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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Comeback Plot.<\/b><\/p>\n

Tomorrow, FMU will have their Annual General Meeting at Kabira Country Club and thereafter present their plan in regard to resumption of rallying to the National Council of Sports after having not raced in more than a year.<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s cancelation of the Africa Rally Championship (ARC) opener \u2013 the Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Rally \u2013 sent a shiver down the continent\u2019s motorsport spine. The event was slated for March 19-21 but the Coronavirus pandemic forced organizers to call it off. Consequently, the May 7-9 Kenya Equator Rally will now be the first race.<\/p>\n

Africa is desperate to get racing again after the entire 2020 ARC calendar was wiped out after one event held in Ivory Coast. The Federation of Motorsport Clubs of Uganda (FMU) is watching events keenly not only for local National Rally Championship (NRC) but also the Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally.<\/p>\n

Working timeframe<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cFor us, the good thing is that our race is in August,\u201d FMU president Dipu Ruparelia notes. \u201cWe are hoping that by then, sports has been opened.\u201d According to the draft ARC calendar, the Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally is penciled in for August 20-22. In the meantime, Ruparelia, elected FMU president in February, 2020 just before Covid-19 struck and the lockdown started, is not resting. \u201cPreparations are ongoing with the marketing committee in terms of impact assessment which is happening for the first time. The Arua one is done and now we are doing the second one.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter that then we can start approaching sponsors. People work with numbers,\u201d Ruparelia explains.Tomorrow, FMU will have their Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Kabira Country Club.Thereafter, FMU will present their plan in regard to resumption of rallying to the National Council of Sports (NCS).\u201cWe are going to put the guidelines to have events with no fans. We are also looking at having a one day event that runs from 7am to 3pm.<\/p>\n

On the Pearl rally, Ruparelia goes deeper. \u201cIf we are to do the Pearl this year, we are already looking at plantations in Kisoga (Mukono) and Nakasongola to make it safe as possible.\u201cYou know, we have had yellow cards from the FiA (F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l\u2019Automobile) so it must be in a closed route,\u201d he states.<\/p>\n

ARC CALENDAR<\/p>\n

May 7-9: KenyaJune 18-20: TanzaniaJuly 16-18: Kenya (also WRC event) August 20-22: UgandaSeptember 24-26: ZambiaOctober 29-31: South Africa<\/p>\n

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