A race bike belonging to injured Manx Grand Prix rider Garry Broughton is being raffled to raise funds as he continues his recovery in hospital more than five months after a serious crash.

Broughton, from Leicester, came off at Joey’s during qualifying for the Manx Grand Prix on August 19, sustaining serious injuries.

A friend, Graeme Voller, said he faced a “long road to recovery” and provided details of a raffle organised to help the injured rider and his family.

In a post on Facebook, he wrote: “Our mate Garry Broughton got to live his road racing dream and race at the Manx Grand Prix this year, putting in very respectable lap times and getting quicker each time out.

placeholder image — English rider Garry Broughton was seriously injured in a crash at the 2025 Manx Grand Prix.

"Unfortunately, his race week ended with a crash on the mountain section, and Garry received a number of serious injuries as a result.

"He’s still in hospital receiving treatment and is going to need some help. It’s a long road to recovery for him and his family, so we’re raising funds to help them out by raffling one of Garry’s race bikes.

“We’re aiming to sell a minimum of 150 tickets at £50 each, please help a fellow racer and his family while giving yourself a shot at getting a great bike!”

The machine being raffled is an ex-Martin Jessopp Kawasaki z650 Supertwin and further details are available on Mr Voller’s Facebook page at facebook.com/graeme.voller

A GoFundMe page set up in the days after Broughton’s crash last August had raised £6,270 of a £6,500 target yesterday.

At the time the GoFundMe fundraiser was set up, the organisers said Broughton had sustained multiple injuries, including to his “back, pelvis, spleen, kidneys, lungs and liver”.

l Thailand’s Somkiat Chantra has been ruled out of the opening World Superbike Championship round at Phillip Island in Australia this month, with the Honda HRC rider’s replacement confirmed as test rider Tetsuta Nagashima.

The Japanese rider will join new signing Jake Dixon as the factory team’s riders, while British Superbike contender Ryan Vickers will ride for the team as a wild card.

Six-time World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea made his debut as a Honda HRC test rider at the winter tests at Jerez in Spain and Portimao in Portugal, but the prospect of the 39-year-old making an appearance as a wild card in Australia has now been ruled out. However, Rea will have further opportunities this season, with Portimao and Donington mooted as possibilities.

World Superbike rookie Chantra sustained a fractured right arm during a training crash at Sepang in Malaysia.

In an official statement, Honda said: “Somkiat Chantra to be replaced by Tetsuta Nagashima for WorldSBK Round 1. Despite a positive recovery process, Somkiat Chantra will not be fit in time to participate in Round 1 of the Superbike World Championship, set to take place at Phillip Island, Australia, on 20–22 February 2026.

"The Thai rider visited Bangkok Hospital on 28 January, where his condition was assessed positively and his cast was removed. Anyway, due to the recovery timeline, Chantra will be replaced for the season-opening round by official test rider Tetsuta Nagashima, who will join official rider Jake Dixon in the Honda HRC factory team.

"Completing the Honda rider line-up for Round 1, British Honda BSB rider Ryan Vickers, will also take part as a wildcard entry.”