State Championship

SIDEWINDERS’ BIGGEST WEEKEND OF 2022 – THE AUSTRALIAN 125CC U16 AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP – GET AROUND SA’S SPEEDWAY sKIDZ!

March 11, 2022 Filed Under: Dirt Track, News, SA Women in Motorcycling, Speedway, State Championship

IT’S NO APRIL FOOLS!

SIDEWINDERS’ BIGGEST WEEKEND OF 2022 – THE AUSTRALIAN 12cc U16 AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP – GET AROUND SA’S SPEEDWAY sKIDZ!

The Sidewinders Under 16 Speedway Club are gearing up for their biggest weekend of sKidz in many years, as they are about to play host to the 2022 Australian Championships for Under 16’s on 125cc machines, and over 3 great nights racing at their 8^th Street, Wingfield venue.

The weekend will feature 2 Championships being decided, with Saturday night being the individual Championship, to decide Australia’s #1 King, or Queen, of 125cc junior sKidz, while Sunday will see which state will have bragging rights for the next 12 months, as 7 teams from around Australis will go head to head!

The 3 day Championship will run as follows;

Friday April 1; The 2022 Australian Speedway U/16’s 125cc Individual and Teams Championships kicks off at Sidewinders U16’s Club in South Australia on the 1st April with the morning Gate Draw followed by Official Practice day.

Saturday April 2; The Individual Championship will be run on Saturday (2nd April) over 20 heats with a B Final for the 4^th, 5^th, 6^th and 7^th point scorers after 20 heats. The final (A final) will be the top three-point scorers after 20 heats and the winner of the B final and they will ride off to decide the Australian Championship.

Sunday April 3; The following day (Sunday 3rd April), the Teams Championship will be run over 21 heats with 4 riders in each heat. No final will be run, as the final results are based on the points accumulated over the 21 heats. This Teams Championship is State vs State for the Australian Championship.

THE NEED TO KNOW:

DATE	DAY	EVENT	GATES OPEN	TAPES UP	ADULTS	UNDER 16’s	PARKING	PROGRAM	CANTEEN
Apr-01	Friday	Official Practise	5.00pm	6.30pm	FREE	FREE*	FREE	–	OPEN
Apr-02	Saturday	Individual Championship	4.00pm	7.30pm	$10.00	FREE*	FREE	$3.00	OPEN
Apr-03	Sunday	Teams Championship	9.00am	11.00am	$10.00	FREE*	FREE	$3.00	OPEN
	SPECIAL	Saturday & Sunday!	2 DAY ENTRY		$15.00	FREE*	FREE	$3.00	*With an adult

THE VENUE

Sidewinders Speedway looking down across Graham Baker Hill, one of the best viewing areas going around, with the all access canteen at far left, with the main entrance just to the right of the all access toilet block (red brick building), with the competitor pits to the right of the CBS Bins control tower, and competitors carpark and pit entry to the right of the pic.

Sidewinders Speedway is Australia’s only purpose built venue for junior speedway in Australia, and running the 2022 Australian Championship is just another chapter in a long and storied history, now over 40 years long, and stands as a testament to some amazing people, like the late Graham Baker and Roy Bitmead, who are now remembered with trophy events named in their memory.

The current members of the Sidewinders Club are going all out to put on a great Championship weekend at this all access venue, including toilets and canteen, with great viewing areas almost all of the way around the 112 metre track, and their brilliant canteen will be open across all 3 days, with a great selection of hot and cold food and drinks – and with a great value entry fee for adults, they are very much hoping for a ‘standing room only’ crowd to cheer on the local SA Speedway sKidz!

2022 AUSTRALIAN SPEEDWAY UNDER 16’s 125cc INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP

South Australia will have 5 starters in the main field of 16 for the Individual Championship, and they will be led by the 2021 MSA Rising Star nominees, Ashley Jansen-Batchelor, Darcey Timmis and the Rising Star finalist for speedway, and current SA#1, Harry Sadler.

Ashley and Harry will go in as 2 of the riders most likely to be in the mix, and will be aiming to go straight through to the final, and if not, they should at least make the semi-final and will be the Croweaters to watch. Darcey, after her great ride at the Roy Bitmead will be aiming for a semi-final berth as well, where anything can happen, when winner takes all to get to the final.

They will be joined by the ever improving Kobi Canning and Jordan Hargreaves, who have both stepped up onto podiums this season, Kobi at the SA Championships, and Jordan most recently with a fine 2^nd behind Harry in the Roy Bitmead Memorial.

Interstate challenges will likely come from the New South Wales duo of Cooper Antone and Beau Bailey, with both already having visited the venue this summer to get some laps in – with Beau, along with Harry & Ashley, putting on quite the show at the SA Championships, where he split the South Aussie duo to finish 2^nd.

Word out of the West is that everyone may need to keep an eye on their duo of Mitchell McDiarmid and Linkin Metcalf, as they have been showing great form on their home tracks, as has Victorian Ambrose Fraser, who is also no stranger to the Sidewinders track.

Here is the field for the 2022 Individual Championship

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Kobi Canning

Jordan Hargreaves

Ashley Jansen-Batchelor

Harry Sadler

Darcey Timmis

(from left) Ashley, Jordan, Darcey, Kobi & Harry

NEW SOUTH WALES
Cooper Antone

Beau Bailey

Noah Grabham

Lachlan Russell

Sonny Spurgin

(from left) Cooper, Beau & Noah

QUEENSLAND

Jake Fleet

Jordy Loftus

Anika Loftus

(from left) Jordy & Anika

VICTORIA
Ambrose Fraser

Ambrose

WESTERN AUST

Mitchell McDiarmid

Linkin Metcalf

(from left) Lincoln & Mitchell

RESERVES
Hayden Kuchel (SA)

Hayden Pascoe (SA)

2022 AUSTRALIAN SPEEDWAY UNDER 16’s 125cc TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP

Apparently form says this Championship will be fought out between South Australia & New South Wales, with Western Australia and Victoria right there as well, if the favoured teams falter!

However, there has been many times over the history of teams racing where the less favoured team, or teams, have produced some great upsets, and this could well be another of those teams – especially as all of these riders will be backing up less than 12 hours after the end of the Individual Championship, bringing endurance and mental toughness into the equation, along with team work, skill and race craft.

Put simply, Sunday is going to be a day not to be missed, as the racing is likely to be as good, as fierce and as close as what Saturday night will be!

Here is the field for the 2022 Teams Championship

SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1

Ashley Jansen-Batchelor

Harry Sadler

SOUTH AUSTRALIA 2

Kobi Canning

Darcey Timmis

NEW SOUTH WALES 1

Noah Grabham

Beau Bailey

NEW SOUTH WALES 2

Cooper Antone

Lachlan Russell

QUEENSLAND
Jordy Loftus

Anika Loftus

VICTORIA

Ambrose Fraser

Sonny Spurgin

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Mitchell McDiarmid

Linkin Metcalf

The 2022 Australian Speedway Under 16’s 125cc Individual and Team Championship are proudly supported by the Sidewinders Under 16 Speedway club.

2022 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SIDECAR CHAMPIONSHIPS, THIS SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26TH, GILLMAN SPEEDWAY, WILKINS ROAD, GILLMAN.

February 22, 2022 Filed Under: News, SA Women in Motorcycling, Speedway, State Championship

2022 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SIDECAR CHAMPIONSHIPS, THIS SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26TH, GILLMAN SPEEDWAY, WILKINS ROAD, GILLMAN.

With the 2022 Australian Sidecar Championship fast approaching at Gillman Speedway Stadium – every sidecar event between now and April at Gillman is going to be a huge shakedown in the lead up to the Championships – and this Saturday night is the biggest of them – with a hugely talented South Australian line up looking to get early bragging rights.

Bring the family or friends – and watch as the Mark Plaisted / Ben Pitt team take another step in preparing for the defence of their Australian Championship.

Fantastic food at the canteen and the drinks are nice and cold at the bars.

COVID contact tracing at entry gates is required and masks are required when lining up at ALL counters, NO MASK NO SERVICE

Live Streaming available for those unable to attend via www.speedwayaustralia.tv for just A$27.50

More info www.gillmanspeedway.com

SA Sidecar Championship February 26th 2022

Gates Open 4.00pm

Pee Wees 6.00pm

Racing 7.00pm

Adults $25.00

Concession $20.00

Children U16 FREE

Parking FREE.

EFTPOS or Cash at Gates, Canteen, Bar and Souvenir Shop

Blumberg Hotel 2022 South Australian Championship

1 1 Mark Plaisted / Ben Pitt SA/Vic Yamaha

2 15 Shane Rudloff / Scott Morris SA

3 970 Dean Hobbs / Daniel Low SA Suzuki

4 82 Wayne Lethbridge / Grantley Simounds SA Yamaha

5 107 Mick Headland / Brenton Kerr SA Yamaha

6 11 Thomas Adams / Jaxon Rayner SA Honda

7 43 Daniel Puddy / Byron Mordaunt SA

8 21 Aaron Silvy / Jaron Silvy SA Yamaha

9 272 Adam Pascoe / Josh Pascoe SA Yamaha

10 14 Kym Menadue / Eric Melton SA Yamaha

11 46 Mitchell Spear / Glen Zaworski SA

12 77 Tim Bichard / Brenton Marsh SA Yamaha

13 40 Damien Niesche / Ayrton Canning SA

14 115 Kane Golding / Isaac Amos SA Yamaha

15 12 Brian Silvy / Damian Egan SA Yamaha

16 35 Mark Mitchell / Tony Carter SA

Photo credits; Derick Thomas Photography, with thanks

2022 MOTOCROSS DATES – UPDATED – PRINT IT OFF AND PUT IT ON THE SHED FRIDGE DOOR!

January 24, 2022 Filed Under: Motocross, News, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAMX Championship, State Championship

2022 MOTOCROSS DATES – UPDATED – PRINT IT OFF AND PUT IT ON THE SHED FRIDGE DOOR!

New events are highlighted in yellow – current as of 24/01/2022.

bLU cRU SA JUNIOR CUP – AN AWESOME 3 DAY CAMP FOR THE CLASS OF 2022!

January 20, 2022 Filed Under: Coaches, News, Road Racing, SA Women in Motorcycling, State Championship

bLU cRU SA JUNIOR CUP – AN AWESOME 3 DAY CAMP FOR THE CLASS OF 2022!

With a huge thanks to Levi Day’s On Track Rider Training crew, the inaugural bLU cRU South Australian Junior Cup took another huge step forward over the past 3 days at MacNamara Park (Mac Park) Raceway in Mount Gambier where, for the first time, the whole squad got together and hit hit the track on their awesome looking Yamaha R15 bikes.

With Levi still in England, it was left up to coaches Will Strugnell, Tyra Lynch and Kym Bolto, who were ably assisted by Allan Bolto and Wade Sweet, to put the squad of 12, along with guest rider Ryder Sweet, through their paces over the 3 day camp. All facets of racing were covered, starts, cornering, race lines, even getting tucked in behind the fairing to minimise wind resistance, flow and maintaining corner speed – which is so different for some of the dirt bike kids making the transition to bitumen!

All were also put through a number of off bike requirements, including bike maintenance and preparation, race preparation for the rider and his race gear, as well as extra things, like dealing with the media, as all riders were interviewed by Rebecca Bowdidge from Pit Lane Studios – can’t wait to see those videos come out!

This SA Junior Cup is the vision of Road Race Sports Manager, Kym Bolto, so, what did he think about the camp; “To witness and be a part of the team from day 1 to day 3 of the On Bike Rider Training with Levi Day for our SA juniors was nothing short of brilliant. The mateship and rapport shown now within the group of not only riders but parents alike is sensational. The skills learned and the transformation of the riders on track proves that this concept works and I can’t wait for this season to get underway. Thank you to Ty, Will, Andy, Allan and Chris for your time and efforts over the 3 days. Plus, a special thank you to Bec from Pit lane Studios for her efforts in recording all the happenings over the past 3 days!”

And from Natasha Warren, one of the riders mum’s, “Thank you so much and to all the other team involved for the coaching opportunity over the last 3 days for Lucas. He did not stop talking about it when he arrived home last night. He is so in love with this sport and so very excited about this year. I am just loving seeing him be so passionate about this and wanted to learn everything he can. Thank you again.”

So – who makes up the inaugural bLU cRU South Australian Junior Cup squad – well, here they are;

ARCHIE SCHMIDT – CAMERON RENDE – COOPER PITT – ETHAN DELLOW – FRED BARRY – JAMES HOWIE

LUCAS WARREN – RIKKI HENRY – RYDER GILBERT – SETH DELLOW – TOMI DOBLE – XAVION AMOY

Ryder Sweet was invited as a guest rider for the camp and also joined in the group pic (above left & centre) and as the days and weeks count down to the start of this inaugural series here in SA – APRIL 15-16-17 as part of round 2 of the 2022 SA Road Race Championships, again at Mac Park in Mt Gambier – the support and interest in the Series continues to grow, so look for junior road racing in South Australia to boom over the coming years – and especially with the great support shown to the Series already (above right pic)

AND: For anyone, potential future champion or business, who would like more information on how to get involved in, or support this great new Series, which will form a part of a funnel through to the Oceania Junior Cup to Asian Junior Cup to Red Bull Rookies and onto Moto GP, and to help SA (and Australia) uncover our next great Champion in the making – contact Kym Bolto – roadrace@motorcyclingsa.org.au – for all the details!

All photos courtesy of Official Series Photographer, Rebecca Bowdidge from Pit lane Studios, with thanks!

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DIV 2 SIDECAR CHAMPIONSHIP – THIS SATURDAY JANUARY 15TH @ GILLMAN SPEEDWAY

January 11, 2022 Filed Under: Dirt Track, News, SA Women in Motorcycling, Speedway, State Championship

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DIV 2 SIDECAR CHAMPIONSHIP – THIS SATURDAY JANUARY 15^TH @ GILLMAN SPEEDWAY

AND; well supported by the Gillman Speedway Solo Championship.

ALSO; Flat track solos and SA’s awesome junior ‘stars of the future’!

Gate Open; 4.00pm, with FREE Parking.

Tapes up; Juniors from 6.00pm and Seniors from 7.00pm

To get in; Adults $25.00 Concession $20.00 Children U/16 FREE

Food & drinks; Full canteen & bar service all night, plus the Gillman Souvenir Shop will be open.

ALSO; buy a Programme for only $5.00, with a chance to win 1 of 2 $50.00 fuel vouchers.

FULL details and rider list www.gillmanspeedway.com

COVID contact tracing at entry gates

MASKS to be worn whilst lining up and being served at gate, sign-in, bar, canteen and souvenirs.

NO MASK NO SERVICE (For your protection and our workers)

Get along to Gillman Speedway this Saturday night for another exciting chapter in the history of this great venue, with the crowning of the SA Div 2 Sidecar Championship, as well as the Gillman Solo Championship.

With a warm night forecast, grab the family and get down there early to have a wander through the pits, and then head to a prime viewing area to see some of SA’s awesome junior talent on display from 6.00pm – and including 2021 SA Champion, Harry Sadler, along with fellow MSA Rising Star nominee, Ashley Jansen-Batchelor – and the next generation coming through like Kobi Channing and Riley Stout – you won’t regret getting there early to see these future stars!

Then head to the brilliant canteen for a feed before settling in for the main event(s) – and who to watch – well, here we go!

SA Div 2 Sidecar Champs; Previous results from this season means there could be up to 5 teams, and maybe more, who could come out on top – but whoever wins, it will mean that they will have had to have ridden a great meeting to do it – so look to Kym Menadue / Shane Dolan, Aaron Silvy / Jaron Silvy, Thomas Adams / Jaxon Rayner, Brian Silvy / Damian Egan and Mitchell Spear / Glen Zaworski to lead the way on the night. Going to be such a good night’s racing!

In the Gillman Solo Championship – you would think Internationals Liam May & Brayden McGuiness would lead the way, but with a heap of interstaters present, it should go down to a great final to end a close night’s racing!

Photo credits to the brilliant Judy Mackay – with thanks!

South Australian Div 2 Sidecar Championship Riders;

Aaron Silvy / Jaron Silvy

Paul Snadden / Greg Black

Adam Pascoe / Tim Wegner

Wayne Lethbridge / Grant Simounds

Brian Silvy / Damian Egan

Thomas Adams / Jaxon Rayner

Mitchell Spear / Glen Zaworski

Dean Hobbs / Daniel Low

Matt Crundwell / Jamie Crundwell

Danial Puddy / Byron Mordaunt

Tim Bichard / Brendan Marsh

Kym Menadue / Shane Dolan

Photo credits to the brilliant Judy Mackay – with thanks!

Gillman Solo Championship Riders;

Blake Ridley

Liam May

Dayle Wood (Vic)

Teagan Pedler

Declan Knowles (Vic)

Jake Turner (NZ)

Steven Graetz

Brayden McGuinness

Shaun Sampson

Patrick Hamilton (Vic)

Michael West (NSW)

Jackson Milner (Vic)

Jack Morrison (Vic)

Aden Clare (NSW)

And don’t forget also – Make Volunteering your 2022 Resolution – every Club will need a hand at some point during the year, so give just one day this year – cook a BBQ, serve in the canteen, help at sign on, pick up a flag point, help prep the track and the venue the day before – all it does at the end of the day, is benefit you and your kids!

2021 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIPS – THAT’S A WRAP!

December 20, 2021 Filed Under: News, Road Racing, SA Women in Motorcycling, State Championship

2021 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIPS – THAT’S A WRAP!

The 2021 SA Road Race season finale was held at The Bend East circuit November 27^th and 28^th. With very few riders ever seeing the track prior to the meeting, it promised to be something very exciting, and that’s exactly what it delivered.

The season was run over 4 separate rounds held at each of the state’s circuits, with an interclub round at Phillip Island unfortunately cancelled due to COVID-19. But last weekend, all of the racers were glad to be back racing again for their last attempt to secure valuable series points to add to those from Mallala and Mac Park races earlier in the year.

With many newcomers showing great speed very early, some older racers developing their race craft throughout the year and representing the state in this year’s ASBK Championship and not to mention the introduction of the bLU cRU SA Junior Cup series, the 2022 season is shaping up to be one of our best ever!

Huge congratulations to the 2021 South Australian Road Race podiums, and thanks to all who rode and supported the 2021 Championship, and as has become the norm, COVID played its part that makes it hard for everyone to plan!