Officials Archives - Motorcycling Northern Territory

After a 24-year absence, the FIM Motocross World Championship (MXGP) will make a spectacular return to Australia in 2025 after a landmark agreement between the Northern Territory Government’s Northern Territory Major Events Company (NTMEC) and MXGP rights-holder Infront Moto Racing. Darwin will also be the first city in Australia to host the FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship.

The Australian-exclusive deal, including Motorcycling Australia as a key partner, will see the MXGP round held in Darwin in September from 2025 until 2029, with an option to extend the collaboration beyond the initial five-year term.

“I remember when Peter Doyle, the CEO of Motorcycling Australia, reached out to the MNT to inquire if we would be interested in hosting the MXGP after a quick phonecall with consultant Craig Flecther, then the work begun.

After several meetings with the local promoter “NT Major Events”, Infront Moto Racing, the Department of Planning and Infrastructure, and Motorcycling Australia, we are thrilled to announce that Darwin will be hosting the MXGP, MX2, and WMX classes, along with several local wildcards. The event is scheduled for September 2025, and we are excited to showcase the beauty of the Northern Territory.

I believe that this event will have a positive impact on the motocross scene in the Northern Territory and we look forward to sharing more exciting announcements in the future.” : said Motorcycling Northern Territory CEO Cilla Thomas .

We would like to express our gratitude to the local riders, clubs, and stakeholders who helped Motorcycling Northern Territory make today’s media release a success for the Northern Territory Government, NT Major Events, and Infront Moto Racing.

What’s in it for me? No doubt the first question you asked when the Motorcycling Australia (MA) Alliance Agreement (AA) was announced.

You, as members of MA are at the heart of the agreement. We aim to provide an economic and safe environment for participants and volunteers from all the various disciplines, whether you are a racer, a social rider, or even just an interested observer.

There are a lot of challenges and opportunities facing motorcycling in Australia – rising costs, more stringent safety requirements (higher insurance premiums), the lure of other activities (decreasing member base) and changing requirements of our riders – more ride parks, adventure riding, dirt bike rallies, ride days etc. These are real issues facing the sport which need to be faced as a cohesive team.

For quite some time all of the State Controlling Boards (SCBs) have thought long and hard about the most effective and efficient way to address these challenges and opportunities.

To retain the SCB’s autonomy (direct accountability to their members and securing their assets) while gaining the benefits of acting nationally – reduced duplication, standardising process and products, providing a national voice in support of the sport we love, the SCB’s and MA have agreed to form an Alliance where each member has an equal voice and commits to work together to achieve what’s best for motorcycling.

At this point, Motorcycling Victoria have elected not to participate in this Alliance, however we remain hopeful that they will join in the future to ensure a truly single voice in order for motorcycling to prosper in Australia.”

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