You make my point for me...................

The Course licence achieves very little in fact it's main contribution is that it forces ACU licenced TT course competitors to have a medicial.............something which ALL MCUI competitors have had for years anyway............

The TT course licence is evidence of the failings of ACUs licencing system..truth be told all it needed was a chage n the wording of the ACU licence application..............and the same results could have been achieved with the added benefit that ALL ACU licence holders would have a medicial.

And lets not forget that MCUI licence holders arrive on the IOM with road racing experience...................it is entirely possible for an ACU licence holder to arrive on the IOM having never set eyes on a road race. IF it was the purpose of the TT course licence to prepare riders for the " challenges of racing on the mountain course" then perhaps it should include a requirment to compete in a road race or two.
Clearly it isn't

I askeed this very question of the ACU and was told we (ACU) know nothing of racing in Ireland...................how dare they then continue to licence us

I believe that the ACUs TT course licence is in direct contravention of FIM rules regarding the issuing of a licence to riders from another country..................and perhaps it's time someone took that issue up with the FIM?

The only saving grace of the TT course licence is that all the money raised goes into road race safety.