Certificate Presentation

Recently we did a bit of house keeping. It was time to catch up on acknowledgment of a few well deserved team achievements with some certificate presentations.

Josh Darmody-Schembri (Bricko) - Full Qualified Motorcycle Mechanic

In November 2024 Josh crossed the finish line in style, finishing his apprentice and becoming a fully qualified Motorcycle Mechanic / Technician.

Best of all Josh has done it the Race Center way, completing all but the first few months of his apprenticeship right here at Race Center.

Josh has been with us for over 4 years now and in that time he has quite simply excelled! He has become and integral part of the Race Center team . From Lead Race Bike Mechanic including 2 x championship wins with Timmo Large behind the bars, to complex race engine builds, major services, general road bike serving, diagnosis, race bike builds, track bike check overs, performance parts and everything in between.

Bricko has worked extremely hard, is always truly dedicated to his work and now has a well earned qualification and vast experience to show for it.

Josh is not just a star of the future but he is a star of the present.

Julian Redondo (Jools / The Don) - Workshop Supervisor

Julian has been in the role of Workshop Supervisor for over a year now but it was nice to finally present him with a flash certificate to celebrate the promotion.

Jools, or The Don as Joey likes to call him, has vast experience, especially in all things Ducati, Aprilia, MV and more. The Don also is qualified in suspension servicing and upgrades the Race Center way. Jools has also lead some pretty cool custom builds along the way. On top of that, he has delt with more troubleshooting and diagnosis than Euro's bike have leaked oil.

Jools has an exceptional attention to detail, thoroughness and ability to research complex issues to resolution. This, combined with the way he works with his teams mates, supporting them, helping and guiding them. All with a smile, calmness and consistency that puts everyone at ease and gets the best out of others.

Elevating Jools to Workshop Supervisor (and The Don) was a no brainer.

As well as his Supervisory role, Jools also conducts the majority of our workshop Quality Checks before bikes go for their final test ride or delivery. His attention to detail, thoroughness and ability to provide constructive feedback and learnings to the team makes him a natural for this role.

Harley Side (Sauce) - Workshop Manager

Seems crazy, but Saucy has actually been in the role of Workshop Manager for 5 years now!!!! Don't worry, he already had a certificate, it was just a nice opportunity to give his an update and make it looks as flash as the others which were designed by Alex J, our resident graphics gun.

Harley is quite simply the heart of Race Center. Without him, we don't beat and things certainly do not flow. Sauce not only takes Ownership of everything he does to an expectational level, he breeds it. He sets an example and work ethic that lifts the rest of us to strive toward.

You could not replicate Sauce with another person, you'd need at least 2 or 3 of them, maybe more. Sauce covers it all, managing changing priorities, parts, back orders, inquires, variations, problem solving, the teams workload coupled and everything that goes with that. Scopes of work, test rides, forecasting.... the list goes on and on. Then on top of that, there is his vast technical and industry knowledge, it is seriously impressive.

You would need to be a fly on the wall for a few of months to get even a small appreciation of what this guy does and what he is about.

We are one seriously lucky and grateful team to have Captain Sauce at the helm of this ship.