Motorcycle festival is a roaring success

The sponsors of the show Adelaide Insurance Services launched the Adelaide International Weekend consisting of various events for bikers and their families from Thursday 15th July to Sunday 18th July.

For the first time a football match between Kells Cougers from Co. Antrim and Kells soccer Club of Co. Meath will take place in Kells Co. Meath. A charity Classic Bike Run starts the festival on the Friday evening 16th July.

Part of this great event is the115-mile ride out which starts from Kells Co. Antrim on Saturday 17th July. It starts from the community centre in Co. Antrim at 10am and leaves for Kells Co.Meath at 2pm.

Anyone looking to stay over in Co. Meath for the Kells Road races on Sunday 18th July should contact www.quayvipermcc.com.

Writer and adventurer Geoff Hill also launched his latest 15,000-mile trip with fellow writer Colin O’Carroll around Australia.

Sponsors Adelaide Insurance, director, Sam Geddis who came up with the idea of starting and finishing the epic trip in Adelaide, fell in love with the idea of the adventure so much that he’s joining it for the first three weeks with his wife Gloria on a Triumph Sprint.

After Sam and Gloria head home from Sydney, Geoff and Colin will circumnavigate Australia on a pair of Triumph Tiger 1050s, taking 10 to 12 weeks to cover the 15,000 miles of the legendary Highway One before the road is decommissioned.

New date for Irish Championship

The Motor Cycle Union of Ireland - Ulster Centre took the decision on Wednesday February 9th to help out the Irish Superbike Championship in 2010.

The Ulster Centre is adding a new date to the Championship calendar to replace some of the dates regrettably dropped by Mondello Park this year, in order to give support to Ulster Centre licence holders.

At the meeting on Wednesday night everything was agreed to include the May 1st for a round of Irish Superbike Championship at Kirkistown Race Circuit. It has also been confirmed that on May 8th the centre will also run an additional Irish Clubman's Championship event at Kirkistown Circuit.

Both of these events will be promoted under Ulster Centre Sports Promotions and it is hoped that with these extra dates and ongoing talks with Mondello Park and Motorcycling Ireland hopefully a 22 round championship can still be secured in 2010. Read a statement from the MCUI Ulster centre. Since then it seems that Mondello Park has decided to run with the Irish Championship which is good news for competitors.

Nutt Travel.com will

sponsor the ‘Sail for Poll’ on Easter Saturday

At the Adelaide motorcycle show the MCRRI/Killinchy club announced that Nutt Travel would sponsor the ‘Sail for Pole’ at their Easter Saturday event at Bishopscourt 2nd and 3rd April.

It will be a similar format to that which has been used very successfully by the world and British superbike championships. The organisers were delighted with the new backing for the idea which will be used for the first time at their meeting.

“The ‘sail for pole’ with Nutt Travel will start with an untimed practice session at 11.15am approx. On Friday 2nd April and end up, after two timed sessions with a third over six minutes where the pole winner will receive a trophy and 250” said Mark Sanlon on behalf of the organisers. The club also announced sponsors of the Irish Superbike class as Walter Bell and Son Oil fired Heating Services of Carrickfergus. The Enkalon Trophy 12 lap feature race will again be backed by the Enkalon Club for the 34th time and carries a prize fund of 2600 with the winner picking up 800. The race is scheduled for 2pm on Saturday 3rd April.

New sponsor for British GP

Dorna Sports and AirAsia, the world’s best low-cost carrier, signed an agreement today for the airline to be the title sponsor of the 2010 AirAsia British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The 2010 AirAsia British Grand Prix will take place at the Silverstone circuit from 18th-20th June.

Stephen Davison launches Joey Dunlop tribute calendar

Author and top photographer Stephen Davison has produced a Joey Dunlop tribute calendar. The calendar has his usual excellent photographs of the great man in black and white and colour and is priced at 10. Well worth the money as it covers from July 2010 to December 2011. Anyone interested can get further information about the calendar by telephoning 02890663191