Category: Race Wrap

Double third places for Gardiner at Monkerai

Rounds nine and ten of the 2016 Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championships (AORC) headed to rural Monkerai, NSW. Just like rounds seven and eight at Hedley in Victoria, it was another cross-country/sprint format, which saw 23-year-old Jess Gardiner taking two solid podium placing’s with two third place finishes overall. The cross-country track on Saturday was pretty […]

AORC Rnd 7 & 8

Fourth and third place for Gardiner at a rain soaked Hedley in Victoria Jess Gardiner walked away from last weekend’s seventh and eighth round of the 2016 Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC) with a fourth and third place respectfully at Hedley in Victoria. Round seven on Saturday marked the first cross-country format for the season, which […]

Half Way Point

We are finally at the halfway point of the Australian Off-road Championships. The racing was intense and Murray Bridge was no exception for rounds 5 and 6. The track was a wide-open 2-day sprint format along side the Murray River, which consisted mostly of grass tracks. Gardiner found the tracks difficult to push hard on, […]

Taste of a win

The 2016 Australian Off-road Championships raced to Portland, NSW for rounds 3 and 4. The course was true enduro style course and set up for some intense and physical racing. Only two weeks after the first round Gardiner did not have much time to continue her recovery, although two weeks makes a massive difference. Gardiner […]

Critical return to AORC

The 2016 Australian Off-road Championship (AORC) kicked off over the weekend in Kilkivan, QLD. The weather was very humid and dusty which catered for a challenging weekend racing the heat. Jess Gardiner took on the weekend on board her Yamaha Motor Australia WR250F. With Jess only 2 weeks and 2 days post surgery heading into […]

Jess Signs with Yamaha

In recent news: Jess Gardiner signs with Yamaha Motor Australia for the 2016 Australian Offroad season. Jess will race a WR250F in the 2016 season. Thank you to all other proud sponsors of JESS GARDINER in 2016: Bulk Nutrients Motorex Australia Quick Check Australia Triple X Stainless Steel Total Tools – Penrith Novik Gloves Australia […]

Wildwood Rock Extreme Enduro

This year’s Wildwood Extreme Enduro was my 3rd attempt at the race.  I had DNFed the previous 2 years so my goal for this year was to at least finish the event! It has become a tradition between my good friend Kristie McKinnon and me, to dress up in some sort of costume for the […]

2014 ISDE Argentina

This year I was able to spend the month leading up to the ISDE training in France. I caught up with Team Australia in San Juan, Argentina the week before the event. We used the time to walk the special tests and commit them to memory. It was pretty uncomfortable wandering around, it was such […]

GARDINER ADDS AORC TITLE TO 2014 TROPHY HAUL

Sherco, Ballards Motorex off-road rider, Jess Gardiner struck a different type of gold in Bendigo over the weekend taking out the women’s crown in the Australian Off-Road Championships (AORC). The 21 year old from Londonderry NSW, reclaimed her title finishing comfortably on 291 points from Emelie Karlsson (243) in second and Tayla Jones (242) in […]

GARDINER REIGNS SUPREME AND TAKES HOME 4TH A4DE TITLE

  Sherco, Ballards Motorex off-road rider, Jess Gardiner has claimed her fourth Australian Four Day Enduro (A4DE) women’s title taking out top honours with a total time of 2h55:03.238. The 21 year old from Londonderry NSW, said it was extremely close between her and ISDE team mate Tayla Jones but was happy she managed to bring […]