Stephen Foody elected new MA President

Australia's peak racing body, Motorcycling Australia (MA), has a new president for the first time in a decade, with Stephen Foody pledging to get all the organisation's stakeholders reading from the same script.

"My main ambition as President will be to try and unify all the States and have everyone working more efficiently and in the same direction," said Foody.

"We've come a long way in the last 10 years, especially since the introduction of the Strategic Plan, and as an organisation we need to keep progressing and trying to improve.

"As long as we maintain our focus on the big issues and keep pushing our brand out there, we will hopefully achieve the goal of putting MA at the forefront of people's minds when it comes to motorcycling in this country."

Foody, who has been the MA vice-president since 2006, was voted in by members of the MA Council, which represent the seven affiliate State Controlling Bodies around Australia. He replaces the outgoing Ron Kivovitch.

At the MA AGM in Melbourne on May 18, Foody and Les Thomas were elected for a period of two years in their positions, while Lyall Allen and Beach Thomas are currently fulfilling their two-year board terms and were not up for re-election this year.

Meanwhile, Ray Newland's term as a board-appointed director came to a conclusion at the AGM, while Foody's election has also created a casual vacancy for the role of vice president, an appointment for which is expected to be made at the next board meeting.