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MOTORCYCLING SA’S 2023 SPECIAL EVENTS

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While all of the disciplines run, what would be called ‘special events’, there are a number which come under the Motorcycling SA Banner, or in the case of the first one listed below, can’t really be put into a specific discipline – so, it has been added here!

Technically listed as a road race, the Sellicks Beach Historic Races, which would be the only event to challenge the 24 Hour Trial as South Australia’s most iconic event, will have its bi-annual running in early March – on the Saturday and Sunday of the March Long Weekend.

The Sellicks Beach races started in the very early years of the 20th century and several groups made use of the beach and the hills behind the beach, to race not just bikes, but cars as well and all trying to set new speed records.

These ‘Speed Trials’ ran until 1957 when they went into recess, but except for re-enactments in 1986 and 1992, there had been no racing on the beach until 2017 when the Levis MCC decided that 60 years was enough of a gap – and they bought it all back to life, and with a huge bang, so much so it now runs biannually and with great support from the local councils and residents, as well as the motorcycle community!

Entries for this most historic of events are now open and close on January 5th, unless the classes are full beforehand – head to www.www.levismcc.asn.au and hit the link for all of the details.

Also on the March Long Weekend, but on the Sunday and Monday, will be the first ever ‘MSA All Discipline Come N Try Day’ at the Monarto Motocross and Go-Kart venues, which are situated next to each other, with the motocross complex, the home of the South Coast MXC, able to cater for all of the off-road disciplines, with the go-kart complex looking after road race.

It’s a very exciting event to be outing together, and it will certainly be a first for SA, to have all disciplines together at one venue for all to Come N Try. Discussion between the Sports managers has also been positive, with bikes and riding gear being organised – so stay tuned for more information to be released on this early in 2023.

April 4 is also a date to put in the diary, as it will be the Annual General Meeting for motorcycling SA, to be held at MSA Hall on the 4th of April – all Clubs will get more info on this in early 2023.

The other event, where more information will be made available in 2023 will be the 20-23 Motorcycling SA Night of Champions, which will once again celebrate all things good about motorcycle sport in South Australia.

                                                                                                                                                                           Special Dates – as of December 19 2023.

March 11 & 12 – Sellicks Beach Historic Motorcycle Races @ Sellicks Beach (Levis MCC)

 

March 12 & 13 – MSA All Discipline Come N Try @ Monarto MX & Go-Kart Complexes

 

April 4 – Motorcycling SA Annual General Meeting @ MSA Hall, Beulah Park

 

TBA – 2023 Motorcycling SA Night of Champions @ TBA

RIDE PARKS AUSTRALIA DAYS – 2023 SO FAR!

Filed Under: Enduro, Motocross, News

No Licence – NO WORRIES! And, More riding, more often!

Ride Parks Australia – Ride Park Days

For the past couple of years, MA affiliated clubs have had the opportunity to run Ride Park Days that are safe and controlled non-competition riding days where families, friends and kids of all abilities can enjoy social riding. Available for riders of all ages – and – running these days are an excellent way toget new members into your Club, as newbies don’t need a licence to come along and see if they are going to like it or not!

For an RPA Day, No Licence Required!
– They do not need a state issued motorcycle licence or MA Licence
– They will have an option to purchase Personal Accident coverage and it is highly recommended
– Junior KickStart Licence or Logbooks are not required
– No minimum age requirement for kids

Give the MSA Office a call regarding your club running RPA Days in 2023 – and there is also an RPA specific page on the MA website – https://www.ma.org.au/ride-park-days/

A number of Clubs have already lodged their 2023 dates, as have the ACUSA Park Committee, which run all of their Ride Days under the RPA banner, with the discipline in the (brackets) – and here is the 2023 calendar so far – and we know there are still many more to come;

https://www.motorcyclingsa.org.au/acusa-park/

https://www.facebook.com/ACUSAPARK

ACUSA PARK (EN)

May 21

June 4

July 2

July 23

August

August 27

September 17

October 15

 

 

Keith & District MCC (MX) (All dates still TBC)                                                                                 

May 14

June 11

July 9

August 13

September 10

October 8

 

 

Mud N Tars (DT)                                                                           

February 12

March 5

June 11

 

 

 

Riverland JMC (MX)                                       

April 16

May 7

June 1

July 9

August 13

September 31

 

 

RELIABILITY TRIALS – ‘A HARD DAYS NIGHT’ ONCE AGAIN IN 2023!

Filed Under: News, Reliability, SA Women in Motorcycling

The 2023 South Australian Reliability Trials Championship (SART) will once again give riders 6 great events of varying length, terrain and riding conditions, with 3 rounds to be held each side of, arguably, South Australia’s most famous motorcycle event, The 24 Hour Trial, with 2023 being the 99th Anniversary of this iconic event.

As has become traditional in recent years, the Championship will be opened by the Gawler Club, running their Philip Haydon Reliability Trial out of Marrabel in 2023, which will then be followed by the Keyneton MCC’s Mike Connors event, once again running out of the Keyneton Oval, with both of these events to be around 6 hours in duration, with round 1 to be a day/night event and round 2 to be an all daylight event.

Round 3 will see the annual trek to the mid north town of Robertstown, for the Lew Job 2 Day, being run by the Velocette MCC. With 6 hours each day, Saturday being day/night and Sunday daylight only, this event also features a couple of highlights for most riders – the annual blast up Springhut Creek, and, the after ride mutton & gravy rolls served at Robertstown Oval (seriously worth the drive to ‘Robbie’ on their own)!

The Championship will then take a break while everyone gears up for the ‘24’, starting from the Eudunda Oval in 2023, with this iconic event the highlight of the year, and not only for the

riders, as many of the affiliated clubs will man the control points around the course, making for a great social weekend for these clubs.

The Hardi 2023 24 Hour Trial Committee Chairman, Shane Diener shared his thoughts on the 2023 event, and the run into the 100th Anniversary in 2024, “The last two Hardi 24 Hour Trial events have both been extremely successful and enjoyable, with great tracks, atmosphere and controls throughout the course.

With the added emphasis of leading into the 100th Year Anniversary of the Hardi 24 Hour Trial in 2024, this is the ideal opportunity to practice for what will be, the historic 2024 Hardi 24 Hour Trial.”

After everyone recovers from the 24 Hour, the scrub and sand of the Mallala district awaits, as the SART Championship will then kick back into gear with the day/night Gil Harris Trial, run by the centurion club, the Levis MCC, before heading to Palmer and Clare of the season ending daylight events run by the SAPMAC & Clare MCC’s – with all 3 of these events likely to be around 6 hours in duration.

So, there it is – a 6 round Championship, made up of;

  • 3 x all daylight events of approximately 6 hours in duration
  • 2 x day/night events of approximately 6 hours in duration
  • 1 x day/night event of events of approximately 12 hours in duration over 2 days                                                              Kye Haydon  (Above)

Added right in the middle – SA’s most iconic event, the 24 Hour Trial of approximately 4 laps of 200km, – and right smack, bang in the middle of winter – what more could you ask for?

 

Photo Credit Don Macaulay                                                                                                                                                                                        

Shane Schiller & Steve Doecke – Crash & Stiff  (Below)

 

SART need to know;

sartchampionship.au

https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=south%20australian%20reliability%20trials

 

24 Hour Trial need to know;

www.24hrtrial.com

https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=24%20hour%20trial

 

 

 

 

2023 SART Championship

 

Round 1. May 6 @ Marrabel (Gawler), The Phillip Haydon Reliability Trial

Round 2. May 27 @ Keyneton (Keyneton), The Mike Connors Reliability Trial

Round 3. June 10/11 @ Robertstown (Velocette), The Lew Job 2 Day Reliability Trial

Round 4. August 12 @ Mallala (Levis), The Gil Harris Reliability Trial

Round 5. September 2 @ Palmer (SAPMAC), The River Murray Reliability Trial

Round 6. September 23 @ Clare (Clare), The Beryl Pearce Reliability Trial

 

Special Event

July 7-9 @ Eudunda (24 Hour Comm), The (99th Anniversary) Hardi 24 Hour Trial

 

 

 

Riley Graham (Above)

 

PRESS RELEASE :- SA SPEEDWAY 2022/23 – PART 2, THE 2023 PART!

Filed Under: News, SA Women in Motorcycling, Speedway

With the speedway season taking in summer, a number of events have now been run this year – BUT 2023 – or the second half of the season looks to be more than huge – with a number of National and International events on offer – as well as a ‘special event’ no one will want to miss!

 

No sooner than 2023 opening and there is an Australian Championship series kicking off at Gillman – with round 1 of the 2023 Australian Senior Solo Championships, which will feature a couple of World Champions, as well as the current Australian Champion, Max Fricke – what a way to start the year!

Just looking at the calendar below, there are still SA Championships for juniors and seniors, on 2 and 3 wheels, as well as many special events that both, Sidewinders and the Speedway Riders Association (Gillman Speedway Stadium) run each season, but it’s probably the event on Saturday March 11 that will require the ‘Full House’ sign to go up at Gillman!

This night will see the celebration of 100 years of speedway in Australia with the special running of the ‘Sidecar Gold Cup’, and it is a fair bet that there will also be a line up of teams wanting to enter this meeting, let alone get through the gate to watch the action! Best put this on the calendar and try and book your spot on the hill!

Guaranteed also that the Gillman canteen will be in top gear that night – and being one of the best canteens at any venue from any discipline of motorcycle sport, they will be all out to live up to their well deserved hype – get around them!

Other highlights will be the ‘double header’ weekends of; The Bob White Cup for junior & senior sidecars at Gillman, followed the next day by the SA Junior Sidecar Championships at Sidewinders, and then followed in March with the Sidewinders back-to-back Roy Bitmead Memorial and, the always popular, ‘Blast from the Past’ meetings.

Says Speedway Sports Manager, Adam Possingham, “With such an awesome start to our season, we look forward to 2023 finishing off a big season of speedway here in SA. With our senior and junior clubs working together, the season is looking busy with FIM and Australian Championship events – and the big names will be in town….…”

One other huge bonus so far this season has been the number of new juniors coming into the sport, with the number of entries for events down Sidewinders way being the highest they have had for several years, so stay tuned for a number of extra coaching days to be added to the calendar, specifically for the exciting future of the sport here in SA!

 

If you haven’t been down to Sidewinders as yet, it is a venue that in many ways is the envy of the other states, as it is the only purpose built junior speedway venue in Australia. It continues to get rave reviews from all of the interstate visitors that regularly travel here to go sideways, and these reviews, they are not only about the well prepared track, but also the venue facilities and the warm welcome all receive when they arrive!

 

Sidewinders need to know – head here; https://www.facebook.com/groups/1414580242225169

 

SRA (Gillman) need to know head here; www.facebook.com/gillmanspeedwaystadium and https://www.facebook.com/groups/122972761079700                                                                  Ashley Jansen-Batchelor (Above)

 

Photo credit: Derick Thomas Photography                                                                                                                    

 

2023 Speedway Calendar

January 3 – 2023 Senior Solo Australian Speedway Championships round 1 @ Gillman.                                                                                               Lachlan Coppen & Hayden Kuchel in Juniors (Below)         

January 7 – Club Meeting @ Sidewinders

January 14 – Bowes Family Sidecar Cup, Sidecar Series round 1 @ Gillman

January 21 – The Silver Helmet Meeting @ Sidewinders (special event)

January 28 – 2023 South Australian Senior Solo Championship @ Gillman

February 4 – Riverland @ Renmark

February 4 – Club Meeting @ Sidewinders

February 11 – The 2023 Bob White Cups, for senior & junior sidecars @ Gillman

February 12 – The 2023 South Australian U/16 Sidecar Championship @ Sidewinders

February 18 – The 2023 Pee Wee Stampede @ Sidewinders (special event)                                                                                      

March 3 – The 2023 Graham Baker Shield @ Sidewinders (special event)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

March 11 – 100 Year Anniversary Sidecar Gold Cup @ Gillman (special event)                                                                                                                 

March 17 – The 2023 Roy Bitmead Memorial @ Sidewinders (special event)

March 18 – The ‘Blast from the Past’ Meeting @ Sidewinders

March 25 – Paintmasters Sidecar Cup, Sidecar Series round 2 @ Gillman

April 1 – Club Meeting @ Sidewinders

April 15 –ANZAC Meeting @ Sidewinders

April 29 – The President’s Cup @ Sidewinders

 

 

 

 

 

 

Come March 11 it’s likely going to be this close all night!! (Above)

PRESS RELEASE :- DIRT TRACK IN SA – LOOKING FOR A RESURGANCE IN 2023!

Filed Under: Dirt Track, News, SA Women in Motorcycling

After a number of years with no Championship, mainly due to COVID and the issues that has caused to the sport in general, the Mud N Tars MCC are looking to 2023 as the time for a resurgence in the discipline and are already looking to June and the 2023 South Australian Dirt Track Championships, being held at their brilliant Day Road venue.

Says Mud N Tars MCC President Wade Sweet, “Our Club has already started planning for the 2023 SA Championships to be one of the biggest and best we have yet run, and we are really putting an emphasis on getting a large entry, especially as this will be the first Championships to be held since 2019.

We are very proud of our Day Road facility and the amount of effort from Club members to make it what it is, and we want to see it being used more often, so we look forward to seeing everyone in Victor in June!”

Stay tuned for more information to come out in early 2023 regarding the SA Championships, but Wade did state that their excellent canteen will be open to fully cater the Championships, and that to warm up for the Championships, the Club will be running a number of RPA days so people can get familiar with the venue.

Need to know;

www.facebook.com/mudntars

2023 Dirt Track calendar

 

2023 SA Dirt Track Championships

Sun June 25 @ Victor Harbor (Mud N Tars)

 

Mud N Tars (RPA)

February 12

March 5

June 11

PRESS RELEASE :- ENDUROS 2023 – THE SA OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Filed Under: Enduro, News, SA Women in Motorcycling

The 2023 Enduro season has been difficult to put together, to say the least, especially as one of the largest disciplines of our sport at present does not have a Sports Manager, with the resignation of Wes Haydon due to work commitments.

 

In signing off, Wes had the following comments, “I have been filling this role as acting Sports Manager for the last four years, and while it has been challenging at times, it has also been rewarding. We have seen much change and growth over this time and I’m sure it will continue into the future.

I would like to take a moment to thank all of the clubs, officials, committee members, sponsors and volunteers for their support. There have been many emails, meetings, phone calls and late-night messages along the way. At the end of this we have put together many events and seen our juniors improve, move up to seniors and our SA riders excel at the elite level. This is why we do it. So once again thank you for your support.”

With many of the enduro clubs having planned to have a year off in 2023 to re-charge their batteries, and that of their volunteer club members who make the events happen, up until the 11th hour, it did look like no SAORC was going to happen in 2023, which would have been the worst possible outcome!

BUT – due to Motorcycling Australia not wanting SA to miss out on a round of the AORC, the Keyneton MCC was asked to once again run a round, and after a number of discussions, they decided to put their hand up for the second year running, which then led to the Keith and Gawler Clubs agreeing to run rounds of the SAOC to compliment the AORC, meaning the SAORC has gone from looking like a stand-alone 2 round, 1 weekend Championship to now being a 6 round, 3 weekend Championship – so a huge thanks to Keyneton, Keith & Gawler, and their members, for making this happen!

SO – while it is fantastic that the Championship will be a happening thing in 2023, it is now more important than ever that a new Sports Manager is found, as the Championship can’t really be organised and run without a Sports Manager, and a committee to assist with all of the logistics!

If this might be you, and you would be keen to get some more information into the role, and also get a nomination form, please email events@motorcyclingsa.org.au – and preferably before 12.00 midday this Friday (Christmas shutdown), or you will have to wait until January 3rd when the office reopens.

 

Need to know;

www.saoffroadchampionships.com

www.facebook.com/saoffroadchampionships

Also in 2023 – there are already 3 Club Enduros planned, so if chasing an SAORC Championship doesn’t appeal, but you still feel like banging bars through the bush, then check out the 3 club events on offer -and contact the clubs for all the details!

2023 SA Off Road Championships (SAORC)

July 29 – Round 1 @ Keith (venue TBC)

July 30 – Round 2 @ Keith (venue TBC)

Aug 26 – Round 3 @ Keyneton (with AORC)

Aug 27 – Round 4 @ Keyneton (with AORC)

Sept 16 – Round 5 @ Gawler (venue TBC)

Sept 17 – Round 6 @ Gawler (venue TBC)

 

* Round order to be finalised when TBA dates are finalised

 

2023 Club Enduros

August 6 – Calperum Enduro @ Riverland

September 3 – Stockos Enduro @ Mud N Tars

September 10 – Pony Express @ Levis

 

Cooper Sheidow (Above)

The champion Gear brothers  Davie and Ollie (Below)

Emma Haylock (Above), Kye Little (Below)

Photo credit ‘Eric McConnochie Photography’

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