Katherine Prumm

[scott411]

it is the last round of the world womans mx cup this weekend, KAtherine is 1 point of the lead going into this last round,

[merv]

Go Katherine and bring the championship home!

[Danger]

Wouldn't it be great to have two Kiwi's crowned World Champions this weekend?
Go Katherine and Josh!

[k14]

Wouldn't it be great to have two Kiwi's crowned World Champions this weekend?
Go Katherine and Josh!
Sorry to tell ya mate, only chance of one being crowned now http://www.crash.net/news_view~cid~29~id~153737.htm josh is out. Sucks for him. Must be totally gutting. Go Katherine!

[Danger]

Not unexpected, but it would have been great. Thanks for the info.

[oldguy]

Thanks Scott, hadn't heard any news on how Katherine , would be great to see her hang on to that Number 1 for another year Go Katherine

Gutted for Josh,

[mbazza]

Tough for Josh, go Katherine. Cheers. :yes:

[scott411]

Katherine qualified # 1, by 5.5 seconds, thats a huge lead

[Danger]

Thats great! Fingers X'd for her! Ahh what the heck does that mean? I'm spinning after my ride today. Go Katherine!

[clmintie]

Woohoo... Katherine just took out the first race, with Livia a distant 9th... :yes:

[jafar]

Woohoo... Katherine just took out the first race, with Livia a distant 9th... :yes:

Fingers crossed for Katherine to make it 2 in a row :woohoo:

[Danger]

Looks like another World Championship woo hoo! Sports Women of the year do you think?

[umka]

isnt she already womens world champ from last year?

[Danger]

Yes she is and these words are just to enter enough words to post.

[oldguy]

This is terrible I have to keep an eye on this thread to know how Katherine is going.

Go Katherine, make us proud, not that you don't already do.:2thumbsup

[Danger]

Katherine currently in 2nd and 5 seconds a lap quicker than the rider in 1st place.

[Danger]

Katherine leading now. By 5 seconds.

[Danger]

8 seconds on lap 5. She is doing it easy.

[Danger]

Lap 9 and Katherine is 26 seconds ahead.

[Danger]

Well thats how it finished. Well done Katherine on your 2nd World Championship!

[NZsarge]

Concratulations to Kathrine, and comiserations to Josh, there is always next year.

[scott411]

good on ya Katherine

[merv]

Good on ya Katherine, World Champion :first:

[Rosie]

Good work Katherine!!! :woohoo::rockon:

[Danger]

Concratulations to Kathrine, and comiserations to Josh, there is always next year.

I wonder if Tony Cairoli will move up. This year might have been Josh's best chance. If Tony Cairoli moves up I think it will be his.

[NZsarge]

I wonder if Tony Cairoli will move up. This year might have been Josh's best chance. If Tony Cairoli moves up I think it will be his.
That is possible but all things told I think Josh will be well in with a chance next year wether Tony is there or not.

[paturoa]

Thats stunning - congratulations to her, team and supporters

[SDU]

:2thumbsup:rockon: Way to go K.P

She'd get my vote to for sports woman of the year too but somehow it probably won't happen. They barely rate womens MX, or other top motorsports winners, it isn't main stream enough for the powers that be.

[quackquack]

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007: She’s done it again.



Auckland’s Katherine Prumm is woman’s world motocross champion for a second straight year, dominating her rivals at the final round of the world series in the deep sand of Lierop, in the Netherlands, at the weekend.



The 19-year-old Kawasaki ace from Bombay, in South Auckland, had started the weekend one point behind fellow Kawasaki rider Livia Lancelot (France) but, once the gate dropped at the weekend’s Dutch GP, there was really only one rider in contention.



In both races, Prumm (Molson Kawasaki KX250F) beat the second-placed rider, Irish Yamaha star Natalie Kane, to the chequered flag by more than 26 seconds.



Lancelot finished ninth and fourth. Lancelot’s performance was, however, good enough to give Kawasaki a 1-2-3 result on the championship podium with Prumm No.1, Lancelot second and German Kawasaki rider Maria Franke taking the third spot. Franke finished fifth and third in the two races.



“I’m absolutely stoked,” said Prumm afterwards. “Because of all the extra support I received from Star Insurance, New Zealand Motorcycle Trader Magazine, Kawasaki New Zealand and help from SPARC in New Zealand, I was better able to prepare for the series.



“My preparation was much better this year. I spent the last three weeks here in Holland and had my dad (Erich) and brother (Matthew) here to help me too. Molson Kawasaki were awesome in everything they did with the bike.



“I was very relaxed all week and the bike ran like clockwork.



“It’s fantastic to hear the New Zealand national anthem play when you’re on the other side of the world.”






The 19-year-old Kawasaki ace from Bombay, in South Auckland, had started the weekend one point behind fellow Kawasaki rider Livia Lancelot (France) but, once the gate dropped at the weekend’s Dutch GP, there was really only one rider in contention.



In both races, Prumm (Molson Kawasaki KX250F) beat the second-placed rider, Irish Yamaha star Natalie Kane, to the chequered flag by more than 26 seconds.



Lancelot finished ninth and fourth. Lancelot’s performance was, however, good enough to give Kawasaki a 1-2-3 result on the championship podium with Prumm No.1, Lancelot second and German Kawasaki rider Maria Franke taking the third spot. Franke finished fifth and third in the two races.



“I’m absolutely stoked,” said Prumm afterwards. “Because of all the extra support I received from Star Insurance, New Zealand Motorcycle Trader Magazine, Kawasaki New Zealand and help from SPARC in New Zealand, I was better able to prepare for the series.



“My preparation was much better this year. I spent the last three weeks here in Holland and had my dad (Erich) and brother (Matthew) here to help me too. Molson Kawasaki were awesome in everything they did with the bike.



“I was very relaxed all week and the bike ran like clockwork.



“It’s fantastic to hear the New Zealand national anthem play when you’re on the other side of the world.”

[banditrider]

Top work! But will we see any of it on the news? Not with the World Cup about to kick off. Another Kiwi champion that won't get the recognition she deserves...

Hope I'm proved wrong - it's an awesome achievement!

[clmintie]

Bloody thugby..... two teams of fifteen grown men with only one odd shaped ball between them... I've watched Katherine at Harrisville, she's got more "balls" than all of then put together...

[Goblin]

Well done Katherine!! 2x World Champion is no easy feat. Hope she can do it again next year and gain a few more titles on the way.

Kiwis can fly..:yes:

[Danger]

Top work! But will we see any of it on the news? Not with the World Cup about to kick off. Another Kiwi champion that won't get the recognition she deserves...

Hope I'm proved wrong - it's an awesome achievement!

I guess that depends on whether or not Katherine has a publisist. I know we always see Josh's results on the Monday night news.
I have not heard anything on Radio Sport today although I have not been listening all day. They always update Josh's results for a few days after the event. I guess Josh does have a good publisist.
Its the same with all sports. If they have a good publicity setup and send the info into the news channels, it usually gets a mention. No story without material.

[clmintie]

Prime news just had a pretty good weekend round up of motor sport, including mentioning Katherine.....

[Buddy L]

Does anyone know if she is going to have another crack at the States? next year.
Shame things went wrong last time she was over their.

[oldguy]

well done Katherine,:first::first::first::first:

[Buddy L]

Wouldn't it be great to have two Kiwi's crowned World Champions this weekend?
Go Katherine and Josh!

We do have two World Champions in the sport of Motor Cross;).
Katherine and Tony Cooksley.
and i bet these two will be world champions next year as well.

[Danger]

Yeah Tony was last weekend.

[scott411]

We do have two World Champions in the sport of Motor Cross;).
Katherine and Tony Cooksley.
and i bet these two will be world champions next year as well.

the Pukekohe Motorcycle Club has 2 world champs in 2 weeks

is their something in the water at harrisville???

[oldguy]

Wouldn't ever know we have a world champ, all I head on the sport news today, the Rowers won gold and sliver medals, Scott Dickson loses the lead in his Indy car race, the All Blacks arrive in France.
But where the F**K is the news about a you lady who has defended her world Number 1 standing for the second year, in a sport that is demanding on the mind and body as much if not more than any of the other sports.

what up with media coverage here,

Katherine Prumm.... World number 1..... Womens MX Champion

[Danger]

Murray Deaker has given Katherine quite a bit of coverage in the past, I didn't listen to him last night tho. I wonder if Kawasaki NZ or MNZ have even contacted the news outlets to inform them of Katherines Championship?
Prime TV and the New Zealand Herald had items, so someone is letting them know at least.
But I have to say, I've been involved in a few sports and there is always somebody complaining about the lack of information. Its quite simple though, those sports with a media officer or even just a family member or the athlete themselves who provide a brief do get the coverage on the news, so I really don't think that those that don't can complain.
Like I said before, Josh Coppins gets coverage every week through out his season, so obviously Josh has someone on it. If Katherine does not have someone providing any information, who do you think is going to do it? MX is not the only sport out there not being covered, how much do you hear about MTB?
That organisation was the worse in providing information for media when I was involved and they were always complaining. They were trying to turn MTB into a spectator sport WTF? They ruined the essence of MTB by making the races multi lap roundy roundy races trying to attract spectators. Who cares? No one. How much do you hear about MTB? Virtually nothing. They never ever sent any news items to the media thinking that it was just going to happen automatically. And kept on complaining.
Do you think the NZ rowing does not have a media officer or a publisist? Or Scott Dixion? Or the Rugby Union? Off course they do, and they get the coverage, the exposure, and get so popular that they get the news media contacting the sports bodies for info. But it doesn't just happen for every sport that happens every weekend.
Katherine on the other side of the World in an MX race is not big news. There are probably hundreds of Kiwi's competing through out the World each week. How much exposure they get is in their own hands, and is what attracts sponsors.
I bet when Katherine gets back to NZ she will be in touch with Murray Deaker and she will probably feature on his radio program and on his TV show, just like last year. Its just a shame if the effort isn't put in at the time of the event by someone in Katherines team. What does MNZ do for your money? Why does Kawasaki NZ pass up a golden opportunity to get exposure?
What about the Pukekohe Motorcycle Club? Did they provide a story by any chance?
If you read the NZ Herald or watched Prime News you would have seen coverage. Radio Sport gives Motor Sport extensive coverage and I was very surprised not to have heard anything, but again, I wasn't listening for a big part of the day yesterday, so they may have. So if you don't watch listen or read, how else are you going to hear anything?

[charles23]

I have noticed that MR motorcycles (Scott411) are well featured on her bike and have been for sometime, so well done on them for their support, without the sponsors it can't be done

[scott411]

Danger your points are very valid,

yes kawasaki did press releases, thats why thier is news coverage their is, it was a bit late for my liking thats why i rang the rock adn told them ,as they normally do motocross news.
MNZ press coverage needs work seriously, but it is better than it used to be.

as for the Pukekohe motorcycle club, i did something for the local papers and thats it, i left the national stuff to Kawasaki and MNZ,

as for Josh, he has some supporters here and they got the ball roling but alot of the sutff comes from rueters as it is the woprld championship, notice thier is never any footage of BT on the news, thats becasue the ama does not distrubute the video out of the states, but youthstream (the gp's promotor) does, so we get footage of Josh, they did not put the womans results on, or video of them so no tv coverage of Katherine

[Firefight]

the Pukekohe Motorcycle Club has 2 world champs in 2 weeks

is their something in the water at harrisville???



Bloody good point Scott !, there have been others as well, and don,t forget where young Sam Smith hails from !

Nice article on Katherine (in colour )front page of the local paper today

was that your doing Scott ?


F/F

[scott411]

the counties news are pretty good, but i gave them a call to make sure they new,

good ot see the bombay rugby club updated thier bored with congrats to katherine as well

and Sam SMith is another great puke mx lad,

[Buddy L]

their is usualy a write up about MX in the automotive news section in the helrald on wednesday (tomorrow), always a good page on local MX and road racing articals.

[oldguy]

Murray Deaker has given Katherine quite a bit of coverage in the past, I didn't listen to him last night tho. I wonder if Kawasaki NZ or MNZ have even contacted the news outlets to inform them of Katherines Championship?
Prime TV and the New Zealand Herald had items, so someone is letting them know at least.
But I have to say, I've been involved in a few sports and there is always somebody complaining about the lack of information. Its quite simple though, those sports with a media officer or even just a family member or the athlete themselves who provide a brief do get the coverage on the news, so I really don't think that those that don't can complain.
Like I said before, Josh Coppins gets coverage every week through out his season, so obviously Josh has someone on it. If Katherine does not have someone providing any information, who do you think is going to do it? MX is not the only sport out there not being covered, how much do you hear about MTB?
That organisation was the worse in providing information for media when I was involved and they were always complaining. They were trying to turn MTB into a spectator sport WTF? They ruined the essence of MTB by making the races multi lap roundy roundy races trying to attract spectators. Who cares? No one. How much do you hear about MTB? Virtually nothing. They never ever sent any news items to the media thinking that it was just going to happen automatically. And kept on complaining.
Do you think the NZ rowing does not have a media officer or a publisist? Or Scott Dixion? Or the Rugby Union? Off course they do, and they get the coverage, the exposure, and get so popular that they get the news media contacting the sports bodies for info. But it doesn't just happen for every sport that happens every weekend.
Katherine on the other side of the World in an MX race is not big news. There are probably hundreds of Kiwi's competing through out the World each week. How much exposure they get is in their own hands, and is what attracts sponsors.
I bet when Katherine gets back to NZ she will be in touch with Murray Deaker and she will probably feature on his radio program and on his TV show, just like last year. Its just a shame if the effort isn't put in at the time of the event by someone in Katherines team. What does MNZ do for your money? Why does Kawasaki NZ pass up a golden opportunity to get exposure?
What about the Pukekohe Motorcycle Club? Did they provide a story by any chance?
If you read the NZ Herald or watched Prime News you would have seen coverage. Radio Sport gives Motor Sport extensive coverage and I was very surprised not to have heard anything, but again, I wasn't listening for a big part of the day yesterday, so they may have. So if you don't watch listen or read, how else are you going to hear anything?

Would have to agree, but still think it sucks, all one wanted to hear the following morning was Katherine had successfully defended her world N#1 title
no big write up.


Danger your points are very valid,

yes kawasaki did press releases, thats why thier is news coverage their is, it was a bit late for my liking thats why i rang the rock adn told them ,as they normally do motocross news.
MNZ press coverage needs work seriously, but it is better than it used to be.

as for the Pukekohe motorcycle club, i did something for the local papers and thats it, i left the national stuff to Kawasaki and MNZ,

as for Josh, he has some supporters here and they got the ball roling but alot of the sutff comes from rueters as it is the woprld championship, notice thier is never any footage of BT on the news, thats becasue the ama does not distrubute the video out of the states, but youthstream (the gp's promotor) does, so we get footage of Josh, they did not put the womans results on, or video of them so no tv coverage of Katherine

Did hear Simon Doul say later in the morning sports news that someone had rang The Rock about Katherine and he was going to look into it.


their is usualy a write up about MX in the automotive news section in the helrald on wednesday (tomorrow), always a good page on local MX and road racing articals.

yep but 3 days later. Thank god for KB the best place for 2 wheeled sports news, where would I be with out it.