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...
MX Dad
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...
Off the wagon
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..
;-D
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.Originally Posted by banditrider
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.
Twice the displacement, twice the cost and a decibel problem, I'll pass on the inside brraaaap!!!
MX Dad
Prime news just had a pretty good weekend round up of motor sport, including mentioning Katherine.....
Ex Pat Dargavillening
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.
The Wise
well done Katherine,
Why would you ride that long and that gnarly stuff if you don't have to, Its what we do, we love it.
Nathan Woods R.I.P.
Ex Pat Dargavillening
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.
;-D
Yeah Tony was last weekend.
Twice the displacement, twice the cost and a decibel problem, I'll pass on the inside brraaaap!!!
Forum whore
the Pukekohe Motorcycle Club has 2 world champs in 2 weeksWe 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.
is their something in the water at harrisville???
The Wise
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
Why would you ride that long and that gnarly stuff if you don't have to, Its what we do, we love it.
Nathan Woods R.I.P.
;-D
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?
Twice the displacement, twice the cost and a decibel problem, I'll pass on the inside brraaaap!!!
Hardcore Biker
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
Forum whore
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
fuckin grumpy leave me alone
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
"Kiwi Biker, still a great place despite the mods "
"Would crawl over broken glass before owning Suzuki"
The only reason I only ride in the Iron man Class is I have no friends left to enter the two man events,
my own fault really.
Forum whore
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,
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