The calendar for the 2025 Yamaha Australian Enduro Championship presented by MXstore with its new Pro Enduro formet is completed with Tintinara in South Australia hosting rounds five and six on the weekend of May 31-June 1.

The full 2025 AusEnduro calendar:

Rounds 1-2: March 1-2, Kempsey, NSW

Rounds 3-4: April 5-6, Traralgon, Vic

Rounds 5-6: May 31-June 1, Tintinara, SA

Rounds 7-8: June 28-29, Casterton, Vic

Rounds 9-10: September 13-14, Kyogle, NSW

Rounds 11-12: October 11-12, Gympie, Qld

Pro Enduro battle to headline 2025 Australian Enduro Championship

With the 2025 AEC season only a month away, anticipation is building as a new era dawns with the addition of a Sportsman class and an official Pro Enduro points table to add more intrigue into the 12-round championship.

Beginning in Kempsey (NSW) on March 1-2, the new Pro Enduro format is a ‘best of the best’ points structure, replicating many other championships from around the globe, including EnduroGP.

Pro Enduro will be fought out by participants in the E1, E2 and E3 classes, with an outright winner per round and at the conclusion of the championship.

The timing of the Pro Enduro inauguration has come at a tantalising time, with 2022 world E2 champion Wil Ruprecht – one of only four Australian riders to reach the world enduro summit – returning home to ride for the ShopYamaha Off Road Racing Team.

Ruprecht effectively swaps places with Kyron Bacon who will this year switch to the GP circus onboard the MGR Kawasaki (on a KX300 4T).

Ruprecht will not only lock horns in the E2 class against reigning champion Daniel Milner and his new teamster Jonte Reynders in the DM31 Racing Team KTM.

Last year’s E1 champion Korey McMahon is also in the DM31 Racing Team KTM will also fancy his Pro Enduro credentials as he moves into the E3 class, while Will Dennett (ShopYamaha Off Road Racing Team, E2) will be another to watch – and with more seasoned enduro competitors still to declare their 2025 intentions, the battle for Pro Enduro honours isn’t going to be a walk in the park: success will be hard-earned.

Among the riders to have been ‘unofficial’ outright champions in the Australian Off-Road Championship (the precursor to the AEC) over the years include Milner and Dakar Rally heroes Toby Price and Daniel Sanders.

Meanwhile, the Sportsman Cup has been created for state clubman-level riders only, in an All-Powers format. Pro level motocross riders will not be permitted to compete, in what’s expected to be an exciting outlet for grassroots competitors to show their mettle on a national stage.

In total, the 2025 AEC will encompass 11 championship classes – seven senior and four junior – four Cup classes, and of course the creation of the Pro Enduro outright crown.

There are also two dedicated women’s and girls’ classes, both All-Powers.

2025 AEC CLASSES OF COMPETITION

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

•    E1: 120-200cc 2T and 150-250cc 4T

•    E2: 220-250cc 2T and 275-450cc 4T

•    E3: 290-500cc 2t & 475-650cc 4T

•    EJ (Junior): All Powers (Rider must be under 18 years as of January 1, 2025)

•    EW (Women): All Powers

•    EV (Vets): All Powers (Rider must be 35-plus years of age before January 1, 2025)

•    EM (Masters): All Powers (Rider must be 45-plus years of age before January 1, 2025)

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

•    J2 (12-U15 years): 85cc 2T and up to 150cc 4T

•    J3 (13-U15 years): 100-200cc 2T and 200-250cc 4T

•    J4 (15 years): 100-200cc 2T and 200-250cc 4T

•    JG (12-U16 years): 85-200cc 2T and 150-250cc 4T

CUP

•    JJ (9-U12 years): 65cc

•    J1 (9-U12 years): 85cc 2T and 150cc 4

•    Sportsman: All Powers, state clubman riders

•    EWD (Enduro Women’s Development): All Powers

•    EL (Legends): All Powers (Rider must be 50-plus years of age before January 1, 2025)

More information: www.ausenduro.com.au

Photo Credit: Troy Pears