LICENCE FIGURES MATCH PARTICIPATION RATES IN FIRST QUARTER

The licence figures within the Australian Karting Association match the slight decline in participation rates that were released recently, with a decline of 3% nationally.

With a total of 7,465 members across the country as of March 31, 2013 the membership remains well above the figure of 7,049 recorded at the end of 2011. It also sees the increase from the end of the 2009 calendar year to be a 27% increase across a four-year period.

In years past, it has been evident that the state hosting the National Championships has experienced a significant increase in licence holders surrounding the event, however, this doesn’t appear to be the case as yet in South Australia.

Victoria and Queensland appear to have benefited from strong local events with a minimal decline in their membership bases. The Northern Territory’s late start to the year, and the ‘Nationals Hangover effect’ appears to have affected the small base of licence holders in the Top End.

The full licence numbers, based on a rolling 12 months until to March 31, 2013 can be found below

N = New Licence
R = Renewal
L R = Late Renewal

April 1, 2012 – March 31, 2013

NEW SOUTH WALES
Class	N	R	L R	TOTAL
Cadet	51	93	4	148
E Practice	448	175	81	704
Endurance	24	55	20	99
F School	3	0	0	3
JMax	1	13	0	14
Junior	41	158	10	209
Junior Clubman	0	9	0	9
Junior Performance	0	14	1	15
Rookie	24	81	3	108
Senior	165	761	267	1193
TOTAL	757	1359	386	2502
Difference				-128
Percentage				-4.9%

VICTORIA
Class	N	R	L R	TOTAL
Cadet	51	82	1	134
E Practice	129	14	0	143
JMax	0	2	0	2
Junior	45	152	0	197
Junior Clubman	0	3	0	3
Rookie	30	73	1	104
Senior	257	744	12	1013
Vintage	3	11	2	16
TOTAL	515	1081	16	1612
Difference				-23
Percentage				-1.4%

QUEENSLAND
Class	N	R	L R	TOTAL
Cadet	65	68	4	137
E Practice	118	47	1	166
Endurance	1	0	1	2
JMax	0	12	0	12
Junior	49	124	10	183
Junior Clubman	0	0	1	1
Junior Performance	0	2	0	2
Junior Practice Upgrade	1	0	0	1
Rookie	30	51	8	89
Senior	308	597	110	1015
TOTAL	572	901	135	1608
Difference				-22
Percentage				-1.3%

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Class	N	R	L R	TOTAL
Cadet	8	27	1	36
E Practice	44	12	4	60
JMax	0	1	0	1
Junior	9	30	2	41
Junior International	0	1	0	1
Rookie	4	19	0	23
Senior	64	141	34	239
Vintage	0	0	1	1
TOTAL	129	231	42	402
Difference				-17
Percentage				-4.1%

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Class	N	R	L R	TOTAL
Cadet	47	56	3	106
E Practice	21	5	0	26
Junior	30	82	9	121
Junior Clubman	0	30	0	30
Rookie	23	43	2	68
Senior	182	348	118	648
Single Event	3	2	0	5
Vintage	2	11	0	13
TOTAL	308	577	132	1017
Difference				-22
Percentage				-2.1%

NORTHERN TERRITORY
Class	N	R	L R	TOTAL
Cadet	4	5	1	10
E Practice	7	0	1	8
JMax	0	1	0	1
Junior	2	9	1	12
Rookie	0	3	0	3
Senior	10	17	3	30
Vintage	1	0	0	1
TOTAL	24	35	6	65
Difference				-31
Percentage				-32.3%

TASMANIA
Class	N	R	L R
Cadet	8	11	0	19
E Practice	15	5	0	20
JMax	0	1	0	1
Junior	2	28	0	30
Junior Clubman	1	1	0	2
Rookie	2	12	0	14
Senior	18	145	0	163
Single Event	0	6	0	6
Vintage	0	4	0	4
TOTAL	46	213	0	259
Difference				-9
Percentage				-3.4%

NATIONAL	Total	No.	%
Cadet	590	-31	-5.25
E Practice	1127	-41	-3.64
Endurance	101	-4	-3.96
F School	3	-1	-33.33
Junior	888	-15	-1.69
Rookie	409	5	1.22
Senior	4301	-126	-2.93
Single Event	11	-17	-154.55
Vintage	35	-22	-62.86
TOTAL	7465	-252	-3.38
W/out practice	6338	-211	-3.22