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2019 SAMX CHAMPIONSHIP, ROUND 2 ENTRIES CLOSE @ MIDNIGHT TONIGHT!

Filed Under: Enduro, Motocross, News, SAMX Championship, State Championship

2019 SAMX CHAMPIONSHIP, ROUND 2 ENTRIES CLOSE @ MIDNIGHT TONIGHT!

As it is now (almost) 10.00am on Tuesday morning, and with the holiday Monday catching a few people out, just a reminder that entries close for round 2 of the Eagle Trailers & Campers 2019 SA Motocross Championships will close in roughly 14 hours – at MIDNIGHT TONIGHT!

 

Late entries will be open until 5.00pm on Wednesday the 12th, but with a $50.00 late entry fee – so jump onto Ridernet and get your entry in today!

https://osm-ma.omnisportsmanagement.com/EventManager

The Keith & Districts MCC and Andy Caldecott Park always put on a great weekend’s racing, so get around it – camping allowed and a full canteen stocked and ready with hot & cold food and drinks for the whole weekend!

 

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!