Apart from an exponential rise in compliance costs, the Monkey fell victim to the ageing of the Otago Motorcycle Club organising committee. Now they are all close to 80 and reckon they deserve a rest. Hard to argue with that after 40 years. Sadly the weather gods failed to bless the final Brass Monkey with a decent frost. Temperatures sat around a balmy 8 degrees Celsius, a far cry from 2018 when the hoar frost kept things well south of zero. My team of Monkettes has a taste for roads less travelled. Ideally they go from nowhere to nowhere and there’s a quicker way for those in a hurry. This year our rally route included the Hakataramea Track, the Old Dunstan Rd and the Black Forest Track.
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Lawrence gymkhana attracts 100 horse riders, 50 bikers
18 Jan, 2021 01:00 AM
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Alyssa Goble (9), of Tapanui, picks up a toy gorilla in one of the many unorthodox exercises in the cowboy challenge . Photo / Jack Conroy
Alyssa Goble (9), of Tapanui, picks up a toy gorilla in one of the many unorthodox exercises in the cowboy challenge . Photo / Jack Conroy
Otago Daily Times
By: Jack Conroy
Barry Guthrie, of Lawrence, has held a yearly position perched on a shed above the Lawrence gymkhana grounds to oversee and commentate on the annual gymkhana event.
He says he never gets tired of it - I guess that s what happens when you live in a place your whole life.