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Feature Team Ireland Foundation Launched Motorsport Ireland launched the Team Ireland Foundation on 16th February at the Mansion House in Dublin. Team Ireland is a national programme of support and development for talented drivers in the sports of rallying, racing and karting. Formally launched by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, President of Motorsport Ireland and the US based philanthropist and long time motorsport fan John Campion. The Team Ireland Foundation will focus on identifying, supporting and coaching Irish competitors who can succeed in all categories of competition both domestically and across the globe. The aim is to put Irish drivers at the forefront of international motorsport. Team Ireland Foundation’s main supporters, John Campion flew in from his base in USA to attend the launch. Having left Ireland as a young man with just IR£20 in his pocket, this former roadie to the rock stars, now multimillionaire businessman and long time motorsport fan has committed to supporting the foundation from the beginning. Mr Campion said: “As a young boy in Cork I found myself struggling with school and at a loss as to what I would do with my life. But I always felt a bond with motorsport after witnessing Billy Coleman, a farmer who became a world rallying icon, competing near my home in Cork. After seeing Billy rallying I realised then that if you put your mind to it, you could achieve anything. The initiative will be run by Declan Brennan Sports Management and entails 2
Feature specific programmes developed to address nutritional, physical and psychological improvements for the participants over the course of their involvement. The drivers will be chosen from the winners of many of the junior motorsport disciplines, such as rallying and racing, as well as the winners of the elite Billy Coleman and Sexton trophies. They will be offered every opportunity to benefit form a wide range of expertise on offer. During the launch, Lord Mayor of Dublin Críona Ní Dhálaigh said: “We are all aware that there is an issue in this country with young men taking unnecessary risks on our public roads. All too often you open a newspaper and read about tragic accidents claiming the lives of young drivers – particularly young males from the ages of 17 to 25.” “Motorsport Ireland has been a force for good in promoting road safety through various programmes for many years and with this new initiative I hope that as a national sports governing body they will be recognised for the work they do to create a safe environment for young people to take part in an organised and regulated sport.” The Motorsport Ireland Foundation can be contacted through its website www.team-ireland.com John Campion and the seven members of Team Ireland at the launch outside The Mansion House in Dublin. Program Director Program director will be Declan Brennan of Declan Brennan Sports Management. Declan is a former head of DCU’s GAA Sports Academy and worked extensively with Irish Junior World Rally Championship driver, Daniel McKenna last year. John Campion John Campion came from very humble beginnings in Cork. As a child he loved motorsport and rock music. He struggled at school yet has excelled in life, founding and building APR Energy, a $1.2 billion company in the United States of which he is CEO. Now John has returned to Ireland to lend his backing to his first love and a new initiative which will secure the future of motorsport in Ireland At the age of 18, John was handed IR£20 by his father and sent on his way in life. He made it to the United States and found work as a roadie for the likes of Michael Jackson, David Bowie, the Rolling Stones and other rock icons which led to him founding and building the business that flourishes today. He now wants to give back to society and while he does not like to be called a philanthropist, he is very much of that ilk. He is in Ireland to show his support for a new initiative that Motor-sport Ireland is about to launch. John has always felt a tie to motorsport in Ireland after witnessing Billy Coleman, a farmer that became a world rallying icon, competing near his home. He realised then that if you put your mind to it, you could achieve anything. More can be read on his website http://johnjcampion.com/ 3
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