A CHAMP CALLED MOPS
Last September in the Italian seaside town of Finale Ligure the Enduro World Series (EWS) crowned their World champions. Amidst flashing lights, sparkling fireworks and ticker tape the stage was filled with the superstars of the sport, the best in the world – Sam Hill, Damien Oton, Cecile Ravanel and Melissa Newell. Melissa who?
Kiwi girl Melissa Newell, a builder’s labourer from Wanaka, was right there on stage amongst the fireworks, in her jandals, as the newly crowned women’s EWS Masters champion. Mops, as she’s affectionately known, had battled through the year in a host of different countries as a privateer and come out on top of the world.
