{"id":9496,"date":"2015-07-13T11:07:15","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T10:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=9496"},"modified":"2015-07-13T11:07:15","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T10:07:15","slug":"local-community-backbone-to-road-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2015\/07\/local-community-backbone-to-road-races\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Community Backbone to Road Races"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the SGS International \u2018Race of legends\u2019 draws near, the Armoy Motorcycle Road Racing Club has spoken about how support from the local community and businesses have been the key to their success.<\/h1>\n
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As the SGS International Race of Legends draws near, the Armoy Motorcycle Road Racing Club has spoken about how support from the local community and businesses have been the key to their success. Ballycastle Credit Union, Norman Dodds is seen here with Bill Kennedy, Clerk of the Course, Billy Bamber, Jim Dunlop (Honorary Member), Councillor Michelle Knight-McQuillan, Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council, Caroline Carey, Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council, Paul Robinson, Sam Dunlop, Ian Waddell, William Munnis, Chairman and Miss Armoy 2014, Carly Black.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Speaking ahead of the Armoy Road Races, Bill Kennedy, Clerk of the Course explained how local sponsors have contributed to proceedings: \u201cThere are many ingredients to ensuring a successful road race: the riders and their wholehearted support by racing at our event; the sponsors and their very generous and committed financial support and the many members of the Club and volunteers that give freely of their time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe local community and businesses are instrumental to our races and we would be lost without them. I can\u2019t say more good things about the fantastic support we\u2019ve had from different areas of the local and business community.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor instance, there are a number of sponsors that have stuck with us over the years, Trevor Kane of Bayview Hotel is one of them.\u00a0 Trevor has been unswerving in his assistance with the Club and the races, nothing is too much and he has kindly hosted our launch over a number of years. Basically we take over the Bayview Hotel in Portballintrae, an absolutely beautiful spot, for most of a day and thankfully I don\u2019t get too many complaints from him or his regulars.<\/p>\n

\u201cOther sponsors that have stood side by side with us over a number of years include; the Ballycastle Credit Union, Armoy Homes & Property Services, Armoy Construction Co Ltd, the Mermaid Club, the Diamond Bar, James W Hickinson & Co, Harrigan Fuels, Solitude Motors and PMA Contracts along with our title sponsor SGS International as well as Tourism Northern Ireland,\u00a0Tourism Ireland\u00a0and the now Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach and everyone of these sponsors play an instrumental part in making the Armoy Road Races happen. I must take this opportunity to also extend a huge thank you to the landowners in and around Armoy as each year they kindly contribute the use of their land for the races.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Road Races bring a significant tourism and economic boost to the area and I think people have seen that, and that\u2019s why they are keen to get involved and support the races. Local Armoy Companies, IJ Lynn & Sons and McAuley Car Dismantlers, have come on board this year along with Coleraine\u2019s First4Printing, and Kells based Torquetronix.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have all been spectacular, with First4Printing also providing a very professional service in helping design and print our programme and we are really very thankful that the guys have given their support. \u00a0A special thanks also goes to new sponsors, the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club for their input in the Junior Classic Race.<\/p>\n

\u201cCompanies and individuals help in many different ways. RiverRidge Recycling has been a brilliant supporter of the race in the past and will continue to support us by providing bins and skips again this year, with many other individuals donating their time and money to the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn and Valerie Crichton, along with their grandson, Jonathan Reilly are just one other example and along with Chief Timekeeper, Richard Agnew, they come year on year to ensure that each and every working part is ready for this major national event.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure there are many more I haven\u2019t mentioned but nonetheless, my thanks and that of the Club\u2019s are heartfelt.\u201d<\/p>\n

The event is part funded by Tourism Northern Ireland and Bike Week runs from Sunday 19th<\/sup> July until Saturday 25th<\/sup> July 2015 with the SGS International \u2018Race of Legends\u2019 featuring on the Saturday 25th<\/sup> July 2015.<\/p>\n

Please support the Armoy Road Races by buying a programme. They are available from the AMRRC office and the Petrol Station in Armoy from the Saturday 18th<\/sup> July 2015 and cost \u00a310.00 or \u20ac15.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For\u00a0more information visit\u00a0www.amrrc.com<\/a><\/span> or search for \u2018AMRRC\u2019 on Facebook and join the official fan page and you can also follow us on twitter at @ArmoyRoadRaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the SGS International \u2018Race of legends\u2019 draws near, the Armoy Motorcycle Road Racing Club has spoken about how support from the local community and businesses have been the key to their success. Speaking ahead of the Armoy Road Races, Bill Kennedy, Clerk of the Course explained how local sponsors have contributed to proceedings: \u201cThere … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9498,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9496\/revisions\/9498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}