SAORC

PRESS RELEASE – 2023 SA OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE HELD OVER 4 ROUNDS IN 2023.

May 19, 2023 Filed Under: News, SAORC

Even with a final shout out for assistance to keep the opening weekend of the 2023 SA Off Road Championship a happening event, sadly there was not enough assistance offered to make the event go ahead, with thanks to those few that did register some assistance, meaning the 2023 SA Off Road Championships will now be a 2 weekend, 4 round Championship.

The Championship will be featuring 2 Sprint events and 2 Cross Country events and will take place as per the rounds listed below. Over the next week as it gets close to entries opening for rounds 1 and 2, Motorcycling SA will release the 2023 Championship sponsors, as well as the supplementary regulations for the 2023 Championship. Entries will be through Ridernet and, as in previous years, the usual range of junior and senior classes will be on offer.

2023 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS

ROUND 1 & 2

JULY 15 & 16 Tintinara Keith & Districts Cross Country / Sprint

ROUND 3 & 4

*AUGUST 26 & 27 Keyneton Keyneton Cross Country / Sprint

* Being run alongside the AORC, rounds 7 & 8

Motorcycling South Australia would specifically like to thank the organising clubs for making the 2023 Championship possible, who had originally decided to have a year off to recharge their members, but when it seriously looked like there wouldn’t be a Championship in 2023, all decided that they would put up their hands to make it happen.

The Keyneton MCC are now running back to back AORC rounds, after running a round in 2022, as the final 2 rounds of SAORC will also be rounds 7 & 8 of the 2023 AORC, and along with Keith & Districts, will be opening up some new land to the Championship in 2023, and while it is disappointing that the Championship will only be held over 4 rounds, it is exciting that both organising clubs are opening up brand new land for these events.

As stated previously, Motorcycling SA are keenly aware that the sport as a whole, and Enduro specifically, is suffering from a serious lack of volunteers and have regularly been advertising for the past 4 years for persons interested in becoming the Sports Manager for Enduro, but to date there has not been a single applicant, and the position is still vacant.

If you would like more information on the position, please email administration@motorcyclingsa.org.au to get all of the information available.

2023 SA OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP LOOKING FOR HELP!

May 9, 2023 Filed Under: Enduro, News, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAORC

In yet another disappointing setback for the 2023 Championship, the Juventus MCC have sadly had to pull out of running the first 2 rounds of the 2023 SA Off Road Championship, due to a serious lack of man-power available to make the event happen.

No-one wants to see the 2023 Championship slip back to a 4 round series, so this is a FINAL CALL to see if there is a Club, or a group of people, that would be prepared to assist with the running of rounds 1 and 2 of the Championships over the weekend of June 17 & 18 at ACUSA Park, Harrogate.

Assistance will be available as to where everything is at the Park: car parks, toilets, access points, etc, and specifically to show where the tracks can, and can’t, go.

What would be needed are the following:

Track marking and un-marking teams (Monday of the June Long Weekend for marking, unmarking on the Sunday after racing or the following Saturday at the latest)
2 teams of sweep riders each day (minimum of 4 riders per team) – this is a must for the safety of all riders, as well as keeping the event on schedule.
General assistants on the day for the following;
1. Pit allocations and assisting teams/riders where they can set up.
2. Sign On & Scrutineering assistants each morning
3. Pit marshals – to assist with riders getting to the start line.
4. Starters and finishers for each Test.
5. Back up scoring teams.
6. Bike recovery team.

Motorcycling South Australia will assist with the following:

Assign the appropriate level officials to run the meeting.
Approve the supp regs and all relevant paperwork.
Set the event up in Ridernet and monitor all entries as they come in, and deal with any issues that may arise – specifically in relation to endorsements and numbers.
Organise the event programs.
Organise the round awards (trophies), that would be presented at the next rounds.

Motorcycling SA are keenly aware that the sport as a whole, and Enduro specifically, is suffering from a serious lack of volunteers to make events happen, so, if you think your Club, or a group could put together a team to make these rounds happen, please call the MSA Office, 8332 9000, or email administration@motorcyclingsa.org.au BEFORE Monday, May 15^th.

Motorcycling SA have regularly been advertising for the past 4 years for persons interested in becoming the Sports Manager for Enduro, but to date there has not been a single applicant, and the position is still vacant. If you would like more information on the position, please email administration@motorcyclingsa.org.au to get all of the information available.

2023 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – DATE CHANGES!

May 1, 2023 Filed Under: Enduro, Motocross, News, Reliability, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAORC, State Championship

Due to many reasons, and mainly due to Enduro not having a Sports Manager at present to coordinate the Championships or the discipline, with Wes Haydon no longer available to do it, as well as things like land availability, once again there have had to be date changes to the 2023 SA Off Road Championships, with the 2023 Championship now looking as per the rounds listed below.

Over the next week as it gets close to entries opening for rounds 1 and 2, MSA will release the 2023 Championship sponsors, as well as the supplementary regulations for the 2023 Championship.

Motorcycling South Australia would specifically like to thank the organising clubs for making the 2023 Championship possible, as all had originally decided to have a year off to recharge their members, but when it seriously looked like there wouldn’t be a Championship in 2023, all decided that they would put up their hands to make it happen.

The Keyneton MCC are now running back to back AORC rounds, after running a round in 2022, as the final 2 rounds of SAORC will also be rounds 7 & 8 of the 2023 AORC, and along with Keith & Districts, will also be opening up some new land to the Championship in 2023, while Juventus will be heading out of the forest for the first time in many years, to the Adelaide Hills and ACUSA Park.

2023 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS

ROUND 1 & 2

JUNE 17 & 18 ACUSA Park Juventus Sprint / Sprint

ROUND 3 & 4

JULY 15 & 16 Tintinara Keith & Districts TBC / TBC

ROUND 5 & 6

*AUGUST 26 & 27 Keyneton Keyneton Cross Country / Sprint

* Being run alongside the AORC, rounds 7 & 8

ENTRIES (LIKELY DATES)

Round	Entries Open	Entries Close	Late Entries Close
Round 1 & 2	6.00am Monday May 8	Midnight, Friday June 9	Midnight, Sunday June 11
Round 3 & 4	6.00am Monday June 6	Midnight, Friday July 7	Midnight, Sunday July 9
Round 5 & 6	6.00am Monday July 24	Midnight, Friday August 18	Midnight, Sunday August 20

DAVEY & OLLIE GEAR CROWNED AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONS!

October 18, 2022 Filed Under: Enduro, News, SAORC, State Championship

Huge news came out of Tasmania 4 short weeks ago at the final rounds of the 2022 Australian Off Road Championships – with South Australia crowning 2 – YES 2! – Australian Champions, with the Gear brothers, Davey (J4) and Ollie (J3) riding smart to bring home the chocolates – and their first Australian Championships!

They weren’t the only SA successes over the weekend, with the evergreen Peter Rudd finishing a fine 2nd in Masters, with Luke Bunnik finishing on the podium, with 3rd in E3, while Cooper Sheidow was a brilliant 4th in the premier E1 Class!

To top it all off, the Keyneton MCC won the ‘Host Club of the Year Award’ for their rounds 9 & 10 at Kingston last month!

Huge congrats to all!

Full story here; https://www.aorc.org.au/…/wilksch-gardiner-and…/

Championship top 10’s – in the relevant classes!

MASTERS

AORC FINALE IN TASMANIA THIS WEEKEND – WITH A HEAP OF LOCALS IN PODIUM CONTENTION!

October 6, 2022 Filed Under: Enduro, News, SAORC

The final 2 rounds of the Yamaha 2022 Australian Off Road Championship, presented by MX Store, happens this weekend at Wynyard in Tasmania, and there are a heap of South Aussies in action – and in with a great chance to stand on the Australian Championship podium for 2022.

Below is the current points for the top 10 in classes where South Aussies feature (they are highlighted), as as you can see, it is going to be on, with a potential 5 podium placings on offer – which could make the Enduro discipline SA’s most successful (in regards National results) for 2022!

Good luck to all of our riders – ride hard, ride safe and smash those berms!

Photos credits; Eric McConnochie

Pos	Name	Total	Diff	RD1	RD2	RD3	RD4	RD5	RD6	RD9	RD10
E1
1	Kyron BACON	200	0	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
2	Korey MCMAHON	166	34	22	22	16	22	20	22	20	22
3	Blake HOLLIS	148	52	18	18	22	18	16	20	18	18
4	Cooper SHEIDOW	144	56	14	16	18	20	18	16	22	20
5	Brock NICHOLS	112	88	15	13	13	15	15	14	14	13
6	Samuel PRETSCHERER	108	92	13	15	15	16	22	18	9	x
7	Jacob DEAGAN	105	95	12	12	14	14	13	12	13	15
8	Jeremy CARPENTIER	104	96	20	20	20	13	x	x	15	16
9	Nathan DALBOSCO	66	134	10	10	11	11	x	x	12	12
10	Russell SCOBLE	66	134	9	9	10	10	8	x	10	10
11	William PRICE	60	140	16	14	x	x	x	x	16	14

E3
1	Andrew WILKSCH	197	0	25	25	25	22	25	25	25	25
2	Jonte REYNDERS	177	20	22	22	20	25	22	22	22	22
3	Luke BUNNIK	120	77	12	12	14	16		20	15	15
4	Stefan GRANQUIST	116	81	20	20	22	20	20	14	x	x
5	Patrick MCGILLIVRAY	113	84	13	13	15	14	15	16	13	14
6	Hayden KEELEY	101	96	16	15	x	x	18	18	18	16
7	Thomas MCCORMACK	61	136	14	16	16	15	x	x	x	x
8	Jye DICKSON	40	157	x	x	x	x	x	x	20	20
9	Thomas HENRY	39	158	4	9	13	13	x	x	x	x
10	Broc GRABHAM	36	161	18	18	x	x	x	x	x	x

J4
1	Davey GEAR	179	0	22	22	25	22	22	22	22	22
2	Jett YARNOLD	160	19	25	25	14	25	11	10	25	25
3	Tate YOUNG	149	30	18	20	22	20	18	15	18	18
4	Eli TRIPCONY	137	42	9	18	20	16	16	18	20	20
5	Joshua COATES	124	55	20	16	15	18	12	11	16	16
6	Jet BRIEN	118	61	16	15	16	15	14	13	14	15
7	Jay HARRIS-WALCH	94	85	10	13	13	12	9	12	13	12
8	Lachlan LOSTE-BROWN	51	128	12	14	11	14	x	x	x	x
9	Seth BURCHELL	50	129	x	x	x	x	25	25	x	x
10	Max LOCOCK	40	139	x	x	x	x	20	20	x	x

J3
1	Ollie GEAR	180	0	18	25	20	20	22	25	25	25
2	Levi STEPHENS	173	7	25	22	25	18	25	22	22	14
3	Lachlan METCALF	146	34	16	16	16	22	20	20	18	18
4	Dylan MCDONALD	136	44	14	15	22	16	18	18	13	20
5	Chad WILLIAMS	94	86	2	14	12	10	15	14	14	13
6	Charlie CONNOLLY	85	95	22	20	18	25	x	x	x	x
7	Jye LAWRIE	85	95	13	13	13	13	8	9	7	9
8	Beau TRIPCONY	81	99	1	12	14	15	6	6	12	15
9	Zane BURCHELL	46	134	x	x	x	x	12	11	11	12
10	Will MCINNES	42	4	x	x	x	x	x	x	20	22

EM
1	John BAKER	176	0	25	25	25	22	18	18	18	25
2	Peter RUDD	169	7	18	18	22	25	22	20	22	22
3	Ian JENNER	117	59	16	20	20	20	15	16	10	x
4	Craig TREASURE	84	92	15	13	12	18	12	14	x	x
5	Joe ONDRUS	79	97	9	6	2	10	11	12	13	16
6	Matthew EVANS	56	120	13	14	14	15	x	x	x	x
7	Neil PAROZ	56	120	12	15	15	14	x	x	x	x
8	Simon BETTS	55	121	4	8	10	4	x	x	15	14
9	Kenneth HICKS	52	124	20	16	16	0	x	x	x	x
10	Damian SMITH	50	2	x	x	x	x	25	25	x	x

E2
1	Joshua GREEN	194	0	25	25	25	25	22	22	25	25
2	Fraser HIGLETT	145	49	18	16	18	18	15	16	22	22
3	Todd WATERS	134	60	20	22	22	20	25	25	x	x
4	Travis SILK	114	80	14	13	11	12	14	18	16	16
5	Michael DRISCOLL	84	110	22	20	20	22	x	x	x	x
6	Harrison TEED	58	136	15	15	14	14	x	x	x	x
7	Callum NORTON	57	137	16	18	0	x	18	5	x	x
8	Matt MURRY	56	138	12	14	15	15	x	x	x	x
9	Jye DICKSON	40	154	x	x	x	x	20	20	x	x
10	Riley GRAHAM	40	154	x	x	x	x	x	x	20	20

EV
1	Lee STEPHENS	184	0	25	20	20	22	25	25	22	25
2	Christopher THOMAS	179	5	20	25	25	25	22	20	20	22
3	Jason DWYER	86	98	22	22	22	20	x	x	x	x
4	Sean MORRIS	79	105	16	13	x	x	11	11	14	14
5	Ian O’BRIEN	72	112	18	18	18	18	x	x	x	x
6	Josh MURPHY	57	127	13	15	14	15	x	x	x	x
7	Rowan PUMPA	45	139	x	x	x	x	x	x	25	20
8	Jason HACKETT	42	142	x	x	x	x	20	22	x	x
9	Mark PERRY	39	145	12	12	9	6	x	x	x	x
10	Neale SHERIDAN	38	146	8	10	7	13	x	x	x	x

EOI’s FOR TEAM SA’s TEAM MANAGER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN 4 DAY ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIPS – OPEN!

January 13, 2022 Filed Under: Enduro, News, SAORC

EOI’s FOR TEAM SA’s TEAM MANAGER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN 4 DAY ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIPS – OPEN!

Motorcycling SA is looking for Expressions of Interest for the position of Team Manager for Team SA at the 2022 Australian 4 Day Enduro Championships, to be held at Erica, Victoria, May 4-7.

The Team Manager would be responsible for the logistics of Team SA whilst at the event, with 3 teams planned to be entered – Senior, Junior & Women – and will likely encompass a team of around 20 people (including support crew).

If you think this would suit you, and you possess a can do attitude, good communication and organisation skills, as well as a great sense of humour, email your EOI in the first instance to Saorc@motorcyclingsa.org.au – attention Wes.