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NEWS – CHLOE BARTON TACKLES THE 2022 AUSTRALIAN 4-DAY ENDURO

Filed Under: Enduro, News

A regular on the SA Motocross and Enduro circuits, Chloe Barton recently had a crack at the unforgiving Australian 4-Day Enduro in Erica, Victoria alongside friend and fellow SA rider Isabelle Keane. Unfortunately, both riders were forced to retire from the event after the first day, battered and bruised from the ordeal. We sat with Chloe to speak about her preparation, what happened in the event, and what’s next for her.

“Preparing for the event. I did as much riding as possible to get my bike fitness up and also went to the gym when I could,” said Barton. “Like most people, I haven’t been able to do much travelling over the last year, and have mainly just been on SA tracks. And I didn’t go to Mildura in March for Triggy’s Farm Enduro which was literally 3×30 minute motos in deep sand and hot weather!”

The lead up to the event was an endurance in itself, with a number of last minute hurdles thrown in Barton’s way. “I seriously can’t thank everyone enough who helped me get ready for the event because it was a stressful time! I’d had troubles getting moose tubes, tyres and other little things. But on the Friday before we were going to leave, I nearly set my bike on fire due to the lights’ wiring system firing! But we were lucky enough to have some good friends who could quickly fit a new wiring system that same night, and we took off for Erica the next morning.”

After arriving in Erica, Barton commented that the event was literally buzzing with activity. “Everything that was set up at the event looked so awesome, with all the teams and riders working together to get their bikes ready before going into scrutineering. It was great to see all the SA team riders under the same tent and there was a real sense of community amongst everyone. So many people jumped in to help me finish getting my bike ready, like trying to fit a side stand to my motocross bike!”

It was all systems go for day one, but a rocky first day saw Barton with some issues from the start. “On day one I had a few too many crashes which led to me being very sore,” she recalls. “As the Saturday night progressed I started to get some abdominal pain. I was hoping it would go away overnight but unfortunately it didn’t! I started day two and managed to get two tests in but by the time I had got to the fuel stop I was just in too much pain and overwhelmed. After I got back to main, I headed straight to the hospital to get checked out. Thankfully, I came out with muscular pain, it could have been much worse! I hate quitting, I can tell you that much, but due to the pain I decided to pull out.

“It was extremely challenging – nothing like I have ever ridden before that’s for sure! It was tough when the quicker riders had to keep passing me as it was very tight so was hard for them to just pass me, plus the weather conditions it made it super tough as well. I was tempted to pull out on day one but told myself no, I can do this! But I tried my best to keep going but just couldn’t.”

Not deterred, Barton is already talking A4DE 2023. “I definitely want to give it another crack that’s for sure,” she exclaimed. “I’m not done yet! It’s in Western Australia next year which is sand and that’s more my thing. Fingers crossed I can make it over there but in the meantime I will continue to work on myself as a rider and person

In the following weeks I have the 2022 Finke Desert Race coming up so that’s the next challenge and then few weeks after that I have Penrite Hattah Desert Race. Plus in between, I have the SA Motocross and SA Off-Road Championships to focus on.”

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RESULTS – 2022 SART ROUND 1 : PHILIP HAYDON TRIAL

Filed Under: News, Reliability

May 7 saw Round 1 of the 2022 SA Reliability Trials Championship, with the Philip Haydon Trial at Tarlee. Results are as follows.

(Photos courtesy of Iceberg Stu Industries)

OVERALL

Pos No Name Class Pen Trail Total
1 138 Damien Janke A 0 0 5097.63
2 141 Kyan Haydon A 30 0 5136.06
3 139 Clinton Voigt A 0 0 5155.47
4 145 Adam Wright A 0 0 5230.50
5 144 Alex Heidenreich A 0 0 5247.67
6 143 Daniel Prior A 0 0 5258.88
7 140 Todd Muster A 0 0 5410.93
8 120 Ryley Mullan G 0 0 5417.86
9 71 Rhys Jenke E 0 0 5440.35
10 97 Matthew Curtis G 0 0 5459.22

 

CLASS A – EXPERT SOLO UNLIMITED

Pos No Name Class Pen Trail Total
1 138 Damien Janke A 0 0 5097.63
2 141 Kyan Haydon A 30 0 5136.06
3 139 Clinton Voigt A 0 0 5155.47
4 145 Adam Wright A 0 0 5230.50
5 144 Alex Heidenreich A 0 0 5247.67
6 143 Daniel Prior A 0 0 5258.88
7 140 Todd Muster A 0 0 5410.93
8 142 Brendon Noble A 0 0 5620.26

 

CLASS C – SIDECAR EXPERT UNLIMITED

Pos No Name Class Pen Trail Total
1 2 Shane Schiller / Adrian Rohrlach C 0 0 6053.17
2 8 Mark Launer / Tyson Rohrlach C 0 0 6112.08
3 6 Bradley Manuel / Sean Schrapel C 0 0 6143.75
4 5 Bradley Hunter / Ryan Pritchard C 0 0 6184.18
5 1 Shane Beckmann / Adam Brook C 0 0 6272.22
6 3 Ben Mayne / Ashley Ball C 0 0 6282.00
7 4 Daniel Plowman / Bradley Brook C 0 180 6367.79
8 7 Darren Winter / Lachlan Greenhalgh C 0 0 6769.00

 

CLASS D – EXPERT SOLO OPEN 2 STROKE

Pos No Name Class Pen Trail Total
1 73 Jesse Roesler D 0 0 5615.92
2 121 Jarrad Holmes D 0 0 5800.31
3 106 Jordan Ball D 0 0 5912.96
4 105 Liam Jenkins D 0 0 5950.94
5 99 Grant Stephen D 0 0 6132.01
6 113 Thomas Anderson D 0 0 6237.00
7 111 Anthony Read D 0 0 6244.53
8 126 Curtis Russack D 0 0 6297.80
9 84 Keegan May D 0 0 6488.37
10 91 Timothy Lynas D 0 0 6519.61
11 85 Harley Nicholls D 30 0 7412.64
12 109 Damon Kiely D 0 0 7997.52
13 76 Christopher Causer D 0 180 881.57
DNF 89 Todd Knight D 0 0 4428.84
DNF 72 Adam Clarke D 0 0 3459.59
DNF 90 Henry Sever D 0 0 3114.47
DNF 75 Robert Parvin D 0 0 3232.60
DNF 117 Bradley Hofieher D 0 0 5800.28

 

CLASS E – EXPERT SOLO UP TO 270CC FOUR STROKE

Pos No Name Class Pen Trail Total
1 71 Rhys Jenke E 0 0 5440.35
2 114 Cooper Ratsch E 0 0 5677.31
3 100 Clayton Fechner E 0 0 5686.88
4 116 Tyler Read E 0 0 6038.31
5 127 Kipp Elsworthy E 0 0 6562.57
6 104 Scott Rowe E 0 0 7373.73
DNF 110 Kurtis Riebke E 0 0 5556.01

 

CLASS F – EXPERT SOLO 271CC TO 405CC 4 STROKE

Pos No Name Class Pen Trail Total
1 119 Coan Linke F 0 0 5464.84
2 78 Tyler Heidenreich F 30 0 5493.93
3 93 Jarred Beckmann F 0 0 5934.94
4 112 Richard Hutt F 0 0 5954.17
5 108 Jack Wormald F 0 0 6087.32
6 81 Aaron Fetherstonhaugh F 0 0 6133.85
7 125 Byron Hoffman F 30 0 6358.29
8 77 Marcus Coppen F 0 0 6477.58
9 74 Stuart Mackenzie F 0 0 6649.85
10 88 Terry Archer F 0 0 6877.36
11 102 Bradley Traynor F 0 0 7311.33
12 79 Deklan Coppen F 0 0 7791.72
DNF 118 Liam Harkness F 0 0 739.00
DNF 87 Charley Kerin F 0 0 800.03
DNF 115 Michael Johnson F 0 0 0.00

 

CLASS G – SOLO CLUBMAN 406C & OVER 4 STROKE

Pos No Name Class Pen Trail Total
1 120 Ryley Mullan G 0 0 5417.86
2 97 Matthew Curtis G 0 0 5459.22
3 130 Mackenzie Camp G 0 0 5521.46
4 107 Alexander Cowan G 0 0 5640.19
5 131 Liam Sander G 0 0 5679.88
6 95 Dwaume Ri,seu G 0 0 5690.33
7 122 Jared Plush G 0 0 5869.03
8 92 Jamie Starick G 0 0 5873.94
9 103 Chris Thomas G 0 0 6077.29
10 123 Nathan Freeman G 0 0 6084.46
11 98 Giles Odriscoll G 0 0 6186.19
12 94 Jonathan Zussino G 0 0 6214.52
13 128 Ian Shulz G 0 0 6274.43
14 96 Cameron Caruso G 30 0 6411.38
15 129 Ethan Pickstock G 0 0 6543.30
16 82 Mitchell Sims G 60 0 6632.60
DNF 132 Tyson Schumacher G 0 0 5126.84
DNF 101 Matthew Aimann G 0 0 2804.32
DNF 80 Ben Vincent-heylen G 0 0 4238.73
DNF 86 Jason Mitchell G 0 0 0.00

 

CLASS J – SIDECAR CLUBMAN MASTERS 45YRS & OVER

Pos No Name Class Pen Trail Total
1 22 Neil White / Jason Edson J 0 0 6750.72
2 19 John Davies / Kym Menadue J 30 0 7074.05
3 10 Gary Waldhuter / James Waldhuter J 60 60 7127.73
4 13 Colin Simpson / Matthew Schutz J 0 0 7366.42
5 21 David Pratt / Jayden Watkins J 30 0 7777.18
6 26 Barry Buckley / Todd Blackwell J 0 0 7870.22
7 14 Roger Greenhalgh / Barbara Greenhalgh J 0 0 7999.19
8 12 Jock Shanks / Duncan Greenhalgh J 0 0 9075.07
DNF 25 Neil Russack / Tyson Whitbread J 0 0 10573.64

 

CLASS K – SIDECAR CLUBMAN UNLIMITED

Pos No Name Class Pen Trail Total
1 20 Ross Watson / Cooper Winter K 0 0 6329.24
2 17 Russell Bailey / Marc Oxley K 0 0 6659.97
3 18 Zak Smith / Samantha Baxter K 0 0 6862.71
4 11 Michael Kerin / Louis Kerin K 0 0 7368.10
5 15 Matthew Harris / Jordan Harris K 0 0 8449.57
6 16 Aaron Silvy / Vanessa Silvy K 0 0 9465.56
DNF 23 Adam Buckley / Kym Schunke K 0 0 2360.83

 

CLASS L – SOLO AND SIDECAR LADIES ALL POWERS

Pos No Name Class Pen Trail Total
1 70 Heidi Giersch L 30 0 7118.52
2 24 Kristy Schultz / Ayla Plowman L 0 0 7125.75
3 28 Caroline Wilksch / Jessica Giles L -240 0 9203.69

 

CLASS M – SOLO CLUBMAN MASTERS 55YRS & OVER

Pos No Name Class Pen Trail Total
1 37 Greg Slattery M 0 0 5960.32
2 35 Steve Sparkes M 0 0 6826.84
3 53 Stephen Tomlinson M 0 240 6922.03
4 36 Allan Briscoe M 0 0 7285.71
5 59 Peter Minge M 0 0 7376.43
6 51 Brett Hall M 0 0 7473.28
7 43 Brenton Matters M 0 0 7594.32
8 52 Paul Rumsey M 0 0 7986.86
9 46 Brian Bayley M 0 0 8798.26
DNF 40 Barry Quinn M 0 0 4269.20
DNF 55 Philli Altschwager M 0 0 3404.41
DNF 38 Dale Hanlon M 0 0 1177.54

 

CLASS P – SOLO AND SIDECAR PRE 1990

Pos No Name Class Pen Trail Total
1 61 Paul Collins P 0 0 6794.68
2 56 Adam Toolan P 0 0 7123.63
DNF 29 Jason Whitfield / Shane Knowles P 0 0 1101.18
DNF 27 Tony Codrington / Adam Lange P 0 0 0.00

 

CLASS V – SOLO CLUBMAN VETERAN 45 TO 54YRS

Pos No Name Class Pen Trail Total
1 63 Shaun Harman V 0 0 6545.23
2 60 Paul Grosser V 0 0 5774.23
3 62 Stephen Russack V 0 0 5955.10
4 50 Stephen Needham V 0 0 5973.18
5 39 John Burns V 0 0 5986.50
6 47 Brian Gallasch V 0 0 6343.88
7 48 David Gallasch V 0 0 6734.97
8 65 Andrew Byrne V 0 0 6788.58
9 42 Jonathan Moore V 0 0 6846.20
10 64 Darren Jones V 0 0 6914.00
11 41 David Johnson V 0 0 7664.21
12 57 Richard Prusa V 30 0 7903.29
13 58 Chris Walsh V 0 0 8397.36
DNF 54 Mark Zussino V 0 0 2034.40
DNF 66 Rob Thomas V 0 0 0.00

RESULTS – ‘KEEP YA FEET UP’ TRIAL

Filed Under: News, Trials

Sunday saw the inaugural running of the ‘Keep Ya Feet Up Trial’ at Tungkillo, hosted by Gawler Motorcycle Club. Results are as follows.

(Photos courtesy of Zara Photography)

 

Trial 1 Sunday Pen Total
Score		 Pentalties
Place Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Lap Total 0 1 2 3 5
1 Connor HOGAN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 7 29 2 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Hadon BARWICK 5 3 0 5 5 5 2 5 30 103 103 3 5 4 5 15
0 5 0 3 5 3 2 5 23
2 5 1 5 5 3 1 5 27
1 5 1 5 5 3 1 2 23

 

Trial 2 Sunday Pen Total
Score		 Pentalties
Place Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Lap Total 0 1 2 3 5
1 Aaron LONG 0 2 0 0 5 3 1 1 12 43 43 13 11 2 1 5
0 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 8
0 2 0 5 0 1 1 5 14
0 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 9
2 Grant STEPHEN 0 5 0 0 5 3 2 1 16 46 46 13 7 5 3 4
0 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 7
0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 5
0 5 1 3 2 5 0 2 18

 

Trial 3 Sunday Pen Total
Score		 Pentalties
Place Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Lap Total 0 1 2 3 5
1 Trent LONG 0 0 3 1 1 5 0 2 12 34 34 25 7 3 2 3
0 0 1 5 0 2 0 1 9
0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 5
2 Hayden EARDLEY 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 10 35 35 35 25 7 2 3
0 0 0 0 2 5 0 1 9
0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
0 0 3 3 0 1 0 5 11
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3

 

Trial 4 Sunday Pen Total
Score		 Pentalties
Place Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Lap Total 0 1 2 3 5
1 Andrew TARRANT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 6 35 4 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 5
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Jasmine TARRANT 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 2 10 32 32 20 12 4 4 0
0 0 2 1 0 3 1 3 10
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4
0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 5
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
3 Haley STEPHEN 0 0 1 2 0 2 5 5 15 47 47 20 6 7 4 3
0 3 0 1 0 1 5 3 13
0 1 0 2 0 3 2 2 10
0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 6
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3
4 Harry PETERSEN 0 3 3 0 0 5 5 3 19 60 60 20 2 2 13 3
0 36 3 0 2 3 2 3 16
0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 9
0 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 9
0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 7

 

Trial 5 Sunday Pen Total
Score		 Pentalties
Place Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Lap Total 0 1 2 3 5
1 Ryan TARRANT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 38 2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Martin WHITAKER 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 38 2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Craig AHRENS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 37 2 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
4 Simon WOTTON 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 10 10 34 5 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Andrew EARL 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 8 14 14 32 4 2 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Ella PEACOCK 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 8 24 24 29 5 3 1 2
1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 5
5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4
7 Rebecca REES 2 1 3 0 3 2 3 3 17 158 158 2 4 2 5 27
1 0 1 1 3 5 5 5 21
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 40
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 40
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 40

 

Sidecar 1 Sunday Pen Total
Score		 Pentalties
Place Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Lap Total 0 1 2 3 5
1 Stephen REES
Melissa PAUNOLA		 0 0 5 0 0 5 1 0 11 36 36 28 4 2 1 5
0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 7
0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 8
1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 9
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

 

Junior A Sunday Pen Total
Score		 Pentalties
Place Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Lap Total 0 1 2 3 5
1 Ashley BARWICK 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 5 5 35 5 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Isaac SCHULTZ 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 10 33 5 1 1 0
2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Bryce WILDS 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 2 9 28 28 27 5 5 1 2
1 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 8
1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 7
0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2

 

Junior B Sunday Pen Total
Score		 Pentalties
Place Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Lap Total 0 1 2 3 5
1 Cameron STEPHEN 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 10 42 42 26 3 0 8 3
0 3 1 3 0 3 5 5 20
0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 6
0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 6
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Candace LONG 0 0 3 1 3 3 3 5 21 69 69 11 10 2 15 2
0 1 1 0 3 3 3 1 12
0 1 2 0 3 3 0 3 12
0 0 3 0 1 5 0 3 12
1 1 2 1 1 3 0 3 12
3 Chelsea LONG 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 40 200 200 0 0 0 0 40
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 40
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 40
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 40
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 40

 

Mini Trial Sunday Pen Total
Score		 Pentalties
Place Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Lap Total 0 1 2 3 5
NC Oliver SHULTZ 0 0 1 22 17

 

Non Comp Solo Sunday Pen Total
Score		 Pentalties
Place Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Lap Total 0 1 2 3 5
NC Robert WHITE 36 4 0 0 0
NC Matthew PETERSEN 16 11 4 8 1

NEWS – NOMINATE NOW FOR NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK 2022

Filed Under: All disciplines, News

Next week is National Volunteer Week, running from May 16-22.

Our sport and clubs thrive because of the tireless work that volunteers do, our events just wouldn’t run without them – and we want to call this out all next week!

Do you have someone in your volunteer team that’s done some exceptional work that you want to see publicly acknowledged? Did you see one of your volunteers go above and beyond recently? Is there someone that you know you can count on 10,000%? Is there someone that you and your club just can’t live without, that you think needs to be recognised?

Send your nominations, stories, anecdotes and shout outs to communications@motorcyclingsa.org.au this week. We’ll be sharing as many as we can through our channels all next week.

RESULTS – MT GAMBIER MCC’S “SENIORS ROAD RACE” MEETING AT MAC PARK.

Filed Under: News, Road Racing

Mount Gambier turned on some crazy weather for Mount Gambier Motorcycle Club’s ‘Seniors Road Race Meeting’ last weekend, with practice and qualifying on Saturday mostly washed out.

Thankfully, the rain eased up for the races on Sunday, with some excellent results across the board.

(photo courtesy of Pit Lane Studio)

 

The 110+ Cup

Pos No Name Machine Laps Time Behind Leader Behind Previous Fastest On Lap
1 27 Mark LITHGOW Kawasaki 550 4 5:46.598 1:25.288 2
2 53a Robin WILLIAMS / Western Tree & Stump Removal Honda 500 4 5:54.236 7.638 7.638 1:27.382 2
3 310 Geoff KELLY / Team HMCRRSA Norton 500 4 6:15.702 29.104 21.466 1:32.808 4
4 311 Dan GLEESON / Team HMCRRSA Norton 750 4 6:16.580 29.982 .878 1:32.440 4
5 69a Mike JONES Yamaha 400 4 6:18.107 31.509 1.527 1:33.263 4

 

The 85+ Cup

Pos No Name Machine Laps Time Behind Leader Behind Previous Fastest On Lap
1 50a Kym GROSSER Yamaha 1000 4 5:28.011 1:20.379 2
2 89 Graham O’NEILL Suzuki 750 4 5:34.434 6.423 6.423 1:20.370 2
3 5a Neale WEDDALL Yamaha 500 4 5:40.700 12.689 6.266 1:23.416 3
4 13 Mark BOAG / Mandello Riders Society Moto Guzzi 1064 4 5:42.210 14.199 1.510 1:23.498 4
5 26b Peter McDONOUGH Kawasaki 900 4 5:56.846 28.835 14.636 1:27.483 2
6 6 Warwick BIGGS Honda 1150 4 6:06.525 38.514 9.679 1:29.372 4
7 110 Anthony WATKINS Yamaha 500 4 6:08.386 40.375 1.861 1:30.425 2
8 8b Iver JOHNSTON Honda 600 4 6:08.841 40.830 .455 1:28.374 4
9 100 David DUFFY / Mandello Riders Society Moto Guzzi 948 4 6:11.793 43.782 2.952 1:28.315 4
10 24a Bruce MARCHETTI / Skull Racing Yamaha 500 4 6:12.106 44.095 .313 1:31.207 4
11 151 Andrew McDONNELL / Team HMCRRSA Ducati 540 4 6:34.008 1:05.997 21.902 1:35.331 2
12 54 Robert DEMPSEY Yamaha 750 4 7:11.433 1:43.422 37.425 1:46.186 3

 

The 45+ Cup

Pos No Name Machine Laps Time Behind Leader Behind Previous Fastest On Lap
1 63 Rusty CRANE Suzuki 1000 4 5:01.221 1:14.339 4
2 6a Graeme KOSCHMANN Suzuki 600 4 5:01.355 .134 .134 1:14.266 4
3 6 Karl SCHMIDT Kawasaki 1000 4 5:05.622 4.401 4.267 1:15.063 4
4 37 Graham SNAITH Honda 1000 4 5:10.328 9.107 4.706 1:16.065 4
5 101a Ron CRANE Honda 1000 4 5:10.576 9.355 .248 1:16.020 4
6 49 Duncan LYNCH / Hoey Racing / Beerbelly Brewing / Lees Spot on M-c Suzuki 600 4 5:11.696 10.475 1.120 1:15.631 3
7 73 Paul VALOUDIS Suzuki 1000 4 5:14.237 13.016 2.541 1:16.965 2
8 50 Kym GROSSER Aprilia 1000 4 5:17.216 15.995 2.979 1:17.416 3
9 40 Simon COOK / Team HMCRRSA Suzuki 750 4 5:17.919 16.698 .703 1:16.596 4
10 12 Stephen MILLAR / Trackside Tyre Service KTM 1301 4 5:19.534 18.313 1.615 1:17.742 2
11 80 Simon BOUSFIELD Suzuki 750 4 5:21.116 19.895 1.582 1:17.916 4
12 176 Daniel SPENDLOVE / R & M Timber Supplies Yamaha 655 4 5:30.875 29.654 9.759 1:20.568 2
13 26 Gary SCHAPER Suzuki 1000 4 5:36.376 35.155 5.501 1:21.771 2
14 62 Trent COWAN Suzuki 750 4 5:37.096 35.875 .720 1:21.015 3
15 129 Martyn CHAMBERS / Team Atujara KTM 790 4 5:37.626 36.405 .530 1:21.874 3
16 8 Clifford SMITH BMW 1000 4 6:02.418 1:01.197 24.792 1:28.249 3
17 47 Simon WILLGOOSE Suzuki 650 4 6:05.416 1:04.195 2.998 1:29.196 3
DNF 71 Sandro MALATESTA / Auldana Foundations Suzuki 600 1 1:30.284 2 Laps 1:30.284 1

 

Combined Sidecars

Pos No Name Machine Laps Time Behind Leader Behind Previous Fastest On Lap
1 22 Jason HAMMOND / Steven MORGAN Suzuki 4 5:53.535 01:26.7 2
2 42 Adrian VAN UITERT / Mark HOLLOWAY Suzuki 1166 4 5:59.683 6.148 6.148 01:27.1 4
3 56 Alan SMITH / Neil MACARTNEY Suzuki 1100 4 6:04.803 11.268 5.120 01:28.7 2
4 30 Geoff GRANT / Andrew LEWIS Kawasaki 750 4 6:51.352 57.817 46.549 01:39.0 1

REPORT – 2022 SAMX CHAMPIONSHIPS ROUND 1

Filed Under: Motocross, News, SA Women in Motorcycling

What a fantastic spectacle for our sport here in SA with Gillman hosting the first round of the Eagle Trailers Campers and Caravans 2022 South Australian Motocross Championship, & presented by AMX Superstores.

With increasing interest from our interstate rivals, the entry list was not only increased with the number of local entries, but also with quality competitors from over borders, and across all classes, resulting in positive growth on our 2021 entries for Round 1.

With the long weekend in memory of our ANZAC troopers who sacrificed so much for our freedom, their attitudes and comraderies were evident amongst our junior riders who got first use of the immaculately prepared track from the MRA club.

All classes had great entry numbers and the racing was fierce but fair and in the spirit of the ANZACS, the sportsmanship was second to none across the two days.

Our youngest competitive group the 7-U9 50cc showed how healthy our sport is looking with 19 entries, 4 of those girls which shows the increasing % females taking to the dirt amongst the boys in this grass roots level.

This strength and growth of female riders in the sport is strongly supported by the 13 girls that also competed in the two classes, which are, once again in 2022, proudly sponsored by Titanium Security Australia.

Both, the 85cc 2 str/150cc 4st and 125cc 2st/250cc 4 str classes were held on Saturday. The talent that is emerging is super exciting with Jessica Bennet dominating the 85/150cc class, and rising gun, Emily Lambert showing her dominance in the 125/250cc class.

The split group of 65cc classes (7-9 & 10-U12) again ticked a positive as a lead indicator of our youngsters with impressive entries with 24 in the 7-9yrs and 12 in the 10-12 years, which is also up on last year’s numbers.

The 12-U16 85cc BW class is always a stacked class and this year’s depth of talent is as healthy as I can remember with a host of riders capable of winning on any given day. The Victorian contingent have added some real depth and class to the junior classes and the SA boys didn’t have it all their own way.

Much improved Kye Little (GASGAS) showed incredible poise and maturity as he looks to be a big improver in this class this year, but it was young gun, Austin Boyd (Yamaha), who was a standout going 1-1-1- with Little in second. The final podium position would be between the Yamaha Junior Racing Team riders Ryder Woodrow (SA) & Jobe Dunne (Vic), and as his name would suggest, it was Dunne that got it done, securing 3rd place on the day.

Local Tomi Doble showed his adaptable skills across 3 different disciplines with some really solid motos in round 1, all the while juggling his bLU cRU SA Junior Cup commitments, within the road race discipline, combined with his motocross and enduro campaigns.

A very worthy mention of sportsmanship was Johnny Teixeira on board his 85cc in this class sacrificed his own race and stopped to assist lifting a bike off a fallen rider which again displayed a great ANZAC spirit of sacrifice and looking after your mates and young Johnny needs to be applauded for his efforts. Well done.

Our premier junior class on Saturday was the 13-U16 125cc class where YJR’s Wil Carpenter continues to goes from strength to strength with a 1-1-2 finish for 1st overall. Thomas Lambert continues to impress and looks a genuine contender after a confidence boosting victory at the recent Prince of the Gulf over the Easter Long Weekend. Victorian fast charger Kayden Strode never gives up and he proudly put GASGAS on the podium as this manufactory continues to get noticed with impressive results around the country.

Ollie Gear again showed his raw ability on 2 wheels with an impressive 4th overall for the day. Ollie, and brother Davey have their eyes on the Australian Off Road Championships, where both boys are on the podium in their classes after 4 of 12 rounds. Incredibly talented across disciplines you can never right these kids off, so don’t be surprised to see them lift themselves onto the top step of the podium before this Championship is over.

The fantastic display of bar to bar racing, as well as the off track sportsmanship should be the talk of the town as these young men and women’s attitude towards each other, and the event officials was first class and set the standard for the rest of the Championship.

“I could not be prouder of how all parents and riders conducted themselves over the weekend. We have had some issues in years gone by, and of course emotions can run high at times, but the conduct and behavior over the weekend was first class, complete with a great family and inclusive environment. It was a great spectacle for those who attended as we seek to attract more families to our great discipline of the sport. I really feel that SA motocross is heading in the right direction” quoted the SAMX Sports Manager Clint Gow-Smith.

Sunday 24th April SENIOR DAY

With the National Pro MX Championship coming to town for round 4 on May 29, a handful of the Australian Championship regulars from interstate would use this round to get some track time amongst SA’s best.

Our premier PRO MX1 Class was stacked with household names and the SA charge was led by none other than Brett Metcalfe who has his eyes set on far greater things. As he peeled of super consistent lap times to take the overall, with little resistance from his competition, and it is clear the ‘old guy’ in this class has some unfinished business come May 29 for round 4 of the Pro MX at the same venue.

It was great to see Hayden Melross for the 2nd year in a row and his speed increased throughout the day as he comes back from injury. Liam Andrews on board the Honda in 2022 after an impressive junior career, including representing Australia, showed his fitness is no worries competing in both, the both MX1 and MX2 classes and showed great consistency and thoroughly enjoyed the track at Gillman in his post-race interview .

The PRO MX2 class really struggled for numbers in 2021 but for 2022 has been injected with handful of our very best juniors from last year, stepping up for their first senior hit out at SA Championship level.

Pitman, Carpenter, Loffler and Co. looked right at home amongst a stacked field including Alex Larwood (WBR Yamaha), Blake Fox (GASGAS) and Campbell Williams (Honda Racing), who are all residing in Victoria and racing professionally. Larwood showed why he is the most exciting thing to come out of SA since the Metcalfe Brothers some 20 years ago. He put the field to the sword and, like Metcalfe in MX1, these 2 South Aussies want nothing more than to go 1-1 in both classes in round 4 of the Pro MX on their home track on May 29th at Gilman.

However, Kai Newbold (Banks KTM) was out the gate and his trademark holeshots that saw him lead his school buddy from Kadina, Larwood, around for the first lap or two. Newbold, even though he was eventually passed by the interstate riders, certainly put his fellow South Aussies on notice that he is serious about a record 4th straight Championship in the PRO MX2 class.

With Mitchell Norris (GASGAS) riding in both PRO classes, MX1 and MX2 it will be interesting to see if Norris can channel all that experience and seriously challenge the #7 KTM rider in the remaining 3 rounds.

In the premier (125/250cc) junior class that is now a feature on the Sunday programme, it was again the silky skills and speed of Wil Carpenter that dominated on the 4stroke Yamaha. Wil looks right at home on this machine and when interviewed post-race, Wil put his weekend’s success down to “I am just really enjoying myself on and off the bike this year” and it certainly is reflective in his results.

Billy Cameron (Vic KTM) has featured throughout his juniors at various rounds of the SAMX and always comes out charging. Billy showed great speed but it was his Victorian counterpart that just does not know how to give up, Kayden Strode, doing enough to secure 2nd overall in front of Cameron. The talent in this class runs deep and keep an eye out for Lambert and Boyd at round 2 as they can win on any given day also.

The Butler’s Mechanical Services sponsored Women All-Powers Class featured 2 more interstate riders, Taylah McCutcheon and Maddy Healey, coming to get some track time before the Women’s Australian Championship (WMX) heads to the Gillman MX complex for round 2 of their Championship, alongside the PRO MX Nationals on May 29.

With a class of 11 starters the interstate women showed that growing up racing with all the boys has done them no end of good, as both women’s speed and aggression was reflected in their laps times which rivalled many of the MX2 and Expert Class riders.

Locally it was great to see #5 Amy Bartsch return to our series after traveling in 2021. Promising junior and 2021 MSA Rising Star finalist for MX, Emma Haylock (Husqvarna) showed she was more than comfortable in her first senior Championship with a really gritty days racing that included a nasty crash and some mechanical issues.

The Expert All-Powers Class also seen a handful of juniors enter their first senior Championship on a track that was prepared and continued to break up a lot more than the usual junior tracks these guys are used to. It was the experience of the older riders in this class that would come to the fore in round 1 with Sparrow, Dent and Walker looking the most comfortable throughout the day and taking the 3 podium positions in that order.

Emerging riders Spurling, Pagon, Rochow and Co. will learn from round 1 and look to shake this class up a bit as we head to Renmark where the red sand and whoops may suit some riders coming across from the Enduro scene.

Ollie Pitchford continues to impress in his break out year in the Clubman. Ollie finished off his junior career with solid results in the Enduro Championships and his MX skills have really gone to another level in 2022, surprising even himself with a dominating performance going 1-1-1 on Sunday.

Dilks, Bowles, Wells and Martin look set to have some awesome battles and without the 2021 Champion Averay competing at round 1 this class is wide open.

The 35-44 Years Veterans class was set to be a lot closer with such names as Carroll ,Metcalfe and the 2021 Experts champion, Bradley Ross clicking over to 35 years young, but illness would remove Carroll and unfortunately the long awaited return to this class from Shane Metcalfe was cut short with his late withdrawal.

Ross dominated from the get go showing that age is nothing but a number taking the overall in front of Hollis and Johnston.

In the Masters 45+ Veterans, the MRA track guru himself, Darren Averay (Honda) looks very keen to defend his 2021 Championship in this class with another impressive ride on his home deck to take the overall in front of Ian Haylock and Humphries.

Round 2 of the Eagle Trailers, Campers & Caravans 2022 South Australian Motocross Championships, presented by AMX Superstores is coming up fast, in Renmark on May 21 and 22 at the Riverland Junior Motocross Club. Registration is open now, and closes at midnight on May 16, through Ridernet.

Photos courtesy of Eric McConnochie (@ericmcconnochie)