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MA’S LICENCE REACTIVATION TIMELINE & OPEN EVENT ENTRIES REACTIVATED!

June 15, 2020 Filed Under: Enduro, Motocross, News, Reliability, SAMX Championship, State Championship, Trials

MA’S LICENCE REACTIVATION TIMELINE

Dear Members,

With the May 24 announcement of Sport Australia’s Return to Sport Toolkit, Motorcycling Australia (MA) have outlined the following timeline for the reactivation of licence sales and a return to competitive activity.

June 15, 2020 – License sales will be reactivated to renew or apply for your license;
July 1, 2020 – Competition activity may resume on a state by state basis in compliance with state and national guidelines and regulations.

Considering the pandemic and the impact that it has had on the restriction of sporting activities, MA in consultation with the State Controlling Bodies (SCBs) is pleased to confirm an extension of active annual licenses for members affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. All annual licenses purchased in the period between April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020 will automatically receive a 3 month extension.

MA has considered numerous options to support annual license holders and believes this is the fairest outcome. Extensions for eligible licenses will added automatically prior to the reactivation of license sales on June 15.

We recommend members download the MA license app which will update with your license extension automatically.

OPEN EVENT ENTRIES HAVE ALSO BEEN REACTIVATED!

With the reactivation of licenses entries for Motorcycling Australia sanctioned events can now re-open as well, and the following events are now open on Ridernet and taking entries.

OPENED ON 15^TH JUNE

ENDURO

2020 Tri-Series Enduros, round 1 – July 5^th, run by the Keyneton MCC

2020 SA Off Road Championships, round 1 and 2 – July 18^th & 19^th in the Clare district, run by the Clare MCC

TRIAL

Keyneton 2 Day Trial – July 11^th & 12^th on Menglers Hill in the Barossa Valley, run by the Keyneton MCC

(47^th Mountain Man, round 1 of TROY Series SA 2020 and SA Women’s Cup & Diener/Holmes Sidecar Trophy)

RELIABILITY

The 2020 Hardi 24 Hour Trial, September 5^th & 6^th from the Kapunda Trotting Complex, being run by the 24 Hour Trial Organising Committee.

AND STILL TO COME THIS WEEK

MOTOCROSS

2020 South Australian Motocross Championships, round 1, July 25^th & 26^th @ Renamrk and run by the Riverland JMC

RELIABILITY

The Keyneton MCC’s 60^th ‘annual road trial’, being run as the Mike Connors Reliability Trial – July 25^th in the Keyneton/Eden Valley area, run by the Keyneton MCC

TRIAL

The Max Graetz Trial – July 26^th at Tungkillo, run by the Gawler MCC

(Round 2 of TROY Series SA 2020)

GAS GAS SIGN ON AS NAMING RIGHTS PARTNER FOR THE 2020 AUSTRALIAN TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

May 25, 2020 Filed Under: News, Trials

GAS GAS SIGN ON AS NAMING RIGHTS PARTNER FOR THE 2020 AUSTRALIAN TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

In exciting news for the 2020 Aussies, now being held at Mungeree, Bangor in the Southern Flinders Ranges of South Australia over the weekend of September 26 & 27, this year’s Championships will now be known as the “GAS GAS 2020 Australian Trial Championships”, as GAS GAS have signed on as the naming rights partner.

Grant Morris, the brand manager for the brand in WA, SA & NT, was excited to jump at the chance to make the Championships a red & black affair, “We are pleased to announce that GASGAS Australia will be the naming rights sponsor of the 2020 GASGAS Australian Trial Championships, which is set to be an outstanding event hosted by the Hogan Family and the South Australian trials community. As the premier event on the Australian trials calendar, it will also be an ideal time to showcase the exciting new GASGAS TXT RACING model range. We look forward to seeing all riders and supporters in the beautiful Flinders Ranges of South Australia.”

And from Christopher Paunola, president of the Keyneton MCC, “The Keyneton Motorcycle Club is proud to welcome GAS GAS on board as the naming rights partner for the 2020 Australian Trial Championships. The GAS GAS brand is certainly synonymous with trials all over the world and has been for many decades, so it’s quite fitting that they are our naming rights partner.”

Team Hogan (Team H) added, “We are very excited here at “Mungeree” to have GAS GAS as the major sponsor of the 2020 Australian Trial Championships. Our family has had a long association with GAS GAS over many years so it seems only fitting that they will play a big part in the anticipated success of this event. Huge thank you to Grant Morris, GAS GAS brand manager WA, SA, NT, KTM Group Aust & NZ.”

Above; Keyneton MCC president Christopher Paunola (with Damien Nash as passenger), left, and Team Hogan’s Connor Hogan

The Championships will now be the opening event of 2020 Trials Week South Australia, which will run from September 26^th to October 4^th and will also take in the 2020 South Australian Trial Championships (Oct 3 & 4) at Springton and a mid-week trial, National Trials Day on Thursday October 1st (Sept 27) at Tungkillo, with all proceeds from this event going to the 2021 Team Australia Trials des Nations Team.

For the first time at a South Australian hosted Championship, camping onsite will be welcomed, and, in light of all of the COVID-19 restrictions that have affected everyone, it will also be free, with toilets and showers onsite.

A full range of classes will be run at the Championships, and will include classes for all ages of riders and machines, 2 and 3 wheels, and men & women and boys & girls. Here is the list of classes that will be offered at the 2020 Australian Trial Championships.

CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSES

GREEN LINE;

TRIAL 1

RED LINE;

TRIAL 2

SIDECAR

YELLOW LINE;

TRIAL 3

YOUTH 13-U19

MASTERS 35+

BLUE LINE;

WOMEN

JUNIOR 12-U16

TRIAL 4

VETERANS 40-55

VETERANS 55+

POST CLASSIC

WHITE LINE;

JUNIOR 12-U16 WOMEN

JUNIOR 9-U13

BLACK LINE;

JUNIOR 9-U13 WOMEN

JUNIOR 7-U11

JUNIOR 7-U11 WOMEN

CLASSIC

SUPPORT CLASSES

WHITE LINE;

TRIAL 5

TRIAL 5 WOMEN (tbc)

MASTERS WOMEN (+35)

RUN OF SECTION;

CLASSIC SIDECAR

MINI TRIAL

NAME-PLATES: Name plates are to be the same colour as the line being entered (see above), and Classic Sidecar & Mini Trial competitors to have a name plate with an orange back-ground.

GAS GAS 2020 AUSTRALIAN TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS; ENTRY FEES!

The Keyneton MCC, Team Hogan and Trials SA would also like to announce that entry fees for the GAS GAS 2020 Australian Trial Championships are going to be the same as what they were for the 2017 Australian Championships held in SA.

CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSES

Senior solo classes; $150.00

Junior solo classes; $100.00 (includes the Youth Class)

Open Sidecar class; $200.00

Minders; $75.00

SUPPORT CLASSES

Trial 5; $75.00

Trial 5 Women; $75.00 (class to be confirmed)

Masters Women (35+); $75.00

Classic Sidecar; $100.00

Mini Trial; $50.00 (*4 to 9 years & non-competitive)

TEAMS (State, Trade & Club); $25.00 per team

Team entries have been halved from 2017, down from $50.00 to $25.00 per team

PROPOSED DATELINE – & SUBJECT TO ALL TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS BEING LIFTED!

JULY 1; Supp regs released and entries OPEN

AUGUST 31; Entries CLOSE

SEPTEMBER 14; Team entries CLOSE

SEPTEMBER 24; Campground opens & practise day

SEPTEMBER 25; Practise, section walk and scrutineering

SEPTEMBER 26^TH & 27^TH; GAS GAS 2020 AUSTRALIAN TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Keep an eye out for more news stories to come in the coming weeks

All photos by Trentino Priori, with thanks.

TRIALS SA RELEASE THEIR REVISED CALENDAR FOR 2020!

May 20, 2020 Filed Under: News, Trials

2020 TRIALS SA REVISED CALENDAR;
Well, this is pretty cool – and all being well with Covid-19 restrictions and lifting them as time goes on – here is the revised calendar for the 2020 Trials SA season.
Biggest news is SA now hosting the Australian Championships due to COVID making it impossible for NSW to run them, with the Aussies heading to Mungeree for the first time and being hosted jointly by Team Hogan and the Keyneton MCC.
To fit most of the events in – and to give riders great value for money, there are a couple of double header weekends – or 2 day events – so it looks like the 2nd half of the year will be pretty good – all being well.

Biggest news for those planning to head to SA for the Australian Championships – and were thinking of staying for the week to ride the SA Championships – there is now this addition to the calendar; the AJS MTC is going to run their National Trials Day event on the Thursday of Trials Week, October 1st – with all proceeds going to go to Team Australia, the Australian Trials des Nations team for 2021!
Three events for the week now to plan around! It looks like it will (hopefully) be a great ending to what was, an unknown year a couple months ago!

2020 AUSTRALIAN TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – NOW COMING TO SA

May 14, 2020 Filed Under: News, Trials

2020 AUSTRALIAN TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

YES – THEY ARE GOING TO HAPPEN!

After working hard behind the scenes over the past few weeks, it can now be released that the 2020 Australian Trial Championships, which were originally scheduled to run at Pacific Park in NSW in August, but had to be postponed and then cancelled due to COVID-19 and venue availability, will now be held at Mungeree Homestead at Bangor in the Southern Flinders Ranges in South Australia over the weekend of September 26 & 27.

To be hosted by a joint crew headed by Team Hogan (the land owners) and the Keyneton MCC (6 time runners of the Championships), along with Trials SA, all are excited to be able to ensure the 2020 Championships will run!

More details will follow next week – on the re-launched of the 2020 Trials Week SA Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/trialsweeksa2020/?ref=bookmarks) – but what can be said is that all the classes will be offered, as well as on site camping – and – the weekend is either, at the start, or the middle weekend of the school holidays for everyone!

It is also the weekend before the planned SA Championships hear Springton in the Adelaide Hills, so head over, enjoy the Southern Flinders and the Clare Valleys, and then head to the SA Championships through the Barossa Valley – as always in SA, it should be a fantastic week – and a great way to celebrate post COVID-19 and see some of the best that SA has to offer!

AND RETURNING ONCE AGAIN – MINI TRIAL!

First run in 2017 at the Australian Championships in SA, Mini Trial will once again be offered as a support class on a shortened course of 10 sections, with 3 laps each day – for all riders aged 4 to under 9 years – on mini wheeled bikes!

2017 saw a number of riders ride their first Australian Championships, with some lined up to ride again in 2020 – but in competition classes, like Oliver and Harry Lancaster and Ashley Barwick, who topped the 7-U11 Girls Class last year in Tassie!

MINI TRIAL – UNCOVERING TOMORROW’S CHAMPIONS – TODAY!

2020 AUSTRALIAN TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIP SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES & SUPP REGS

The sponsorship package is almost ready to go and will be sent out next week (from May 18), and the plan is to open entries on July 1^st and leave them open until August 31 to give everyone around the country as much time as possible to plan their trip, dependent on travel restrictions, etc!

#WHATSONWEDNESDAY THE ACTION FOR THIS WEEKEND, March 14 & 15

March 12, 2020 Filed Under: News, SA Women in Motorcycling, Speedway, Trials

#WHATSONWEDNESDAY THE ACTION FOR THIS WEEKEND, March 14 & 15

This weekend sees 2 events to sink your teeth into, covering 2 disciplines of our sport and 1 of them is special as it remembers a great figure in the sport who passed way too early – so it will be yet another great weekend’s spectating on offer!

FRIDAY NIGHT IS SPEEDWAY NIGHT AGAIN!

Join Sidewinders for Friday night speedway with the running of the Roy Bitmead Memorial Cup in honor of one of their founders Roy Bitmead.

Gates open 5.30pm, racing from 7.30pm. as always a fully stocked canteen with great hot food. Eighth st Wingfield. See you trackside!

& SUNDAY – DYNAMIC TRIALS SERIES, ROUND 6 – THE FINALE!

From the AJS MTC; Entries are still open and will be taken on the day – get in a FINAL warm up before TROY Series SA 2020 kicks off in 2 WEEKS TIME!

WHEN: Sunday, March 15TH from 9.30am to 2.00pm

WHERE: MSA Junior Development Park, North Terrace Wingfield

CONTACT: Peter Arnold; 0438 100 310

SA RIDERS KICK OFF THEIR ASBK ASSAULT FOR 2020!

March 2, 2020 Filed Under: News, Road Racing, Trials

SA RIDERS KICK OFF THEIR ASBK ASSAULT FOR 2020!

9 riders from SA headed to the Island over the weekend for round 1 of the 2020 ASBK, run alongside the opening round of the WSBK. Well done to all of our riders chasing an ARRC in 2020 and we look forward to following your journey this year!

The 9 riders from SA are;

Superbike; Dan Falzon, Arthur Sissis, Evan Byles

Supersport; Nic Liminton, Dallas Skeer, Ty Lynch

Supersport 300; Olly, Mitch & Jordy Simpson

All have varying results to start the season, and here’s a race report or 2 from some of our riders – with others to be published when they come to hand.

Also attached are the points from the Superbike & Supersport classes after the weekend, Supersport 300 to be published when they come to hand!

Link to all results here; http://www.computime.com.au/meetings/index?MeetID=2020/WSBK_20/

Daniel Falzon #25

Race weekend done ✅

We finished overall 6th position here at Phillip Island for the first round of ASBK.

I’m happy to come away with a bag of points, it’s a solid start to the season and we’re slowly but surely improving bike set up with the new Dunlop tyres.

The weekend however, wasn’t without some mishaps! A puncture in qualifying and then an oil leak in race 3 causing my right foot to slip off the pegs frequently didn’t make laps any easier!

Thanks to the JD Race Team for their efforts, it’s amazing what a task it is pre-season to prepare a competitive Superbike team but hats off to everyone involved.

📸 – Half Light Photographic

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Dallas Skeer Racing

A positive weekend at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit at round 1 of ASBK – Australian Superbikes even though the position wasn’t the best I felt the most comfortable yet at Phillip Island.

After limited time due to practise being cut short because of rain, I went into qualifying unsure on what the outcome might be.

Ended up 13th on the grid and off the pace of my usual lap times. Race 1 saw me finish 11th and get a lot better PB time. Races 2 and 3 were similar with battles with the group I was in.

Overall I finished 11th for the round which is not ideal but considering how tight the times were and that I always struggled at this track we are happy.

Full write up to follow…

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Ty Lynch Racing

First outing as a team together, and our first hard weekend of many together, a lot of work went in over the weekend to make some form of a positive outcome, I’m disappointed in the result as a whole but at the same time happy to have gathered valuable points in the championship after the start of the weekend was looking as bad as it was.

Riding with an injury like that isn’t easy by all means but when the helmet was on we were focused and had no complaints, next round will be better and I look forward to the challenges that the season holds.

Thank you to the team and everyone behind us it’s a long season and we have a lot too look forward to this year.

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Wow, what a race!!! 😃 Massive congratulations to Nic Liminton #27 for an awesome result landing 3rd place in the first race of the Australian Supersport Championship Nic. Fantastic results mate!

2020 mi-bike Australian Superbike Championship Points

Pos	Name	Machine	Pole	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Wayne MAXWELL	Ducati V4R	1	25	25	25	76
2	Cru HALLIDAY	Yamaha		20	20	20	60
3	Josh WATERS	Suzuki		18	15	18	51
4	Bryan STARING	Kawasaki		17	17	15	49
5	Troy HERFOSS	Honda		16	16	16	48
6	Daniel FALZON	Yamaha		14	14	13	41
7	Arthur SISSIS	Suzuki		15	10	12	37
8	Mike JONES	Ducati			18	17	35
9	Jed METCHER	Suzuki		12	11	10	33
10	Glenn ALLERTON	BMW		5	12	14	31

ASBK Supersport Championship Points

Pos	Name	Pole	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Oli BAYLISS	1	25	20	25	71
2	Tom TOPARIS		20	25	20	65
3	Nic LIMINTON		18	16	16	50
4	Tom EDWARDS		17	14	18	49
5	Max STAUFFER		15	18	14	47
6	Jack HYDE		16	15	15	46
7	Broc PEARSON		13	11	13	37
8	Ted COLLINS		12	13	12	37
9	Jack PASSFIELD			17	17	34
10	Aidan HAYES		11	9	11	31
11	Dallas SKEER		10	10	9	29
12	Ty LYNCH		9	8	10	27

Shout out also to young trials gun, Hayden Eardley and his dad, Mark. They travelled to Phillip Island on the weekend to be part of the Oset Bikes Downunder display and demo, with the young Aussie Champ doing what he does so well on the electric trials bikes! great to see a South Aussie rider get to ride on a stage as big as an WSBK/ASBK round at Australia’s most famous circuit!

Mark is 2nd from left in front, with Hayden far right in the pic below.