After finishing third in the women’s class in last year’s Australian Trials Championship, she represented Australia for a second time in the Trials Des Nations, joined by good mate Nicole Casey and Sofie Kraft.
Between the two of them, Chivers and Casey make Gladstone a dominant force in Aussie women’s trials.
Name: Sarah Chivers
Age: 18
From: Gladstone, Qld.
Discipline: Moto-Trials
Bike: Gas Gas Racing, 250cc
Sponsors: Myself now that I’m working and my mum and dad! Paul Arnott from The Hell Team has also helped me out over the years.
I ride a motorcycle because: Riding is the thing that I love! I find that it really focuses my thoughts from anything else that I have going on in my life at that moment. It drives me to do the best that I can in all aspects of my life.
The reason I compete aboard one is: The honour of competing and representing my county at one of the highest levels is something not many people can say they had the opportunity to do. After competing overseas I have met some pretty great people and made some amazing friends. The terrain around the world that I’ve ridden on is vastly different to what I have to practise on in Central Queensland!
What I love about my bike is: That’s it’s a pretty competitive bike straight out of the crate and suits me/my riding style well.
My discipline of motorcycle sport is: Moto Trials, and the thing I love about it is that it is a relatively low-impact sport but you can ride up/over and down some pretty impressive things. It takes a lot of skill and practice to achieve some things in trial.
The biggest high I ever got from competition was: I don’t really have one moment but two. The first one would have to be winning the Junior women’s category at the Australian titles, I was over the moon. The second moment would have to be coming third in open women’s in my first year in the category at the Australian Titles.
My favourite track/place to compete is: I don’t have a particularly favourite place, I just love riding wherever I go!
The person who taught me the most about my sport is: My dad because he’s always been there to let me know what I did wrong or help me try something hard again.
The person/people whose backing makes all the difference is/are: would have to be my family who work really hard with me getting me to all the events and making everything that I have achieved so far possible.
Outside of my motorcycle life I: work full time as an apprentice electrician for Ergon Energy.
People might be surprised to know that I: go bed really early! Usually by 8:30pm or 9:00pm at the latest!
This year my goals are: To keep working as hard as I can for nationals but due to working commitments I am unable to compete internationally this year.
The aspect of my motorcycling that I’ll be focusing on most is: Everything, honing all skills but mostly stepping up a grade hopefully this year.