Motorcycling Ireland Monthly Update : November 2024

Motorcycling Ireland issued their November update on 28th November 2024 and followed that with further information on 29th November 2024.

Monthly Update from the Board of Motorcycling Ireland

As part of our ongoing commitment to better communication, we’re introducing a monthly update to share key highlights from our board meetings. These summaries will provide a snapshot of important topics and ongoing projects.

Here’s what was discussed at this month’s board meeting:

Welcomed New Board Members – We’re excited to introduce new faces to the team!

Positive Progress with Insurance – We have received some positive feedback on current insurance progress. We thank you for your patience while we continue to work hard on this topic. We will release a separate statement on insurance soon.

Upcoming Inter-Centre Conference – Details of the inter-centre conference were discussed, as well as selecting the board members who will represent us at the event. We look forward to this event as a way to bring all of the centres together for discussions on our disciplines and the future of our sport.

Licence Extension – All current competition licences have been extended until February 28th, in line with our current insurance period.

Holeshot Draw – The Holeshot draw raised €175,000 in total, which went a long way in covering our insurance premium. We would once again like to thank everyone who supported the draw. A special thank you to two of the winners who donated their prizes back to the insurance fund.

Website Updates – We’re continuing our work on our new website, with a focus now going to ensure that each discipline will soon have their own section for specific information. This is a work in progress.

If you have any further questions or would like more information, please reach out to your local club. They can either provide additional details or bring your questions directly to your convenors who have more detailed information.

Stay tuned for more updates, and thank you for your continued support!

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Update

First, we want to thank you for your continued patience as we work through the planning process for next year. We know many of you are eager for information to help make your plans, and we sincerely appreciate your understanding.

As we’ve mentioned at our AGM, our insurance period is up in March, and like renewing car insurance, we can’t enter negotiations until a lot closer to this time. However, we have received interest from several parties who are willing to enter negotiations when the time is right. This puts us in a much better position than we were in last year.

At the last board meeting, a full list of finances was reviewed, as it is each month. Your convenors have access to this information and can share it with clubs if you’d like more details. While we won’t discuss the full financial position on social media, we want to be transparent: we will need to raise additional funds. As you can appreciate, the full amount won’t be clear until we receive insurance quotes early next year. If you do have some ideas for fundraising, we would love to hear them. Please email them to your club so that we can review them and come up with a plan that will serve the community.

That said, we are working in a positive manner toward next year, but it would be unfair to say we are 100% going racing. This position won’t be clear until early next year, when we receive the necessary quotes. As we stated previously, we are aiming for a ten-month insurance period next year to help secure quotes earlier in the future and provide more solid information before the new year.

It’s important to note that road racing is a key part of every conversation we are having with our insurance providers, and it remains a priority to bring it back. We are working closely with the road racing convenor and the remaining affiliated road racing clubs on this matter.

Thank you once again for your patience, support, and trust as we move forward. We will keep you updated with new developments as they arise.

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