Reference Drug Testing,

If motorcycle clubsorganisations accept any form of government sports sponsorship, they are obliged to accept drug testing.

Unfortunately in some sports competitors have claimed after positive testing that they were taking drugs under medical supervision.

I have served on a committee of another sport receiving grant aid from a government sports body and we had to accept drug testing. Before I agreed to accept same, as a representative of my members I closely examined the paperwork and was pleased to see that competitors, immediately prior to testing, were given a form asking them if they were taking any form of drugs under medical supervision.

Needless to say when I now hear some of the excuses of well known sports competitors who claim innocence that they were taking drugs under MEDICAL supervision, I wonder why they did not make this declaration on the official form.

I believe that the drugs testing is good for any sport and if the general public were told of this declaration form they may well think twice about some excuses offered.

Cheers,

Big D