Australasian Dirt Bike — June 2017

34 | JUNE 2017 http://www.adbmag.com.au

IT FEELS LIKE a lifetime since
I last raced. Apart from a bit of
a go up in Yeppoon, Qld, at a
club endurocross, the A4DE
was my last race and that was
all the way back in November. I
am feeling a little lost and am
sure that I am not the only one.
The reason you ask?
Queensland Enduro is
struggling to get races
happening, while the AORC
calendar was always going to
kick off late, but Cyclone
Debbie has made it even later.
So my last few months have
been filled with uni and
coaching instead.
From 2007 to 2011 I studied
Law. It was, as you can
imagine, a huge workload. So
much dull reading, but as we
humans forget the bad stuff
pretty quickly (Why else would
racers continue after injury, or
women have more than one
baby?) I signed up this year to
do a post-graduate high school
teaching degree.
I’ve only had my head back
in the books for a little over a

monthandIhavealready

found myself wondering ...

“Why am I putting myself

through this again?” This time

around, however, it is only a

year, and I am finding teaching

really interesting. This coming

school term I start prac. I’m

sure I am in for a shock and am

trying to prepare myself for

today’s classroom and

adolescent.

Twenty seventeen feels like

theseasonofcoaching.Ihave

hadafewone-daygroups,and

‘one on ones’ at an amazing

property in Gympie called ‘Ant

Hills’. Women’s Week up here

in Queensland was a success.

For the Women Only day I

paired up with Jess Gardiner

and took 53 ladies out bush to

tackle singletrack, logs and

hills. I also spoke to some

roadbike ladies at Queensland

Moto Park, which was

awesome and a new

experience for me.

The biggest, greatest, most

exciting event since my last

column was the Fox Womens

Off-road Camp Out #1, in my

home town of Gympie. It was

amazing.

The idea behind the camp is

to get girls out on their bikes,

learning skills and techniques

and improving but, just as

importantly, meeting other

women who ride. It’s about

creating a dirtbiking

community of ladies. When we

were putting the Camp Out

together I thought about all

the ladies making friends but

have since realised that I would

get to have the same

experience and am widening

my circle of friends. Chicks

who ride are the best. The

Camp Out is still a baby and I

am so excited about its future.

Camp Out #2 is in Batemans

Bay in July. Details and entries

at jemmawilson.com.au.

This is my first season in six

years that I am not racing the

World Enduro GP’s and seeing

Jess Gardiner head over to do

a full season of the world,

European and French

championships and Tayla

Jones in America absolutely

bloody killing it, leaves me

slightly nostalgic but also

super glad to be at home with

my fiance and Lila (my

beautiful puppy).

So, that’s my last two

months. There has been no

racing and I have stayed local,

but I’ve still been busy. But I

really cannot wait to get down

to Victoria and race Round

One of the AORC and have the

race season finally start.

WOMENRIDERSARETOPS

SOIL SAMPLE

JEMMA WILSON

FASTEST FILLY

IN SCHOOL

SECOND OFF-ROAD CAMP OUT HAPPENING IN JULY

THE BIGGEST,

GREATEST, MOST

EXCITING EVENT

SINCE MY LAST

COLUMN WAS

THE FOX

WOMENS

OFFROAD CAMP

OUT #1