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MOTORCYCLING SA LAUNCH 2019 NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS

Filed Under: All disciplines, Coaches, Dirt Track, Enduro, Minikhana, Motocross, News, Reliability, Road Racing, SAMX Championship, SAORC, Speedway, State Championship, Supermoto, Trials


The 2019 Motorcycling SA Night of Champions will once again be held at the Titanium Security Arena at Findon, this year on Saturday, November 23rd with doors opening at 5.00pm for a 6.00pm start!

Nomination forms for all of the annual awards will open on July 1st;

MSA Hall of Fame
MSA Life Membership
The Frank Franklin Trophy
MSA Rising Star Award
Regional Volunteer Awards


Until then – get thinking on who deserves to be nominated!


Last year saw almost 200 people attend a great night, and with seating set at a 220 seat maximum – when ticket sales open, best be quick out of the gate!

The ticket box will open in October, with all the details on menu, costs and booking options to be released before-hand so all can see what will be on offer.

   

CHECK OUT THE AWESOME PROMO VIDEO ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AS WELL! 

A RIDE DAY WEEKEND!

Filed Under: All disciplines, Motocross, News, Road Racing

RIDE DAYS

This long weekend will see a number of Ride Days happening, off road and on, 2 wheels and 4!

Here are the details – if you need more info, contact the Club’s through their websites or social media outlets! 

MOTOCROSS

MRA – GILLMAN

Track will be open on Saturday 8.30am till 1.30pm come and enjoy the new design and see what everyone is going on about

$40 non-member
$30 member 
$35 one day licence (if required)

Also having sausage sizzle; $2.50 with onion

Soft drinks $2.50

SOUTH COAST

Ride Day Fees
Junior Member $25
Senior Member $35
Non Member + $10 extra
One day Licence $40

Save time and enter through Ridernet;
Anyone needing to buy a 1 day licence hope online and save yourself $10.00, Ridernet $30.00 on the day $40.00
Please remember to bring your licence or virtual card (Ridernet app) and membership sticker to sign to speed things up.
https://osm-ma.omnisportsmanagement.com/EventManager/EM_RegEventInformation.aspx?EventId=39%2bRiPMu1VUcU7%2fI3qDS0o7HXol%2b%2fdM8

QUADS

For those with a taste for bikes with 4 wheels, Quadriders will have their Meningie property open this weekend with onsite camping, with showers & toilets, and catering in the form of the Meningie Main Street less than a kilometre away!

For all the details, head to the Quadriders website; http://www.quadriderssa.com.au/

ROAD RACE

This Sunday the 9th of June at Mallala!

Click on the link below for more information and to enter;

https://www.mallala.com/events/mmsp-ride-day-9th-june

Please note:

– Each entry must be purchased in a separate transaction.

– Online entries ($180) will close tonight @ Midnight, Thursday 6th June 2019.

– Remaining places will be open to register on the day ($180).

Entry fee includes;

– 6 x 15 minute on track sessions (groups of maximum 35 on track at a time)

2019 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RELIABILITY TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 3 THIS SATURDAY & SUNDAY AT ROBERTSTOWN.

Filed Under: News, Reliability, State Championship

2019 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RELIABILITY TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 3 THIS SATURDAY & SUNDAY AT ROBERTSTOWN.

This Saturday sees round 3 of the 2019 SART Championship kick off from the Robertstown Oval, the Velocette MCC’s Lew Job 2 Day Reliability Trial, which will start with almost 100 entries, solo and sidecar, from 1.30pm on Saturday and 9.01am on Sunday, and is sponsored this year by Titanium Security Australia.

Run in honour of Velocette MCC Life Member, and long time sidecar rider, Lew Job, this year’s event will one to remember, but with an old favourite missing, with Springhut Creek having a rest for the first time in many years

Once again it looks to be a dry affair, with little rain falling in the area so far in 2019, and what has fallen in the past 2 weeks will not be enough to quell the dust!

However, if you are heading out to watch, perhaps put in a rain jacket, as it wouldn’t be the first time that decent and heavy rains have started to fall down in the Robertstown Ranges not long after bike #1 starts their 2 day journey in this event!

Spectators won’t have far to go to watch some great action, with a competitive section close to main control.

So, with free entry for spectators, a fully catered event at Main Control, bring along a deck chair and sit down to watch some great 2, AND 3, wheeled action during the afternoon and into the evening Saturday of this 2 day event.

Here’s all the low down of the days;

Event Schedule (Saturday)

Sign On and Scrutineering: 10.30am – 1.00pm

Riders Briefing: 12.45pm

First Bike Start: 1.31pm

(Sunday)

Work period begins; 8.31am

First Bike Start: 9.01pm

Competitor list

For the full list of who is riding this event, as well as their start time, hit the link; https://sartchampionship.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-Lew-Job-Robertstown-2-Day-Reliability-Trial-Rider-List.pdf

Starting Order

The course is approx. 86 km in total distance and approx. 2.8 hrs per lap, with day and night riding on the Saturday (2 laps) and daylight only on the Sunday (2 laps).

The competition class will be in order of Expert sidecars, Clubman sidecars, & Masters, solo clubman & solo experts. The first rider will leave main control at 1.31 pm on Saturday & 9.01 Sunday.

Spectator Viewing

Instructions to the spectator locations are in the event programme which are available at Main Control.

Property Respect

The Velocette MCC ask that all competitors and support crew (family, friends, whoever) respect their landowners and all signage regarding where you can and cannot go. If anyone is spotted in a location that is prohibited for spectators, both those support crews and the rider they are with may be asked to pack up and leave the event immediately.

The property owners are the only reason Clubs are able to run these events, and the Velocette MCC would like to thank you in advance for respecting the private property they have been granted use of by not returning after the event.

Live Timing

Live timing will be available during the event on the series website (www.sartchampionship.com) and at Main Control on the allocated TV screen.

Catering and Bar Facilities

Full catering will be available all weekend thanks to the Robertstown footy and social clubs.

And of course, the well renowned mutton & gravy rolls will once again be a highlight of some awesome country hospitality (below left)!

Camping for the weekend is welcomed & encouraged anywhere within the football oval grounds – with a large undercover area around the canteen / catering & clubrooms area (below right).

Toilet facilities are available.

 

Pics courtesy of Thomas Ware Photography & Robertstown website.

80+ SOUTH AUSSIES TO TACKLE FINKE THIS WEEKEND!

Filed Under: Enduro, Motocross, News, Reliability

Over 80 South Australian riders, including a couple expat Croweaters, on 2 & 4 wheels will tackle one of Australia’s most iconic events, the Finke Desert Race, starting & finishing this weekend in Alice Springs.

For those who don’t know what ‘Finke’ is;
The Tatts Finke Desert Race is an off road, multi terrain two-day race for bikes, cars, buggies and quads through desert country from Alice Springs to the small Aputula (Finke) community. The race is held each year on the Queen’s Birthday long weekend in June.

“Finke” as it is commonly known, is one of the biggest annual sporting events in the Northern Territory and has the reputation of being one of the most difficult offroad courses in one of the most remote places in the world. Finke is unique and the most fun you can have with a helmet on!

The above is straight off their website – and says it all in a nutshell really!
For all of the information – including the rider list – so you can see who from SA is having a crack – head to; www.finkedesertrace.com.au

Their website also includes all the details for spectators and where you can and can’t go, or camp along the track, as well as what is happening in and around Alice Springs during the week long event.

Leading the SA Charge will be Kent Collins (#4) and Daniel Banks (#13), with Kent keen to get onto the podium after finishing 4th outright last year, with Dan keen to crack the top 10 after finishing 13th in 2018! 

Good luck to all of our South Australian contingent in the ‘Red Centre’ this weekend

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS FOR BRIAN ANTHONY!

Filed Under: Motocross, News

Overnight in France, Brian Anthony ticked off 2 huge items on his personal bucket list when, after sneaking in as the final qualifier for the French Grand Prix of the Sidecarcross World Championship, heat 2 saw Brian, and his German Rider, Joachim Reimann, (bike #24) finish a solid 17th, which scored them 4 World Championship points – and all in his first World Championship ride!

  

Having only been in Europe for almost 2 weeks, and with a ride last weekend in the German Championship, which saw Brian suffer a few physical problems – possibly the result of jet lag – this weekend’s round of the World Championship was held in warm & sunny conditions at Plomion in the North East region of France, not far from the Belgium border.

A course of fast up and downhills, with big drop off and jumps waited for the riders, of which there was over 40 entries, of which 32 would qualify to race the round. Joachim & Brian just managed to sneak in as the 6th and final team through the repecharge – so bucket list item #1 ticked – qualified to ride a GP for the first time!

Race 1 saw the team well inside the top 20 until lap 10 (or 2/3 distance) when their bike lost all braking and they were forced to retire, being credited with a 24th place finish and out of the points!

Race 2 however, saw the team start well and hold a place within the bottom half of the top 20 for most of the race and held that right up until the end when they crossed the line in 17th, which gave the team 4 Championship points – so bucket list item #2 ticked – and a 20th place finish overall for the event.

Huge congratulations to Brian – to get that first Grand Prix under his belt, and come through with such a pleasing result bodes well for the rest of the Championship – stay tuned for updates in the following weeks! 

 

THE VERY FIRST SCOTT WARE MEMORIAL ENDURO TRI-SERIES – 2019 NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES!

Filed Under: Enduro, News, SAORC

THE VERY FIRST SCOTT WARE MEMORIAL ENDURO TRI-SERIES – 2019 NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES!

 

THE SERIES

As a brand new initiative for 2019, 3 of Motorcycling SA’s mid north country clubs, the Gawler, Keyneton & Clare MCC’s have united to launch a brand new enduro series for 2019, the Scott Ware Memorial Tri-Series, and all rounds will run as Cross Country events in the inaugural year.

 

AND: The Clubs are more than excited to announce that entries for all rounds are now OPEN! Sup Regs and all of the details on the 2 rounds are now available on the Motorcycling SA website here; https://www.motorcyclingsa.org.au/supp-regs/, with entries online through Ridernet.

 

As stated, all the details are included in the Sup Regs, but here is the general information for the Series – which has one important factor to it – being a Tri-Series with the 3 clubs, membership to one of the 3 clubs is an absolute must – which can also be done through Ridernet for all three clubs.

THE JUNIORS

As you will see below, the focus for this Series will be somewhat more focused on the future of the sport – THE JUNIORS – as all 5 junior classes as per the SAORC are being offered. All 3 clubs have had a junior focus for a long time and will use this series to help develop the future of the sport here in South Australia.

 

OFF ROAD GIRLS & WOMEN

The 3 clubs are also being proactive in trying to entice more girls into this off road discipline, so, as it states below, 4 entries in each of the 3 races (2 junior and 1 senior), will result in a separate class for Junior & Senior Women in those races – so get around it and get out there, especially as all 3 clubs are renowned for hosting excellent events!

 

CONTACTS

Gawler MCC; Wes Haydon; 0438 824 614

Keyneton MCC; Jon Moore; 0419 809 123

Clare MCC; Mike Head; 0428 358 681

TROPHIES & AWARDS

There will be a trophy awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd of each eligible JUNIOR CLASS at the completion of each round. Seniors will receive series trophies only.

A minimum of two of the series events must be entered to gain eligibility for series results. Each series round counts for overall series points.

The Series will also feature a presentation night, where the Series trophies & awards will be awarded, with all the details to be released once finalised.

 

CROSS COUNTRY

Riders will be escorted on a sighting lap. No other riding than in the event is permitted.

The tests are to be walked only!

Duration of the Races;

Juniors Race 1; 1.5 hours (90 minutes) plus sight lap

Juniors Race 2; 2 hours (120 minutes) plus sight lap

Seniors; 2.5 hours (150 minutes) plus sight lap

 

ENTRY FEES

Seniors: $80.00 per round

Juniors: $50.00 per round

One Event Competition Licence $75.00

** Club Membership must be arranged with the respective clubs prior to entering.

CLASSES OF COMPETITION

JUNIOR CLASSES

** Ages for each class are taken as at January 1st 2019.

RACE 1

JJ – 8 to 11 years – (65cc 2 stroke)

J1 – 9 to 11 years – (85cc 2 stroke) & (up to 150cc 4 stroke)

RACE 2

J2 – 12 to 15 years – (85cc 2 Stroke) & (up to 150cc 4 Stroke)

J3 – 13 to 14 years – (125cc – 200cc 2-stroke) & (200cc – 250cc 4-stroke)

J4 – 15 years – (125cc – 200cc 2-stroke) & (200cc – 250cc 4-stroke)

**Junior Women – If 4 or more enter in each race, then a separate class will be created in each.

 

SENIOR CLASSES

Clubman – All Powers (All classes as per SAORC combined)

Veterans – All Powers over 35 yrs. of age (rider must be 35+ years of age before 1st Jan 2019)

Expert – As Graded in Enduro or MX.

** Senior Women – If 4 or more enter across all classes then a separate class will be created.

 

ENTRIES

Entries are now open and close the Sunday prior to each round.

Entries and payments are available online through your RIDERNET Profile

All riders are required to be a member of one of the promoting clubs.

CAMPING & CATERING AT ROUNDS

Camping is only available at certain rounds, please check with the promoting clubs.

Catering will only be available at certain rounds, please check with the promoting clubs.

Action pics courtesy of the brilliant Thomas Ware Photography

211 – Kyan Haydon from the Gawler MCC

88 – Tyler Heidenreich from the Keyneton MCC

3 – Will Price from the Clare MCC