New Zealand to host 2025 FIM Oceania Trial Championship

An Aussie versus Kiwi battle usually brings out the best in both. That’s sure to be the case again when New Zealand hosts the 2025 FIM Oceania Trial Championship. Australia will go to New Zealand as defending champions in the Trans-Tasman event, having won the 2023 title in South Australia’s Barossa as part of the Australian Trial Championship.

Formerly known as the Trans Trophy Challenge, then the Oceania Challenge, the biennial FIM Oceania Trial Championship will be held in the Taranaki region of New Zealand’s North Island on 25-27 October. This year’s event will mark 50 years since the first FIM Oceania Trial Championship was held in 1975.

What started as an annual event is now held every two years, with honours evenly split between the two nations - New Zealand has 13 victories to Australia’s 12. The 2023 event went down to the wire, with Australia winning by just 6 points after three days of intense competition.

The 2025 FIM Oceania Trial Championship will be held alongside the New Zealand national title, with the FIM component to be contested over a minimum of three grades – from expert to junior.
Each nation can nominate up to two riders per grade, with riders expected to compete in the grade they regularly ride in their home country. Riders in each class will be ranked daily and, after all three competition days have been completed, the points from all eligible classes will be totalled. The nation with the highest total will be declared the FIM Oceania Trial Champion.
Expressions of interest to compete for each team will be launched shortly.

“The FIM Oceania Trial Championship is one of the great sporting contests between Australia and New Zealand, and I’m delighted to see it being held again in 2025,” said Peter Doyle, President of FIM Oceania.

“Recent battles have been epic, with that famed Trans-Tasman rivalry alive and well as the competitive instincts of both nations really come to the fore.
“But the event – and that holds for all the FIM Oceania events – is much more than just pride: it’s the camaraderie and mutual respect shown by both teams that really makes it something special.”

For application info, more details and event updates, go to: fimoceania.org, or follow FIM Oceania on Facebook.