Denaye has been one of Canada's top women motocross racers and in 2011 she captured her first ever Womens Championship. You will also see Denaye challenge some of the worlds best women riders in the United States and had her best ever result in 2011 with a 17th overall.
Well now that the news is finally official we can relax a bit! The women's series will be held on the Amateur Days following the Men's National Series across Canada. It will split into 3 west rounds, and 3 east rounds with a champion for either region. Here is the press release from Mark.
So as most of you know by now there has been much talk about our Canadian Women's National Series for 2012. After much discussion it was decided that the Women's Nationals be taken out of the Sunday Pro Day events.
Alright, well it's crunch time for all those late Christmas shoppers; the long line ups, crazy drivers, and the chaotic madness of people all happens at about this time of year. (Oh the joys of Christmas!) It's also that time of year where everyone is wondering if there will be a Women's Series in Canada come spring.
There are always rumors flying around that they won't have anything but in the end something always comes up. As much as I want the series to grow and become some thing like the WMA down south it all depends on what the committee votes on for us.
When the Canadian Women's Nationals started in 2006 with the help of Jolene, Mallory, and Jessica it was at its best! I was so happy to hear there was finally going to be a series where the fastest women in Canada would race against each other. I don't know what everyone else's provincial series are like but in Saskatchewan there were usually only 5 of us lined up in the Ladies class; and more than half the class is made up of myself, my older sister Amber, younger sister Dallyn, and my Mom Carrie. To hear that we could actually ride against other girls sounded like such a great experience! I look up to all of those girls, and even up to this day I have so much respect for what they have done to get it all started.
Every year since then the series seems to suffer; we aren't getting the absolute most we can out of it. I understand what they were trying to do when they split it up into an East/West Series. They were trying to make it more cost saving for the women, and get more women riders out to the races, but doing this also decreased the racing action that we had. Let's face it: we don't pull out the entry numbers like the men do. It will take a few years before we come anywhere close to that, but when we had both the East and West together we had the top 5 girls from coast to coast battling it out on the track. Now that it's split the top 5 girls are off in one pack leaving the rest are having their own battles. As a spectator it's not all that exciting.
Think about it this way: the men have a full gate + a little more in each class. How many do you think actually travel the entire circuit across Canada? Top 10? For sure! Top 20 riders? Maybe. When the women's series traveled across Canada we had the top 6 to 10 riders competing at all the rounds. I believe that if you are already committed to doing the series you will find a way to get to every round. Spectators will be more interested in watching all of us together again battling it out.
I am sure you will be hearing more about this topic from me in the future but there is just a little slice of what I have been thinking. Where is our series going?
Peace out!
Denaye Giroux #1W
Hey everyone! For those of you who don't know me my name is Denaye Giroux. I have been involved in the motocross world since I was 3 years old. My first bike was a sweet pw50 with purple skull graphics, and training wheels. I have had my fair share of broken bones over the years from racing, and wouldn't ever give it up for the world. After racing 6 years in the Canadian Women's National circuit I have been given some great opportunities, and am now part of the Yamalube, Schrader's, SMX Race team. I couldn't ask for anything more; we have a great group of sponsors backing our team up, and we are doing our best to put their names out there. This year was a special one for me, because I had finally taken home the Western Canadian National Championship, along with winning the Walton Trans Can Ladies Amateur National Championship! It's a feeling I can't even describe, I was just happy to see that all of the hard work I have been doing is finally paying off, and makes it all worth while!
I not only compete in the Canadian National events, but have travelled with my dad down south to race against the fastest women in the world at the WMA races. Down there racing is taken to another level. The women racers are taken seriously, and are given the same opportunities as the men. My goal every time I line up down there is to finish in the top 20, I have successfully done that at every round I attended this year. My best finish being a 17th at Millville, Minnesota. After racing down there, I have a new respect for all the women racers that attend the AMA events. The Women's motos are put at the end of the day, after both the 450 moto and 250 motos, which put the tracks at their roughest. You should be happy if you stay up, and not have any crashes.
Women's Motocross is becoming more, and more popular every year. I see new girls coming into the shop and lining up a our provincial races all the time. The question is: what is happening to our Canadian Women's National Series? Sure there are some things we need to change, but we need the womens entries to increase if we ever want to get anywhere, and get ahead. A couple years ago our Series in Canada seemed to be a step above the WMA down south, and now it's the other way around. I am not going to give up on the sport that I love so much, and want the up and coming girls to have every opportunity out there to get recognized, and show everyone that women racers are important to our sport.
Anyone who races knows that we don't live a normal life; while all our friends are out partying we spend our weekends travelling, getting dirty, and spend ALOT of money to do what we love to do... RIDE!
Can't wait to share all of my moto weekends with you all, until next time.... Peace out !
Denaye Giroux #1W :)
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