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2020 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HISTORIC SCRAMBLE CHAMPIONSHIPS – ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN!

Filed Under: Dirt Track, Enduro, Motocross, News, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAMX Championship, State Championship

The Levis MCC is proud to present the 2020 SA Historic Scramble Championship, to be held at ACUSA Park, with entries NOW OPEN through Ridernet and will close on 30th September.

The Club are inviting riders of pre 1995 machines, as well as support classes (listed in the supp regs) to participate in this State Championship event on a well prepared natural terrain track. Riding up in classes is permitted so you can ride multiple classes with one or more bikes.

To allow for any possible late changes due to the COVID restrictions the closing date will not be extended and entries WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED after the 30th September. So DON’T wait until the last moment – enter ASAP to ensure this event goes ahead.

Supp regs are available on the Levis MCC website and Facebook page, as well as the Motorcycling SA website.

Race programme will also include support classes for solo’s and sidecars.

 

TRIALS SA & THE JUVENTUS MCC GEAR UP FOR 2020 SA TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

Filed Under: News, SA Women in Motorcycling, State Championship, Trials

This years South Australian Trial Championships, being run by the Juventus MCC at Barina, Eden Valley over the weekend of October 3 & 4 promises to be a highlight of the Trials SA calendar for 2020, if for no other reason than it is being run on an Australian Championship (2011) venue. With so many events being cancelled this year due to COVID-19, there is now an open invitation to anyone who has a trials bike in the shed to drag it out, dust it off and have a ride – and get some use out of the MA licence for 2020! 

Leading the field at the 2020 SA Trial Championships will be current Australian representatives, Connor Hogan (left) and Lillie Yiatrou

Trials SA and the Juventus MCC will offer a full range of Championship classes – as well as non-competitive and novice classes for those who just want to have a ride! And, also on offer will be the always popular (non competitive Mini Trial Class for riders aged 4 to Under 9 years.

South Australia are also the only state to offer 2 classes for junior women, riding the white (A) or black (B) lines

The full range of classes are;

Senior Solo; Trial 1, Trial 2, Trial 3, Trial 4, Trial 5, Women*, Veterans (40+), Historic Blue, Historic White,

Junior Solo; Junior A, Junior A Women, Junior B, Junior B Women

Sidecar; A Grade, B Grade, Classic.

Non Competitive; Mini Trial, Non Comp Solo, Non Comp Sidecar, Novice Solo, Novice Sidecar

*Open Women to nominate line riding (Trial 1 -5). Harder lines are scored first in a tiered system. Name plate colour to match line ridden.

Junior B is designed for entry level riders and is suitable for small wheel bikes.

Mini Trial is designed for entry level riders and is suitable for small wheel bikes with automatic gearboxes and is non-competitive.

Historic Blue ride to Blue Splits, Historic White ride to white splits

B Grade Sidecar to ride Yellow/Black splits, Classic Sidecars have run of section, lowest score on the day wins.

A ‘Classic’ sidecar shall be defined as having an air-cooled motor and drum brakes, with no sidecar wheel brake.

Novice is limited to non-graded riders. No rider on the grading list in any grade is permitted to enter Novice.

Novice is open to all senior riders (over 16 years) who wish to experience trials. Rider will have run of section.

Non-Comp, including all Novice group riders, ride for no awards or series points.

 

The junior classes will showcase some exciting talent – and especially with 2 classes for each, boys and girls.

Riders name plates must also match what line they are riding, with the plate colours for the Championships being;

GREEN; TRIAL 1 (formally Expert)

RED; TRIAL 2 (formally A Grade Solo), A GRADE SIDECAR

YELLOW; TRIAL 3 (formally B Grade Solo), B GRADE SIDECAR

BLUE, TRIAL 4 (formally C Grade Solo), HISTORIC BLUE, VETERANS

WHITE; TRIAL 5 (formally Clubman),  HISTORIC WHITE,  JUNIOR A (boys & girls)

BLACK;  CLASSIC SIDECAR;  JUNIOR B (boys & girls)

ORANGE;  NON COMP SOLO & SIDECAR, NOVICE, MINI TRIAL

Camping onsite is allowed (no showers though) and the event will be catered onsite by the Vine Inn Barossa – more details of this will be released with the supp regs! Keep an eye out for more details and the ENTRIES OPEN sign put up in the coming weeks! 

Photos with thanks; Trentino Priori and John Cowan

 

SA MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS, THE MIKE CONNORS RELIABILITY TRIAL AND MAX GRAETZ TRIAL HEADLINE A HUGE WEEKEND!

Filed Under: Motocross, News, Reliability, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAMX Championship, State Championship, Trials

2020 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS, ROUND 1, TO HEADLINE A HUGE WEEKEND OF EVENTS!

The 2020 South Australian Motocross Championships kick off at Renmark this weekend with the Riverland JMC hosting, with 200+ riders entered for the weekend, which includes over 120 junior riders!

Juniors will ride on Saturday, with seniors to fire up on Sunday, with the Junior Lites also riding on Sunday.

The Riverland club will have the gates open and show good old ‘country hospitality’ with a full canteen open both days, and only a gold coin donation to get through the gate – with all proceeds going to the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Racing will kick off at 9.00am both days, after practice from 8.00am.

Camping spots are available, as are showers (with a gold coin or 2 as well)!

With only 3 rounds in the 2020 Championship (thank you COVID-19) – the action is going to be hot from the first gate drop, so head up to the Riverland as SA’s finest motocross riders rip up the track for the first time in 2020!

WATCH OUT FOR THE GIRLS TO ROOST RENMARK THIS WEEKEND.

For the 2020 SAMX season, a third female’s only class was introduced into the racing program.

For round 1 at Riverland Junior Motorcycle club, there is the highest female numbers in the last few years. We have a total of 26 girls & women competing, from the demo class, to Women’s All Powers.

We have 11 girls competing in the 85cc 11-U16yrs class with new and returning riders. Many of the girls are also competing in the new 125cc-250cc 13-U16yrs class, with a total of 6.

The women’s class also hit a milestone with 9 women competing for the top spot on the podium.

We also have girls in our Non-Competitive class, and first-time racers in our 50cc Div. 2 class.

Thanks again to Butlers Mechanical Service and Titanium Security Australia for jumping on board once again to support our Women’s All Powers, 85cc 11-U16 years and 125cc/250cc13-U16 Years combined class for Girls Only.

KEYNETON MCC RUNNING THEIR DIAMOND JUBILEE, 60TH ANNUAL ROAD TRIAL, THE MIKE CONNORS RELIABILITY TRIAL ON SATURDAY

The Keyneton MCC will run their reliability trial, the first of only 3 for the year, from the Keyneton Oval this Saturday, with the first of the 150+ strong field starting at 9.01am.

Riders, and passengers, will have a 2 lap journey of just over 3 hours per lap, which will have 7 off road sections, from 2 to 7 kms in length in the Menglers Hill, Keyneton and Eden Valley areas.

There will be 2 spectator friendly areas, with both only 5 kms from the start, with programmes and maps available from Main Control in the morning.

This is the 60th running of the event, the longest running annual event in Keyneton Club history, with the start within a stone’s throw of the original start at the Keyneton General Store in 1961, which was across the road from the birthplace of the Club at the Temperance Hotel in 1950 – 70 short years ago.

KEYNETON MCC’S 60TH ANNUAL ROAD TRIAL CATERING @ KEYNETON OVAL, FROM 7.00am SATURDAY.

The Keyneton MCC is excited to announce that the Keyneton Progress Association will be catering for our Anniversary Trial, which will be a fundraiser for much needed maintenance and upgrades to the Keyneton Hall & Keyneton Park.

It will be their only fundraiser for the year – so please support – and with Gumshire supplying some of the eats – it’s bound to be top notch tucker!

 

THE MAX GRAETZ TRIAL, ROUND 2 OF TROY Series SA 2020 ON SUNDAY @ TUNGKILLO

Sunday will see the Trials SA community descend on Tungkillo in the Adelaide Hills and on the road to Palmer for the Max Graetz Trial, being run by the Gawler MCC.

Riders from 4 to +74 will be in action, including Australian Representatives and Champions, Connor Hogan, Lillie Yiatrou, Haydon Barwick and Hayden Eardley.

A field of nearly 50 riders and passengers will kick off at 9.00am, in what will be, the first running of this event since the passing of Max late last year, with the MSA Life member sure to be remembered and missed on the day.

Free entry for spectators, but bring a picnic lunch!

ALSO ON THE WEEKEND WILL BE A COUPLE OF RIDE DAYS ON SUNDAY FOR THOSE NOT LOOKING TO RACE, BUT STILL WANT TO THROW A LEG OVER.

Mac Park at Mount Gambier will host a track day for road racing, hosted by the Mt Gambier MCC, while ACUSA Park in the Adelaide Hills will have their 2nd Ride Day for 2020 from 10.00am.

Info for all of these events, and more, are available on the MSA website – check out the calendar and supp regs pages, as well as the ACUSA Park page as well!

All who attend these events are reminded that SOCIAL DISTANCING still applies – now 1 metre apart and 2 square metres around – so no grouping together – and remember to especially keep that bike length apart when is ques for food and drinks at events! 

      

 

BUTLER’S MECHANICAL SERVICES & TITANIUM SECURITY AUSTRALIA, SUPPORTING THE MX GIRLS & WOMEN!

Filed Under: Motocross, News, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAMX Championship, State Championship

The 2020 SA Motocross Championships is pleased to welcome Butler’s Mechanical Services from Port Augusta AND Titanium Security Australia as the sponsor for all of the women and girl’s classes for the 2020 South Australian Motocross Championships, Women’s All-powers, the 85cc 2st/150cc 4st 11-U16 Years and the 125cc/250cc 13-U16yrs Classes.

Butler’s Mechanical Services specialises in heavy machinery and the trucking industry, but as their logo states, no job is too big or too small and are ideally positioned at Port Augusta for all that are travelling across this great country of ours.

A family business, owned by Tracey & Ian, and with a direct link to the sport through their granddaughter, Aimee, are excited to be more involved with the sport and look forward to seeing their family business connected with what is, a family sport!

So, not only are they supporting the sport, being directly involved gives all the chance to catch up with them at all remaining rounds and thank them for their support of the 2020 Championships.

Titanium Security Australia, managed in SA by Ian Haylock, who is directly involved in the sport, was establishment in 2007, the dedicated management team are committed to strengthening the company’s core operations by working directly with their clients to determine their security requirements and in turn, successfully establishing effective service delivery to achieve desired outcomes.

The SA Motocross Committee, along with Motorcycling SA and welcome Tracey & Ian and their business, Butler’s Mechanical Services, as well as Ian Haylock and his team at Titanium Security Australia to the 2020 Championships, and thank them for their support of our great sport.

   

Tracy & Ian Bulter, with grand daughter Aimee at the 2019 MSA Night of Champions (left) and the BMS Racing Team at the presentation night of the 2019 AJMX, that was held here in SA,

and below, the Haylock family at an SAMX presentation night and team member, Emma Haylock on the start line.

 

COMPETITION – IT’S SLOWLY GETTING BACK UP TO SPEED!

Filed Under: Enduro, Motocross, News, Reliability, Road Racing, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAMX Championship, SAORC, State Championship, Trials

COMPETITION – IT’S SLOWLY GETTING BACK UP TO SPEED!

In the past couple of weeks, competition has slowly started to get back into gear – and over the next couple of weekends it starts to heat up even more!

It all kicked off with a round of the Tri-Series Enduro on July 5th near Brownlow, with 93 total entries braving the extremely dry conditions (it is winter, right?) at the Keyneton MCC event, with the general chat being, we don’t care if it’s dry, we are just glad to be back racing!

Young gun, Nathan Howe, showed the senior field how to ride in the dust, with a 6 minute win over the returning Nick Throup after 2 ½ hours of chewing dust!

A week later, the Keyneton MCC went back to back when they kicked off the 2020 Trials SA season with their Keyneton 2 Day Trial, run as the 47th Mountain Man Trial on Saturday and the Rockhopping SA 2020 SA Women’s Cup & Diener/Holmes Sidecar Trophy on the Sunday, with 41 total entries received – a bit down, but the Women’s Cup did miss its annual influx of riders from the east due to border restrictions!

Big winners there were Lillie Yiatrou in the SA Women’s Cup and Chris Schultz & Stuart Gerhardy in the Diener/Holmes.

This weekend it heats up even more – with rounds 1 & 2 of the 2020 South Australian Off Road Championship to take place around the township of Clare, with the senior Championship being supported by WSB Distributors and the junior Championship supported by Husqvarna and KTM.

To be held on property owned by the Mitchell family (with thanks) at Farrell Flat, the Clare MCC will run Saturday as a Cross Country, while Sunday will run as a Sprint for the 175 strong field

In the 175 entries, 67 are junior riders, spread over 5 classes for riders aged 8 years to 16 years, with some of South Australia’s brightest future stars to be in action – seriously worth the trip to Clare just to watch them.

In the seniors, defending SA#1, Riley Graham will have a gaggle of Youth (under 21) riders chasing him and his #1 plate, including the likes of Nathan Howe, Jayden Rudd, Charlie Milton, Jordan Simpson, Jaxon Raynor, Jay Simister and Max Price, along with the ‘old stagers’ like Sean & Nick Throup and Olly Simpson – so it’s a safe bet that the action on the track will be hot to trot!

Kick off both days from 8.00am, with catering also available each day, and free entry for spectators!

Over in the Wild Wild West this weekend (Sunday) will also be a round of the EP Series for Motocross, this time at the Kimba Motocross Track. Canteen available and camping allowed at the track.

It has been a while since there has been racing at Kimba and they are looking forward to having a good roll up of the motocross crew at Kimba – entries are still open through Ridernet!

While talking motocross, the Morgan MCC kick back into gear this weekend (Sunday) with their first Club round for the year – juniors, seniors, canteen and free entry for spectators!

AND – IT ONLY GETS HOTTER THE WEEK AFTER TO END JULY!

The final weekend of July 2020 is shaping up to be just as busy as this weekend will be, with the action to be just as hot!

Kicking off on Saturday 25th will be one of only three reliability trials for 2020 – the Keyneton MCC’s 60th Annual Road Trial, starting from the Keyneton Park (oval) at 9.00am. First run in 1961, the event is now known as the Mike Connors Reliability Trial, with an entry list for 2020 already nudging 150 starters!

Free entry for spectators and fully catered ALL DAY at Keyneton Oval by the Keyneton Progress Association, this will, arguably, be one of the events of the year – and the KMCC’s 3rd event in 4 weeks!

Also on the weekend of July 25 & 26 will be the opening round of the three round 2020 South Australian Motocross Championships, to be run by the Riverland JMC at their Renmark track.

Juniors on Saturday and Seniors on Sunday, with entries still open until Tuesday July 21st for the Championship opener for MX – enter through your Ridernet profile – and with only three rounds, as a rider, you won’t want to miss a round.

TROY Series SA 2020 round 2 (for Trial) will also run, on Sunday 26th, at Tungkillo with the Gawler MCC’s Max Graetz Trial, kicking off from 9.00am – with entries open until Thursday 23rd of July – through your Ridernet profile.

Riders aged 4 to +74 will be in action, including Australian representatives, Connor Hogan and Lillie Yiatrou, with free entry for spectators.

Also on next weekend will be a couple of ride days on Sunday for those not looking to race, but still want to throw a leg over.

Mac Park at Mount Gambier will host a track day for road racing, hosted by the Mt Gambier MCC, while ACUSA Park in the Adelaide Hills will have their 2nd Ride Day for 2020 from 10.00am.

Info for all of these events, and more, are available on the MSA website – check out the calendar and supp regs pages, as well as the ACUSA Park page as well!

All who attend these events are reminded that SOCIAL DISTANCING still applies – now 1 metre apart and 2 square metres around – so no grouping together – and remember to especially keep that bike length apart when is ques for food and drinks at events!