After much deliberation by the MSA Board of Directors, and in conjunction with the MSA Staff, the 2024 MSA Night of Champions, originally scheduled for Saturday December 7th 2024, has had a date change, and will now be held on Saturday, February 1st, 2025.
It was felt that by moving the event away from the mad rush that is December and the run into Christmas, along with several major events, like ASBK at The Bend now being run later in the year, MSA’s ‘Night of Nights’ would be able to receive the promotion and spotlight that it certainly deserves with a move to early February.
Now, with this move, it has more opened the night up to our local competitors who will be home from overseas for the summer, and the MSA staff are now tasked to put together an extended programme, due, in part, to the amazing results and efforts already being put on show throughout this year by, not only SA’s talented competitors, but also by the hard-working officials, coaches, administrators and volunteers, many of whom will be celebrated on the night in some way.
The MSA Office are now working hard to source a new, or different venue to the past 3 years, are keen to take the event back to a formal dress code, up from the semi-formal code of recent years, with a number of special guests and guest speakers to be invited to the evening, across all disciplines and even from outside the sport.
One thing that is unlikely to change, is that Club’s will be able to book a table of 10, for a 3 course meal for adults and 2 course meal for children, with the venue being sourced able to seat 250+ people.
The highlight of the evening MAY be another induction into the Motorcycling SA Hall of Fame, and quite possibly, the awarding of Life Membership to Motorcycling SA.
The question is though – who would be the person(s) most likely to join the 10 inductees already residing in the MSA Hall of Fame? Who will it be to join Jack Young, John Boulger, Murray Williams, Andy Caldecott, Jeremy Burgess, Kenny Blake, Bill Horsman, Trevor Diener & Philip Holmes, Gavin Porteous and David Basham in our most prestigious Hall?
For all of the details on how to nominate someone you feel is worthy for consideration, follow the link at the end of this press release to the full list of requirements and the process that is followed to induct someone into the MSA Hall of Fame.
Of course, another feature of the night will be the presenting of Motorcycling SA’s prestigious annual awards, and include,
- The Frank Franklin Trophy, for an outstanding career serving the sport here in SA.
- The 2024 Regional Volunteer Awards, recognising our most valuable officials, coaches, and volunteers.
- The 2024 MSA Rising Star Award, for our most outstanding junior talent under 16 years of age!
- The 2024 MSA Club of the Year Award, celebrating our Clubs and Promotors who make our sport happen!
And also, to be celebrated on the night,
- Any, and all, Australian Championship recognitions
- International Competition recognitions, following on from 2023’s record number!
Nominations for all the Awards are now OPEN, with Hall of Fame and Life Membership open 365 days, but to be considered for 2024, nominations for each award must be received by:
| HALL OF FAME: | 5.00pm Friday, September 20th, 2024. |
| LIFE MEMBERSHIP: | 5.00pm Friday, September 20th, 2024. |
| FRANK FRANKLIN TROPHY: | 5.00pm Friday, November 1st, 2024. |
| REGIONAL VOLUNTEER AWARDS: | 5.00pm Friday, November 1st, 2024. |
| MSA RISING STAR AWARD: | 5.00pm Tuesday, November 19th, 2024. |
For the first time, ALL nominations will be able to be done online through a link on the MSA website, www.motorcyclingsa.org.au/about-us/history/ in mid-June, but, if you still feel that the ‘old style’ is better, then nomination forms and criteria can be downloaded, and emailed to events@motorcyclingsa.org.au, or printed off and then sent by post to: Motorcycling SA, 251 The Parade, Beulah Park, SA 5067 – and labled ‘Night of Champions’.
The MSA Board of Directors and the MSA Office staff look forward to seeing you all on the night, but if you have any questions or queries, call the MSA Office on (08) 8332 9000, Monday to Friday.
**The pre-booking of a table (of 10) can be made from July 1st 2024, by emailing events@motorcyclingsa.org.au and supplying a contact person (name, phone number & email) and the name of the Club/Promotor.
