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Junior Rider Training The ACT Motor Cycle Club runs a low cost ($30) Junior Rider Training Program for new riders aged 4 to 15. It is a prerequisite for new junior riders who want to race or ride on the Club's tracks, and who don't already have a (yellow) Junior Rider Training log book or Motorcycling Australia licence. The Club's Kick Start program includes both theory and practical exercises under the guidance of qualified Club coaches and experienced young racers. Click here for more information, including course content, cost, dates and contact details. For more information on how to get started in motocross/dirt track, go to the MX and DT FAQ pages. Another good resource is the Motorcycling Australia-produced booklet, Kick Start - Getting Started in Motorcycle Sport. Download it here (pdf file). Upcoming Training Schools The ACT MCC Dirt Bike School's Kick Start Junior Rider Training School and any visiting commercial coaching schools are advertised on the club calendar. 06-05-2008 - No FASTMX Coaching this week - MX Track closed to prepare for MX Rnd 3. Matt Haskins has reminded us that there will be no FASTMX Coaching this week. The MX track is closed during the week prior to an event. This is to enable the track maintenance team to prepare it for this Sunday’s MX Round 3. He will resume Coaching next week. Once we have completed the new Junior Rider Training Centre we should be able to keep the Coaching rolling if either of the tracks are closed. 9 April 2008 - Final instructions for re-scheduled Kick Start Junior Rider Training course 14 & 15 April 2008. The Club’s next Kick Start Junior Rider Training Course for (new) Juniors has been brought forward to the first 2 days of the school holidays, Mon 14 & Tues 15 April 2008. The reason for the change is that the original dates, 19 & 20 April, clash with the MX fencing working bee/rec ride and the opening round of the Club’s Dirt Track Club Championship. The Club’s Coaches and assistants will be camping out overnight at the track, and invite the new families to do the same. We will update the Club’s calendar with the new dates. If you have enquired about attending the course, please click here wish to download the final instructions. For more info, including course content, please look for the 'click here' link under the Junior Rider Training story on this page. 8 Mar 2008 - School holidays' FASTMX Coaching Schools at Bega and Yass. Matt Haskins from FASTMX has confirmed that he will run a 2 day coaching school at Bega on the second week of the School holidays 22-23 April. Click here to download a registration form. He also plans to run a school at Full Bore Moto Park on the 24-25 April as well. For further details on these and Matt’s other coaching activities, you can contact Matt on: M – 0422188569 15/2/08 - check out the pics from the recent (12 Mar 2008) FastMX rider training school (more to come!). 16/2/08 - Moss Institute coming to Fairbairn! March 22-23, for racers only. Coaching in latest race techniques from the professionals. Check out their website for more information and entry forms or call 0414 729 876. 15/2/08 – Register now for FastMX Afternoon Coaching at Fairbairn Park MX Track. Please read the flier by clicking here, and follow Matt Haskin's instruction to register. You can contact Matt direct on 0422 188569 to make a booking. 12/2/08 - Coaches wanted! Come on, share your skills and learn a few things along the way. Click here for more. 6 Feb 2008 - FASTMX Weekday Coaching at the MX Track The Club’s MX Sub-Committee is pleased to announce that it has accepted Matt Haskin’s proposal to provide professional MX and Enduro coaching services to ACT MCC members at the MX track and elsewhere at the ACT MCC Fairbairn Park complex on weekdays and after school. Matt started out at our Club as a junior on a Pee Wee 80, a former ACT MCC Rider of the Year, and is now a professional rider and coach. Matt and his brother Lach commenced their coaching 'apprenticeships' as Lyndon Heffernan’s assistants on the Yamaha Academy of Off Road Riding. They have both achieved Motorcycling Australia’s Level 2 Motorcycle Coaching qualifications; the highest in our sport. Until recently Matt was the Academy’s Head Coach for WA and has coached riders all over Australia. In the early days Matt and Lach both helped run our Kick Start Junior Rider Training program. As far as we know Matt is Australia’s only Level 2 Coach who is also currently a Pro Rider. In November 2007 Matt was one of only 15 riders selected to attend the MA Elite Under 21yrs ‘Riders to America’ MX Camp at the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra. When he returns from the USA in early February 2008 he plans to commence regular coaching for ACT MCC members at Fairbairn Park. He will be our Club’s first “resident” professional coach, and will be assisted by Lach.Matt has established his own Coaching business and intends to concentrate on coaching local riders within our district. The Club recognises the value that regular coaching and training has on improving rider’s skills and performance. It is keen to support a program that is available to all members on a regular basis at our complex. For these reasons the MX Sub-Committee will subsidise this program by waiving the normal $10 per rider per day track hire fee for the first 12 months. All Coaching will be under an MA Coaching Permit and will also allow the junior riders to accumulate hours towards their compulsory 5 hours coaching per year. Depending on the number of riders who take up this offer, some of our other Club Coach’s and assistants will assist. This will help to keep the group sessions affordable.The tracks will still be available for hire to other Commercial coaches (including Matt and Lach) for weekend and school holiday coaching schools for members and non members at the current commercial rates. Matt is seeking expressions of interest from riders of all ages who are interested in being coached individually and as groups on weekdays and after school.You can contact Matt direct on 0422 188569 to make a booking. 5/2/08 - The Club’s Level 1 Coaches would like to hear from Junior riders who require 5 hours of coaching to renew their licence in the near future. Nov 08 - Moss Institute training facility now open!! Private coaching now available at Moss Institute training track
10 minutes out of Nowra town centre. Coolum dirt copy!!
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