Ladies • Donna Fox 2022: Working hard on the BSA Bantam in the Pre-65 Scottish.
DONNA FOX
FOXY LADY Without a doubt – and quite rightly so – the ladies’ side of motorcycle trials has grown beyond what anybody could have predicted. Close on 30 years ago, a young smiling face was spotted inside a crash helmet at a North Derbyshire Youth Motor Cycle Club riding a Yamaha TY80. That face belonged to a very young Donna Fox. She was having a ball of a time, always smiling whether upside down or feet-up; the enjoyment was obvious. She loved motorcycles, in particular trials. Wind the clock forward to 2022, and she was using her many years of experience working alongside the seven-times FIM Women’s World Trials Champion Emma Bristow on Minding duties. By the end of the year, it was title number eight, and Donna had played a part in it; she loved the pressure and the success of working with such an incredible world champion. 2022 was a busy year; in between working with Emma, she also finished 19th in the Pre-65 Scottish on a BSA Bantam. A lady of many motorcycle talents, it was time to catch up with the ‘Foxy Lady’. Words: Trials Media with Donna Fox Pictures: Peter J Beardmore, Trials Media, Barry Robinson, Eric Kitchen 48
April-May 2023 • Trial Magazine
