It is fair to say without sponsorship and donations the results achieved by all the young men just wouldn’t of been possible. The financial strain on myself and the Scholarship is mind blowing. However it's well worth it when you see these young men gain much needed experience and gain much needed life skills. Living away from home in a strange country with people you don’t really now isn’t easy, they arrive in Australia as boys and go home young men. The reports from the lads parents when they arrive back home are uplifting to say the least.

This years tour to Australia via the Scholarship will be the biggest yet. We have invited five young Englishmen to join forces with two young Australians to form a International Test team called the International Young Guns. At this present time we are planning a six or seven test match series between the International Young Guns and a Queensland Select team.

To achieve our goals of making this test series happen I urgently need additional sponsorship and help. The help we require is tenfold, we however do not expect the earth, a little help in any way will go a long way in helping us all achieve what we have set out to do. Our aim is to give these young Englishmen more racing experience under different racing and track conditions. THEY WILL RETURN BACK TO ENGLAND FAR BETTER RIDERS FOR THE EXPERIENCE.
 

Apart from gaining additional experience on the track we also spend a great deal of time with the young men teaching them correct bike maintenance, bike preparation before and after a meetings, adjustments, set ups and basic repairs to a speedway engine. From previous tours I can tell you these young men only had a limited and basic understanding of the above, when they leave Australia they have acquired new and additional skills which will be of great use.

Bringing out Kyle Newman in the first year taught us a great deal, it showed us what level of machinery we needed for the young men to be competitive along with all the day to day costs which need to be covered. The cost of bringing one rider out are mind blowing. However they are multiplied tenfold when the numbers increase by four. The costs we need to cover include the following; A competitive bike with a spare engine, airfares, travel expenses, pocket money, living expenses, riding expenses, fuel, tyres, spares and repairs, motel accommodation whilst riding away from our home base and other miscellaneous costs. Please don’t get me wrong I'm not complaining I'm just pointing out the facts. The agreement we have with the Scholarship Riders this year is they must pay for their airfares and their pocket money. All other costs come out of the Scholarships coffers, donations and my pocket.

To bring out the five young English riders this year will stretch our resources, however We have the experience, knowledge and the desire to take keen up and coming young riders along the path of success.
 

The Darren and Sharon Boocock Speedway Scholarship runs as a none profit organisation; however as an ex-rider given the same opportunity in the early part of my career I'm very keen to put back something worthwhile back into this wonderful Sport. My colleagues and I think the sooner we get more young Englishmen into the Premier and Elite Leagues in greater numbers the sooner England can yet again be a force to be reckoned with. If you and/or your company is willing to provide any support, sponsorship or help towards this worthwhile project we would love to hear from you. I can be contacted HERE

It's worth mentioning all the young men who are selected for the Scholarship ride in The memory of Darren and Sharon Boocock. All the young Englishmen did themselves, British speedway and their sponsors proud. They all proved to be real little ambassadors for their country and the sport of speedway. We expected nothing less from these young men as the Scholarship represents all that is good about this wonderful sport.

In conclusion without the support of sponsors and individuals alike this scholarship would not have been the success story it has proven to be. I only hope your response to reading through our website is favourable and I await any further advices.

Marcus Williams