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Mid last year Motorcycling Victoria was given a $341,762 VicHealth grant over three years to help make the sport of motorcycling more attractive to women and girls... Has anyone heard of any initiatives being implemented?

this?

http://www.ard.org.au/news2.php

http://www.motorcyclingvic.com.au/index ... 7ad7ab03c0

It might explain the 8000 cartons of Carlton Draught they just purchased!

dilligaf wrote:this?

http://www.ard.org.au/news2.php

http://www.motorcyclingvic.com.au/index ... 7ad7ab03c0

First link was a specific ride for cancer.. second link didnt work

seiko1 wrote:It might explain the 8000 cartons of Carlton Draught they just purchased!

Where the hell was that party

I have contacted MV, MA, and VicHealth... waiting

http://www.motorcyclingvic.com.au/index ... 1ce9728182

Members of the 2012 Women's Committee were selected in December as part of MV's Female Participation Program.
THE FUTURE is looking brighter for females of the sport in Victoria as Motorcycling Victoria, the State Controlling Body for motorcycle sport, recently formed a special Women’s Committee to bring about sustainable cultural change to boost female participation in a sport largely engaged by males.

“With less than seven per cent of Victoria’s membership-base consisting of female participants, MV has taken proactive steps to improve this area,” MV’s CEO Andrew Weiss said.

MV was awarded a grant from VicHealth in July 2011 to help make the sport more attractive to women and girls over the next three years. Since then MV has invested in a new full-time staff member to oversee the Female Participation Program, Peta Thomas.

The committee, which will be chaired by long-serving volunteer Christine Windham, will be largely responsible for identifying and improving specific areas of the sport, including officiating and coaching, and to ensure the ongoing development of Victoria’s female riders.

Other members of the committee will include John Gillespie, Jessica Watkins, Lorraine Macdonald, Yvonne Barker, Jessica Harris, Fiona Collins, Jade Taylor, James Taylor and Rebecca Lipsett.

“Having been involved in motorcycling in Australia for nearly six years I have seen some reasonable efforts made to invest time, energy and resources into increasing female participation in the sport,” Weiss continued.

“Not only are we hoping to boost numbers of females, from riders and officials to coaches and administrators, we also want to implement long-term change in regards to the perceptions around the roles of females within the sport.

“We now have an amazing opportunity to really make a difference, thanks to the VicHealth grant we received earlier in the year, and the creation of our Women’s Committee will help facilitate ideas to ensure that the program heads in the right direction,” Weiss added.

Two-time Australian Women’s MX champion Kristy Gillespie, whose father is a committee member, is optimistic with the developments: “The formation of the Women’s Committee is just the first step. There are a lot of enthusiastic members who want to see women’s motorcycling in Victoria move forward,” Gillespie remarked.

“This will help put our girls on the map.”

Possum wrote:I have contacted MV, MA, and VicHealth... waiting

You might be waiting a while....it's Sunday

I know that there were girls only track days a couple of times this year at broadford.Get this $80 for the day with lunch included.Not sure if it was all MA but surely had some thing to do with it as they pretty much run broadford.

2nd link should have been to the girls only track day.

http://www.motorcyclingvic.com.au/index.php?id=23

Cheers all, very informative. Will have to keep my ear to the ground.. I want to know whats planned for this year.
I had a list of about 20 women in Vic who wanted to get their licences and more who wanted to up their skill levels. They wouldnt be aware of any of these things and I think it would be a great opportunity for them. ..

z900/zx9 wrote:I know that there were girls only track days a couple of times this year at broadford.Get this $80 for the day with lunch included.Not sure if it was all MA but surely had some thing to do with it as they pretty much run broadford.

Do they do an "inspection" of participants to check or do they operate on a bonafide operation. $80 with lunch not bad

Naked Twin wrote:

z900/zx9 wrote:I know that there were girls only track days a couple of times this year at broadford.Get this $80 for the day with lunch included.Not sure if it was all MA but surely had some thing to do with it as they pretty much run broadford.

Do they do an "inspection" of participants to check or do they operate on a bonafide operation. $80 with lunch not bad

why do you ask, you gunna frock up?

or just offering your services as an inspector?
here one to test your inspecting abilities!

Gees I dunno about where to go with this, incentive to take up riding, fre set of french lingerie ion the colour of your choice? Free tampons for a year perhaps? Do realise the number of males riding motorbikes far outweigh the females but as for special concessions, and indeed government money, why" A female of the species can get her license the same way any male of the species can, so why the funding?

If anything why not vice versa, so many more males riding bikes why not fund them advanced training so as to potentially reduce accident numbers?

dickfaber wrote:

Naked Twin wrote:

z900/zx9 wrote:I know that there were girls only track days a couple of times this year at broadford.Get this $80 for the day with lunch included.Not sure if it was all MA but surely had some thing to do with it as they pretty much run broadford.

Do they do an "inspection" of participants to check or do they operate on a bonafide operation. $80 with lunch not bad

why do you ask, you gunna frock up?

or just offering your services as an inspector?
here one to test your inspecting abilities!

Been known to do worse for less value.

BTW I think this thread should now be NSFW

mick_dundee wrote:Gees I dunno about where to go with this, incentive to take up riding, fre set of french lingerie ion the colour of your choice? Free tampons for a year perhaps? Do realise the number of males riding motorbikes far outweigh the females but as for special concessions, and indeed government money, why" A female of the species can get her license the same way any male of the species can, so why the funding?

If anything why not vice versa, so many more males riding bikes why not fund them advanced training so as to potentially reduce accident numbers?

Some guys out there ride like girls so maybe they can get in too Or if ya wanna save yourself a few bucks on a track day get ya mums bra and stuff it full(This does not applly if u have big man boobs) Shave and put on a wig and ya might just get in.