Article by Ryan Denney (C&DMCC Press Officer)

Photos by Colin McIlhagger & Joe Beattie

Tuesday 07th February 2012

You often hear the phrase ‘If you don’t ask, you don’t get’, well that is just the case with the Carrick Club’s latest announcement regarding their Two Day Motocross status in 2012.

The turn of the New Year saw MRA clubs announce their line-up of dates and events ahead of the new season, but much to the surprise of many, the popular CDMCC Two Day Motocross was missing from the calendar.

Those who were around the club during last year would have seen particularly stressful times for its working core members. Promoting four different disciplines of off road motorcycling in a six month spell including seven grasstracks, two supercross, a two day motocross at a new venue and a cross country certainly took its toll on the volunteers within the club, most of which help with the club on top of a full-time working week!

A number of members from the club will be in attendance at the Adelaide Motorcycle Festival running from Friday 10th to Sunday 12th February at the Kings Hall, Belfast. The club will be helping out at the MRA stand promoting the sport to the masses throughout the weekend so if your at the show, feel free to stop by for a chat.

At the stand there will be some 2012 bikes on show along with some free MRA stuff, 2012 Fixtures Diary, Stickers, Pens etc. and we will have club membership forms for those wishing to join the club for the upcoming season. (Just £5.00 for the year, bargin!)

We'll get a few photos from the weekend and put them online after the show. See you all there!

The CDMCC Team

The first CDMCC club meeting of the new year will be held this Tuesday, 31st January at The Knockagh Lodge Hotel, Greenisland at the usual time of 8.00pm. This meeting, like all club meetings, are open to anyone to attend so come along for a listen in or if you want to get involved in the running of the club and have your say, you can do that too, ALL WELCOME.

We would like to see a big turnout from the first meeting of the year so be sure to spread the word and make the effort. One of the topics of interest on the agenda is run through of the outcomes of MRA AGM held in December courtesy of our MRA Delegates, where you will be able to ask questions about the AGM if you wish.

Please note that our club meetings are always held on the last Tuesday of the month unless otherwise stated on this website.

Directions to The Knockagh Lodge Hotel are available here (Google Maps Link)

MRA PRESS RELEASE 19TH JANUARY 2012

The MRA are pleased to announce the dates and venues for the 2012 Ulster Motocross Championships, with all Championships running over 6 rounds again this year, but races up to three on the day, this season looks like being the most exciting, and unpredictable in years.

The new format means the days of double Champions is over, with Premier and Semi Expert riders running on MX1 & MX2 machines in the same race, but scoring separate points (and prize money), the racing should be intense.