Andrew Warnest

GAS GAS SIGN ON AS NAMING RIGHTS PARTNER FOR THE 2020 AUSTRALIAN TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

In exciting news for the 2020 Aussies, now being held at Mungeree, Bangor in the Southern Flinders Ranges of South Australia over the weekend of September 26 & 27, this year’s Championships will now be known as the “GAS GAS 2020 Australian Trial Championships”, as GAS GAS have signed on as the naming rights partner.

Grant Morris, the brand manager for the brand in WA, SA & NT, was excited to jump at the chance to make the Championships a red & black affair, “We are pleased to announce that GASGAS Australia will be the naming rights sponsor of the 2020 GASGAS Australian Trial Championships, which is set to be an outstanding event hosted by the Hogan Family and the South Australian trials community. As the premier event on the Australian trials calendar, it will also be an ideal time to showcase the exciting new GASGAS TXT RACING model range. We look forward to seeing all riders and supporters in the beautiful Flinders Ranges of South Australia.”

And from Christopher Paunola, president of the Keyneton MCC, “The Keyneton Motorcycle Club is proud to welcome GAS GAS on board as the naming rights partner for the 2020 Australian Trial Championships. The GAS GAS brand is certainly synonymous with trials all over the world and has been for many decades, so it’s quite fitting that they are our naming rights partner.”

Team Hogan (Team H) added, “We are very excited here at “Mungeree” to have GAS GAS as the major sponsor of the 2020 Australian Trial Championships. Our family has had a long association with GAS GAS over many years so it seems only fitting that they will play a big part in the anticipated success of this event. Huge thank you to Grant Morris, GAS GAS brand manager WA, SA, NT, KTM Group Aust & NZ.”

Above; Keyneton MCC president Christopher Paunola (with Damien Nash as passenger), left, and Team Hogan’s Connor Hogan

The Championships will now be the opening event of 2020 Trials Week South Australia, which will run from September 26^th to October 4^th and will also take in the 2020 South Australian Trial Championships (Oct 3 & 4) at Springton and a mid-week trial, National Trials Day on Thursday October 1st (Sept 27) at Tungkillo, with all proceeds from this event going to the 2021 Team Australia Trials des Nations Team.

For the first time at a South Australian hosted Championship, camping onsite will be welcomed, and, in light of all of the COVID-19 restrictions that have affected everyone, it will also be free, with toilets and showers onsite.

A full range of classes will be run at the Championships, and will include classes for all ages of riders and machines, 2 and 3 wheels, and men & women and boys & girls. Here is the list of classes that will be offered at the 2020 Australian Trial Championships.

CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSES

GREEN LINE;

TRIAL 1

RED LINE;

TRIAL 2

SIDECAR

YELLOW LINE;

TRIAL 3

YOUTH 13-U19

MASTERS 35+

BLUE LINE;

WOMEN

JUNIOR 12-U16

TRIAL 4

VETERANS 40-55

VETERANS 55+

POST CLASSIC

WHITE LINE;

JUNIOR 12-U16 WOMEN

JUNIOR 9-U13

BLACK LINE;

JUNIOR 9-U13 WOMEN

JUNIOR 7-U11

JUNIOR 7-U11 WOMEN

CLASSIC

 

SUPPORT CLASSES

WHITE LINE;

TRIAL 5

TRIAL 5 WOMEN (tbc)

MASTERS WOMEN (+35)

RUN OF SECTION;

CLASSIC SIDECAR

MINI TRIAL

NAME-PLATES: Name plates are to be the same colour as the line being entered (see above), and Classic Sidecar & Mini Trial competitors to have a name plate with an orange back-ground. 

GAS GAS 2020 AUSTRALIAN TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS; ENTRY FEES!

The Keyneton MCC, Team Hogan and Trials SA would also like to announce that entry fees for the GAS GAS 2020 Australian Trial Championships are going to be the same as what they were for the 2017 Australian Championships held in SA.

CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSES

Senior solo classes; $150.00

Junior solo classes; $100.00 (includes the Youth Class)

Open Sidecar class; $200.00

Minders; $75.00

SUPPORT CLASSES

Trial 5; $75.00

Trial 5 Women; $75.00 (class to be confirmed)

Masters Women (35+); $75.00

Classic Sidecar; $100.00

Mini Trial; $50.00 (*4 to 9 years & non-competitive)

TEAMS (State, Trade & Club); $25.00 per team

Team entries have been halved from 2017, down from $50.00 to $25.00 per team

 

PROPOSED DATELINE – & SUBJECT TO ALL TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS BEING LIFTED!

JULY 1; Supp regs released and entries OPEN

AUGUST 31; Entries CLOSE

SEPTEMBER 14; Team entries CLOSE

SEPTEMBER 24; Campground opens & practise day

SEPTEMBER 25; Practise, section walk and scrutineering

SEPTEMBER 26^TH & 27^TH; GAS GAS 2020 AUSTRALIAN TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Keep an eye out for more news stories to come in the coming weeks

All photos by Trentino Priori, with thanks.

 

2020 TRIALS SA REVISED CALENDAR;
Well, this is pretty cool – and all being well with Covid-19 restrictions and lifting them as time goes on – here is the revised calendar for the 2020 Trials SA season.
Biggest news is SA now hosting the Australian Championships due to COVID making it impossible for NSW to run them, with the Aussies heading to Mungeree for the first time and being hosted jointly by Team Hogan and the Keyneton MCC.
To fit most of the events in – and to give riders great value for money, there are a couple of double header weekends – or 2 day events – so it looks like the 2nd half of the year will be pretty good – all being well.

Biggest news for those planning to head to SA for the Australian Championships – and were thinking of staying for the week to ride the SA Championships – there is now this addition to the calendar; the AJS MTC is going to run their National Trials Day event on the Thursday of Trials Week, October 1st – with all proceeds going to go to Team Australia, the Australian Trials des Nations team for 2021!
Three events for the week now to plan around! It looks like it will (hopefully) be a great ending to what was, an unknown year a couple months ago!

2020 AUSTRALIAN TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

YES – THEY ARE GOING TO HAPPEN!

After working hard behind the scenes over the past few weeks, it can now be released that the 2020 Australian Trial Championships, which were originally scheduled to run at Pacific Park in NSW in August, but had to be postponed and then cancelled due to COVID-19 and venue availability, will now be held at Mungeree Homestead at Bangor in the Southern Flinders Ranges in South Australia over the weekend of September 26 & 27.

To be hosted by a joint crew headed by Team Hogan (the land owners) and the Keyneton MCC (6 time runners of the Championships), along with Trials SA, all are excited to be able to ensure the 2020 Championships will run!

More details will follow next week – on the re-launched of the 2020 Trials Week SA Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/trialsweeksa2020/?ref=bookmarks) – but what can be said is that all the classes will be offered, as well as on site camping – and – the weekend is either, at the start, or the middle weekend of the school holidays for everyone!

It is also the weekend before the planned SA Championships hear Springton in the Adelaide Hills, so head over, enjoy the Southern Flinders and the Clare Valleys, and then head to the SA Championships through the Barossa Valley – as always in SA, it should be a fantastic week – and a great way to celebrate post COVID-19 and see some of the best that SA has to offer!

AND RETURNING ONCE AGAIN – MINI TRIAL!

First run in 2017 at the Australian Championships in SA, Mini Trial will once again be offered as a support class on a shortened course of 10 sections, with 3 laps each day – for all riders aged 4 to under 9 years – on mini wheeled bikes!

2017 saw a number of riders ride their first Australian Championships, with some lined up to ride again in 2020 – but in competition classes, like Oliver and Harry Lancaster and Ashley Barwick, who topped the 7-U11 Girls Class last year in Tassie!

MINI TRIAL – UNCOVERING TOMORROW’S CHAMPIONS – TODAY!

2020 AUSTRALIAN TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIP SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES & SUPP REGS

The sponsorship package is almost ready to go and will be sent out next week (from May 18), and the plan is to open entries on July 1^st and leave them open until August 31 to give everyone around the country as much time as possible to plan their trip, dependent on travel restrictions, etc!