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2019 MSA NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS – HALL OF FAME & LIFE MEMBERSHIP NOMINATIONS TO OPEN NEXT WEEK!

July 19, 2019 Filed Under: All disciplines, News

HEADS UP EVERYONE!

It’s now time to get thinking about a couple of the categories for the 2019 MSA Night of Champions – the big 2!

Nominations for the 2019 MSA Hall of Fame and MSA Life Membership(s) will open NEXT WEEK!

All forms will be able to be downloaded from the Motorcycling SA website, plus you will also be able to nominate online – stay tuned!

Nominations for the other annual awards will open in August – stay tuned!

The Frank Franklin Trophy

(For an outstanding contribution to South Australian Motorcycling)

The MSA Rising Star Award
(For our most outstanding riders under the age of 16!)

MSA Regional Volunteer Awards
(For our hard working & quite brilliant volunteers)

Tickets will go on sale for our ‘Night of Nights’ in October!

WANTING TO HAVE A RIDE THIS WEEKEND??

July 19, 2019 Filed Under: News

WANTING TO HAVE A RIDE THIS WEEKEND??

For those not heading West for the SAMX Championship this weekend, there are a few rides going on if you are keen to throw a leg over!

ACUSA PARK

There will be a ride day at Motorcycling SA’s great venue in the Adelaide Hills at Harrogate – all the details are on the Motorcycling SA website; https://www.motorcyclingsa.org.au/acusa-park/

TRIAL

The AJS will be holding a Trials Coaching and practice day on Hoads Woolshed Road at Tungkillo on Sunday from 9.30am to 4.00pm – any queries, contact the AJS MTC through their website, www.ajs.asn.au

MOTOCROSS

The Morgan MCC will be running a round of the Club Series this weekend at their track at Morgan – more info through their social media page on Facebook.

South Coast Motocross Club will also be holding a Ride Day this weekend, with all details available on their website; www.southcoastmx.com.au

And finally, the Motocross Riders Association (MRA) will be holding a Ride Day at their Gillman venue – details through their website; www.mra.net.au

ENTRIES HAVE NOW OPENED FOR ‘THE GIL’ – ROUND 5 OF THE 2019 SART CHAMPIONSHIP

July 19, 2019 Filed Under: News, Reliability, State Championship

ENTRIES HAVE NOW OPENED FOR ‘THE GIL’ – ROUND 5 OF THE 2019 SART CHAMPIONSHIP

Entries have now opened for Round 5 of the 2019 SA Reliability Trials Championships, the Levis MCC’s annual Gil Harris Reliability Trial, held in and around the town of Mallala.

The traditional first event after the ’24’, to be again held on the 2nd Saturday in August (the 10th), will again be a day night event, and will feature 9 competitive sections this year – so if you like loamy conditions and weaving in and out of scrubby sections, with little or no rocks – get your entry in now!

As you can see above – this is also the 30th Anniversary of Levis running their event in the Mallala district after moving the event from the Strathalbyn areas south of Adelaide.

Here is the direct link to entries:

https://osm-ma.omnisportsmanagement.com/EventManager/EM_RegEventInformation.aspx?EventId=39%2bRiPMu1VUcU7%2fI3qDS0tmchmw33aqq

Photos courtesy of the brilliant Thomas Ware Photography – FOUR07 IMAGES

FIRE UP & HEAD WEST – ROUND 3 OF THE 2019 SAMX CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS WEEKEND AT CEDUNA

July 19, 2019 Filed Under: Motocross, News, SAMX Championship, State Championship

FIRE UP & HEAD WEST – ROUND 3 OF THE 2019 SAMX CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS WEEKEND AT CEDUNA

This weekend sees round 3 of the Eagle Trailers & Campers 2019 SA Motocross Championships head west to the West Coast MCC’s awesome venue at Ceduna.

Returning for the first time in a few years, the West Coast MCC have gone all out to make everyone’s stay the best it can be – free camping onsite and a great roast dinner on the Saturday night – get around it, it’s going to be a great weekend of close racing, and with this being the penultimate round of the Championship, every point is going to count!

Below is the final message coming out of the Club before this weekend, as well as the final rider’s instructions & entry list.

“Please find the final instructions and rider list (at 9am this morning) attached for Round 3 of the 2019 Eagle Campers & Trailers SA MX Championship at West Coast MCC.
A huge appreciation to everyone who has supported this event. We hope you have a truly amazing weekend.
Special mention to the Larwood Family, who having just arrived home from Italy on Wednesday, have unpacked and re-packed to travel here this weekend. That is dedication.
Safe travels everyone. Stop and enjoy the special things and amazing places that you will only find on the Eyre Peninsula.”
West Coast MCC

2019 Ceduna Rider Entries

Ceduna Final Instructions 2019

24 HOUR THOUGHTS – THE DAY AFTER!

July 15, 2019 Filed Under: News, Reliability, State Championship

24 HOUR THOUGHTS

Social media being the creation it is, after an event many riders put up their thoughts on the event, as well as how they went and any thanks to sponsors and supporters who helped them on the day. Here is a short run down on the thoughts of a few of the riders (and supporters) who rode the 24 Hour Trial on the weekend, and includes riders, passengers, experts & clubman, as well as a couple of rookies as well!

Scott Richardson

What a weekend. Thank you Matt Lee for a great ride in the 24 Hour Reliability Trial. So good to be back on the bike after such a long break. Thanks for your huge effort preparing the bike Matt you did a great job.

Big thanks to all the friends and family who supported us for the weekend.
Thanks also to Barossa Motorcycles, Barossa Pool Services and Haynes Welding & Fabrication for their support.

Caroline Wilksch

Thank you to Wundy for getting us home. Despite a number of bike issues we managed to finish the 24 Hour!

Massive thanks to the Organising Committee, generous land holders, officials, all the control keepers and anyone else involved. Incredible to see this event run year after year on the generosity of volunteers!!!

Congrats to all the finishers, hard luck to those who didn’t … always next year.
Thanks Pam for following us around all event, keeping food and fluids up and encouraging us! Photo credit the amazing Jen Shanks xx

Sean Throup

Well that’s 14 from 14. I started my first 24hr 15 years ago, I have only missed one year, making that 14starts and 14finishes. Thank you to all my family and friends for supporting me and being out there cheering me on, but mostly my wife for letting me do it. Haha. And still after 14 years it is the best feeling and a great achievement to finish the @24hourtrial. I reckon 11 of these finishes have been on WR450F’s so a true testament to the bike @yamahamotoraus. Another big thankyou goes to Greg Slats from GS moto for helping me get there every year.

Hayley Schultz (first ever reliability trial!)

Soooooooo…… WE DID IT…… WE FINISHED THE 24 HOUR…. omg the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. Thank you to Kristy Krunchy Schultz for trusting me on the side and looking after me… Thank you to ALL the supporters, family and friends. At the time… I absolutely hated it and struggled but now… I did actually enjoy it…haha. If anyone has any photos or that feel free to send them thru… can’t believe I finished….

Jessica Giles

OMG we did it!

2019 24 Hour Reliability Trial – done! So very excited that Jamie and I got our #2from2, we should retire before we jeopardise our perfect record Jamie!

So proud of my brother for keeping us safe for that long journey, and our sidecar, she’s amazing!

Things can and usually do go wrong in this event, just as happened this year, so to finish this event with bodies and bike (mostly) intact is a huge blessing.

I love the difference in how Jamie and I celebrate, give him all the alcohol and I’ll just have a hot chocolate please!

Many people to thank for many things, but right now rest and relief that is done!

From Darlene Jenke about Rhys Jenke, (another 24 Hour rookie)

#stamina, #endurance, #physicaltiredness, #mentalfatigue #familysupport, #awesomemates, #24hrreliabiltytrial, #crashes, #finished
Well Rhys Jenke we are so proud of you. Completing your first full 24hr motorbike reliability trial. It was tough, a few hiccups, but you achieved your goal pushing through your tough moments & your physical & mental exhaustion to achieve your goal. We are so happy & relieved!! You made it. Thank you to your awesome mates for their encouragement & support to help you achieve your goal.

Thanks Liam Sander for keeping a corner of your eye on him occasionally whilst trying to race as well. Well done on your finish and hope the knee is ok. Congratulations to cousin Damien Jenke on an awesome ride as well. Thanks family, friends & all the well wishes throughout the race. Rhys you did it and remember the bike is repairable. Congratulations mate!

Nathanael House

Sliding into Monday feeling a bit sore after completing the 24hr Reliability Trial over the weekend.

The stages were quite challenging with all types of terrain as the well as the dealing with the rain, cold and wind. But feel so good to complete it.

Just want to say a massive thank you to my sponsors as well as friends that came out to support and but a huge thank you to Daniel Annear for staying up all night, following me around and supporting me, really meant a lot knowing I had someone at each section.

Also a big thanks to all the volunteers that made this event happen.

Sam Florance

Absolutely stoked to have finished this year’s 24 Hour Reliability Trial. After a devastating DNF last year we were on a mission to finish this one. The end of lap one brought me a pierced radiator hose which tried to put me out early. Fortunately with a little bit of bush mechanics I was able to fix it well enough to get my steel horse going again at a cost of around 3 min trail time.

About 6hrs after we also had and encounter with a hidden tree branch in the dark which smashed one of my front lights. Luckily the LED globe was not damaged and I was able to continue.

Also had to play auto electrician in the dark to fix some wiring that threatened to put us out.

The track was rocky and tough, but also had some high speed MX style grass tracks thrown in for a bit of fun which I really enjoyed.
All in all it was a very eventful event that kept us on our toes and can’t wait to tackle it again next year.

Dad put the hard yards in all week prior preparing my bike for war after the Hattah tried to wreck it. Without his support I wouldn’t have made the start line.
Thank you to my sponsors; Ficifolia Lodge Kangaroo Island Sth Australia, Kangaroo Island Outdoor Action, Little Sahara, Kangaroo Island, Turner’s Tyre Service Dunlop Super Dealer and Castrol. Your continued support is invaluable. Also thankyou to my awesome wife Melissa Florance and family for allowing me to do what I love.

THANK YOU

Andrew Hank

Had a bloody fun ’19 24 hour, easy as track apart from a couple of k’s of rocks leaving SAPMAC control, and the muddy creek held up well at the Velocette control. Didn’t lay it down or touch the tools /spares apart from the airfilters.
The lil’ 3fiddy is a joy to steer ,jump, hop and smash those dam rocks with the Biketune Suspension, and not once did it set a wheel wrong.
Thanx to the others riders around me for a great night of banter and laughs, Caden Rogers, Mackenzie Camp, Michael Kerin, Matthew Aimann.

Was cool to see the young guns having a red hot dip all night, enjoyed playing the fox and the hound with you Caden, thanx for keeping me going.
Thanx for the words of encouragement from all the friendly faces at the fuel stops and controls.

Thanx must go to #coastktm ,#Kessners, #platinumlighting, #Biketune,
#HEBO

Steve Sparkes (Rally Class)

Another great weekend of riding at the 24. Thanks to carol, paul and Lee-anne for coming up yesterday and the rally guys for making it so enjoyable. Really enjoyed today.

Highlight for today was getting a chance to do some training for the X-games. I think I shall call it “the sudden superman with a shitty pants landing”, nailed it too I might add.

Huge thanks to these riders, etc for their thoughts & photographs, and Jen Shanks from Pretend Photography for her awesome pics as well!

OVERSEAS ROUND UP; SOUTH AUSSIES SMASHIN’ IT OVER THE 13 & 14 JULY WEEKEND!

July 15, 2019 Filed Under: Motocross, News, SAMX Championship, Speedway, Trials

OVERSEAS ROUND UP; SOUTH AUSSIES SMASHIN’ IT OVER THE 13 & 14 JULY WEEKEND!

Again, a number of South Aussies were smashin’ it in Europe over the weekend, and in 4 different disciplines – motocross, trial, speedway & sidecarcross – here’s the rundown on how our local talent went;

Brayden Mcguiness

Brayden had some excellent results in the Slovenian Championship over the weekend.

Overall he finished 2nd in the Under 21 Class and was an outstanding 5th overall in the Championship. Awesome stuff!

Lillie Yiatrou

15 year old Lillie had an awesome debut Qualifying, nailing it for 11th (out of 16) from her 2 runs, with a great time and 1 point lost, which put her in a great spot on track for her debut GP the next day.

From Lillie’s mum, Paula; Well, our first round on the GP circuit has been a hell of a roller coaster! Lillie placed 13th.

Really happy with that and a harder standard than she normally rides back home in Australia. Now we head to next week’s round 2 in Auron, France.

Brian Anthony

GP9 (Germany) was overall a good GP with Team Cuche we had few engine dramas in race 1 unfortunately resulting in a DNF whilst in a points scoring position and race 2 we had a pretty good race finishing 14th scoring another 7 points and ticking off two more goals I set myself to finish top 15 and on the lead lap which isn’t too easy with how fast these guys are!

Overall must be happy as it was our first race together and it takes time to get comfortable. Thanks Lara and the kids for being by my side always and to everyone who helps and encourages me and the few people that really go out of their way to help on and off the bike, from advise from the top guys, to letting me warm up and training with them and support through the week, even just for somewhere to wash our clothes etc. it’s very appreciated!

Bring on the next race I want more!

Dakota Ballantyne

NICE speedway challenge 11/07/19

I was lucky enough to pick up a ride at an individual meeting here in the UK at the Isle of Wight.

The NICE challenge is an event where all riders are supplied an engine (JAWA 2 valve) to showcase how individual skill and knowledge can separate the field.

Unfortunately tonight I had a bit of bad luck, my first and second race I had an incident with the air fence (crashed) excluding me for stopping the race both times.
Third heat came and I made an excellent start from gate 4 to lead for 3/4 of a lap before starting to struggle and have a fall on the last corner of the last lap!!
Last race came and I had made a few changes to the setup as time allowed and I made an excellent gate again and rode it all the way the chequered flag!

Thank you to everyone that helped me to be a part of the challenge, I appreciate it!
I know to stay on my bike next time

Massive thank you to Josh Moss for driving 4+ hours to help spin spanners for me

Connor Bailey

Had another great night tonight at Glasgow, beating my PB points score again with 6! Learned plenty, and I’m finally getting my starts up to pace. Thanks to Craig for letting me have that one! Also thanks very much to Graeme Martin for mechanic-ing for me, I really appreciate it!

Thanks very much to Graeme Martin for helping me out last night in the pits, thanks for helping everything run smoothly. Also thanks to Ciaran for helping me pack up, you definitely know your stuff and you’re gonna make a great mechanic some day

Alex Larwood

Alex rode the World Junior Motocross Championships over the weekend in Trentino, Italy as part of Team Australia, and in one of the hottest fields and tightly contested classes at the Championships, Alex fought through Qualifying to qualify 24^th (of 40) in his group and missed the automatic entry to the main races.

He then had to go into Last Chance Qualification and had to finish in the top 5 to go through. He finished 6^th (of 38) and missed out – by only .416 of a second – and was the 2^nd reserve for the 125cc class.

While heartbreaking to miss out by such a small margin, Alex, was still a fine representative and ambassador for his country and for himself.

Connor Hogan

After a less than successful Qualifying that netted 2 fives, Connor bounced back in the Trial GP in Portugal to finish a great 22^nd in the Trial2 Class, in what was a hotly contested class, and with positions changing by the section, Connor was as high at 17^th and as low as 24^th before the end of the event.

Like Lillie, he now heads to Auron in France for the next round this coming weekend.

SO – if you know of any other South Aussies riding overseas, please let us know who and what they are up to and how they are going by emailing; projects@motorcyclingsa.org.au with all the details – and a pic or 2 – and especially if the venue is as awesome as the Portugal round of the Trial GP (below) – Qualifying section was in the middle of the town, with vantage points at a premium!