Let's take a look at what has been achieved over the past years. Namibia was represented at the "AMU Africa Championships" and at the "AMU Southern African Championships", a national team was sent to Germany, and for ten years now, the "Inter-Series" (the biggest MX-series of its kind on the African continent) is hosted here. There is one thing however the Windhoek Moto Cross Club has neglected in the past, namely the recruitment of young budding MX-riders. The old comittees have to live with this accusation.

However, the situation is about to change! This past Saturday, Harris Cloete from the "Mini-Cross Working Group" has proved that it isn't so difficult to spark interest in this exciting and fast sport. The WMCC is by all means very pleased; more than 50 kids from all schools in Windhoek have participated in this introductory course. The parents who were present could experience the enthusiasm with which the kids listened to Cloete's explanations . Then the young one's got a T-Shirt as a present and helmets, boots and chest protectors were provided. Shortly thereafter the kids rolled around the children's track. Now the FIM-sponsored bike finally came into “big” use!

Of course some crashes also occured, that's part of the sport. You get back on your feet, up on the bike and you're riding again! In between the "established" kids showed their skill and impressively displayed what 6-7 year old boys are capable of doing on a MX-track. In the background the four-stroke machines in the Open-Class droned and demonstrated with 20- meter high jumps what man and material are able to endure in this sport.

In the end, every one of the little "racers" received a participation-certificate. Harris Cloete was very pleased with this first event and he will consider offering more courses. First one will have to wait and see how many kids will opt for this sport

At 12:00 o'clock the entertainment started, for which Celine Adams was responsible. Celine came up with a lot of things to entertain the kids, but also to get the parents involved. After some of the "team games" and due to the good rain during the past days, several parents weren't able to recognise their kids anymore. All muddy from head to toe! That was fun, wasn't it?

This "Fun Day 2006" was an absolute highlight of the ongoing season. The day was made possible by the financial support of Rent-A-Drum, PEP-Stores Namibia and M&Z Commercial Vehicles and by the commitment of Harris Cloete.

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