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2022 ROY BITMEAD MEMORIAL – THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT SIDEWINDERS, THE FINAL HIT OUT BEFORE THE 125cc AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS!

February 28, 2022 Filed Under: Dirt Track, News, SA Women in Motorcycling, Speedway

ROY BITMEAD MEMORIAL – THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT SIDEWINDERS, THE FINAL HIT OUT BEFORE THE 125cc AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS!

Nominations are now CLOSED for the 2022 ROY BITMEAD MEMORIAL, one of the iconic events held each summer at Sidewinders U16 Junior Speedway each summer – because the event is on THIS COMING Friday night – March 4!

The Memorial Shield honours Roy Bitmead, one of the Sidewinders originals who, along with Graham Baker, had the vision and foresight to build a stand-alone junior speedway track and club (Sidewinders) more than 40 years ago in Wingfield, and chances are the 2022 running will be another epic event in the history of the Shield!

And, as always, the Bitmead family will be on hand to pay tribute to their patriarch, and celebrate all he did, not only for his family, but for all generations of the Sidewinders family!

Gates Open; 6.00pm

Pit access; strictly 6.00pm – 7.00pm

Riders Briefing 7.15pm

Racing 7.30pm

Venue entry via the main gate:

Adults $5.00

Children U16 FREE.

Official Program $3.00

Canteen open all night

Canteen and facilities are both disabled accessible.
No smoking on the premises including the official car parking areas.
No alcohol is to be consumed on the premises.
Pit access to the public will close half hour prior to racing and will not be opened until at least 10 minutes after the last event. No pit entry to the public during interval.
No persons are permitted in the car parking area during the meeting.

So, chuck the deck chair in the boot, mark your spot on Graham Baker Hill and get a great feed from the Sidewinders awesome canteen – and then sit back and watch some awesome Speedway sKidz strut their stuff! Go on, you know you wanna!

And with the Under 16 125cc Australian Championship to be held on this same track over the weekend of April 1-3, this will be the last chance for our local riders to have a serious hit out before hand – so look for this to be a meeting of high quality and one not to miss!

The Australian Championships will be held over the first three days of April, with Practise & Qualifying on the Friday, the Individual Championship on Saturday and the Teams Championship on Sunday – it will be a serious weekend of awesome action from Australia’s finest junior riders – and could those present be watching a future World Champion in action!

SA RIDERS ROCKING THE ISLAND AT ROUND 1 OF ASBK 2022!

February 28, 2022 Filed Under: News, Road Racing, SA Women in Motorcycling

SA RIDERS ROCKING THE ISLAND AT ROUND 1 OF ASBK 2022!

SA’s road race crew certainly kicked off 2022 with some great results at round 1 of ASBK 2022 – the mi-bike Motorcycle Insurance Australian Superbike Championship, presented by Motul at the mecca of Australian Road Race, Phillip Island over the last weekend in February!

10 South Aussies, plus a truck load of team members, family members and supporters, made the trek, and if round 1 is anything to go by, there are a number of Croweaters that will challenge for podiums and race wins in 2022, and perhaps even an Australian Championship podium by seasons end.

And – as all, or most of our riders have social media pages, here are the ones that we know of so far, so check out their reports and thoughts on how their season has started!

Cam Rende https://www.facebook.com/Cam-Rende-80-103641782246962

Dan Falzon https://www.facebook.com/JonDanielsRacing

Arthur Sissis & Sam Pezzetta https://www.facebook.com/ArthurSissis61RacingTeam

Cooper Rowntree https://www.facebook.com/CooperRowntree57

Olly Simpson https://www.facebook.com/ollysimpsonracing

Dallas Skeer https://www.facebook.com/DallasSkeerRacing

Ty Lynch https://www.facebook.com/TyraLynchRacing

	RACE 1	RACE 2	RACE 3	OVERALL
SUPERBIKES
Dan Falzon	5th	6th		5th
Arthur Sissis	8th	8th		8th

600 SUPERSPORT
Olly Simpson	4th	4th		3rd
Ty Lynch	7th	5th		4th
Dallas Skeer	6th			14th

300 SUPERSPORT
Sam Pezzetta	11th	5th	16th	12th
Mitch Simpson	16th	14th	15th	15th
Jordan Simpson	15th		18th	19th
Cooper Rowntree	20th	19th	19th	22nd

OCEANIA JUNIOR CUP
Cameron Rende	1st	4th	7th	2nd

R3 CUP
Sam Pezzetta	13th	8th	12th	10th
Mitch Simpson	13th	12th	11th	13th
Cooper Rowntree	18th	17th	14th	17th
Jordan Simpson	18th		19th	19th

And – if you want to check out all of the ASBK details – including how to live stream each rounds action – head to these links;

WEBSITE; https://www.asbk.com.au/

SOCIALS; https://www.facebook.com/asbksuperbikes

RESULTS; https://www.computime.com.au/Default

Do just need to highlight a couple of amazing results though;

Cameron Rende – the 2021 MSA Rising Star nominee became the first South Aussie rider to score an Oceania Junior Cup race win, and now sits second in the Championship after the first round – and this was his first official round as a member of the Cup, his only previous rides were as a wildcard at The Bend last December at The Bend! HUGE CONGRATS CAM!

Olly Simpson – the 2012 MSA Rising Star had his first rides on a 600cc Supersport on the weekend and now sits 3rd in the Championships after a solid round, just in front of fellow South Aussie, Ty Lynch.

Dan Falzon – broken femur at the start of December at The Bend to sitting 5th in the Superbike Championship after round 1 some 3 months later – huge recovery from Dan, lets see what he can do with further recovery!

ROUND 2– QUEENSLAND RACEWAY 18-20 MARCH 2022 – get your live stream sorted – and word is there may be an extra South Aussie rider or 2 to cheer on from round 2 as well – so good to see so much excitement around our local riders in 2022 as they chase National goals!

TROY Series SA – round 1 & 2 ENTRIES – ARE NOW OPEN!

February 27, 2022 Filed Under: News, SA Women in Motorcycling, Trials

TROY Series SA – round 1 & 2 ENTRIES – ARE NOW OPEN!

Rounds 1 and 2 of TROY Series SA 2022 have now been opened on Ridernet, the AJS MTC’s Frank Tuck Trial at Victor Harbor on Sunday, April 10^th and the return of the Juventus MCC to TROY, with The Xtreme Trials Trial at a brand new venue at Mount Pleasant on Sunday May, 1^st.

And as has happened in previous years, there will be a gap after round 2, so a number of special events can happen – not least the AJS MTC’s iconic Peter Sparkes Trophy event and the Keyneton MCC’s Mountain Man Trial – being run this year as the SA Women’s Cup & Diener/Holmes Sidecar Trophy. Check out the full calendar below!

All events will have Saturday night camping available, contact the event contact on the sup regs (now available on the Motorcycling SA website) for the details, and what else will be offered in relation to each round – camping , catering, Saturday coaching, etc. These will be different at each round, so contact the organisers to be sure!

In regards to riding conditions and classes, there are not many changes to 2022 – but what has been changed should be good for the sport and numbers at events, and also help with our Clubs, and their members who organise the events and the paperwork for them!

TROY Series SA 2022 will once again be a 5 round series that will complement the AMX Superstores 2022 South Australian Trial Championships in September and will feature some of SA’s finest Trial’s terrain, with the 5 rounds for 2022 being;

R	Date	Club	Event	Address – of event
1	Sunday April 10	AJS Moto Trial Club of SA	The Frank Tuck Trial	3445 Range Road, Back Valley, via Victor Harbor
2	Sunday May 1	Juventus Motorcycle Club	The Xtreme Trials Trial	Pleasant Sense Farm, 736 Angas Rd, Mt Pleasant
3	Sunday July 31	Gawler Motorcycle Club	The Max Graetz Trial	Palmer Road, Tungkillo
4	Sunday August 14	Team H & AJS MTC of SA	The Woolshed Trial	Mungeree Homestead, 1173 Bridle Track, Bangor
5	Sunday August 28	Velocette Motorcycle Club	The Black Mud Trial	Ngapala Road, Willoughby Hills, via Robertstown

FIRST CHANGE FOR 2022 – TRIAL 6!

It has been decided that from 2022 there will be a new class added to all events – Trial 6 – which will be run over the black line and will be for those entering the sport and want to ride for reward (so not non-comp), and those senior riders (age) who just want to have a fun ride, but still test themselves without the Monday morning aches and pains.

So the full list of classes for 2022 are;

· GREEN	TRIAL 1
· RED	TRIAL 2	SIDECAR 1
· YELLOW	TRIAL 3	SIDECAR 2
· BLUE	TRIAL 4	HISTORIC BLUE
· WHITE	TRIAL 5	HISTORIC WHITE	JUNIOR A (boys & girls)
· BLACK	TRIAL 6	SIDECAR CLASSIC	JUNIOR B (boys & girls)
· ORANGE	NON COMP SOLO	NON COMP SIDECAR	MINI TRIAL

The colours listed above are also the line each class rides, with the green line being the most challenging, or for the expert riders, down to the black line for the novice riders, with orange being run of section for the newest of riders – so Trial is definitely the discipline that caters for riders of all ages and abilities.

Sidecar 1 & 2 also ride to separate red/white & black/yellow lines, not the single colour as listed above.

TROY Series SA classes will be as per previous years – and will combine some classes, with the lowest point score on the day getting the TROY points, with the classes being;

· RED	TRIAL 1 & TRIAL 2
· PINK	SENIOR WOMEN & JUNIOR GIRLS
· YELLOW	TRIAL 3
· BLUE	TRIAL 4
· WHITE	JUNIOR A & JUNIOR B
· BLACK & WHITE	TRIAL 5, TRIAL 6 & THE HISTORIC CLASSES
· RED & WHITE	SIDECAR 1, SIDECAR 2 & SIDECAR CLASSIC

SELF SCRUTINEERING;

Self-scrutineering will take place at ALL events in 2022 – with the self-scrutineering attached to all sup regs, as well as being separately emailed to all riders upon entry. Riders have to print off the form and bring it to sign on at events – no form, no ride! But, Scrutineers will still check up to 10% of all bikes, as well as ALL helmets.

ENTRIES FOR 2022!

Entries will be open at least 4 weeks before each round and will CLOSE at 11.00 pm on the Tuesday before each round, and only entries received through the Ridernet system will be accepted.

Late entries; MAY be accepted for an extra 24 hours, also through Ridernet, with a late fee of $20.00 per entry, so to 11.00pm Wednesday, as listed below.

ENTRIES CLOSE	LATE ENTRIES CLOSE
· Round 1 – Tuesday, April 5th	Wednesday, April 6th
· Round 2 – Tuesday April 26th	Wednesday, April 27th
· Round 3 – Tuesday, July 26th	Wednesday, July 27th
· Round 4 – Tuesday, August 9th	Wednesday, August 10th
· Round 5 – Tuesday, August 23rd	Wednesday, August 24th

This is a full 2 days earlier that what has happened in previous years, and has been designed to help clubs get their paperwork organised, as well as score cards and the scoring program, in plentiful time before their event.

And in some exciting early news for the Series, the AJS MTC have confirmed that the Frank Tuck Trial will once again have great support from the brilliant people at Scarpantoni Wines, and we thank Michael and his family for their continued support of trials in SA, and of the Frank Tuck!

The Series will also receive great support from Greg Knight and his Rockhopping SA crew – contact him now for all of your 2022 needs – or catch him at an event with his mobile showroom!

2022 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SIDECAR CHAMPIONSHIPS, THIS SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26TH, GILLMAN SPEEDWAY, WILKINS ROAD, GILLMAN.

February 22, 2022 Filed Under: News, SA Women in Motorcycling, Speedway, State Championship

2022 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SIDECAR CHAMPIONSHIPS, THIS SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26TH, GILLMAN SPEEDWAY, WILKINS ROAD, GILLMAN.

With the 2022 Australian Sidecar Championship fast approaching at Gillman Speedway Stadium – every sidecar event between now and April at Gillman is going to be a huge shakedown in the lead up to the Championships – and this Saturday night is the biggest of them – with a hugely talented South Australian line up looking to get early bragging rights.

Bring the family or friends – and watch as the Mark Plaisted / Ben Pitt team take another step in preparing for the defence of their Australian Championship.

Fantastic food at the canteen and the drinks are nice and cold at the bars.

COVID contact tracing at entry gates is required and masks are required when lining up at ALL counters, NO MASK NO SERVICE

Live Streaming available for those unable to attend via www.speedwayaustralia.tv for just A$27.50

More info www.gillmanspeedway.com

SA Sidecar Championship February 26th 2022

Gates Open 4.00pm

Pee Wees 6.00pm

Racing 7.00pm

Adults $25.00

Concession $20.00

Children U16 FREE

Parking FREE.

EFTPOS or Cash at Gates, Canteen, Bar and Souvenir Shop

Blumberg Hotel 2022 South Australian Championship

1 1 Mark Plaisted / Ben Pitt SA/Vic Yamaha

2 15 Shane Rudloff / Scott Morris SA

3 970 Dean Hobbs / Daniel Low SA Suzuki

4 82 Wayne Lethbridge / Grantley Simounds SA Yamaha

5 107 Mick Headland / Brenton Kerr SA Yamaha

6 11 Thomas Adams / Jaxon Rayner SA Honda

7 43 Daniel Puddy / Byron Mordaunt SA

8 21 Aaron Silvy / Jaron Silvy SA Yamaha

9 272 Adam Pascoe / Josh Pascoe SA Yamaha

10 14 Kym Menadue / Eric Melton SA Yamaha

11 46 Mitchell Spear / Glen Zaworski SA

12 77 Tim Bichard / Brenton Marsh SA Yamaha

13 40 Damien Niesche / Ayrton Canning SA

14 115 Kane Golding / Isaac Amos SA Yamaha

15 12 Brian Silvy / Damian Egan SA Yamaha

16 35 Mark Mitchell / Tony Carter SA

Photo credits; Derick Thomas Photography, with thanks

THIS SATURDAY NIGHT – THE 2022 GRAHAM BAKER SHIELD AT SIDEWINDERS!

February 16, 2022 Filed Under: News, SA Women in Motorcycling, Speedway

THIS SATURDAY NIGHT – THE 2022 GRAHAM BAKER SHIELD AT SIDEWINDERS!

Nominations are now CLOSED for the 2022 Graham Baker Shield, one of the iconic events held each summer at Sidewinders U16 Junior Speedway each summer – because the event is on THIS COMING Saturday night – February 19^th!

The Memorial Shield honours Graham Baker who, along with Roy Bitmead, had the vision and foresight to build a stand-alone junior speedway track and club (Sidewinders) more than 40 years ago in Wingfield, and chances are the 2022 running will be another epic event in the history of the Shield!

And with the Under 16 125cc Australian Championship to be held on this same track over the weekend of April 1-3, this will be one of the last chances for our local riders to have a serious hit out before hand – so look for this to be a meeting of high quality and one not to miss!

HERE IS THE NEED TO KNOW FOR SATURDAY NIGHT;

ENTRY, Adults – $5.00 only through the gate (kids under 16 are FREE)

Programme – $3.00

Gates, open @ 6.00pm

Pit walk, strictly from 6.00pm – 7.00pm only!

Tapes up, action from 7.30pm

Canteen, open all night (simply, one of the best going around, and complete with dis-abled access)

Toilets, also, complete with dis-abled access

Sidewinders is also a smoking & alcohol free venue!

THE 2022 GRAHAM BAKER SHIELD – THE FIELD

Kobi Canning

Hayden Pascoe

Jordan Hargreaves

Cooper Antone (NSW)

Ashley Jansen Batchelor

Hayden Kuchel

Harry Sadler

Darcey Timmis

Ambrose Fraser (Vic)

Who to watch!

Leading the charge, and hoping to go back-to-back wins will be Ashley Jansen-Batchelor, with the 2021 MSA Rising Star nominee saying about his 2021 win, “I am so proud and honoured to have won this race. Graham Baker was one of the founding fathers of our club and without people like him, we would not have this amazing track to race on,” he said. “This race is special to me because the Baker family has played a major role in my speedway journey and believed in me very early in my career.”

Hot on his heels will be the newly crowned 2021/22 South Australian Champion, and 2021 MSA Rising Star finalist for speedway, Harry Sadler, who will be looking to add to his 2020 Memorial Shield win and to get himself ready for a serious tilt at the Australian Championship, as, of course, will Ashley!

It’s also no surprise at all to see that a couple of interstaters, in Cooper Antone from NSW and Victorian Ambose Fraser have snuck across the border, to try and grab some SA silverware, and to get in some track time before the Australian Championship in April!

And then when you add in even more local talent, like SA #4 Kobi Canning and 2021 MSA Rising Star nominee Darcey Timmis, why would you want to be anywhere else come Saturday week?

Support classes!

Keep an eye on the support classes as well during the night – with a number of outstanding juniors coming up through the ranks, and looking like they will have big futures in the sport – and especially the likes of Rory Schlein and Riley Stout in the Novice Class.

Also have a look at the Pee Wee’s – these guys & girls are the long term future of the sport and deserve a huge cheer after every ‘race’ (demo), with the smiles inside the helmets saying more than words can! If you have a youngster (under 9) who would like to ride on Saturday nights, give the Sidewinders Club a call to get all the details!

All action pics courtesy of Derick Thomas Photography, with thanks.

PLUS – GIRLS – HEADS UP FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE AUSTRALIAN SPEEDWAY HISTORY!

Sidewinders are looking for at least eight (8) junior girls! If the club can get 8 girls to nominate for the Australian Junior Championships in April, they will run a support class with girls’ only races. So, if you are keen to be a part of Australian speedway history and start the road to the girls having their own championship – nominate your interest today with; Adam Possingham – apossingham@gmail.com

2022 MOTORCYCLING SA LEVEL 1 COACHES COURSES – DATES ANNOUNCED

February 16, 2022 Filed Under: All disciplines, Coaches, News, SA Women in Motorcycling

2022 MOTORCYCLING SA LEVEL 1 COACHES COURSES – DATES ANNOUNCED

Are you 18 years of age?
Do you want to put back into the sport and help find and nurture tomorrow’s champions?
Keen to see the joy you can put on the face of one or more of tomorrow’s champions?
Want to find out how full-filling coaching tomorrow’s champions can be?
Want to play a role in helping a young rider become a champion today?
Want to feel the pride when ‘your’ rider is presented with an Australian Championship medal?
Well – here is your chance to start yourself on an exciting new motorcycling journey!

Motorcycling SA is excited to announce that, on the back of the well supported 2021 Level 1 Coaches Course held late last year, that for 2022 there will be three (3) courses held – and that 2 of them will be held in regional areas.

And here are the dates and locations of the 2022 Level 1 Coaches Courses;

West June 25 & 26 Kimba MX Track (To be held in conjunction with round 4 of the EP Series)

South September 3 & 4 Keith MX Track (Andy Caldecott Park)

Central November 5 & 6 MSA Hall & Junior Development Park @ Wingfield

This course covers all of our disciplines – dirt track, enduro, motocross, reliability trial, road race, speedway & trial – with the practical portion of the course being able to be tailored (in part) to each discipline.

Register on the coaches’ page on MSA website; https://www.motorcyclingsa.org.au/coaches-and-officials with registrations to open on March 1^st and remain open until each class, unless a maximum number is met (20).

PLEASE NOTE; COUNTRY COURSES WILL NEED A MINIMUM OF 10 CONFIRMED NAMES TO GO AHEAD!

While it can look a little daunting, becoming a coach is not that hard, attend the course, fill out the forms, do an online course and get a couple of checks – all of which you will be helped through by Motorcycling SA – see below for a more detailed description of your journey to becoming a Level 1 Coach.

GAINING A MOTORCYCLE SPORT COACHING ACCREDITATION

In order to gain a Motorcycle Sport Coaching Licence you will be required to:

Demonstrate practical experience in relation to motorcycle riding, together with a sound knowledge of motorcycle riding technique
Satisfy any pre-requisites for attending the coaching course
- Obtain a General Principles certificate from the Australian Sports Commission Community Coaching General Principles program
Attend, complete and successfully pass all requirements of the coaching course
Complete any post course assessments
Ensure you have a Working with Children Check (WWCC). This can be done through Motorcycling SA at no charge if you have never had a check done.
Complete and return the appropriate licence application form to the Relevant Controlling Body.
It is also highly recommended that a coach hold a current “Provide First Aid” qualification, as it is a requirement that, at a minimum, this must be available at ALL coaching events.

AFTER THE COURSE

After the requirements of the course have been lodged with the MSA Office, the coach will be accredited with a Level 0 Coach Licence, and will be able to do the following;

LEVEL 0 COACHES

Can only conduct Kick Start Coaching and can only take out a permit on behalf of a Club for a Kick Start event.
Cannot take out a permit for themselves, run a coaching day OR conduct endorsement coaching.
Can coach a maximum of six people at a time during Kick Start.
Assist with Level 1 & Level 2 Coaches at Coaching Days & Come & Try Days

Once the probation period of 20 hours has been completed (with the hours attending the course included in this 20 hours), the coach will then be upgraded to Level 1, where they will be able to do the following;

LEVEL 1 COACHES

Can;
- Take out their own Permits
- Run Coaching Days
- Conduct Endorsement Coaching
- Kick Start Coaching
- And complete Supercross Endorsements
Can coach a maximum of six people at a time, unless with a Level 2 Coach where they can then coach up to ten people at a time.

SUPPORT

All coaches will be able to call the MSA Office for assistance with permits, coaching reports and any and all queries
Motorcycling SA will also endeavour to offer and supply ongoing education and upskilling opportunities as they arise, whether this is through Motorcycling Australia, or outside (of the sport) options, such as Sport SA, SASI & the AIS.

EXPIRED COACHING LICENCE?

Looking through the records, there are almost 100 coaches who have let their licences lapse over time. If you have held a Coach Licence in the past, and would like to renew and get back into it, just register to attend one of these courses as a refresher, and get back working within this great sport.

Any questions or queries, please contact Andrew Warnest, the Events Officer at Motorcycling SA, 08 8332 9000.