FIM Oceania’s powerhouse team for inaugural FIM Intercontinental Games

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FIM Oceania has named an impressive eight-rider line-up to compete in the first-ever FIM Intercontinental Games (ICG), which will be held at the iconic Jerez circuit in Spain on the weekend of November 30-December 1.

FIM Oceania will go into battle against the other five FIM Continental Unions – Latin America, North America, Africa, Asia and Europe – with the following roster:

Supersport (YZF-R7)
• Mike Jones (captain, riding number 46);
• Tayla Relph (#48);
• Tom Toparis (#47); and
• Max Stauffer (#49).

Supersport 300 (YZF-R3)
• Archie McDonald (captain, #45);
• Jesse Stroud (#44);
• Tara Morrison (#42); and
• Cameron Swain (#43).

Above: Mike Jones puts pen to paper as the inaugural FIM Oceania ICG captain

The team manager for FIM Oceania will be Australia’s two-time World Supersport champion and now Yamaha World Superbike crew chief, Andrew Pitt.

The 48 competitors – from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Italy, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Thailand and AMERICA – will compete on identical Yamaha YZF-R3 (Supersport 300) and Yamaha YZF-R7 (Supersport) machines over four races – two per class – to determine which of the six FIM Continental Unions will be the first to win the Games.

To download the full entry list, click HERE.

Each Continental Union will sport its own unique colours – green for FIM Oceania – and include at least one female competitor in each class.

Above: Tom Toparis (left) and Archie McDonald will be key pillars in the FIM Oceania offensive

FIM President, Jorge Viegas:

“As the date for the first-ever FIM Intercontinental Games draws closer, the sense of anticipation is growing stronger and stronger.
“It is very exciting to be bringing together all six FIM Continental Unions in the FIM’s 125th anniversary year and to have riders from across the world competing underlines a very real sense of unity.
“I am confident that this is just the beginning and that the ICG will continue to develop and grow.”

FIM Oceania President, Peter Doyle:

“The FIM Intercontinental Games is a superb addition to the FIM motorcycle racing calendar, and I’m sure it will deliver exceptionally close racing at one of the world’s great circuits.
“The quality and depth in the FIM Oceania team is outstanding, and I know the riders are desperate to etch their names into the history books as the first-ever winners of the FIM Intercontinental
Games. It’s going to be a thrilling event.”

For more information on the FIM Intercontinental Games, click HERE.