By his own tongue-in-cheek assessment, he started at the bottom and he’s still there. But along Ojai Maguire’s 10+ year journey as a volunteer for the Toowoomba MX Club, he’s worked every role there is; and put a lot of time and effort into maintaining and growing the reputation of the club and its famous […]
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From the Chair 11/08/2025 – Russell Bentley, MQ Board President
Many sports clubs face challenges in recruiting and retaining volunteers due to a range of factors from time constraints to lack of recognition/appreciation, skill gaps, inadequate mentoring, right down to toxic club culture. Unfortunately, there’s no silver bullet, but to help address these issues, clubs can offer: • A Dedicated Volunteer Coordinator to connect people […]
Volunteers Keen for More After ProMX at QMP
You might have noticed the QMP Crash Crew manning the flag points in their orange shirts at Sunday’s ProMX finale – they were some of the army of volunteers that kept the wheels turning and the gates dropping last Sunday. All major sporting events need the services of volunteers to operate, right up to the […]
Charli Cannon checks in from the Airport
With the last droplets of champagne probably still drying on the trophy she won at the ProMX finale last weekend at Queensland Moto Park, freshly-crowned Aussie Women’s Champ Charli Cannon spoke to MQ Media from the airport as she prepared to jet out to the US for her next challenge – to complete the US […]
Volunteer in Focus – Troy Patterson
Many ProMX fans would not be aware that some ProMX Marshals are not from local areas, they may not even be from the same state. Troy Patterson and his wife Kim are two flaggies whose love for the sport is enough for them to volunteer at locations as far afield as this year’s ProMX championship […]
Winning Aussie trio to reunite for 2025 FIM Motocross of Nations
Motorcycling Australia has selected a winning formula for its defence of the FIM Monster Energy Motocross of Nations (MXoN) in the United States of America from October 3-5, with Jett Lawrence, Hunter Lawrence and Kyle Webster returning for another tilt at the prestigious Chamberlain Trophy. The trio will again take exceptional form into the massive international […]