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2024 MSA NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS TO BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 1ST 2025!

May 20, 2024 Filed Under: All disciplines, News

After much deliberation by the MSA Board of Directors, and in conjunction with the MSA Staff, the 2024 MSA Night of Champions, originally scheduled for Saturday December 7^th 2024, has had a date change, and will now be held on Saturday, February 1^st, 2025.

It was felt that by moving the event away from the mad rush that is December and the run into Christmas, along with several major events, like ASBK at The Bend now being run later in the year, MSA’s ‘Night of Nights’ would be able to receive the promotion and spotlight that it certainly deserves with a move to early February.

Now, with this move, it has more opened the night up to our local competitors who will be home from overseas for the summer, and the MSA staff are now tasked to put together an extended programme, due, in part, to the amazing results and efforts already being put on show throughout this 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.

The MSA Office are now working hard to source a new, or different venue to the past 3 years, are keen to take the event back to a formal dress code, up from the semi-formal code of recent years, with a number of special guests and guest speakers to be invited to the evening, across all disciplines and even from outside the sport.

One thing that is unlikely to change, is that Club’s will be able to book a table of 10, for a 3 course meal for adults and 2 course meal for children, with the venue being sourced able to seat 250+ people.

The highlight of the evening MAY be another induction into the Motorcycling SA Hall of Fame, and quite possibly, the awarding of Life Membership to Motorcycling SA.

The question is though – who would be the person(s) most likely to join the 10 inductees already residing in the MSA Hall of Fame? Who will it be to join Jack Young, John Boulger, Murray Williams, Andy Caldecott, Jeremy Burgess, Kenny Blake, Bill Horsman, Trevor Diener & Philip Holmes, Gavin Porteous and David Basham in our most prestigious Hall?

For all of the details on how to nominate someone you feel is worthy for consideration, follow the link at the end of this press release to the full list of requirements and the process that is followed to induct someone into the MSA Hall of Fame.

Of course, another feature of the night will be the presenting of Motorcycling SA’s prestigious annual awards, and include,

The Frank Franklin Trophy, for an outstanding career serving the sport here in SA.
The 2024 Regional Volunteer Awards, recognising our most valuable officials, coaches, and volunteers.
The 2024 MSA Rising Star Award, for our most outstanding junior talent under 16 years of age!
The 2024 MSA Club of the Year Award, celebrating our Clubs and Promotors who make our sport happen!

And also, to be celebrated on the night,

Any, and all, Australian Championship recognitions
International Competition recognitions, following on from 2023’s record number!

Nominations for all the Awards are now OPEN, with Hall of Fame and Life Membership open 365 days, but to be considered for 2024, nominations for each award must be received by:

HALL OF FAME:	5.00pm Friday, September 20^th, 2024.
LIFE MEMBERSHIP:	5.00pm Friday, September 20^th, 2024.
FRANK FRANKLIN TROPHY:	5.00pm Friday, November 1^st, 2024.
REGIONAL VOLUNTEER AWARDS:	5.00pm Friday, November 1^st, 2024.
MSA RISING STAR AWARD:	5.00pm Tuesday, November 19^th, 2024.

For the first time, ALL nominations will be able to be done online through a link on the MSA website, www.motorcyclingsa.org.au/about-us/history/ in mid-June, but, if you still feel that the ‘old style’ is better, then nomination forms and criteria can be downloaded, and emailed to events@motorcyclingsa.org.au, or printed off and then sent by post to: Motorcycling SA, 251 The Parade, Beulah Park, SA 5067 – and labled ‘Night of Champions’.

The MSA Board of Directors and the MSA Office staff look forward to seeing you all on the night, but if you have any questions or queries, call the MSA Office on (08) 8332 9000, Monday to Friday.

**The pre-booking of a table (of 10) can be made from July 1^st 2024, by emailing events@motorcyclingsa.org.au and supplying a contact person (name, phone number & email) and the name of the Club/Promotor.

Preview – 2024 SAMX Championship Round 2 – Rivalries Set To Light Up At Riverland Junior Motorcycle Club

May 16, 2024 Filed Under: Motocross, News, SAMX Championship, State Championship

After an edge-of-the-seat Championship opener, this weekend sees the SA Motocross Championship heat up with on-track rivalries at Riverland Junior Motorcycle Club for round 2.

As the late entries deadline has just closed and the final countdown for gate drop is well underway, Round 2 promises to be an absolute treat for SA motocross fans. With 215 riders and a huge 260 bikes across the classes at Renmark, we are sure to see some new Championship front-runners.

Shoutout and thanks to our series sponsors, Three 3s Apparel and Merch, and Great Southern Security, as they continue their support of the South Australian Motocross Championship journey.

Entry List:

With the top 3 Championship points leaders in Pro MX1 not lining up this weekend, 2024’s King of the Gulf and current 4th-place holder, Siegah Ward, is looking to make his move and solidify his name as a frontrunner in the Championship. He will, of course, be joined by SAMX regulars Mitch Norris, Levi McManus, and the Carpenter Brothers, Seth and Mitch, all looking to secure those crucial Championship points.

Continuing their round 1 showdown, 2023’s MX Women’s Champion Amy Bartsch is still in the Championship fight, trailing by just 2 points behind current second-place Emma Haylock. The front-runner, Charli, misses this round. Can she close that gap even further, or will we see a new senior women’s champion crowned?

Not to mention a stacked field of Experts and Clubmen featuring the current Expert Championship leader Aaron Van Zetton and Clubman Cody Harrison, both eager to continue their points lead. With over 20 riders in each field, this weekend will keep them on their toes with plenty of challengers emerging.

This weekend is all set to provide a perfect insight into the exceptional level of riding coming from our future stars in the sport, with over 170 junior riders taking to the track, including a stack of riders beginning their journey in the sport in the 50cc Demo (non-competitive) field.

Determined to continue her round 1 streak of successes, Emily Lambert is back this weekend in the Great Southern Security 100cc to 150cc 2-stroke and 200cc to 250cc 4-stroke Girls class, with last year’s Champion Charlize Waldhuter looking for any chance to take over the overall lead.

With SAMX young gun regulars including current leaderboard talents like Jayke Hansen, Dylan Gromball, Lacey Thompson, Mason Ezergailis, Koby Smart, and Oliver Thredgold taking on SA and Australia’s top junior fields, it’s going to be an edge-of-the-seat showdown for points leads.

Where:

Situated just outside the picturesque Riverland region, and adjacent to Renmark, there’s no better excuse to make the trip down for the weekend to experience everything the region has to offer and witness SA’s best motocross talent continue their Championship rivalries.

Plan your trip HERE.

Spectator Information:

No need to worry about packing lunch if you prefer to travel light. With a fully stocked canteen offering hot food and cold drinks throughout the weekend, this event will be a one-stop shop for attendees of all ages to refuel between on-track action. Plus, with full facilities including showers and toilets on site, both fans and riders will be well taken care of throughout the event.

Track Map –

Time Schedule:

Saturday Practice and Race Order:

Sunday Practice and Race Order:

Live Timing:

Keep pace with every moment of the action with live timing updates via the Mylaps Speedhive Page, or you can download the MYLAPS app via the App Store or Google Play.*

Socials*

Stay in the loop with everything going on in the 2024 SAMX Championship by following SA Motocross on Facebook and Motorcycling SA on Facebook and Instagram.

PROVISIONAL RESULTS – 2024 SA RELIABILITY TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIPS ROUND 1 COMES DOWN TO THE LINE AT TARLEE

May 6, 2024 Filed Under: News, Reliability, State Championship

Last Saturday, May 4th, the town of Tarlee came alive with the buzz of reliability trials once again for 2024 as Championship Round 1, The Phillip Haydon Trial, proudly presented by the Gawler MCC, kicked off. Fans settled in for a full day of competition as a great turnout of past and new emerging reliability trial talent took on the dry, dusty conditions of the day and night 6-hour format, with a course fully designed to keep racers on their toes.

Showing they haven’t slowed down in their time away from reliability trials competitions, brothers Nicholas and Tristan Throup took the early lead at the end of lap 1, with Nicholas gaining the slight 81-second edge over the tight competition of Tristan, Samuel Nenasheff, 2023 outright Champion Rowan Pumpa, and runner-up Clinton Voigt. Even with Tristan narrowing down an 11-second gap after lap 2, the hard work had already been done to crown Nicholas as the open solo and outright round 1 Championship winner. Rounding out third place, Samuel Nenasheff held off Rowan Pumpa in 4th by just a gap of 5 seconds.

It was a tough start to the Sidecars Round 1 Championship for defending champions Max Hutchesson & Sam Hutchesson when they blew a head gasket on the opening lap, putting a premature end to their Round 1 endeavours. This left the powerhouse duo of Bradley Hunter/Bradley Manuel to put in the work and get a leg up to take the Sidecar win ahead of Shane Schiller & Steven Doecke. The competition between second and third places would be fierce and come down to the final lap of the day to decide. With a gap of just 26 seconds at the halfway point after lap 1, Shane Schiller & Steven Doecke put in the hard yards to establish a 1:23 buffer between them.

Provisional open solo and sidecar results are below, with details and results by class available on the SART website HERE.

(Note competitors have until midnight on Sunday, May 12th to challenge or query any results).

Round 2 of the SA Reliability Trials Championship comes to the Barossa Valley on the 25th of May as Keyneton MCC proudly presents the Mike Connors Trial. As Championship leaders have made a firm stand, the competition is only going to heat up.

Photo thanks to SandPlow Photography. Full Album – HERE.

Both Damian Cravero & JKR Photographs were also trackside to capture all the action of the weekend. Check out their pages for photographs and reach out to them to purchase moments of the weekend.

Open Solo

Pos	No	Name	Class	Lap 1	Lap 2	Stages	Total	Gap
1	2	Nicholas Throup	A	3390	3415	16	6805	+0
2	3	Tristan Throup	A	3471	3426	16	6897	+92
3	8	Samuel Nenasheff	A	3472	3540	16	7012	+207
4	1	Rowan Pumpa	A	3533	3484	16	7017	+212
5	7	Clinton Voigt	A	3474	3553	16	7027	+222
6	5	Daniel Prior	A	3608	3567	16	7175	+370
7	95	Shane Diener	V	3437	3742	16	7179	+374
8	6	Benjamin Prior	A	3582	3647	16	7229	+424
9	13	Haydon Ahrens	A	3622	3642	16	7264	+459
10	14	Todd Muster	A	3582	3705	16	7287	+482
11	127	Tyson Schumacher	G	3555	3803	16	7358	+553
12	68	Noah Riebke	F	3571	3808	16	7379	+574
13	114	Jake Henderson	D	3568	3843	16	7411	+606
14	11	Ben Mayne	A	3715	3731	16	7446	+641
15	15	Christopher Shields	A	3697	3760	16	7457	+652
16	144	Rhys Jenke	G	3606	3901	16	7507	+702
17	125	Liam McConnell	D	3630	3919	16	7549	+744
18	123	Cody Schiller	D	3609	3949	16	7558	+753
19	137	Mackenzie Camp	G	3614	3986	16	7600	+795
20	139	Henry Blenkiron	G	3675	3932	16	7607	+802
21	12	Tate Plummer	A	3764	3848	16	7612	+807
22	10	Kyan Haydon	A	3836	3819	16	7655	+850
23	54	Dwayne Rumsey	F	3694	3982	16	7676	+871
24	131	Nathan Freeman	G	3689	4020	16	7709	+904
25	129	Liam Sander	G	3709	4015	16	7724	+919
26	58	Mert Saegenschnitter	F	3727	4043	16	7770	+965
27	119	Todd Knight	D	3722	4064	16	7786	+981
28	61	Zane Gerlach	F	3788	4001	16	7789	+984
29	130	Nick Stevens	G	3780	4021	16	7801	+996
30	55	Charley Kerin	F	3771	4055	16	7826	+1021
31	112	Eadin Krieg	D	3720	4120	16	7840	+1035
32	67	Matt Harkness	F	3810	4117	16	7927	+1122
33	146	Shane Dearlove	G	3660	4303	16	7963	+1158
34	78	Duane Woolford	M	3759	4220	16	7979	+1174
35	69	Greg Slattery	M	3861	4145	16	8006	+1201
36	121	Matthew Taylor	D	3783	4223	16	8006	+1201
37	147	Tyson Clarke	G	3847	4172	16	8019	+1214
38	140	Joshua Kleemann	G	3790	4238	16	8028	+1223
39	111	Jack Wormald	D	3876	4184	16	8060	+1255
40	97	Paul Grosser	V	3897	4201	16	8098	+1293
41	57	Ryan Waldhuter	F	3755	4356	16	8111	+1306
42	148	Tom Couzner	G	3803	4322	16	8125	+1320
43	96	Simon Twartz	V	3835	4300	16	8135	+1330
44	128	Jared Plush	G	3872	4284	16	8156	+1351
45	64	Saxon Kearns	F	3927	4244	16	8171	+1366
46	136	Louis Kerin	G	3908	4311	16	8219	+1414
47	151	Bailey Caire	G	3845	4384	16	8229	+1424
48	143	Chris Thomas	G	3936	4295	16	8231	+1426
49	60	Max Cowham	F	3978	4262	16	8240	+1435
50	63	Nicholas Schulz	F	4032	4216	16	8248	+1443
51	117	William Moore	D	3966	4303	16	8269	+1464
52	134	Robert Poole	G	4007	4276	16	8283	+1478
53	100	Stephen Needham	V	3932	4358	16	8290	+1485
54	98	Grant Stephen	V	3928	4365	16	8293	+1488
55	107	Andrew Dillon	V	3827	4468	16	8295	+1490
56	115	Simon Haydon	D	3917	4419	16	8336	+1531
57	66	Keegan May	F	4018	4328	16	8346	+1541
58	126	Tony Read	G	4012	4359	16	8371	+1566
59	70	Brett Hall	M	4059	4411	16	8470	+1665
60	122	Ryan Wood	D	3918	4554	16	8472	+1667
61	150	Peter Mclaren	G	4086	4453	16	8539	+1734
62	142	Cameron Caruso	G	4087	4462	16	8549	+1744
63	124	Henry Sever	D	4008	4596	16	8604	+1799
64	108	Shayne Bain	V	3986	4636	16	8622	+1817
65	91	Hector Evans	P1	4140	4587	16	8727	+1922
66	77	Dominic Burman	M	4040	4730	16	8770	+1965
67	56	Riley Diener	F	4203	4601	16	8804	+1999
68	101	Brett Farr	V	4051	4779	16	8830	+2025
69	149	Josh Moyle	G	4220	4634	16	8854	+2049
70	80	Nicholas Fetherstonhaugh	M	4185	4679	16	8864	+2059
71	99	Justin French	V	4268	4680	16	8948	+2143
72	153	Chey Dahlitz	G	4393	4586	16	8979	+2174
73	109	Shane Absolom	V	4223	4787	16	9010	+2205
74	83	Jeffrey Sparks	M	4104	4916	16	9020	+2215
75	75	Stephen Tomlinson	M	4298	4789	16	9087	+2282
76	155	Greg Greenham	G	4019	5130	16	9149	+2344
77	105	Stuart Mackenzie	V	4337	4829	16	9166	+2361
78	157	Dion McPherson	G	4389	4846	16	9235	+2430
79	135	Samuel Russack	G	4174	5083	16	9257	+2452
80	118	Mikel Nies	D	4446	4875	16	9321	+2516
81	85	Chloe Barton	L1	4394	5002	16	9396	+2591
82	90	Paul Collins	P1	4480	4988	16	9468	+2663
83	62	Cooper Pitt	F	4492	4983	16	9475	+2670
84	76	Steve Sparkes	M	4349	5385	16	9734	+2929
85	92	Adam Toolan	P1	4461	5301	16	9762	+2957
86	73	Allan Briscoe	M	4674	5246	16	9920	+3115
87	145	Deklan Coppen	G	4394	5572	16	9966	+3161
88	79	David DeLaine	M	4612	5455	16	10067	+3262
89	88	Heidi Giersch	L1	4822	5283	16	10105	+3300
90	74	Mark Taylor	M	4665	5503	16	10168	+3363
91	84	Jonathan Moore	M	4798	5389	16	10187	+3382
92	87	Natasha Sky	L1	4995	5520	16	10515	+3710
93	156	Mitch Scott	G	4846	5761	16	10607	+3802
94	103	Paul Schupelius	V	5116	5702	16	10818	+4013
95	89	Kevin Steinert	P1	4898	6254	16	11152	+4347
96	86	Jasmine McPherson	L1	5446	6379	16	11825	+5020
97	82	Phillip Altschwager	M	5510	6841	16	12351	+5546
98	106	Richard Prusa	V	6966	5757	16	12723	+5918
99	81	Colin Jenke	M	5559	7335	16	12894	+6089
DSQ	133	Daniel Fraser	G	3528	5569	16	9097
DNF	93	Gregory Noel	P1	924	0	1	924
DNF	9	Nathan Newell	A	1801	0	3	1801
DNF	4	Toby Lewis	A	2169	0	4	2169
DNF	102	Gavin Russack	V	3176	0	4	3176
DNF	116	Jordan Ball	D	3828	0	8	3828
DNF	141	Curtis Russack	G	4418	0	8	4418
DNF	65	Charlie Semmler	F	3627	1367	10	4994
DNF	132	Jamie Starick	G	3882	1711	10	5593
DNF	59	Kurtis Riebke	F	3601	2285	12	5886
DNF	120	Sam Walter	D	3737	2449	11	6186
DNF	71	Lauren Freeman	L1	6675	0	8	6675
DNF	138	Nick Lamont	G	5045	2133	9	7178
DNF	72	Paul Rumsey	M	5083	3599	12	8682
DNS	104	Matthew Harris	V	0	0	0	0
DNS	113	William Tassell	D	0	0	0	0
DNS	152	Wade Braun	G	0	0	0	0
DNS	154	Jaimon Biggs	G	0	0	0	0

Open Sidecar

Pos	No	Name	Class	Lap 1	Lap 2	Stages	Total	Gap
1	22	Bradley Hunter / Bradley Manuel	C	3829	3968	16	7797	+0
2	19	Shane Schiller / Steven Doecke	C	3849	4022	16	7871	+74
3	24	Shane Beckmann / Adam Brook	C	3958	3996	16	7954	+157
4	27	Matthew Neldner / Aiden Wilksch	C	3998	4255	16	8253	+456
5	21	Daniel Plowman / Bradley Brook	C	4079	4180	16	8259	+462
6	26	Shaun Blenkiron / Nathan Saegenschnitter	C	4037	4235	16	8272	+475
7	25	Mark Launer / Tyson Rohrlach	C	4046	4247	16	8293	+496
8	35	Aaron Saegenschnitter / Brian Anthony	K	3984	4340	16	8324	+527
9	32	Kristy Schultz / Ayla Plowman	K	4261	4431	16	8692	+895
10	29	Gary Waldhuter / James Waldhuter	J	4283	4455	16	8738	+941
11	30	Michael Kerin / Joshua Schutz	K	4275	4493	16	8768	+971
12	34	David Pratt / Adrian Rohrlach	J	4319	4516	16	8835	+1038
13	28	Darren Winter / Lachlan Greenhalgh	C	4415	4604	16	9019	+1222
14	37	John Davies / Kym Menadue	J	4543	5011	16	9554	+1757
15	36	Michael Fechner / Stuart Gerhardy	J	4647	4915	16	9562	+1765
16	38	Barry Buckley / Todd Blackwell	J	4605	5044	16	9649	+1852
17	33	James Rowe / Christopher Rowe	K	4618	5043	16	9661	+1864
18	41	Shane Noble / Alison Fuller	J	4575	5258	16	9833	+2036
19	42	Elouise Dohse / Tianna Dohse	L2	4738	5165	16	9903	+2106
20	39	Colin Simpson / Matthew Schutz	J	4881	5178	16	10059	+2262
21	40	Harley Nicholls / Blake Tucker	K	5037	5035	16	10072	+2275
22	48	Alex Turner / Melissa Paunola	P2	5299	5013	16	10312	+2515
23	44	Lara Wedge / Eliza Wedge	L2	4826	5649	16	10475	+2678
24	47	Jason Whitfield / Jamie O’Brian	P2	5259	5857	16	11116	+3319
25	43	Ethan Pickstock / Lisi Pickstock	K	4859	6943	16	11802	+4005
DNF	18	Max Hutchesson / Sam Hutchesson	C	3910	0	8	3910
DNF	20	Ross Watson / Cooper Winter	C	3992	0	8	3992
DNF	23	Shaun Buckley / Samuel Weichert	C	4159	911	9	5070
DNF	46	Bruce Heath / Samuel Nicholson	J	5448	0	8	5448
DNF	31	Zak Smith / Brett Harding	K	5786	0	8	5786
DNF	49	Jayden Coleby / Samuel Coleby	K	4860	1012	9	5872
DNS	45	Antony Shanks / Duncan Greenhalgh	J	0	0	0	0

Event Preview – Gawler Motorcycle Centre SA Reliability Trials Championship Dust’s Off The Bikes For Round 1 At Tarlee

May 1, 2024 Filed Under: News, Reliability

This coming Saturday the 4th of May sees the return of favourites merge with new beginnings as Gawler MCC is set to mark the opening round of the Gawler Motorcycle Centre 2024 SA Reliability Trials Championship with the Philip Haydon Trial in Tarlee.

2023 kept fans young and old guessing who could claim the overall Championship and with the lineup now in, 2024 is going to be no different. With over 150 riders lined up for the weekend, including many previous winners, you’re not going to want to be anywhere else. Round 1 will put the riders through their paces with a Day/Night format of 2 laps at approximately 6 hours of run time.

Reliability Trials fans will be kept well-fed and hydrated thanks to the Gawler Apex Club with full catering located at Main Control on Tarlee Oval so make sure you get your fill of hot food and cold drinks. Just some of the goodies on the menu for the weekend will be Egg and Bacon Rolls, Burgers and Steak sandwiches, soft drinks, water, tea and coffee. Finally, for all the adults feeling like a cold beer or wine whilst taking all the round 1 Reliability Trials action, they will be taken good care of with a fully stocked bar available.