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With a week to go until the MSA office closes over the Christmas break, the last weekend of 2023 featured a Level 1 Coaches Course, with 6 new coaches taking up the chance to become new coaches for our sport. 

Run over 2 days, with day 1 being the theory day at MSA Hall and day 2 the practical day, run at Sidewinders Speedway, with a huge thanks, the newbies were put through 6 modules of theory, a written exam and also having to put together a lesson plan for the following day, with day 1 running from 9.00am until about 2.00pm. 

Day 2 saw the crew put their lesson plans into place with 5 Sidewinders Pee Wee ‘stars of the future’ on hand to be coached through each of the plans, and with a lot of the best laid plans, these were modified to suit the group of riders and to get the best out of them. 

After getting the kids to do their own scrutineering and then a good 5 minute warm up, some of the activities the riders were put through were: 

• Starts and breaking to a point 
• Figure 8’s – clockwise & anti-clockwise 
• Weaving between cones  
• Braking 
• And the ever popular ‘slow race’ – working on balance and throttle & brake control. 

With the weather warming up in the arvo, by 12.30pm, all was done for the day and a de-brief was had in the Sidewinders clubrooms. A huge thanks must go to Sidewinders for opening up their venue for the day and also the young guns who assisted on the day – Toby Monkhouse, Hope and Oliver Coats, Curtis and Lexi Sanders – as well as Adam Possingham for getting out of bed to open the gates after a late night the night before at the SA Solo Championships at Gillman. 

So, after the weekend, MSA now has 6 new Level O coaches, who are well on their way to becoming Level 1 Coaches, and they are spread across the state, as well as the different disciplines – so a great cross section of our sport – so look out in 2024 for: 

Declan Carberry	Road Race & Dirt Track	Statewide
Callum Dodimead	Motocross / Off Road	Predominantly Riverland
Ian Kakoschke	Motocross / Off Road	Predominantly Clare
Stuart Duisberg	Off Road / Trail Riding	Statewide
Siegah Ward	Motocross
Roman Ward	Motocross

Motorcycling SA are now looking to run Level 1 Coaches Courses across 2 dates for REGIONAL AREAS early in 2024, with Keith and Crystal Brook planned for February, and another metro date already pencilled in for September (before Speedway season) – but stay tuned for these dates to be confirmed. 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday night, December 9th 2023, at the Eagles Function Centre at Woodville South saw Motorcycling SA host their annual ‘Night of Champions’, with a number of highlights during the evening, but none more than David ‘Dave’ Basham becoming the 10th inductee into the Motorcycling SA Hall of Fame in front of the 150 attendees.

With the 4 time National Champion and 26 time SA Champion (across 3 disciplines) unable to attend, and then his family denied the invitation at the last moment by COVID-19, it was left up to MSA Board Member, Mr David Parker, to accept the induction on Dave’s behalf, with all in attendance paying great respect to Dave’s career and agreeing that his is a very worthy inductee to Motorcycling SA’s most exclusive ‘club’!

 

Another highlight was an emotional Ivan Golding accepting the Frank Franklin Trophy for 2023. With ‘The Frank’ only presented to those who have made an outstanding contribution to motorcycle sport in SA over many years, there can be no denying that the 88 year young Ivan has done more than most and fully deserved to have his name added to that honour roll!  

 

 

The MSA Rising Star Award for 2023 was an amazing award to present, because it was felt that the ‘Class of 2023’ is the most highly decorated bunch of future champions that South Australia has ever produced, with 21 total nominees boasting at least a South Australian Championship in their chosen discipline – or higher!  

That’s correct – 21 amazing riders, of which 10 also stepped onto an Australian Championship podium, and 4 also travelled overseas and competed in International competitions – something not heard of before for SA juniors!  

Huge congratulations to speedway’s Kobi Canning for his overall ‘win’, just pipping fellow finalists, Rikki Henry & Archie Schmidt (road race), Darcey Timmis (dirt track), Lucy Cowan (trial), Tomi Doble (motocross) and Davey Gear (enduro). 

 

Once again MSA paid homage to a number of outstanding volunteers that the sport can’t run without, led by a special award to Kym Bolto for his amazing achievements with the bLU cRU SA Junior Cup over the past 2 years – and Kym himself also threw up a special Regional Volunteer Award to 12 year old Izaak Warren for always being on hand to assist at road race meetings, coaching days and displays. 

For a full list on all the Regional Volunteers, scroll down – and a huge thank you to them all for an outstanding job well done! 

 

MSA Club of the Year was ‘fought out’ by the good folk at the Keyneton MCC and Sidewinders U16 Speedway Club, with Keyneton being given the nod and in the process becoming the first Club to win the award 4 times, with this being Sidewinders first trip to the podium since the inaugural year of the award in 2007 – and with a huge 2024 planned for the small junior speedway club – look out in 2024!  

Motorcycling SA would like to thank the Eagles Function Centre for hosting the event so well once again and accommodating to our needs, as well as the emcee, Mr Jason O’Halloran, and the official photographer for the night, Rebecca Bowdidge from Pit Lane Studios. 

Motorcycling SA would also like to thank the guest speakers who got up on the evening to talk about their journeys, present and into the future, as well as Josh Schiller from the 24 Hour Trial Committee for the 100th Anniversary promo video that played on the evening. 

2023 GUEST SPEAKERS

TEAGAN PEDLER, DECLAN CARBERRY & HAYDON BARWICK 

SHANE DIENER 

ARCHIE SCHMIDT & RIKKI HENRY 

SHANE SCHILLER & BRIAN ANTHONY 

ELLA PEACOCK & TARA MORRISON 

MARK PLAISTED & COOPER SHEIDOW 

 

2023 MSA NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS – HONOUR ROLL: 

HALL OF FAME	DAVID BASHAM
THE FRANK FRANKLIN TROPHY	IVAN GOLDING

MSA RISING STAR AWARD	KOBI CANNING	SPEEDWAY
MSA RISING STAR FINALISTS	DARCEY TIMMIS	DIRT TRACK
	DAVEY GEAR	ENDURO
	TOMI DOBLE	MOTOCROSS
	ARCHIE SCHMIDT & RIKKI HENRY	ROAD RACE
	KOBI CANNING	SPEEDWAY
	LUCINDA COWAN	TRIAL

THE RISING STAR NOMINEES:

Judd Plaisted (dirt track & road race), Riley Mullen, Charlize Waldhuter & Wil Carpenter (motocross), Jackson & Levi Rossi (enduro & motocross), Harry Gilbertson & Ollie Gear (enduro), Harry Sadler, Blake Hocking & Ryleigh McGregor (speedway) and Kody & Baliey Irrgang & Isaac Schultz (trial)

 

SPECIAL VOLUNTEER AWARD	KYM BOLTO	JUNIOR ROAD RACE
REGIONAL VOLUNTEER AWARDS	WES HAYDON	RIDERNET
	MICK FISHER	ROAD RACE
	BRIAN LANG	TRIAL
	BEN KORNOUCHOVS	COACHING
	NIGEL SADLER	SPEEDWAY
	AARON LONG	TRIAL
	SEANE CHAPMAN	SPEEDWAY
	WILL STRUGNELL	DISCIPLINE DEVELOPMENT
	KRISTY SCHULTZ	SPEEDWAY & RELIABILITY TRIAL
	TYRA LYNCH	DISCIPLINE DEVELOPMENT
	SHAUN BANCROFT	SA JUNIOR CUP
	IZAAK WARREN	SA JUNIOR CUP

2023 MSA CLUB OF THE YEAR	WINNER	KEYNETON MOTORCYCLE CLUB
	RUNNER UP	SIDEWINDERS U16 SPEEDWAY CLUB

 

Motorcycling SA would also like to congratulate the riders and passengers who reached the pinnacle of their discipline across 2023 – either at an International level, or with a win in an Australian Championship.

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITIONS 

KOBI CANNING	SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX
TEAGAN PEDLER	WOMEN’S FIM SPEEDWAY ACADEMY
HAYDON BARWICK	TRIAL3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
LILLIE YIATROU	TRIAL2 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP & TRIALS des NATIONS
CONNOR HOGAN	TRIAL2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP & TRIALS des NATIONS
LEVI DAY	FIM WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP (ROAD RACE)
TOMI DOBLE	AMA (USA) AMATUER MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS
ARCHIE SCHMIDT	ASIA TALENT CUP (ROAD RACE)
RIKKII HENRY	SPANISH SUPERSPORT 300 CHAMPIONSHIP (ROAD RACE)
TARA MORRISON	GERMAN SUPERSPORT 300 CHAMPIONSHIP (ROAD RACE)
BILLY McCONNELL	BRITISH SUPERSTOCK CHAMPIONSHIP (ROAD RACE)
DAVO JOHNSON	ISLE OF MAN TT RACES (ROAD RACE)
MARK LAUNER	WELSH 2 DAY ENDURO (SIDECARS)
TYSON ROHRLACH	WELSH 2 DAY ENDURO (SIDECARS)
SHANE SCHILLER	WELSH 2 DAY ENDURO (SIDECARS)
BRIAN ANTHONY	WELSH 2 DAY ENDURO (SIDECARS)

AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONS 

BRETT METCALF	HISTORIC ROAD RACE
LEIGH BENTLEY	AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS
JAMIE BANKS	HISTORIC ROAD RACE
ROWAN PUMPA	AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS
LUCINDA COWAN	AUSTRALIAN TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
BAILEY IRRGANG	AUSTRALIAN TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
COOPER SHIEDOW	AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS
MARK PLAISTED	SENIOR SIDECAR SPEEDWAY

MOTORCYCLING SA HALL OF FAME & LIFE MEMBERSHIP NOMINATIONS

Nominations for consideration for induction into the Motorcycling SA Hall of Fame are open 365 days a year, but for consideration in the current year all nominations MUST be received (at present) by September 31st, so their careers can be collated and sent on to the selection committee and then the MSA Board of Directors. 

If they are not received by the end of September, then they will not be discarded, they will be filed for consideration for the following years, which is similar to how the Sport SA Hall of Fame operates. 

The current MSA Hall of Fame inductees are: 

2014	Jack Young	speedway
	John Boulger	speedway
	Murray Williams	motocross sidecar
2015	Andy Caldecott	rally raid & vintage motocross
2016	Jeremy Burgess	road race
2017	Kenny Blake	road race
2018	Bill Horsman	road race
2019	Trevor Diener & Philip Holmes	trial
2021	Gavin Porteous	road race sidecar
2023	David Basham	motocross

So, if you believe you have someone who you feel should be considered for induction, then download the forms (link below) and put their career down on paper and email it in to administration@motorcyclingsa.org.au

This is also relevant to Motorcycling SA Life Membership, for a lifetime of work for the sport here in SA – all nominations will need to be lodged at the MSA Office before the end of September each year to be considered for that year. 

For the criteria and nomination forms, head to the Motorcycling SA website and hit the link to the ‘History & Honour Board’ page – and – here ‘tis: www.motorcyclingsa.org.au/about-us/history  

 

The 2023 MSA Night of Champions ‘Ticket Box’ has now OPENED for the 2023 ‘night of nights’, to be held once again at the Eagles Function Centre at Woodville South – and what a night it is looking to be – certainly one of the biggest yet held – so head to your Ridernet profile and grab a ticket now!!

For 2023 MSA have been forced to put together an extended programme, due solely to the amazing results and efforts being put on show through the year by, not only SA’s talented competitors, but also by the hard-working officials, coaches, administrators and volunteers, many of whom will be celebrated on the night in some way.

A heap of guest speakers are also planned for the evening, and across all disciplines, with some already confirmed for the evening, including:

• A reigning, and 3-time, Australian Champion from speedway
• An up and coming ‘gun’ (or two) from road race that will be heading OS in ’24!
• An Off Road Champion with the world at his feet!
• Putting the spotlight on a couple of our ‘FIM Women in Motorcycling’ identities!
• Plus, we might be logging in to the USA to catch up with a future champ in motocross!

Of course, there are the Motorcycling SA annual awards that will again be awarded on the night,

• The Frank Franklin Trophy, for an outstanding career serving the sport here in SA.
• The 2023 Regional Volunteer Awards, recognising our valuable officials, coaches and volunteers.
• The 2023 MSA Rising Star Award*, for our most outstanding junior talent under 16 years of age!
• The 2023 MSA Club of the Year Award, celebrating our Clubs and Promotors who make the sport happen!

*In regards the Rising Star Award, a record number of nominations have come through across six (6) disciplines, and the results that these riders have logged across 2023 make this the most decorated bunch of future champions yet to be nominated for the award – multiple International rides to their credit, multiple Australian Champions (with perhaps more to come), and South Australian Championship wins galore – these kids have got it going!

International & Australian Championship recognitions! And then, there is the recognising of SA’s highest achievers for 2023, and what a huge year it’s been on the track, and across all disciplines, as SA riders have taken on the world in ‘record’ numbers in 2023, taken all before them in chasing Australian Championship glory (with 2 disciplines yet to crown their 2023 Champions, with a number of locals right in the hunt), and, it shows little signs of slowing down in 2024 – in fact, the numbers look to be growing if the rumour mill is anything to go by!

PLUS – a heap more that will be unveiled as the Night gets closer – so get your tickets now! $60.00 per adult, $30.00 per child (U16) – through your Ridernet profile!

3 course meal for adults, 2 course meal for kids – SEMI FORMAL DRESS!

*If this is your first-time purchasing tickets through Ridernet – don’t forget to hit ‘ADD’ on the number of tickets before passing through to the next page – otherwise it won’t log any for you – ring the MSA Office if you need assistance!

If you wish to book a table for your club – tables seat 10, but can stretch to 11 if needed, with numbers limited – but with a guarantee that if your discipline is Dirt Track, Enduro, Motocross, Reliability Trial, Road Race, Speedway or Trial – there is something on the running sheet for you – 2023 is going to be the most diverse Night of Champions for many years – so come one, come all!!

All photographs courtesy www.trentino.smugmug.com