Appeal deadline nears
PA London The Federation of Motorcyclists (F.1.M.) said yesterday it was still waiting to hear whether the New Zealand speedway star, Mitch Shirra, intended to appeal against a twoyear ban for drug taking. After the punishment was imposed by a F.I.M. tribunal in London on November 25, Shirra’s lawyer said that he
would fight the ban. But a F.I.M. spokesman in Geneva said that no notice of appeal had yet been lodged. The closing date for any appeal was December 9.
The 29-year-old Aucklander was the first speedway rider to be found guilty of drug taking in Britain. An analysis of a urine sample taken during a routine drugs test following the World Pairs Champion-
ship in Bradford in July showed traces of cannabis.
The suspension of Shirra’s international licence bars him from all speedway for two years. The British Speedway Board, which has threatened to impose a life ban on any rider convicted of a drugs offence, said yesterday it would not take any action until any appeal had been dealt with.
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