Congrats to whoever made it happen,

[scott411]

whoever got the road race nationals on sunrise (tv3) this morning great work,

[Trudes]

Just saw a bit of that, watching to see if there's some more! Well done someone!!!:banana:

[White trash]

Very good work indeed. Exactly what's needed and you couldn't have hoped for a better first interviewee than Avalon either.

I look forward to seeing what else they cover and who they interview.

[Biggles08]

Very good work indeed. Exactly what's needed and you couldn't have hoped for a better first interviewee than Avalon either.

I look forward to seeing what else they cover and who they interview.

Shit I missed it :no:

[White trash]

Lawrence brothers on soon

[scracha]

Lawrence brothers on soon
Can someone hit record?

[Mr Merde]

Saw the advert onn the idiot box last night.

Prime time


Started with the words

"Motorbike racing is back....."

I never knew it went away.

Anyway good on whomever for managing some choice spots for advertising

[Toast]

Gutted I missed it

And yeah, good stuff those who got it on there.

Apparently the interviewer's face was quite priceless by the time one of the Lawrence brothers had finished reciting his list of injuries (something along the lines of: broken arm in a few places, broken ribs, bit of a crack in the spine, punctured lungs, etc) from their 'minor' crash at the Isle of Mann

A friend of mine said that she saw an ad on tv1 last night for the weekend's races too.

[Shaun]

whoever got the road race nationals on sunrise (tv3) this morning great work,



I see why you are happy with this happening BUT???

Our racing series is NORMALLY shown on TV1----- I wonder how TV1 are going to react when they see that a another TV chanell has got bikes on there now


TV1 DO offer a very good deal cost wise for the TV coverage we do get, IT MAY CHANGE NOW and become more EXSPENSIVE??? Bloody hope not:soon:

[Duke girl]

The reason why Sunrise was showing Pukekohe this morning on their show is they are based in Auckland and their sports reader is a motorcyclist himself. It is about time that Motorcycling NZ got more exposure on TV as A1 seems to get their fair share of it.
The interview with Avalon Biddle was fantastic and she sure is a great role model for the sport. I hope she does well this weekend. Sam Smith was also another great interview and it was good seeing him out there with Rod Cheeseman doing a few laps of the track.
If only Motorcycling NZ got that much exposure everytime there was a race meeting on anywhere in NZ what it could do for the sport.
Well Done Sunrise it was truely great to watcvh and lets see some more of it in the near future.:2thumbsup

[F5 Dave]

Her father txt'd me this morning saying 3 (had thought it was 1), saw the interview, thought she spoke very well, a good representative for the sport, certainly a lot better than the biff heads from our so called national sport that can't string a sentence together.

Good Luck Av:2thumbsup

[prettybillie]

If people want to get a copy of it, I've found TV3 great in the past having no probs in sending out copies of things to me :2thumbsup

[Duke girl]

Hi ya Chick,
How much do they charge for a copy of it?.

[WarrenW]

I have requested they post it on their archive from the show.. Wait and see and check out

http://www.3news.co.nz/TVShows/Sunrise/ShowArchive/tabid/525/Default.aspx

[White trash]

Horrible as this sounds, a third of the people who were interviewed on Sunrise, then went on to crash their brains out during the weekend.

Get well soon Avalon.

[Toast]

Horrible as this sounds, a third of the people who were interviewed on Sunrise, then went on to crash their brains out during the weekend.

Get well soon Avalon.

That sweet young girl is one aggressive racer! 10th at the first corner. 1st by the second lap. On the grass over the hill 3rd lap or so, keeps the gas nailed and retains the lead, seemed to pull a gap and then nailed the wall the next lap!

I was gutted to hear it over the pa...best of luck for a speedy recovery girl

[White trash]

She is indeed something special mate.

And as I've been saying all weekend, it's not impressive because she's a woman, it's impressive because she's fucken unbelievably fast!

[F5 Dave]

Yeah sad news that was, but she will no doubt bounce back I hope, her Dad said she had a rod put into leg yesterday but was txting well, so here's wishing speedy recovery. Kid's bones usually heal fast. Apparently was so close to lap record.

btw check out her new website;
www.avalonbiddle.com

[Duke girl]

So devastated to hear the news about Avalons crash as she is 1 very talented rider who is admired by so many of us who stand behind the fence spectating and also to those who are out there doing what they all love and that being racing to their potential.
My thoughts are with you and your family Avalon and here's hoping you will be back out there real soon once you have fully recovered from your injuries.
Takecare Chick and get well soon ok?.

[WarrenW]

Here is her Dad's race report.

Hi, Avalon wont be getting to a keyboard at home for a couple of days so here is an update on her behalf.

Pukekohe Park Raceway, Auckland, NZ Championship Round 5 (Final Round) 6th to 8th March

Avalon crashed while leading race one Saturday and unfortunately made contact with the wall going over the hill onto the front straight. She had an operation on Sunday morning to have a rod inserted into her left femur which is a normal sort of op for that kind of break. She has had plenty of xrays and scans and no other injuries found. Av came through the op very well and is looking good.

Avalon had qualified on pole position, the only 125 rider to lap under 1.05 seconds in qualifying.
In the race the bike nearly stalled on the start line and although she kept it going was in last place at turn one. She was running 4th a lap later and took the lead a lap after that. Apparently a video shows the back wheel slide out before the accident which didn't involve anyone else. She did a lap time of 1.04.7 before crashing. The 125GP lap record was set at 1.04.5 some years ago by Midge Smart who currently races 600cc internationally from his home in the UK so a pity to come so close and have the weekend finish earlier than planned.

I asked her to consider retiring from racing but she had a short answer for me so looks like we will have our hands out for support from sponsors again for next years nationals and other racing later this year! The 125GP field looks set to be strongly competitive again next year. Any help with attaining sponsorship support would be greatly appreciated. The ambulance staff cut the leg off her new custom made leathers so that's an expensive start to the off season!
My apologies for those who missed the television interview, I had been told it was the Good Morning Show TVNZ and it turned out to be TV3.


regards
Keith Biddle

[Number One]

The reason why Sunrise was showing Pukekohe this morning on their show is they are based in Auckland and their sports reader is a motorcyclist himself.

I saw this and was totally impressed!! He went round the track pretty good I thought - obviously no Valentino but he wasn't a total slouch either :clap:

TV3 are now a bit cooler in my books

[Trudes]

Hope you heal up well Avalon and get back out on the track soon! My God those are some amazing things you are doing out there and awesome times!! Get well soon and Go hard chick!! :woohoo:

[Duke girl]

I txted Sunrise on Monday morning asking who won the NZ Superbike Championship even thou I already knew who won it hoping that they would do a follow up to Fridays wrap up of the weekends racing and they did which was great.