A Swedish newspaper reported that there were about 70 girls at the meeting. They stayed at the hostel in Stocklycke, Omberg. Participants were mainly from Europe such as Germany, France, Austria, England, Holland, and Luxembourg. Traffic issues that were current at the time were that they wanted to introduce compulsory helmets and separate driving licences for motorbikes. In Sweden, they fight against high motorbike insurance. There was an excursion to Gränna and Visingsö. A campfire, orientation and party were arranged.
In an article for Das Motorrad, Ellen Pfeiffer wrote: For me, every year it is a nice experience to meet so many girls riding motorcycles, to exchange experiences and to laugh. The motorcycle competition was not as much in the foreground as in previous years. Only one mini-rally ‘Around the Omberg’ was held under competitive conditions. The whole thing was declared as a ‘poker rally’; there was a plan like an orientation ride, and at each checkpoint you had to draw a playing card. The roadway was in a desolate state, but the landscape was inspiring. The control points are often hidden in such a way that one only came to the coveted playing card after sweaty climbing or after a walk through mosquito-swarming undergrowth. Margit completed this task with flying colours by drawing the nine three times. Agnès followed her in second place with three times two.
In the afternoon there was a pedestrian rally, like a scavenger hunt, with questions hanging from marked trees. These were general questions that could be answered by housewives, motorcycle mechanics, moviegoers and politicians alike. Here, too, Margit won by a nose and thus became the ‘WIMA woman’ of the year 1975. After some general board games, came the big award ceremony with prize distribution. For the longest journey, Maryvonne got the big trophy – she had the journey from the French Alps, followed by Traudl from Vienna, then a whole delegation came from France, Germany and England.
It wasn’t just about the motorcycles and riding though. Ellen wrote: No trip through Sweden would be complete without a ‘Sillbord’ (a buffet of pickled herring with different flavours). So it was on our programme, and we were very curious to find out what it was. “Hopefully no curb stones”, said Traudl, who had just had a tooth fixed. It was a cozy party with boiled potatoes, herring and all sorts of ingredients and subsequent funny songs, folklore and gymnastics. The French singers stood out, bringing with them an almost inexhaustible supply of chansons and folk songs.
