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A throttle-hungry pack of the country’s best motorcycle racers is expected to converge upon Queensland Raceway when QR and the Motorcycling Queensland Road Race Subcommittee jointly host round one of the Queensland Road Race Championships.  Held on the weekend of March 11/12, and preceded by a special track day on March 10, the event is […]

Our Awards Night panel has pooled its combined moto wisdom and finished its deliberations to provide this year’s updated Honour Roll – with all category finalists added. Check it out here! If you’re a finalist, don’t forget you get a complimentary ticket for yourself, so if you’re ordering for the family, don’t double up. Which […]

Our annual zone meetings are an important way for clubs to catch up with representatives of staff and board and now the SEQ Zone Meeting is coming at you, in fourth, with the throttle pinned up next: Brisbane SEQ Zone Event: SEQ Zone Meeting Date: Saturday, Nov 26 Time: 0900-1330 approximate finish Location: Sports House, […]

N.B. All finalists receive a complimentary ticket, and finalists will be announced 10am Monday the 14th.   Tickets to the MXstore Night of Champions – Motorcycling Queensland’s annual Awards Night – are on sale. The event is a celebration of the riders, officials, coaches and activities that make motorcycling in Queensland awesome. Join us at […]

  Two of our nominations for the Queensland Sports Awards made it through to become finalists. Woo-hoo! We’ll find out how we fare at the Annual Queensland Sport Awards & Hall of Fame Presentation on Thursday, November 24.

Today’s Volunteer in Focus is Townsville’s Mark Franzmann – Steward, CoC and Chair of the Motocross Subcommittee. He’s been a staunch and hard-working supporter of motorcycle sport for more years than he’d probably like to admit – so we fired a few questions at him to find out what he reckons. MQ: Hey Mark, where […]

After two years of virtual presentations, Motorcycling Queensland’s MXstore Awards Night will this year be back live and in the flesh, at the Calamvale Hotel on Brisbane’s Southside, on Thursday December 8. We can’t wait to return to the face-to-face format, and to see the many and varied groups of the great Queensland motorcycling family […]

From: Yamaha PR Yamaha’s Charli Cannon has returned to Australia buoyed and inspired by her MXGP experience with plenty of positives and motivation to take away from an exciting weekend for the recently crowned Australian motocross champion. The Sunshine Coast based teenager contested the final round of the Women’s Motocross Championship in Turkey, as a […]

From his first event, Darcy Ward of Darcy Ward Speedway Promotions (DWSP) has elevated the local North Brisbane speedway scene to a level probably not witnessed for a long time. Drawing on every ounce of his international experience and passion for the sport, Darcy will again present some of the biggest events and championships, attracting […]

The North Queensland Speedway Riders and Supporters Club has claimed the first weekend in December for what it promises will be a Blue Riband weekend of speedway racing at Bowen. Battleground for the hottest up and comers in the sport, the Queensland U21 500cc Solo title takes place on Friday December 2 as a fast and […]

Dates and round locations for SEQs have changed. Round 1 Kilcoy 3/4th Sept Round 2 Coolum 17th/18th Sept Round 3 Roma 8/9th Oct Entries opening very soon…

FairPlay Round 7 is now live online and open for applications in Enquire 2. FairPlay provides $150 vouchers to low-income families to help children and young people sign up for their favourite sport and active recreation activities. FairPlay vouchers help cover the cost of membership, registration or participation fees, with Round 7 vouchers available from […]

Craig Shearer can usually be found performing a Clerk of Course role at a QORC or JEDS event, but occasionally officiating at club motocross level. We fired a handful of questions at him for today’s Volunteer in Focus. MQ: Hey Craig, why QORC and JEDS? I am an official for Moreton District Motocross as well […]

When the gates drop this weekend for the Australian Junior Dirt Track Championships at North Brisbane Junior Motorcycle Club, several female racers will number among those giving their all for a coveted Aussie title. These young racers share a united passion for motorcycling and will travel from as far as NSW and North Queensland to […]

Event Organisers of this year’s LCH Queensland Motocross Championship are determined to reclaim the title’s rightful position as the premier tier of motocross racing in the state, with a new look for this year’s battle for the maroon plate. Organisers have consolidated the event into one all-in, three-day epic at the popular Rockhampton racetrack at […]

“It’s a funny club,” says Rod ‘Redman’ Brett of the Cape York Motorcycle Club at Weipa. “It’s like a tide the way our numbers go up and down, but with a small population (circa 4000) to draw from and two different mine roster patterns that affect many of the members, that’s how it is. The […]

A new MQ Director was appointed at last week’s MQ Annual General Meeting. Brisbane solicitor Brian Egan (62) is a member of the Ducati Owners Club, and in his role with MQ Brian will help us out, both in normal Director duties and more particularly in matters of corporate governance. “The Corporate Governance part of […]

With thanks to KTM Australia and the Rockhampton and District Motocross Club, the event is set to light up central Queensland when the various classes finally fight it out for supremacy from the 27th September – 1st October 2022. For Deb Dark, KTM AJMX Race Secretary for 2022, it’s been a long journey: “The RADMX […]

North Brisbane Junior Motorcycle Club-mates Jarred Brook and Briony Hendrickson will attempt to defend their respective national championships at this weekend’s Australian dirt track championships at Mick Doohan Raceway at Banyo. Brook and Hendrickson have been dominant forces in their respective classes since 2017. A 29-year-old Murrumba State Secondary College Physical Education teacher, Briony Hendrickson […]

Australia’s fastest riders on the fastest Superbikes in history are set to take on Queensland Raceway this weekend for round two of the 2022 mi-bike Motorcycle Insurance Australian Superbike Championship presented by Motul (ASBK). After an absence of eight years, the lap record looks likely to be swallowed up by much of the field and […]