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9/6/2021 7:27pm
9/6/2021 7:27pm
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9/9/2021 4:46pm
Motorcycling Australia today regretfully announce that it will not be sending a team to this month’s FIM Motocross of Nations (MXoN) to be held in Italy, due to significant COVID-19 regulations and restrictions.
MXoN is to be held on September 25 and 26, in Italy, however with border restrictions, stringent international travel restrictions which require special exemptions, vaccine and quarantine requirements in Italy and Australia, vaccine passports as well as contractual commitments of candidates and their teams, it is not possible to send a team.
With constant COVID-19 legislative changes both here in Australia and Europe it is not feasible, to have an Australian team participate.
It’s disappointing as this is an event the Australian motocross fans and industry look forward to, and we believed we could have fielded a very strong team this year, however the global pandemic has made the mission to send a team impossible.
We look forward to participating in 2022.
MXoN is to be held on September 25 and 26, in Italy, however with border restrictions, stringent international travel restrictions which require special exemptions, vaccine and quarantine requirements in Italy and Australia, vaccine passports as well as contractual commitments of candidates and their teams, it is not possible to send a team.
With constant COVID-19 legislative changes both here in Australia and Europe it is not feasible, to have an Australian team participate.
It’s disappointing as this is an event the Australian motocross fans and industry look forward to, and we believed we could have fielded a very strong team this year, however the global pandemic has made the mission to send a team impossible.
We look forward to participating in 2022.
The Shop
2 or 2 Million, either way it the same fucking restrictions.
Mainly essential work only i.e disability, health care.
Only 5k radius for exercise from home.
Been over 200 days in lockdown in Victoria Melbourne.
Government have been painfully slow in vaccine roll out.
Sept 23 should be 70%first vaccinated completed n some restrictions should slightly ease restrictions...
Once double jabbed vaccinated 70 predicted Oct 23 should have lot more freedumb.
It’s a shame they aren’t sending a team, but the fairness is a nice change.
We have 3 guys racing MxGp that could represent us
Jed Beaton, Wilson Todd and Bailey Malchowiuz with a good chance of great results.
Hopefully all F**ks off by summer and we can get some MX racers back up and running.
Hunting and recreational firearm use is very popular but runs under the radar because of a very different, non handgun culture.
However the Covid situation in Australia has zip to do with not sending a team to MXdN, because the team would have been made up of America and Europe based riders.
Just like team USA, it’s a total cop out by our mob.
Pit Row
#needforspeed78
Enjoy the ensuing poverty and deprivation though that'll come your way. Nothing like protecting vulnerable people ... by creating more of them.
We're not far away from permanent suspension of international events in certain territories. It's becoming economically nonviable. People are still a bit in la la land because they aren't feeling the economic affects yet, but 150m+ in the poorest parts of the world who've been plunged into extreme poverty are.
MXON might be done and dusted as a credible event.
Coronviruses never go away so you either cultural learn to say "we will just have to live with this" or give up on your life as a free individual.
Covid isn't really that bad. it's very visual because it targets older people, and humans haven't had large populations of 'older people' for that long (100 or so years) so it looks worse than it really is. It barely would have registered in my view 200+ years ago.
Anyway. Good luck getting out of the lock down cycles. Vaccines are not the way out. If UK goes back in then it's game over on that front.
and McG you're saying guns protect you from cops? As in you'd shoot them?
I thought you guys were all about the thin blue line
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