Rotorua Motorcycle Club Inc

Michael Phillips New Zealand Motocross Championship 4th and Final Round Location: Barrett Road MX Track New Plymouth Date: 27th April 2011 Bike/Class: Honda Hamilton CRF 450, MX1 Overall day: 1st Cody Copper                              2nd Justin McDonald                             3rd Michael Phillips Qualifying: It had stopped raining but only a few hours before we got to the [...]

Michael Phillips New Zealand Motocross Championship Round 3 Rotorua Date: 20th March 2011 Bike: Honda Hamilton CRF 450 Class: MX1 Overall Place: 3rd Qualifying: Qualifying went pretty good on the loamy Rotorua track. The track had started to roughen up already but there were a few lines forming and I was able to qualify 2nd [...]

Michael Phillips New Zealand Motocross Championship Round 2 Location: Patetonga Motocross Track Date: 27th Feb 11 Class/Bike: MX1 Honda Hamilton CRF450 Result: 3rd Qualifying: I was feeling good on the sticky clay track. I put in a few good laps and qualified 3rd Moto 1: I got the hole shot and was feeling good. There [...]

Michael Phillips New Zealand Motocross Championship Round 1  Location: Backflips Motocross Track Timaru Date: 20th Feb Bike: Honda Hamilton Crf 450 Results: Josh Coppins 1st                     Mike Phillips 2nd                     Cody Copper 3rd  Qualifying: It went ok but I was a few seconds off the pace and finished the session in 4th  Moto 1: [...]

2011 Annual General Meeting Report  Tuesday 12 April 2011 Rotorua Motorcycle Club held their AGM at the Pig ‘N’ Whsitle Pub, Tutanekai Street, Rotorua. A lot of items were discussed and we have some good ideas in the pipelines for the season to come.  We wish to thank those who have held positions on the [...]

Date: 11 December 2010 Event: Suzuki International Tri-Series Round 1 – Hampton Downs Track Conditions: Hot, sunny, tarmac road race track Qualifying:  4th place overall (all in – 450 and open classes) and 3rd place in open class. Race 1 (2nd place): I got away to a good hole shot start. Swapping the lead between [...]

Rotorua Scored Awesome 8th Overall in the 1st Club des Nations in Taupo over the weekend,  The team comprising of Nathan Sharland (Junior 85cc), Mel Patterson (junior 125cc), Scotty Canham (Junior 250F), Hayden Clark (MX2), Campbell Bailey (MX1), and Mark Patterson (Vets/Team Captain) rode awesome in the first ever Club des Nations in Taupo getting [...]