The reality of Women’s Trial

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It seemed that trial was a man’s sport, in fact there were no women’s categories, but the arrival of Laia Sanz made us all see that it didn’t have to be that way.

Few women had dared to compete with men. We could say that in Catalonia Mercè Ribera was one of the pioneers, even competing in the Women’s National Team, but Laia’s assiduity to the tests from 1992 made other women dare to compete. winning the first Women’s Nations World Championship in 2000, which they would repeat in 2002, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Few women have been part of the Women’s National Team. Apart from the aforementioned Ribera and Sanz, Milós Sanchez, Mireia Conde and Sandra Gómez have also been at the top of the podium.

Now it is normal to find women pilots competing in trials both at regional, state, or world level, but beware that we are facing an endemic evil, the price of international licenses.

Take a look at the following comparison of the
evolution of the prices of the RFME women’s FIM trial licenses:

The RFME justifies the increase in prices in 2014 due to the increase made by the FIM, but they report that the increase they have applied to licence fees for this year is 1.8 per cent when it’s actually 68.78%. Someone is lying!

If we analyse the prices of international licences by country, Spain is once again at the top of the most expensive licences, so it is confirmed that the one who lies is very close to us.

Surely at the amateur level we don’t care (or not) that the prices of international licenses (also exit permits) are the most expensive in Europe, but we fill our mouths with praise when our pilots participate and occupy the best positions in the world rankings.

If this continues, Non-professional pilots (all women are women) will have fewer chances to participate and will not be able to leave the country to compete. In fact, they will not be able to compete, because as has been commented on previous occasions, the problem of the price of licenses (by faces) is unique in Spain and it is also at a general level at all levels and categories.

To all this, and the most incredible thing, is that they impose these prices on us and no one says anything, no one complains. Maybe it’s for fear of reprisals, but since I don’t aspire to compete internationally, here I leave my complaint, encouraging the rest of pilot@s to do the same.

David has provided the means to channel any comments, but if you want to make it more personalized, you will always find me at bonaigua@bonaigua-trial.com

Lots of zeros!

Victor Martin

“Bonaiguá”