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The participants of the FIM Africa General Assembly - Photo @Bob Dewar FIM Europe President Dr Wolfgang Srb has attended the General Assembly of FIM Africa in the Emperors Convention Centre in Johannesburg, held on 23/24 October, representing the FIM. Federations from Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and  Madagascar were present and discussed general African issues as well as relevant topics related to their regions. The second day saw the meetings of the various Commissions, i.e. Sporting Commission (Enduro/Cross Country Working Group, Motocross Working Group), Women in Motorcycling, Environment & Medical Panel and Leisure, Touring & Road Safety Commission.“It was most interesting to take part in the FIM Africa General Assembly”, stated Dr Srb. “The issues are almost the same as in Europe and other parts of the world; quality and number of events, sporting and technical rules, medical and environmental standards, licenses and insurance, participation of

The participants of the Sporting Commissions in Fiumicino, near Rome (Italy) The FIM Europe Commission Meetings have been opened by the first session of Sporting Commissions, which will be followed by the second session of Sporting Commissions in November and by the Non-Sporting Commissions next January. The meeting was held, as in the past, in Tiber Hotel in Fiumicino, near Rome (Italy). In this first session, the meeting of Motocross, Enduro, Trial, Supermoto and Drag Racing Commissions were held, with the participation of the Sporting Council Chairman Mr Martin de Graaff and of FIM Europe Secretary General Mr Alessandro Sambuco. Joining the meeting, also Oriol Puig Bulto, Director of International Technical Commission of FIM, Tony Skillington, Director of Motocross Commission of FIM and Thierry Michaud, Director of the Trial Commission of FIM. "The presence of FIM directors is important for the cooperation with FIM and for the harmonization of rules between FIM and FIM Europe", Mr

The new issue of FIM Europe MAG is online and can be downloaded here From  the 16th to the 19th October the first meeting of the FIM Europe Club Experience took place in Tuscany. This issue of FIM Europe MAG is  dedicated to this event, which saw the participation of First Deputy President Martin de Graaff and of Second Deputy President Silvio Manicardi, as well as of Jesper Christensen, FIM Director of Public Affairs, of Stelios Korelis, AMOTOE President, of Alessandro Sambuco, FIM Europe Secretary General, as well as of Rodolfo Romeo, Chairman of the FIM Europe Judicial Panel, and of many other "friends" of FIM Europe, who rode with their motorcycles for three days in Tuscany.

Maurizio Micheluz, the Italian defending champion The final of the Enduro Championship will be held from October 30th to November 1st in the German city of Rüdersdorf (in the east of Berlin). The start is scheduled on Friday evening with a prologue. From 17:00 clock, the participants of the European Championship will compete there in pairs against each other. The race for the two days foresees three courses on the 62 kms track, with three different special stages. One of them is right in the paddock. The start will be on Saturday at 8:00 and on Sunday from 7:30 already. The main focus is the fight for the title in the Overall standings: the fastest rider of all classes is the Brit Tom Sagar. But the defending champion Maurizio Micheluz was suffering due to an injury in the last race and is he now on form again. We should not

The circuit of Slovakia hosted the European Vintage Regularity Cup, which saw 74 riders in five different classes. The day started with a temperature of 4 degrees above zero for the practice, but in the afternoon the races were held with an Autumn sun that allowed the execution without any problems. The participants praised the excellent work of Peter Balaz, who once again created an event able to catch the interest of riders coming from Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany and Hungary. Class A1 (Motorcycles up to year 1949, 125cc up to year 1975 and 50cc up to year 1988) was won by Frank Seidl in front of Lubomir Kamenar and Karel Kupra;   Class A2 (175cc, 250 cc up to year 1975) was won by Bernd Pollmann in front of Frank Seidl and Stefan Vacula;       Class B (350cc, 500cc up to year 1975) was won by Jan Cizek (in the

The traditional meeting of NMC (Nordic Motorsport Council, one of the six Regional Associations of FIM Europe) took place from 10-11 October in the Scandic Hotel Sydhavnen in Copenhagen. The venue of the meeting changes on a yearly basis; in 2015 the "Denmarks Motor Union - DMU" was the host, while next years meeting will take place in Finland. DMU President Jorgen Bitsch welcomed some 80 participants from the five member Federations Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and - as a guest - the representative from Estonia.Meetings were held in the following disciplines, discussing the 2015 season as well as the activities in the Nordic Championships in 2016: Classic Road Racing, Drag Racing, Enduro, Motocross, Snowcross, Road Racing/Minimoto, Track Racing/Speedway, Trial and Supermoto.Meetings of the Presidents and Secretary Generals completed the agenda.In the framework of the weekend an important meeting on the subject "Road Safety for Motorcyclists" took place,

PIETRAMURATA (Italy), 11 October 2015 – It was an epic end to the season for the Italian Federation as their young guns, Ivo Monticelli, Morgan Lesiardo, Emilio Scuteri and Gioele Palance wrapped up the 2015 Motocross of European Nations title. Meanwhile the female Italian team added to the hype of the Italian crowd as Kiara Fontanesi and Francesca Nocera dominated the Women’s Motocross of European Nations to make this weekend, at the picturesque circuit of Pietramurata in Italy, an all-Italian affair. 125cc & 250ccWhen the gates dropped it was the Frenchman Alexis Verhaeghe who took the holeshot but was passed almost immediately by Team Sweden’s Alvin Ostlund. Ostlund took charge of the race at least for the first five laps before he was passed by yesterday’s qualifying heat winner, racing for the home nation Italy, Ivo Monticelli. Monticelli came from miles back to take the lead and once he had

The European Supermono Cup was held at Assen, NL together with the BeNeCup under the name Battle of Nations. The event had many nations competing in the different classes and 21 riders participated. The weather was slightly cold but it was a good race weekend. Race 1 (Saturday): Lukas Wimmer, the championship leader, took the lead before Josef Frauenschuh and Jerry van de Bunt on third place. Jerry overtook Josef on lap 6 and Lukas had a comfortable ride to the win, before Jerry van de Bunt and Josef Frauenschuh. Ari Voss who started from third place on the grid crashed at the first lap. Race 2 (Sunday): in the morning it was cold, just below zero, but the race was at 13.10 and the temperature was slightly better, approx 10 degrees. Both Lukas Wimmer, Jerry van de Bunt and Josef Frauenschuh had a good fight at the start of

On the Moto Cross Track of Schwedt, in the North Eastern Part of Germany, called ‘Uckermark’ this year’s combined Moto Cross Team event for Side Cars (Open SCXoEN) and for Quads (QXoEN) was held. 14 Side Car Teams entered and 13 are present with 3 Sidecars in each national Team. For the first time a team from Australia participates in this Top Team event of World Sidecar Sport, together with the leading European Nations Netherlands, France, Belgium and the fast followers. 16 Quad Teams entered and 15 are present with as well 3 Quads in each national Team. This is the first time ever that more Quad Teams participate than Sidecar Teams. In a favorite role Netherland, Latvia, Great Britain and perhaps Germany A go to the starting grid.Side Car:Group A+B:   26 SC Teams left the starting grid. Top start from Vandaele/Dhont and Pozzi/Ceresa. For the first 12 minutes Vandaele

On the nice and well known Moto Cross Track of Schwedt, in the North Eastern Part of Germany, called ‘Uckermark’ at the River Oder, this year's combined Moto Cross Team event for Side Cars (Open SCXoEN) and for Quads (QXoEN) is being celebrated. 14 Side Car Teams entered and 13 are present with 3 Sidecars in each national Team. First time a team from Australia participates in this Top Team event of World Sidecar Sport, together with the leading European Nations Netherlands, France, Belgium and the fast followers.16 Quad Teams entered and 15 are present with as well 3 Quads in each national Team. This is the first time ever that more Quad Teams participate than Sidecar Teams! In a favorite role Netherland, Latvia, Great Britain and perhaps Germany A go to the starting grid.In the afternoon 3 Qualifying races for both classes have been run over a distance of