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    Good on the lad, out there and doing it and briniging in a great result. Well done Daniel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Str8 Jacket View Post
    Didn't get to see any WSBK racing last night/this morn - but this just in from Dan Mettam's facebook page:

    finished second today at wsbk european juniour cup was having a good race with the top 4 riders the times between us were so close i almost came off when Matt Davies crashed right in front of me but i swerved and smashed his screen into a thousand pieces with my foot. also got to stand on wsbk podium and spray shampane AWESOME!!!!!!!!

    Go hard little man, excellent stuff!
    ok, has anyone seen a press release for this, i can not find anything on the worldsbk site, and the european junior site is only a static page with the price on it,

    anyone?

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    Quote Originally Posted by scott411 View Post
    ok, has anyone seen a press release for this, i can not find anything on the worldsbk site, and the european junior site is only a static page with the price on it,

    anyone?
    Here is a link to the very short story on NZSBK: http://www.nzsbk.com/2011/04/daniell...d-spot-in.html

    Motorcycle racing does not rate highly in NZ..... Be nice if that'd change if we're going to start having more and more success stories!
    "Some people are like clouds, once they fuck off, it's a great day!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Str8 Jacket View Post
    Here is a link to the very short story on NZSBK: http://www.nzsbk.com/2011/04/daniell...d-spot-in.html

    Motorcycle racing does not rate highly in NZ..... Be nice if that'd change if we're going to start having more and more success stories!
    it is nothing about not ranking highly, you may get it on the news if you can get a a half decent press release on it, they news may not print it, the press will not go out of there way to find this, but if you supply it to them they sometimes run it

    can you find anything else but the nzsbk story, because i can not???

    (ps: Congrats Ian for getting something up at least)

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    Quote Originally Posted by scott411 View Post
    it is nothing about not ranking highly, you may get it on the news if you can get a a half decent press release on it, they news may not print it, the press will not go out of there way to find this, but if you supply it to them they sometimes run it

    can you find anything else but the nzsbk story, because i can not???

    (ps: Congrats Ian for getting something up at least)
    Yeah, I hear ya!

    I do wonder about the younger generation (up and comers) not being important in marketing terms in general and if this has to do with the lack of reporting on this particular race or not?
    I am a little bummed that many mainstream NZer's don't get how hard it is for Kiwi's to *make* it overseas and stories like this are great for people to read!
    "Some people are like clouds, once they fuck off, it's a great day!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Str8 Jacket View Post
    I do wonder about the younger generation
    you OLD FOSSIL you; now back to your knitting

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    Awesome Daniel!!!! Such a rad little dude too YOU CAN DO IIIITTTT!

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    Well Done Daniel, & supporters.

    Quote Originally Posted by Billy View Post
    Why thank you YOUNG lady!Its been a pleasure to work with some of the new recruits and Im sure the others mentioned above would agree,Cant wait to see the newly recognised Prolite 250 class flourish and hopefully we will see even more young talents emerge,

    Again a huge thank you is due too the following for the foresight,Knowledge and support in making this happen:

    Peter Jones and Paul Stewart for setting the class in place,

    Jim Tuckerman,Kevin Goddard and Peter Ramage and their helpers on the board and roadrace commission for their guidance and expert instruction too those working in the background too have the class recognised,

    Jos Mason from NZBADD,For showing us all how to deal with the setbacks put in front of us and move forward despite them,You have given Me and all around me the confidence too push on and achieve the goals we set,Oh and some money!!

    Without these people this class would not have happened and this opportunity would not have been afforded us
    Has Daniel ever ridden a Prolite bike?

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    well done Dan.......as for news reporting of this event..........even surfing in scotland got a mention tonight.....i guess no pictures..no story.......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Racey Rider View Post
    Well Done Daniel, & supporters.



    Has Daniel ever ridden a Prolite bike?
    No!We offered him one for the Nationals as I was aware he had been accepted for this Ninja cup,

    But Glen (His dad) decided they should concentrate on the 125 GP machine.Although Daniel was keen as,He just wants too race motorcycles as much as he can,Awesome attitude and commitment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Billy View Post
    Why thank you YOUNG lady!Its been a pleasure to work with some of the new recruits and Im sure the others mentioned above would agree,Cant wait to see the newly recognised Prolite 250 class flourish and hopefully we will see even more young talents emerge,

    Again a huge thank you is due too the following for the foresight,Knowledge and support in making this happen:

    Peter Jones and Paul Stewart for setting the class in place,

    Jim Tuckerman,Kevin Goddard and Peter Ramage and their helpers on the board and roadrace commission for their guidance and expert instruction too those working in the background too have the class recognised,

    Jos Mason from NZBADD,For showing us all how to deal with the setbacks put in front of us and move forward despite them,You have given Me and all around me the confidence too push on and achieve the goals we set,Oh and some money!!

    Without these people this class would not have happened and this opportunity would not have been afforded us
    Was made aware this morning by the current MNZ president that I had missed out a MAJOR player in the establishment of Daniels career.

    John Connor from the AMCC was indeed the person instrumental in getting Daniel started in bucket racing at the Mt Wellington kart track and is in fact with Daniel as his support while hes competing over there.

    My humblest apologies too John and his team including Keith Biddle,These guys also do a huge amount of work with the Junior roadrace scene in Auckland,We just need a link to the Streetstock/Prolite class at that end of the island and we'll be starting to make some real progress.

    Guess this makes ME a liar as well now,Hope Bill and Ben arent watching,Bwahahahahahaha!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by scott411 View Post
    it is nothing about not ranking highly, you may get it on the news if you can get a a half decent press release on it, they news may not print it, the press will not go out of there way to find this, but if you supply it to them they sometimes run it

    can you find anything else but the nzsbk story, because i can not???

    (ps: Congrats Ian for getting something up at least)
    Good riding Dan !

    http://www.danielmettam.co.nz/raceresults.aspx

    I can't a "mylaps" type link for it anywhere
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