MRA Ireland

Welcome to the MRA Ireland website!

The Official Ulster Governing Body of Motocross, Quadcross, Supermoto & Enduro.
Associate Member of the Motorcycle Union of Ireland.

OFFICIAL MRA INFORMATION

Please note that this website is the only official channel for MRA approved information, entry forms, dates etc. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information on other websites.

All material on this website is © Copyright MRA Ireland LTD. Copying of information, unless otherwise stated from MRA is strictly prohibited.

CHARITY OF THE YEAR

The MRA has adopted MITRE as our Charity of the Year for 2008.

LICENCE FORMS

Competitors, (adult and youth) please note, Licence Applications by POST only to our registrars.

UNDER 18's

Under 18 Riders must submit an ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE with their licence application. This will be returned to the rider.

ONE DAY LICENCES

At Youth Events, one day licence holders will not be issued with transponders.

MRA clubs cannot issue One Day Licences to Southern Centre competitors. Likewise Southern Centre clubs cannot issue One Day Licences to MRA competitors.

TRANSPONDERS FOR IRISH & ULSTER CHAMPIONSHIPS

Competitors MUST have there own transponders to take part in the Irish and Ulster Championships

PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE FOR EVENTS OUTSIDE IRELAND

Contact Mr. Neil Loughery on 07754 490020

PURCHASE OF TRANSPONDERS

For next season, it has been decided by the affiliated clubs within our Organisation, that adult competitors who wish to compete in the Irish and Ulster Championships will need to purchase  their own transponders. 

For further information contact the following:

AMB - ODenHaan@amb-it.com
David Jones - info@sportstimingservices.com

Errigal Motorcycle Club will be able to sell transponders to its members!

For Supermoto events transponders will be available for hire at the cost of £10 each. If a competitor wishes to purchase a transponder contact Dave on 07742 986300.

2008 MRA ULSTER OPEN MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS

During the 2007 season, there was much dissatisfaction amongst riders, spectators, the press, and sponsors regarding the two races per class Championship format, introduced to allow as many riders as possible to compete.

With an overwhelming opinion favouring a return to three races per class, the challenge for Clubs at the 2007 AGM was to fit this into a day, given the huge entries we have been having over the past few years.  The obvious solution was to restrict entries, and to do this as fairly as possible.

The solution agreed on by a vote of 12 Clubs for, 2 against and 4 abstentions after a two hour debate was to completely revamp the Ulster Open Championship day.

The Championship in 2008 will be over 6 rounds, at different tracks and will be for, Grade A Open, Grade B Open, and Grade C Open, where the word Open means for any size of machine in all classes.

Grade A & B entries will be for anyone with these licences, Grade C will be restricted to 60 entries on the day.

The 60 Grade C entries will be qualified for via two Grade C Qualifying Race days held pre season, and after the second and fourth rounds, the format for these days will be announced in January.

Only 40 riders per class on the Championship day will be allowed to start, the remainder going to non qualifiers.

We believe this is a fair way to allocate Championship spaces, and also to lift the profile of the Ulster Championship.

Sponsors, spectators and the press want to see the best racing possible by the best riders available, and the MRA and Clubs want to see a package that can be publicised and manageable on the day.

Everyone with a real interest in the growth of the sport  in terms of spectator attendance, press interest, publicity, and sponsor input should see the benefits of streamlining and improving the quality of racing.

We all want to see full gates for Ulster Open Championships, full of riders who want to be there, riders who are the best we have to offer to showcase our sport to a wider audience.

Some riders will be unhappy with this format, but the MRA hope that they will see that for 6 days a year the sport should come first, the only way that all riders can be accommodated is to revert to two races per class, and this can only be bad for the long term future of our sport.

2008 MRA ULSTER MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP - Proposed format of the Grade C Pre-Qualifying Events (2 of)

The following  format has been proposed to ensure that all entrants have an equal chance to qualify.

A projected entry of 200 has been used as an example.

1. Split entry into 5 sessions for practice and timed qualifying (each session does not have to be of equal ability as it is only for qualifying purposes).  A ballot type draw by each rider will be used to pick which session they are in.

2. Practice sessions 15 mins, 5 mins free, the remainder timed.

3. After practice all riders fastest lap times are combined in order from fastest to slowest 1st----200th or whatever the total entry is.

4. Riders are then allocated their group for the day as follows,

1. 1st (i.e.fastest) to group 1,
2. 2nd to group 2,
3. 3rd to group 3,
4. 4th to group 4,
5. 5th to group 5,
6. 6th to group 1,
7. 7th to group 2,
8. 8th to group 3 etc., down to 200th to group 5.

5. Each group will then have 3 races each of  15 mins + 1 lap, same as on champinship day.

6. Each group race will be allocated points as per ulster championship scoring system.

7. Each day to use the same format.

8. After the 2nd day the top 60 overall points scorers from the 2 days have qualified to enter the 1st 2 rounds of the Ulster open championship, (any ties will be decided as per U.C. rules.

9. After the 2nd round of the open U.C. the top 40 in the championship will remain for rounds 3 and 4 while the remainder will go back with all remaining grade C entrants to another qualifying event, the same format as used previously will be used to decide the remaining 20 qualifiers for rounds 3 and 4.

10. After the 4th round of the open U.C. the top 40 in the champioship will remain for rounds 5 and 6 while the remainder will go back to the final qualifying event to decide the remaining 20 riders to complete the championship.

11.  At the 2 pre qualifying events subject to weather conditions one should be held on a sand track and the other on a hardpack track.

While some grade C competitors may feel the qualiying days after rounds 2 and 4 are a waste of time, they are not, as well as giving them another chance to qualify to get out for 3 races at an open U.C. day it also gives them what is basically a grade C day of their own, however a club would be entitled to add in support races if they felt there was time to run them.

The Format will be as agreed at the AGM, i.e 3 races.

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