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‘ROCKHOPPING SA’ 2019 SA WOMEN’S CUP (FOR TRIAL) & THE DIENER / HOLMES SIDECAR TROPHY – ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN!

Filed Under: News, Trials

‘ROCKHOPPING SA’ 2019 SA WOMEN’S CUP (FOR TRIAL) & THE DIENER / HOLMES SIDECAR TROPHY – ENTRIES OPEN!

The Keyneton Motorcycle Club, along with Rockhopping SA and Motorcycling SA are excited to announce that entries for the 11th South Australian Women’s Cup & The Diener / Holmes Sidecar Trophy, to be held on Sunday, June 30th at Eden Valley, are now open.

For our Eastern states friends, this is also the first weekend of your school holidays, so SA would love to see all of the girls and women that ride head over for this great event, and camping options will be available from Friday night!

First run in 2009 this is the very first event in South Australian motorcycling where the girls and women headline the event and has twice been nominated for the FIM Women in Motorcycling Award, in 2016 (finalist) and 2018.

Through its history so far, the event has attracted over 70 girls and women from all states of Australia to ride, including the absolute legends of women’s trials in Australia, Bev Anderson, Michelle Coleman and Kristie McKinnon, as well as almost all of those who have represented Australia at the Trials des Nations (Ailsa Anderson and Jenna Lupo are the 2 missing), which includes SA’s own Sofie Kraft and Lillie Yiatrou.

As always, the SA Women’s Cup will feature a full range of classes for junior and senior riders; PRO (red line), EXPERT (yellow line), SPORT, MASTERS (blue line), NOVICE, JUNIOR A (white line), SUB JUNIOR (black line), MINI TRIAL (non-competitive & run of section)

2018 SA Women’s Cup Champion, Lillie Yiatrou, & 2018 Diener/Trophy Sidecar Trophy Champions, Shane & Matilda Kraft.

Trevor Diener and Philip Holmes are the Keyneton MCC’s greatest Champions, with 7 Australian Championships to their name as a sidecar team, and one each separately, for 8 each in total, and, they were also 10 time South Australian Champions and were never beaten in the Peter Sparkes Sidecar Trophy, and all in a career that only spanned a little over 11 years together as a team!

The naming of the Diener/Holmes Sidecar Trophy in 2009 was made to coincide with the Keyneton MCC 2 Day Trial, as it was at this event in 1988 that the curtain was drawn on their extraordinary career, with a fine farewell victory over the, then, newly crowned Australian Champions of Lawson & Gould from Western Australia.

The Diener/Holmes Sidecar trophy will once again feature the 3 classes; A Grade (red & white line), B Grade (black & yellow line) and Classic (black or run of section), with a Classic Sidecar defined by having an air-cooled motor and no sidecar wheel brake.

Also confirmed since the sup regs were approved is that the crew of Café Dee Wheels will be the caterer for the day with their awesome burgers, complete with homemade sauces & chutneys.

This year the event moves to a venue that hasn’t been used since 2004, on Jutland Road at Eden Valley, so for the majority of the riders, this will be brand new to them, with many of the awesome trials juniors not even having been alive in 2004.

The venue will lend itself to great viewing and a relatively easy walk around the rocks down to the creek and back!

ATTENTION ALL:

Also new for this event is that this will be the first trial in SA to use Ridernet as the entry point, with riders able to enter the event through this link; https://bit.ly/2QaPt4L

So, log into Ridernet with your licence number and follow the prompts to enter & please note the following points with this system;

  • You will only see the classes that you are eligible to enter
  • If entering other family members, you will need to log in with their licence number to enter them
  • Family discount is not yet available on Ridernet, so please hit the ‘cash’ icon that is still available for this event
  • If you wish to see the full list of classes before entering, view the supp regs for this event, which are located on the Motorcycling SA website here; https://bit.ly/2LPlIbi

For anyone using the Ridernet system to enter an event for the first time, and has any issues as they go, don’t hesitate to call the MSA office, 8332 9000, and the staff will walk & talk you through the process.

ANNOUNCING THE 2019 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN YOUNG ACHIEVER OF THE YEAR: SEAN GREALY!

Filed Under: News, Trials

ANNOUNCING THE 2019 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN YOUNG ACHIEVER OF THE YEAR: SEAN GREALY!

Unfortunately for the sport of motorcycling, SA’s Connor Hogan missed out on a 7 News Young Achiever Award last Friday night when the winner were announced at a ceremony held at the Hilton International.

Connor was one of 4 finalists for the Worldwide Sports Award, but was beaten out by international Karate star, Carlos Maya Koch, and Motorcycling SA congratulate Carlos on his award, very well deserved.

Connor himself, wasn’t able to attend the evening due to being in Europe preparing for the opening round of the Trial2 World Championship, which will be held this weekend in Italy. He was represented on the night by his mother, Tyler, and grandfather, Mr Bill Mudge.

Not being awarded the Sports Award also put Connor out of the running for the overall SA Ýoung Achiever of the Year Award, which was won by Sean Grealy, and like Carlos, motorcycling SA extends its congratulations.

Sean Grealy, 23 of Morphettville is committed to improving aged care services. He founded CARE Konnect, a suite of software enabling better communication and service quality in aged care, to solve his family’s own problem when his grandfather entered aged care services for the first time.

Care Konnect brings together vulnerable people, their families, and care providers therefore reducing social isolation and promoting healthy ageing in care.

It receives funding from investors and partnership deals with aged care providers.

It expects to connect over 3,000 families in 2019. Sean contributes to his community by working on start-ups like the University of Adelaide ThincLab and Hacker Exchange

Sean took home an additional $2,000 and an amazing overall winner trophy. Congratulations!

Nominations for the 2020 SA Young Achiever Awards will open once again later in the year, so start having a think about nominating some of the amazing young people involved in our sport!

SIDEWINDERS WIND UP SEASON 2018/19

Filed Under: News, Speedway

SIDEWINDERS WIND UP SEASON 2018/19

Sidewinders held their Presentation Day at their Wingfield track on Sunday May 19th and despite the promised down pour which avoided the venue until the end, everyone had a good day.

MSA General Manager Malcolm Bulley was in attendance, and presented every rider with a Medallion of Participation for the 2018/19 Season and all were photographed receiving their award.

Presentation of Certificates of Appreciation were then presented to their Volunteers and Sponsors, without whom we would never survive.

First cab off the rank was for MSA, which was presented to Mr Bulley to share with his staff for assisting the Club in every way possible.

Other recipients present on the day were Rick Coombes, William Coombes, Jill Jansen, Emily Possingham, Port Adelaide Camera Club, Sally Keane, Laurie O’Connell, Mel Edson, Alice Possingham, Keely Silvy, Roy Stout, Shane Parker, Mick Hargreaves and Paul Keane.

This was followed by the business end of the day, with the Trophies Awarded to the following riders.

Silvy Peewee Award, –  Jackson McPherson

This is awarded by the Silvy family to the Peewee rider who has attended the most meetings and improved over the season.
Three other Peewee Riders received Most Consistent Trophies, Darcy Bennett, Blake Schlein and Riley Stout.

50cc Rider of the Year –   Hayden Matthews
Novice Solo Encouragement Award  –  Hayden Kuchel

Highest Solo 1st Year Pointscorer  –  Jordan Hargreaves

Highest Solo B Grade Pointscorer  –  Ashley Jansen-Batchelor
Highest Solo A Grade Pointscorer  –  Nicholas Possingham

Sidecar Encouragement Award –  Kaidyn Silvy/Leigh Goss

Fastest Solo  –  Nicholas Possingham

Best Presented –  Ashley Jansen-Batchelor.

This Trophy is donated by The Keane Family and is Awarded on voting at each Meeting by a member of the public on a 3, 2, 1 point basis.

Most Improved (All Classes)  –  Travis Clarke (Novice Solo)

This Trophy is awarded on voting at each meeting by the Referee on a 3, 2, 1 point basis.

Best and Fairest  –  Nicholas Possingham

This Trophy is awarded on voting at each meeting by the Referee on a 3, 2, 1 point basis.

Club Person of the Year  –  Paul Keane  (their General Handyman and dog’s body)

The Club wishes to thank everyone who competed, attended, sponsored  and assisted the Club  throughout the Season and they look forward to their first meeting of the new season which will be conducted on September 21st 2019.

SAORC TO HIT THE FOREST THIS WEEKEND FOR ROUND 1!

Filed Under: Enduro, News, SAORC, State Championship

SAORC TO HIT THE FOREST THIS WEEKEND FOR ROUND 1!

Event Date: 19th May 2019

Format: Sprint (all classes, racing all day on 2 tracks)

Start Times: Approximately 9.00am (straight after the rider’s site lap)

FULL EVENT PROGRAMME;

SATURDAY

12.00pm – 5.00pm; Tracks open for course walking

3.00pm – 5.00pm; Machine Examination & Rider Sign

SUNDAY

7.00am – 8.00am; Machine Examination & Rider Sign on.

8.15am; Compulsory Riders Briefing

8.45am; Sight lap, Racing commences immediately following sight lap.

THE COURSE:

Two courses have been marked for the opening round of the 2019 SAORC, and they consist of a course that weaves its way through trees and up and over small hills and logs of all sizes, all inside of a pine forest.

Both tests are a mixture of open flowing and tight sections, which will make for great viewing for spectators. Riders will follow the marked course which is identified by arrows and bunting.

The length of the tests are approximately 5.0 and 7.0 kilometres in length. It is anticipated that there will be 10 second intervals between riders, and with 200+ entries the action will be furious and non-stop from the first rider onwards.

Compulsory Riders Briefing: All riders will be required to sign to say they have attended rider briefing and or random numbers will be called to ascertain riders are present.

DIRECTIONS TO THE VENUE;

The directions Coming from Forreston is to turn left onto Rocky Creek Road.

Coming from Williamstown travel along B34 Warren Road and turn right into Forreston Road, then right into Rocky Creek Road.

The event start will sign posted from the gate on Rocky Creek Road.

GPS -34.757537, 138.949477

GENERAL INFORMATION:

ENTRY & CATERING

The event will be free entry to all spectators and will also be catered, with a catering and a coffee van on the go from 8.00am and throughout the day Sunday only.

WHAT YOU’RE WATCHING!

This weekend will see well over 200 riders take up the challenge of the SAORC for 2019, with the riders entered in a number of classes, which cater for all levels of riders, and are;

SENIOR;

PRO; the best of the best who will fight for the SA#1 plate

EXPERT EO; CLUBMAN C1, CLUBMAN C2, CLUBMAN C3

VETERANS 35-44 YEARS; MASTERS 45+ YEARS; OPEN WOMEN

JUNIOR;

JJ; 8-11 YEARS (65cc 2 stroke)

J1; 9-11 YEARS (85cc 2 stroke & up to 150cc 4 stroke, standard small wheels only)

J2; 12-15 YEARS (85cc 2 stroke & up to 150cc 4 stroke)

J3; 13-14 YEARS (125-200cc 2 stroke & 200-250cc 4 stroke)

J4; 15 YEARS (125-200cc 2 stroke & 200-250cc 4 stroke)

SO, WHO TO WATCH OUT FOR;

Reigning SA#1 and 2018 SAORC Outright Champion, Andy Wilksch (above), will have his work cut out to keep the title this year, especially with challenges like Will Price & Cooper Sheidow (below) looking to move up the leader board in 2019!

SENIORS

In the senior classes there should be a great battle for the outright, and the PRO Class between the current SA#1, Victorian Andy Wilksch, keen to keep his hard earned #1 plate for a 2nd year, and Riley Graham, who started the 2019 SAMX Championships last weekend well, and also capped 2018 with a maiden win in the famous 24 Hour Trial – but – look out for a couple of young upstarts to spoil their party!

Newly promoted to Pro Class, Will Price & Cooper Sheidow will be out to prove that last year’s top 5 outright placings as first year senior riders was no flash in the pan, and both have started the AORC (Australian Championship) in good form!

And with riders seeded by their first heat times, from heat 2 onwards these 4 riders could well be covered by 30 seconds, or less, on the track – will be some awesome viewing!

Possibly not far behind will be a couple of former juniors stepping up into the senior classes for the first time, 2018 MSA Rising Star nominee & SA#1 junior in 2018, Rory Hill, and former Australian Junior Champion (AORC) and MSA Rising Star winner, Jayden Rudd, who missed most of his final junior year last year with injury!

Look for these two outstanding talents to do what Will & Cooper did last year and upset all the established riders in the battle for top 10 outright honours!

The Clubman Classes have been well supported this year and make up a bulk of the field, with almost 80 entries received across the 3 classes, and there is so much talent in these classes, picking possible podiums before round 1 has proven almost impossible!

However, there will also be action aplenty, with MSA Rising Star nominees from 2018, Max Price & Jared Watson debuting in C2 & C3 Classes, plus they will also see the return of former Off Road guns, and current road race guns, the Simpson brothers, with Olly & Jordy in C1 and Mitch in C2.

(From left) New to seniors, Jared Watson & Rory Hill will be looking to upset the established seniors, while Charlie Milton will be looking for the SA#1 junior plate in 2019!

JUNIORS

An outstanding total entry of 90+ juniors have entered for this weekend’s opening round, spread across the 5 classes, and like the seniors, it is virtually impossible to pick possible podiums with no form to go by, such is the quality of the entries (in the J2 – J4 classes at least, as most are returning riders, with JJ & J1 made up of a lot of newbies to the Championship)

Some names to watch out for though are;

In J4, Charlie Milton, 3rd in the AORC in 2018, this MSA Rising Star nominee from 2018 will possibly start favourite to lift the SA#1 Junior plate this year, and had a solid start to his AORC campaign last month. Look for Charlie to lead the way.

In J3, AORC regular, Max Leibeknecht, will be at the pointy end of the class, as will a famous name in Haydon, with Kyan being the 2nd generation of his family to take up the SAORC challenge, with the multi discipline (enduro, speedway, motocross & trial) talented Clay Burnett one to watch as well!

In J2 keep an eye out for Emma Haylock, who has started her motocross year with some outstanding form and results, and could well be the dark horse in this class in 2019!

(From left) Emma Haylock, Kyan Haydon & Max Leibeknecht will be ripping up the junior classes this weekend!

FREE ENTRY FOR SPECTATORS, HOT & COLD FOOD & DRINKS, 200 RIDERS WITH SOME OUTSTANDING SOUTH AUSTRALIAN TALENT – MOUNT CRAWFORD FOREST IS THE PLACE TO BE THIS SUNDAY!

Pics courtesy of Thomas Ware photography – with thanks!

SART CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 2, ENTRIES CLOSE MIDNIGHT THIS FRIDAY

Filed Under: News, Reliability, State Championship

2019 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RELIABILITY TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP – ROUND 2 ENTRIES CLOSE MIDNIGHT THIS FRIDAY, THE 17TH OF MAY!

With entries already nudging the 100 mark for round 2 of the 2019 SA Reliability Trials Championship, this is just a friendly reminder that entries close at midnight, this Friday night, the 17th of May – unless the full field sign goes up beforehand.

Round 2 is being run by the Keyneton MCC around the town of Sedan, with the Sedan Oval the Main Control for this long running event.

As always, this event is open to solo & sidecar machines, and riders will take in a course that will take about 6 hours to complete – twice!

Entries through; . Entries and payments are available online through your RIDERNET Profile, direct link to entries at www.sartchampionship.com 
Enquiries; Wendy Holmes, 0409 768 506

Round 1 (Provisional) winners, Toby Lewis (outright) and Max & Sam Hutchesson (sidecar) will be out to consolidate their SART Championship leads at round 2, the 41st Mike Connors Reliability Trial – which is also the 59th running of the Keyneton MCC’s longest running event!

Photos courtesy of Chris Caust & Thomas Ware – with thanks.

LEVI DAY CHECKS IN FROM THE BRITISH SUPERSTOCK 1000cc CHAMPIONSHIP

Filed Under: News, Road Racing

LEVI DAY CHECKS IN FROM THE BRITISH SUPERSTOCK 1000cc CHAMPIONSHIP

Below is Levi’s reports from the first 2 rounds of the British Superstock 1000 Championship – read on …

Round 1 of the British Superstock 1000 Championship took place at Silverstone over the Easter weekend. I was really excited to be stepping up into this highly competitive class, with multiple Ex British Championships and previous Superbike riders in this class for 2019. There were 55 riders entered for the weekend, with only 38 grid positions, meaning that 17 riders would be going home without making it to the race.

I have landed a great ride for 2019 with IN Competition Aprilia UK. They have a wealth of experience and great results in Superstock 1000 in previous years. Worth the support of AJN Steelstock and IN Competition this season has been made possible.

We have had two test days at Silverstone prior to the race weekend, and both tests were extremely positive. I had a heavy fall at the final test however and did go into the weekend still fairly sore. Once I was on the bike though your thoughts are soon taken away from that and are focussed on going as hard as possible!

Friday consisted of two free practice sessions. The weather was looking much hotter over the race weekends than at the tests, so we tried a few different set up options to suit the hotter weather.

On Saturday we had qualifying, where I ended 10th position. The times in this class are so close, the top 24 riders separate by 1.1 seconds, and the entire 38 grid that made the race separated by only 2 seconds. At 4 of our 12 rounds this year they run a special format called a 100 mile race. This consists of two back to back races, with a. 10 minute break in between to change tires and refuel. This weekend was one of those rounds. Meaning we had a 24 lap race, followed by another 24 lap race straight on the back of the first race.

I made a good start in race 1 and was battling well inside the top 10. My pace in the first few laps was strong and I was confident in the bike. As the race went on, I was having some handling issues, and tried my hardest to ride around the situation. Nothing major, but enough to make a few tenths of a second difference, which in this class means losing vital positions. There was an awful lot of crashes in the race, so we were lucky to stay out of trouble. I finished the first race in 14th position. In the second leg I again had a good start and managed to be strong for the first few laps. Perhaps pushing hard in the wrong areas, I only had to make a couple of minor mistakes to lose the tow to the front group. I was also given a penalty in this race, which was wrongfully handed out, meaning I had to take a long lap penalty, which was later revoked. Coming across the line in 12th position. I was happy enough with our first two races! Two point scoring rides in such a competitive field and to stay out of trouble. We learnt a lot and I learnt some important lessons in racing hard in this new class for me for 2019.

We made some big changes to the bike overnight and it did feel much better on Sunday. The team around me are amazing to work with, from my mechanics, our data engineer and the team boss, the entire crew are a great bunch of people that I’m proud to have in my corner. We had a third 24 lap race on Sunday. I again got a good start and managed to be stronger for a longer time in race 3. I still felt I was missing some time in a few key areas that meant I couldn’t quite hang on to the group of guys in front of me. I finished 11th in race 3, and this ride felt stronger than the day before, so i’m really pleased we made some good steps forward. I am proud that the first weekend we came away with 3 point scoring finishers. There was a lot of crashes this weekend and I think we did well just to steer clear of the trouble. Our pace is there to have much stronger race finishes, and I’m working hard to get the improvements we need to be there. My team are 100% capable and I believe I am as well. There is plenty os positivity in the garage and with the support of my team, sponsors, wife and family, I’m really looking forward to Oulton Park in two weeks’ time to take on round 2 of the British Superstock 1000 Championship!

Round 2 of the British Superstock 1000 Championship was held over the weekend at Oulton Park in Chesire. Oulton is an amazing circuit, very undulating and technically demanding. I’ve had some great success here in the past, putting it on pole and winning the Ducati Tri Options race in 2018.

The IN Competition Aprilia RSV4 was certainly going to be a new challenge for me, tackling over 200hp around this circuit. I’ve got a great group of people around me in the team and they go above and beyond to give me a fantastic bike and help me adapt my riding to suit the 1000.

We had two free practice sessions on Friday where I ended those in 8th and 10th. With 55 riders entered for the weekend, I’m happy that we are fighting toward the front, but our goal is of course so be even closer! I was working on some areas of my riding to help get the most out of the bike, and each time I get on it, I’m fine tuning this more and more to improve our pace.

We then had qualifying on Saturday. I qualified 13th which I felt I could have gone better but just didn’t string a solid lap together when getting held up in traffic on some good laps. The times were close though as always, and finding a few tenths of a second would have got me in the mix with 6th place. The boys worked really hard and found some good ideas from going over the data of the bike. We can view suspension and engine data on the bike to help make informed decisions about improvements and changes we want to make.

On Sunday morning, the rain came down and changed the game plan slightly! The changes we wanted to try were no longer relevant in the damp conditions. But we have had some good wet tests already this year so I was excited to get a race under our belt in the wet.  Off the line, a rider in front of me spun out and I had to take avoiding action. I clipped his arm but fortunately avoided what could have easily been a major collision. How ever this send me back to 30th position on lap 1. I worked my way back a little finally crossing the line in 21st position. Of course this is not where we had hoped to finish. But looking at the whole picture, I have really struggled in the wet in previous years. This is by far the toughest championship I’ve ever taken part in, and we were able to fight out way back through a few positions. From what happened on the start line it was just about getting some experience on the 1000 in the wet and finishing my second race on a 1000.

We now have Donington in 3 weeks time. I’m really looking forward to getting back on the IN Competition Aprilia RSV4 and making further solid improvements. I must thank the whole team for their ongoing support and for having my back through all our results. And to my sponsors, in particular AJN Steelstock, who make all of this possible! Thank you to everyone supporting me, I’ll continue working hard and giving 100%

Cheers, Levi Day

Photo Credit: Cami Pix Photography