Competition Rules and Club Resources
Happy New Year! Here is one new years resolution for the USMTA members: we need to get to work on the committees for competition rules and club resources! The competition rules committee will include rules for scoring and section marking for a competition event for clubs, which will be submitted to the AMA for approval and inclusion in the AMA rulebook. This committee (or perhaps a subcommittee of it) should also develop guidelines for defining names and skill levels for classes (as is done with enduros & other forms of motorcycle competition) that can serve as a suggested standard for individual clubs. We should also include some rules guidelines for alternative competition events, such as peer-scoring, or a non-competitive "fun trial" or vintage event or gate trial (maybe other subcommittees). The written rule guidelines developed by this committee should serve as the basis for clubs around the US, with the idea that clubs will only need to add their own special or region-specific rules (like number of events to count for championships, work requirements, etc.).
The club resources committee is to develop guidelines on how to start a club, organize a championship series and individual competitions, and host other fun activities for club members (with some suggestions for these). The product of this activity will be written materials that we can post on the website and via printed materials for distribution, also perhaps using AMA resources to get this out.
This is our chance to organize ourselves and set some nationwide guidelines within the AMA umbrella, so if you are willing and able to contribute, please respond via the contact us link on the USMTA website. We’ll establish a chair for each committee to get them organized and get it done!
Dan Brown