African MX-sport. To say it up front: Ross Branch rode like a world champion and won the FNB-Trophy with a maximum number of points!

First National Bank of Namibia (FNB) became the main sponsor of the coastal MX in Swakopmund. This sponsor fully reckognizes all the efforts put into this sport at all venues, be it Omaruru, Gobabis or Swakopmund. Well organised race-days and a marketing strategy second to none speak for themselves. Namibian Moto Crosser serve as rollmodel to many a sportcodes!

Tommy Gous reaffirmed his position as Namibia’s top motocross rider, when he won the Open Class, thereby beating one of Namibia’s finest riders, Ronnie Adams. The crowd at Gobabis was very pleased with the performance and ongoing dice between those two protagonists.

While the preparations for the 10th anniversary of the "Inter-Series" at the Gallina Moto Cross Park-Windhoek are in full swing, one more race for the Namibian Moto Cross Championships takes place on the 16th of September in Gobabis. The riders can test their bikes and demonstrate their physical fitness, before one meets again for another Chammpionship race on September 30 at Swakopmund.

Under ideal weather conditions the last WESBANK-sponsored Championships race took place at the Gallina Moto Cross Park. Now the MX circus moves on to Swakopmund and Gobabis until on the 28th of Oktober and the 4th of November, the engines roar again at Gallina, when riders from 10 different nations are expected for the annual "Inter Series".

The next round of the Wesbank Namibian Motocross Challenge will take place at the Gallina Motocross Park on the 12th of August 2006.

Unfortunately there were only 3 entries in the 50cc class, nevertheless the 3 riders provided excellent racing. Young Michael Barlow, who has very limited time to practice recently, started badly with a major fall in practice and followed that up with an equally bad fall in the 1st heat, had to settle for 3rd place. 2nd place ‘Holeshot’ Harris Cloete however, provided the winner of the class Matthew Nederlof, with more than one headache. Harris had 3 holeshots for the day and followed that with fantastic riding in the 3rd heat. Harris held the lead until the 2nd last lap, before Matthew managed to pass and make his record 3 wins in 3 heats for the day.

After his great success four weeks ago, Ronnie Adams has tasted blood! He achieved a clean maximum number of points and won the WESBANK-Trophy in the Open-Class for MX-bikes as well as in the Quad-A-Class for 4-Wheelers. Nobody is going to top this anytime soon. But, all is open on the 1st of July. We can count again on Ingo Waldschmidt's participation and Wolfgang Rohe will have sorted out his technical problems. The organiser, the Windhoek Moto Cross Club, hopes that the riders of the Clubmen`s Class will find their way back to Gallina. There was a time when the Clubmen made up the biggest class at the starting gate ... that was a long time ago!