Vintage Motocross Club of WA

2025 The year as it was!

• February – Meeting was had with the CEO of Wandering Shire seeking funding to assist the club – The meeting was attended by Lew, Brian and myself. We were hoping to secure a grant of $5k and support from the shire. Unfortunately, after putting forward our requests due to our late submission, we missed out on the grant. However, the shire did encourage us to reapply which we will do early in the new year once the new committee has been elected.
• April – Collie – A very good turnout to kick off the season at Stockton Park with 59 riders turning up, some having bikes to ride in multiple classes. The swap meet was also a much larger event than the previous year and the bar stock on the Sat night was given a good nudge with many war stories told about the good old days of MX.
• May – Busy Bee – Having the Busy Bee in May did provide some relief from the heat, and many tasks were completed to continue to improve our track. A general site clean up was conducted, more posts put in and around the track, and the containers cleaned up for easy access and location of race track set up items. A track modification was also marked out ready for the first event at Paynes Find.
• June – Wandering – “Paynes Find” – The first of the World Championship – 23 attendees for the first event at Paynes Find – Slightly down from the previous year. But a good day had by all. The winner of the first Championship event was Kris Lindgren.
• June – Vintage Dirt – What an amazing event this turned out to be considering the clash it had with other considerable motorcycle events happening in WA. 120 riders across the two days turning just short of $12k of revenue for the club. A fantastic team effort from the committee, members and the volunteers who helped with the sales of the raffle’s tickets, day to day maintenance of the track and equipment. Mr Dyjak once again assisted with the delivery of the toilets. Don, once again run the show and shine and it was amazing to see the polished classic bikes and some of the bikes wheeled out of the shed after 30 years. Thanks again to Brian Squires and Wayne Clarke for preparing the Vinduro track, this is no easy task especially with limited track markers.
• August – Northam – Unfortunately this event was washed out by a spectacular storm event.
• August – Mill Farm – A much lower participation event than expected with 38 riders across the pre 75 and Sidecar classes. However, we had 8 Sidecars which is a significant increase on recent years gone by and it was exciting to see them all circulating at the same time on the track. The second of the World Championship race was conducted with Kris Lindgren on his- CCM 580 taking the chocolates. The Dan Ferguson memorial race was won by Todd Kirkpatrick on a Husky 125 and the Sidecar World Championship was won by Sarah and Robert Dillon. Well done again to all race winners and a special thanks to the Ferguson family for the use of the property to hold this significantly special event on our calendar. We did have two incidents, Brian Squires forgot he was riding a bike and decided to performed some acrobatics as if he was in a circus and Jason Dillon thought kicking a rock off the track was a good idea?
• October – Jindong – Invitational event only with 2 members from the club attending, Lew and Myself. I took the CZ around and after the first jump realised it’s not a track for the CZ, however Lew’s Husky soaked up the jumps like a lounge chair so we shared the riding on his bike for the day.
• October – Wandering – “Paynes Find” – Again we had a lower attendance than expected with only 16 riders however, that did not dampen the day. The weather was fantastic for MX riding with rain to keep the track wet and the dust away – this kept the bikes on the track for much longer so plenty of riding was had. The Third of the World Championship was conducted and the winner on a mighty CZ went to Warwick Brand.

The overall winner for the VMXWA World Championship after 3 races was awarded to Kris Lindgren and the Sidecar world Championship Sarah and Robert Dillon – Congratulations again.

Some other notable points to mention is the purchases the club was able to make this year.

3 trailers –

1. For all the equipment needing to be taken from Paynes Find to Mill Farm – The trailer was purchased by Lew, fixed up by Brett, Sand Blasted and Painted and now displays our Club logo.
2. Second trailer was purchased to carry 2 IBC’s and a pump to assist with the track watering – The set up of the trailer was done by Ron Jones – Thanks Ron for your expertise to get this set up.
3. Third trailer was purchased to carry four portable toilets. The work on the trailer has been done by Brett and our friends at Steel Diamond – Thanks Brett and Michael from Steel Diamond.
4. Thank you to Peter Jasiorowski for donating a trailer. The club was able to fix it up and sell it for a great profit which allowed us to make some additional purchases for the track.

To go with the trailer we have purchased 4 portable toilets – This will go along away to make our events self-sufficient, this saves the club money and removes the burden on volunteers to pick up and drop off toilets from Perth.

We also have been able to purchase a harrow to help with the ploughing of the track.

We had a generous donation from Liam and Trent Follet who donated a 4 x 4 ute – This ute allows the toilets to be taken away for emptying, pulling of the trailer and IBC’s collecting of fire wood, taking rubbish to the local rubbish dump and acts as a safety vehicle.

Lastly – I want to take this opportunity to thank all the committee members , the club does not function without your efforts. I also want to thank all the volunteers who come and assist with the track set up and pack up including Flaggies and officials thank you. Lastly, to the members, thanks for your support by way of joining our great little club. Outgoing committee, thank you! And lastly Rob Dillon, thanks for your guidance and dedication to the club. Enjoy a relaxed next season of riding.

Craig Follett

VMXWA President