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Roads: North West 200 and other Northern Irish motorcycle racing events saved following lower insurance deal
Published: 15 March 2023 Updated: 15 March 2023 Previous Slide◀ Next Slide▶ Glenn Irwin leads on the opening lap of the Anchor Bar Superbike race at the NW200 1 of 1 Motorcycling events in Northern Ireland, including the North West 200, will go ahead as planned this year after the Motor Cycle Union of Ireland Ulster Centre (MCUI UC) agreed a new insurance deal. The future of motorcycle racing in the country was in serious doubt last month when it was announced that all events would be cancelled due to soaring public liability insurance costs. Since then, the MCUI UC launched a GoFundMe page which has raised over £90,000, and…
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Luck of the Irish: Insurance Costs Cause Country-Wide Racing Closures
As of this quarter, motorcycle racing in Ireland has become, in the words of the locals, “as rare as rocking horse crap;” the country’s insurance premiums have taken such a spike that nearly all motorcycle racing efforts have been canceled – and, in a bitter move for the people, The Motorcycle Union of Ireland (Ulster Centre) has started a funding platform to get motorcycle racing up and going again. How high are the figures, you ask? Coverage from BBC states that public liability insurance is now upwards of £400,000, with the motorcycle union being asked “to pay an excess of £300,000 in the result of any claim – this includes…
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The solution Irish motorcycle road-racing crisis really needs
Now that the dust has settled on the preliminary bombshell news that there would be no Northern Irish bike racing in any respect in 2023 (and very likely none in the Republic of Ireland possibly) owing to ongoing problems securing insurance coverage, points are starting to at minimum glimpse a minimal far more hopeful than they were. A crowdfunding campaign launched by the Motorbike Union of Eire (the governing body in Northern Ireland) has lifted at the very least some of the cash wanted to go forward, bringing hopes that the relaxation can be located from continuing fundraising and sponsorship, although the island’s premier function, the North West 200, has…
