wtf--wheres the press coverage??

[FROSTY]

Looking for news about BOTS
Not a sausage in the harold this am and a 15 second segment on the TV news. I guess bmx is more newsworthy :mad:

[Sanx]

Sheesh Frosty ... you're expecting a bit much ain't ya? Come on - it was only event that attracts 15,000+ spectators, closes SH2 and provides a excitement-filled day out for anyone with the slightest interest in motorbikes. Why should it get any coverage at all, especially compared to other earth-shatteringly important news-worthy events; like NZ 200 metre runner James Dolphin coming home from an athletics meeting in Canberra to be with his wife for the birth of their second child (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/4/story.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10493044). It's not like he's actually a very good 200m sprinter; a PB of 20.56 (the world record's 19.32 for comparison) will not even guarantee a place at the Olympics.

Actually - there is something on the Harold. It's here (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/9/story.cfm?c_id=9&objectid=10493123). Not much in the way of words, but there is a photo gallery with some very god pics, in which both the Mair boys are featured ... pulling wheelies, of course.

[Burrt Badger]

Granny Harold didnt even publish the results they were provided with, let alone the story they were sent. BUT, they did send a reporter to Manfeild for the NZV8's

[FROSTY]

I meant the paper version --eeep

[James Deuce]

What you guys need to do is invent a motorised version of an oval ball sport. Then the media may pay attention.

[Swoop]

What you guys need to do is invent a motorised version of an oval ball sport. Then the media may pay attention.
Perhaps competitors getting pissed in the pub and then going back home to beat the wife/girlfriend up, may help?

Carrying a handbag to the pub and wearing makeup seems to work for some pointy-ball players. The Honda rider's may be able to help here.:lol:


There was a minute amount of coverage on Sunday's TV news.

[BIGBOSSMAN]

I was looking for results/story/even a mention of it in the press but so far have come up empty handed. Faarkin disgusting if ya ask me!

[LilSel]

Actually - there is something on the Harold. It's here (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/9/story.cfm?c_id=9&objectid=10493123). Not much in the way of words, but there is a photo gallery with some very god pics, in which both the Mair boys are featured ... pulling wheelies, of course.

:lol:... love the footwear (converse shoes!!) of the sidecar swinger....

[roogazza]

Always been a battle, here in NZ. Must admit I did make the front page of the Wanganui Chronicle with a photo in the mid Seventies !
Anyway, I was going to say I had mates that were sponsored by a radio station years ago and they always got great coverage, in the paper at least and the radio. 2ZM , is that still alive ?
But I must say it helps to be winning and have a sponsor like that ! Gaz.

[Paul in NZ]

You expect too much.... How about the promoters actually making it easy for the press by providing media kits and press passes and stuff?

[White trash]

Any of the racers issue a little thing called a press release after they raced? Didn't think so.

Watch this space.

[Nicksta]

nice pics of you Jimmy and Drew!

looking forward to said press release WT :)

[99TLS]

read a write up about it in the piako times/post was almost half a page including pic of the oz bloke who won