OCEANIA WOMEN’S MX CUP EXPANDS IN 2025

Underlining the recent exponential growth of women’s motocross racing – worldwide, and particularly in Australia – Motorcycling Australia (MA) has announced an expanded FIM Oceania Women’s Motocross Cup for 2025, which kicks off at the opening round of the 2025 ProMX (Australian Motocross Championship) in March (at Wonthaggi, Victoria), and will also feature as a support class for the much-anticipated Australian round of the MXGP World Championship, to be held in Darwin in September. Here’s an excerpt of MA’s PR about the expanded 2025 FIM Oceania Women’s Motocross Cup…

The one-year-old FIM Oceania Women’s Motocross Cup is already expanding into exciting new frontiers, with the 2025 edition to add teams from America and Africa to join founding members Australia and New Zealand.

To be held alongside Round 1 of the 2025 Penrite ProMX Championship, presented by AMX Superstores (ProMX) in Wonthaggi (Vic) on March 22-23, the FIM Oceania Women’s Motocross Cup will feature five-rider teams from three FIM federations – Australia, New Zealand and America – as well as FIM Africa. Twenty riders will contest three motos over the weekend: the first one a standalone shootout on Saturday, and on Sunday as part of the two televised ProMX Championship MXW battles. The best 14 results from each team (ie, a team can drop its worst result) will determine the final standings.

The event will kickstart a huge year for women’s motocross in Australia, which will also include the nation hosting its first ever round of the FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship as part of the MXGP of Australia in Darwin from September 19-21.

The inaugural FIM Oceania Women’s Motocross Cup was held in Woodville, New Zealand in January, 2024, with Team Australia – Charli Cannon, Emma Milesevic, Madison Brown, Taylor Thompson, Tayla McCutcheon and Madi Healey – defeating New Zealand in a hard-fought battle.

In early 2025, all selected teams will be announced by each federation and FIM Africa.

FIM Oceania President, Peter Doyle: “After such a thrilling start in Woodville, I’m delighted to see the FIM Oceania Women’s Motocross Cup returning in 2025 with two more teams. I’d like to thank the AMA and FIM Africa for agreeing to join us in Wonthaggi, adding even more spice and depth to the event. I’m looking forward to watching it all unfold.”

Team Australia representative, Mark Luksich: “We are thrilled to again participate in the FIM Oceania Women’s Motocross Cup. As the winner of the inaugural event, we obviously want to back that up here in Australia in front of a home crowd.”

FIM Africa President, Marco Comana: “FIM Africa is proud to be associated with the FIM Oceania’s Women’s Motocross Cup. Our riders are looking forward to upping their levels and making new friends. Team racing is exciting to watch, and the riders will be patriotically motivated.”

AMA President and CEO, Rob Dingman: “The American Motorcyclist Association looks forward to supporting the FIM Oceania Women’s Motocross Cup in 2025. We’re excited for our women and expect them to be competitive in Australia.”

Motorcycling New Zealand President, Mac McLeod: “Promoting women in motorcycling is a key goal of MNZ, and the opportunity to compete in the FIM Oceania Women’s Motocross Cup is a real highlight. It’s another opportunity for our women to pursue more international events and follow in the footsteps of our world motocross champions, Courtney Duncan and Katherine Prumm.”