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EAGLE TRAILERS, CAMPERS & CARAVANS 2022 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS, presented by AMX SUPERSTORES – ROUND 1 ENTRIES OPEN 6.00AM WEDNESDAY 30TH MARCH – THAT’S TOMORROW MORNING FOLKS!!

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

EAGLE TRAILERS, CAMPERS & CARAVANS 2022 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS, presented by AMX SUPERSTORES – ROUND 1 ENTRIES OPEN 6.00AM WEDNESDAY 30TH MARCH – THAT’S TOMORROW MORNING FOLKS!!

Entries open through Ridernet for round 1 of the Eagle Trailers, Campers & Caravans 2022 South Australian Motocross Championships, presented by AMX Superstores – tomorrow morning at 6.00am – with round 1 to be held at the Gillman Motocross Track, and will be hosted by the Motocross Riders Association.

For the 2nd year running, Motorcycling SA and the SAMX Committee is proud to announce that Eagle Trailers, Campers & Caravans are on board as the major partner, and will be joined in the naming of the event by AMX Superstores, and again, for the second straight year.

Also exciting is the Girls & Women’s Classes once again enjoying the support of Titanium Security Australia (juniors) and Butler’s Mechanical Services (senior), and we thanks them for their continued support of the girls and women in motocross  – and if the Women’s Ride Days at South Coast and MRA are anything to go by, there may well be record numbers across the three (3) classes in 2022 – which would be awesome!

A full range of seven (7) senior and nine (9) junior Championship classes will be on offer, along with the 50cc 4-U9 Non Comp Class for the newbies to the sport, making for 17 classes of competition over the 2 days of racing at each of the 4 rounds of the 2022 Championship.

THE 2022 CHAMPIONSHIP

2022 is certainly looking to be a huge year with numbers on the up across all events, and disciplines, so far, with most clubs seeing more and more new riders, as well as some returning after a few years – seems coming out of COVID lockdowns everyone is keen to throw a leg over and have a ride – which is awesome for the 2022 Championship!

What is also exciting is the number of young riders who are coming out of juniors and will be looking to challenge the established senior riders, and word is that there are a few senior riders already looking over their shoulders at the coming talent – Sunday’s racing could be top notch in 2022 for sure!

In the juniors, there are more than a few names across most classes that are being spoken of as possible podium place-getters in 2022, with round 1 certainly offering up more questions and unknowns than answers if pre-season ride days are anything to go by.

With that said, the 4 clubs that will be hosting the rounds in 2022 are certainly going to be in for some great action at their venues, and they are venues that are going to offer something different for each round, with the 4 rounds of the 2022 Championship being;

Round Date Club Address
1 April 23 & 24 Motocross Riders Association 65 Wilkins Rd, Gillman
2 May 21 & 22 Riverland Junior Motorcycle Club 19695 Sturt Hwy, Old Calperum SA 5341
3 July 16 & 17 Port Pirie Motorcycle Club Port Broughton Road, Port Pirie SA 5540
4 August 27 & 28 Keith & Districts Motorcycle Club Andy Caldecott Park, Charles Well Rd, Keith

It is exciting for this year’s Championship to be returning to Port Pirie for round 3, the first time in a few years the Championship has headed to Pirie, with the club doing many improvements to the venue in anticipation, and to all those who want to get some laps in beforehand, head up at Easter for their iconic Easter ‘King of the Gulf’ classic – with entries open as you read this!

Entries are also open for round 1 of the MRA Club Series that is being run this weekend – for all those who want to cut some laps of the round 1 venue – before round 1 – to see what MRA are going to have on offer!

2022 CLASSES

Here are the 2022 Classes being offered, along with the entry requirement for it to be an official Championship;

JUNIOR CLASSES

50cc Auto Non-Comp

50cc Auto 7-U9 Years                                                                      (Min 8 Entries)

65cc 7-9 Years                                                                                    (Min 8 entries)

65cc 10-U12 Years                                                                            (Min 8 entries)

85cc 2str/150cc 4str S/W 9-U12 Years                                      (Min 8 entries)

85cc 2str/150cc 4str STD & B/Wheel 12-U16 Years              (Min 8 entries)

Girls 85cc 2str/150cc 4str 11-U16 Years                                    (Min 6 entries)

Girls 125cc 2str/250cc 4str 13-U16 Years                                 (Min 6 entries)

100-125cc 2str 13-U16 Years                                                        (Min 8 entries)

122-150cc 2str/200-250cc 4str 13-U16 Years                          (Min 8 entries)

SENIOR CLASSES

PRO MX 1                                                                                           (Min 8 entries)

PRO MX 2                                                                                            (Min 8 Entries)

Expert All-Powers                                                                            (Min 8 Entries)

Clubman All-Powers                                                                       (Min 8 Entries)

Veterans 35-44 Years                                                                     (Min 8 entries)

Veterans 45+                                                                                     (Min 8 Entries)

Women All Powers                                                                         (Min 6 entries)

**Minimum entries must ALSO be attained at least 3 of the 4 rounds for the class to be an official Championship, and riders must START at least 3 of 4 rounds to be eligible for Championship awards:

ENTRIES OPEN FOR EACH ROUND;

Entries for each round will open, with all entries to be through Ridernet – as per the sup regs, which are now up on the MSA website for all to view – and there are some changes for 2022, especially in regards cross entering and finalising of results, so best have a read beforehand.

Once entered, a copy of the sup regs, plus the self-scrutineering form will be emailed to everyone as well.

ROUND VENUE ENTRIES OPEN ENTRIES CLOSE LATE ENTRIES CLOSE
1 Gillman Wed 30th March Monday 18th April Wednesday 20th April
2 Riverland Friday 22nd April Monday 16th May Wednesday 198h May
3 Port Pirie Friday 17th June Monday 11th July Wednesday 13th July
4 Keith Friday 29th July Monday 22nd August Wednesday 24th August

CAMPING

Camping facilities will be at the discretion of the host club – competitors should refer to the Final Instructions for event specific camping arrangements.

CATERING

Canteen and any special catering (eg; Saturday night dinners) will be at the discretion of the host club – competitors should refer to the Final Instructions for event specific camping arrangements.

VENUE ENTRY

Entry to the venues for the Eagle Trailers, Campers & Caravans 2022 South Australian Motocross Championships, presented by AMX Superstores, will be at the discretion of the host club. Competitors should refer to the Final Instructions for times and locations for venue entry.

All pics courtesy of Eric McConnochie – with thanks

 

SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S BRAND NEW bLU cRU SA JUNIOR CUP – ALMOST READY TO GO!

Filed Under: Coaches, News, Road Racing, SA Junior Cup, State Championship

SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S BRAND NEW bLU cRU SA JUNIOR CUP – ALMOST READY TO GO!

Whilst the likes of, fellow juniors, Cameron Rende and Sam Pezzetta, have been ripping it up Nationally, locally there has been a team of 12 riders, most of whom are new to the sport of road race, who have quietly been going about getting ready to launch off the start line at Mount Gambier’s Mac Park Raceway in a few short weeks at Easter!

All have been getting themselves prepared in some way over the past few weeks, with most now kitted out in their brand new bLU cRU SA Junior Cup leathers – and don’t they look awesome with the design centred around the SA sporting colours!  Some of the crew have also been doing stuff off track, helping with promotional days and the like, with 8 of the 12 also taking the advantage of a Ride Day on the East Circuit of The Bend to cut a heap of laps – especially as they will be racing there later in the season as well!

And who are the riders who will be making 2022 bLU cRU SA Junior Cup history, as the inaugural squad to ride in this exciting new Series to be run here in SA for the first time – well, they are;

Cameron Rende

Ryder Gilbert

Rikki Henry

Lucas Warren

Cooper Pitt                         

Ethan Dellow 

Seth Dellow                        

Tomi Doble

James Howie

Fred Barry

Archie Schmidt

Xayvion Amoy 

Ryder Sweet

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Here’s a bit of a photo rundown of what they have all been up to;

Also need to say a huge thanks to the great coaches that have been guiding these lads – those who are part of Levi Day’s On Track Rider training crew (Ty Lynch), and Will Strugnell, Kym & Allan Bolto, and also just joining the party, Sandro Malatesta – and the clubs who have offered their support – Cafnix, the Historics, Mount Gambier, and the Levis MCC as well, who is sponsoring Cooper Pitt!

And of course – without the support of some amazing business support – none of this would have been possible – and here they are, with the list getting longer with each passing month – words can’t describe the value of this great support – so please thank and support these great businesses now and into the future!

There will likely be a couple of the bikes and crew on display at the MSA stand at the 2022 Australian U16 125cc Championships for junior speedway at Sidewinders Speedway, Wingfield, on Saturday and Sunday, April 2 & 3, if you want to check out these great bikes and what it’s all about – all questions can be answered, including how to get involved in 2023!

 

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

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 8th 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 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th 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 2nd 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 2nd.

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.

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

 

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