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GILLMAN SPEEDWAY’S SEASON 2018/19 OPENING MEETING TO HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL FLAVOUR!

November 14, 2018 Filed Under: Dirt Track, News, Speedway

For opening night of the 2018/19 (senior) speedway season here in SA, riders from England, Denmark and New Zealand will join with local and interstate riders for a 500cc Solo team match at Adelaide’s Gillman Speedway this Saturday night (17 November).

Danish riders Matias Nielsen and Kenneth Jürgensen, and English rider Kyle Bickley will team with Adelaide riders Robert Branford and Dakota Ballantyne, and Mildura’s Jaimon Lidsey, the new Victorian Champion, and Cooper Riordan to represent the Leszno Bulls, while two other Englishmen, Tom Brennan and Zach Wajtknecht, and three-times New Zealand Under 21 Champion Jake Turner, will represent the Swindon Robins along with Mildura’s Jordan Stewart and Justin Sedgmen, and Adelaide’s Robert Medson and Brayden McGuinness.

Support events to the teams match are 500cc Solo support races, and Sidecars, including former Australia number three, Shane Hudson, from New South Wales.

Photo: Kenneth Jürgensen (white), Tom Brennan (red) and Robert Medson (yellow). Photo by Judy Mackay.

Everything You Need To Know:

Meeting Date: Saturday, 17 November 2018.

Venue: Gillman Speedway Stadium, 65 Wilkins Road, Gillman – near the Port Adelaide area.

Gates open: Gates open at 5pm. Free spectator access to the pits until approximately 6.30pm.

Racing starts: 7.30pm.

Riders:

Solo Teams 500cc:

Leszno Bulls – 1 Jaimon Lidsey (Vic), 2 Dakota Ballantyne (SA), 3 Cooper Riordan (Vic), 4 Matias Nielsen (Den), 5 Robert Branford (SA), 6 Kyle Bickley (Eng), 7 Kenneth Jürgensen (Den).

Swindon Robins – 1 Jordan Stewart (Vic), 2 Robert Medson (SA), 3 Tom Brennan (Eng), 4 Zach Wajtknecht (Eng), 5 Justin Sedgmen (Vic), 6 Jake Turner (NZ), 7 Brayden McGuinness (SA)

Solo 500cc Support Races: Connor Bailey (Vic), Fraser Bowes (SA), Aden Clare (NSW), Steve Graetz (SA), Seth Hickey (SA), Declan Knowles (Vic)

Sidecars: Ricky Adams/Alice Cox, Chris Bichard/Michael Bell, Tim Bichard/Adam Pascoe, Nathan Fleet/Ayrton Canning, Steve Fowler/tba, Dean Hobbs/Glen Zaworski, Shane Hudson/Mitchell Spear (NSW/SA), Shane Rudloff/Scott Morris, Aaron Silvy/Jaron Silvy, Brian Silvy/Cameron White

Solo 250cc Under 16 Demonstration rides: Patrick Hamilton (Vic), Liam May

Solo 125cc Under 16 on infield track: Jake Fleet, Jordan Hargreaves, Jackson Milner (Vic), Teagan Pedler, Nicholas Possingham, Harry Sadler

Sidecar 250cc Under 16 on infield track: Jackson Milner/Adam Niesche (Vic/SA), Bradley Wakefield/Hamish McCarten (Vic)

Admission: Adults $25, Age Pension & Student Concession $20, Children aged 12-15 $5, Under 12 free, Family $55, Programme $5. Parking free. Grandstand free.

Concession is limited to holders of the Centrelink Pensioner Concession Card and Student Concession card holders only.

Seating: Grandstand seating for 216 people. Large grassed viewing mounds and terracing suitable for deck chairs.

Food and drink: Full bar and catering available. Food includes hot chips, hamburgers, chicken burgers, pies, pasties, sausage rolls, Chiko Rolls, dim sims, hot dogs, doughnuts, coffee, tea, cold drinks, sweets. “Gillman has far and away the best speedway tucker” [Peter White’s Speedway World]

Bar facilities available but please note a condition of our liquor licence is no byo alcohol or glass can be brought into the venue. Also note no pets, other than guide dogs, are allowed into the venue.

Souvenirs: There is a well-stocked souvenir shop. Eftpos available in the souvenir shop.

Weather Forecast: (As at 14 November) Maximum 25, minimum 10. Sunny. [www.bom.gov.au/sa/forecasts/Adelaide]

The Gillman programme is available to download from the Gillman Speedway website (under the Shop tab) from Friday afternoon for $5.50 payable by credit card or PayPal

NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS – TICKET SALES CLOSE THIS FRIDAY!

November 13, 2018 Filed Under: All disciplines, Coaches, Dirt Track, Enduro, Minikhana, Motocross, News, Reliability, Road Racing, SAMX Championship, SAORC, Speedway, State Championship, Supermoto, Trials

Ticket sales for the 2018 Motorcycling SA Night of Champions will close at 4.00pm this Friday, the 16^th of November, so if you are planning on attending what is shaping up to be a fantastic night of celebrations – now is the time to book a table or a seat!

In what has been a fantastic response to the 2018 Night of Champions, ticket sales are now above the 150 mark and all is looking good to reach the 200 mark – and with a great spread of nominees from nearly all the disciplines of the sport here in SA, this should be a night not to miss!

Ticket sales link here; https://goo.gl/uGGvDW

With a new venue, it has opened up the options to be able to celebrate and promote our great sport, with the opportunity to have a large display of bikes encompassing the whole sport, with everyone able to have a wander through the display!

With this in mind – here is the (approximate) time table of (some of the) events for the night – we’re not going to let on everything that will happen on the night as we are keeping a few surprises close to our chest!

5.15pm Doors to the Titanium Security Arena opened to guests, and the on court bike display

Access will be through the Corporate Entrance on the William Street end of the building (Eastern side), with car access to the car park from both, William Street and Crittenden Road. (Ample parking for cars with trailers as well)

5.45pm Doors to the Scout Deck function room open to guests, where the Night of Champions will be held

Access by stairs or elevator to the Scout Deck.

5.45pm – 6.15pm Arrival pics & ‘finding your table’!

6.05pm 10 minute warning!

6.15pm Night of Champions commences with the official welcome!

6.25pm 2018 MSA Regional Volunteer Awards presented

6.45pm Entrée

7.15pm Motorcycling SA Life Memberships presented

7.40pm 2018 MSA Rising Star Award presented

8.00pm Main Course

8.45pm 2018 MSA Hall of Fame induction with Bill Horsman

9.00pm Dessert

9.15pm 2018 Australian Championship recognitions

9.45pm The 2018 Frank Franklin Trophy presented

10.00pm 2018 MSA Club of the Year Award presented

10.15pm End of the official part of the evening!

For those bringing bikes and gear for displays; court access is through the ramp on the Northern side the building, at the end closest to the grassed car park – Crittenden Road end, open from 4.00pm for set up. (All bikes/displays will need to be taken home that night due to the venue’s use on Sunday – thanks)

Photo Credits; With thanks to Classic Shots Photography

SIDEWINDERS SILVER HELMET MEETING THIS SATURDAY NIGHT!

November 9, 2018 Filed Under: Dirt Track, News, Speedway

Saturday night sees the running of the first Silver Helmet Meeting at Sidewinders. This meeting has been an important part of the calendar from the inception of the Club in 1976.

It is conducted over a 6 lap handicap and is designed to give the less experienced riders a chance to win against the more seasoned riders.

At each Silver Helmet Meeting the previous winner presents the Helmet to the new winner, and it is great to see the riders really involved in this presentation.

Along with the Silver Helmet Sidewinders will be running all Classes, the Novice Solos who are learning the craft before moving to the Competition Class as well as a huge number of little tackers riding Peewees, some as young as 4 years old. It is wonderful to see their enthusiasm, and they provide great entertainment for us all. They all aspire to be in the Solo Competition Class and this is a great way to start them off.

Gates will open at 5.30pm on Saturday with racing commencing at 7.30pm. Entry to the venue is $5.00 per Adult and Children U16 are free.

The Pit area is open to the Public until 7pm and will open again at the conclusion of the meeting, so you can speak with the riders and check out the bikes.

We have a fully stocked Canteen and Amenities, both of which are disabled friendly, so come and join us in another night of great competition.

BILL HORSMAN; THE 2018 INDUCTEE INTO THE MOTORCYCLING SA HALL OF FAME

November 5, 2018 Filed Under: News

Motorcycling South Australia is pleased and excited to announce that the man they call ‘Barney’, the great Bill Horsman, whose racing career spanned 50 years, will, on November 24^th, become the 7^th inductee into the Motorcycling SA Hall of Fame, and will take place at the Titanium Security Arena at Findon.

From the late 1950’s when Bill started as a passenger in scrambles for Laury Wilson to finally hanging up his leathers in 2008 Bill won an amazing 9 Australian Championships up until 1975 in his ‘first’ racing career, which included winning at places like Bathurst, Mallala, Albany in WA and in Tasmania as well.

Included in this is an ACU of SA Award for the most outstanding road racer of 1967, an inaugural win of the Duke of Edinburgh Trophy in 1972, with a 2^nd win in 1975.

This era also included the 1972 500cc & Unlimited Grand Prix at Bathurst, and against the great Kiwi in World Championship runner-up, Ginger Molloy, Bill came out on top in a race now regarded as ‘Bathurst’s Greatest Battle’ (see below as well) after a last lap & corner braking duel into Murray’s Corner.

Bill ‘retired’ at the end of 1976, but after 10 years he was persuaded to throw his leg over a Historic Road Racer, and so began his ‘2^nd’ career, a career that not only totalled over 25 Australian Championships, but also the chance to ride the Isle of Man in the Historic TT Races, and in his final ride, he came away with a win in the Classic Junior TT, as well as recording many 100mph laps and race times through his 9 trips to the Isle!

Bill is also an original Life Member to Motorcycling, being awarded that honour in the inaugural year of inductions in 2007, and now joins the late, great Kenny Blake (2017) as a road racing inductee into the MSA Hall of Fame.

So – want to be there when Bill takes to the stage to be inducted and makes a thank you speech on the night??

Then you best grab a ticket while there are still some left because it very much looks like it will be a full house on the night in what will be a fantastic way to celebrate 2018! Here is the link to grab a seat, a 3 course meal and a night of highlights; https://goo.gl/uGGvDW

SHOW ME THE MONEY – in relation to Bill at Bathurst in 1972!

Horsman showed true commitment to competing at Bathurst by driving there knowing he didn’t have enough money to return home! How many in the sport today would do the same? Although Horsman doubled his prizemoney in one race because the Senior and Unlimited races were combined, the payout was not in cash.

“I went home with a bit of a story,” he recalls. “My finances were such that when I left home I didn’t have enough money to get back. I thought that everything should go alright, but if the worst came to the worst, I could get a job in Bathurst for a week or two, get a few quid to pay for the petrol and get home.

“As it turned out I had a very good day, but they paid in cheques, and nobody would cash the cheques! I was going around trying to cash a cheque to pay for the petrol to get home.

“In the end, I had a new triangular Dunlop front tyre that I sold to Ron Angel, who paid $100 for it, which got me the petrol to get home,” Bill says, laughing.

“If it wasn’t for Ron Angel I might have finished up living in Bathurst!”

From; http://amcn.com.au/editorial/bathursts-greatest-battle-1972-australian-tt

A GREAT TRAINING WEEKEND AT MUNGEREE!

October 29, 2018 Filed Under: Coaches, News, Trials

Last weekend saw British Trial2 World Championship regulars, brothers, Dan & Jack Peace, who have headed Down Under for an off season holiday spend the weekend coaching some of SA’s finest trials riders, both young and not so young, at one of SA’s trials meccas, Mungeree, in the Southern Flinders Ranges!

With daylight saving now well and truly happening, it gave the chance for 2 full days of coaching, practise and also having a lot of fun as Dan & Jack, along with our own Trial2 WTC competitor, Connor Hogan and his level 2 coaching father, Hoges, used the full scope of Mungeree to throw the riders at rocks, hills, creek beds and of course, logs!

From the youngest of SA’s trials family, Isaac Schultz, Oliver & Harry Lancaster and Ashley Barwick to the teenagers like Haydon Barwick, Josh Rees and 2018 MSA Elite Riders, Alex Cowan & Lillie Yiatrou, as well as senior riders like Tom Lancaster and Kieran Hill, all ages and abilities were catered for, with even a little overnight drizzle settling the dust for Sunday!

Trials SA would like to thank the Hogan family for once again opening up their great homestead of Mungeree, with a special nod to Tyler, and helpers, for also feeding the masses all weekend, which included yet another great woolshed dinner on the Saturday night.

Said Paula Yiatrou, Lillie’s mum, about the weekend, “What a weekend! Lillie had an amazing experience and has come away with new skills and lots of practicing to do over the summer! A trillion thanks to the Hogan family for the awesome venue and hospitality, Connor for getting this idea off the ground and giving these riders this amazing opportunity and Tyler for the amazing food. Thanks also to Brenton (Hoges) for being the chauffeur… the off-roading was like white knuckle ride at times!!! And a big shout out to the trials community for being an awesome bunch of people.”

Isaac Schultz’s dad, Chris agreed, saying, “Top way to finish off the trials season with a great weekend of coaching at Mungeree! Connor Hogan, Dan & Jack Peace all did a ripper effort with the kids & super proud of Isaac & his efforts on the little 50, you did well mate & dad was glad we went! Big thanks to Tyler Hogan for the awesome hospitality!! Now, where is an 80…!!”

In return, Team Hogan would like to thank Jack & Dan Peace for the great efforts with our riders, as well as their long term supporters in Greg Knight at Rockhopping SA, Phil Whittle at GRO, Paul Arnott at The Hell Team and Jitsie.

The 2018 Trials SA presentation night was also held on the Saturday night, with a great get together in the Mungeree woolshed – the first time the woolshed has hosted the presentation night.

Great to see the community come together the end the season like this, with the 2018 SA Champions presented with their sashes, as well as the 2018 TROY Series SA podiums.

With thanks to John Cowan & Chris Schultz for the pics!

THE TICKET BOOTH IS OPEN! MOTORCYCLING SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S NIGHT OF NIGHTS!

October 26, 2018 Filed Under: All disciplines, News

Tickets can now be booked online for the 2018 MSA Night of Champions, to be held on Saturday November 24^th at the Titanium Security Arena at Findon, off of Crittenden Road. Numbers will be strictly limited to 20 tables of 10 people each, as there will only be (comfortable) seating for 200 people to attend, so don’t leave it to the last minute – book now!

All booking are to be done via the online link on the Motorcycling SA website, and must be paid for when booking, there will be no pay later option made available this year!

**Invited guests are asked to contact the MSA Office directly, either by phone on (08) 8332 9000, or email at administration@motorcyclingsa.org.au to book their seats.

The link to book is; HERE

AWARDS TO BE PRESENTED ON THE NIGHT

MOTORCYCLING SA HALL OF FAME Who will be the next inductee(s)

MOTORCYCLING SA LIFE MEMBERSHIP For a lifetime of work for motorcycling in SA

THE FRANK FRANKLIN TROPHY An outstanding contribution to the sport in SA

THE 2018 MSA RISING STAR AWARD Revamped in ‘18 to highlight our awesome juniors

THE 2018 REGIONAL VOLUNTEER AWARDS Without our volunteers, we don’t have a sport!

THE 2018 MSA CLUB OF THE YEAR AWARD Rewarding our outstanding Clubs here in SA

PLUS

AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP & INTERNATIONAL REGOCNITIONS, PLUS A HEAP MORE!

AND HERE IS THE MENU FOR THE EVENING!

Catering at the Titanium Security Arena is looked after by Titanium Arena Catering, who continue to get rave reviews for their food, so with that in mind, the following menu has been prepared for all to enjoy at the 2018 MSA Night of Champions.

ADULTS; $55.00 per person

ENTRÉE; SA Antipasto plate

Barossa smoked prosciutto, gypsy ham, grilled chorizo, olives, frittata, white balsamic marinated vegetables, Wilabrand fig paste, grissini

MAIN; Memphis Rubbed Beef Brisket

w/- thick spiced potato wedges, housemade vegetable pickle, sautéed baby spinach

alternate drop with

Charred Chicken Breast

w/- potato, pancetta & savoy colcannon, roasted baby carrots & seeded mustard cream sauce

DESSERT; Dessert Platters

A selection of chef’s mini desserts served to each table to share

CHILDREN; $25.00 per person (UNDER 15)

Chicken, or, Beef Schnitzel, served with salad & fries

Includes a free soft drink & ice cream for dessert

$15.00 per person (UNDER 10)

Pasta & Meatballs, or, Fish & Chips

Includes a free soft drink & ice cream for dessert

DIETARY; Any, and all, dietary requirements can also be well looked after, so if you have any requirements, please email administration@motorcyclingsa.org.au and these will be forwarded on to the venue – please, do not contact the venue directly!

DRINKS: PAY AS YOU GO

Bar facilities will be open on the evening with a good range of beers and spirts, along with red & white wines, as well as soft drinks which should cater for everyone