After hearing this there were a few of us that got together and talked to Mark. Camille (Baker) suggested that we have our series moved to the amateur day, the day before the men's national series. Mark has agreed to do this, so we have been working hard to get everything together.

The series will still be East and West with rounds including:
 
WEST
June 10       Whispering Pines Raceway,     Kamloops, British Columbia (Sunday)
June 16       Wild Rose MX Park,                 Calgary, Alberta (Saturday)
June 23       Castrol Raceway,                      Edmonton, Alberta (Saturday)
 
EAST
July 15        Gopher Dunes,                          Courtland, Ontario (Sunday)
July 21        Circuit de Ste-Julie,                   Ste-Julie, Quebec (Saturday)
August 11   Sand Del Lee,                            Richmond, Ontario (Saturday)
 
The plan is to have the women be the "Spotlight" on amateur day, I am not sure if any of you remember when the pro men had their practices on the amateur day, but at a set time during the day all the amateur racing would stop so the men could do their practice. Everyone would line up along the fence to watch them ride! In hopes that this all works out,  the women will have set times in which the motos will take place, having podiums after each moto. Numbers will be awarded at the end of each East and West Series to determine an East and West Champion.
 
Nothing is set in stone yet as we are still working on all of the details, but in the end this series could be a great way to get new girls out to the events. It might not be as intimidating for some of the girls to get out there. The track will be more tame than it is on the pro day, and the competition could be better this way. Until we get the women's numbers up this is the option we have. Once we show that we have the speed, numbers and competition the women's series will be moved back to the pro day.
 
I remember when there was no Canadian women's series; we were all doing our own provincial races and that's it. It's hard to gain speed or get any type of drive to go faster if you know there is only going to be that provincial series to work for. Sure, winning a provincial is great, but having a national series and giving the girls a chance to ride against the fastest girls in the West or East gives them a chance to really gain experience and give them something to work for. Not only that, but seeing the women have their own national series, getting to meet different girls from all over Canada encourages them to get out there.
 
  On that note, I'm not sure if you have all heard, but the WMA down south are now going to have TV coverage! The women will do one moto per round in the middle of the national day. It used to be that our motos were after the 250 and 450 motos; the track was always gnarly! This way it gives us a chance to showcase what we can do, and have a better track to do it on. It might seem a little farfetched for some people to think of driving to these rounds just to do one moto, but to have the women being showcased on TV will really get women's motocross out there.
 
I will keep you updated when I hear anything else about the Canadian Women's National Series, Mark will be doing a press release for it soon. So keep an eye out for that.
 
We've let it be known, from the rider level, we will NOT let women's motocross die in Canada!
 
Denaye Giroux