As of 8/03/2019 the MSA calendar has had more updates.
2019 MSA calendar as at 8 March 2019
Updated Club Event Calendar to follow early next week
Trials
2019 MSA NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS – SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23RD
After the huge success of the 2018 MSA Night of Champions, and with great feedback regarding the venue, Titanium Security Arena, the office has moved quickly to lock in both, the date for 2019, and also the venue!
Yep, for 2019 the MSA Night of Champions will return to Titanium Security Arena for a 2nd straight year on Saturday, November 23rd!
Lock the date in now – and also put it in the back of your mind about nominations for the annual awards, which will open for 2019 on Wednesday, July 31st
Motorcycling SA Hall of Fame
Motorcycling SA Life Membership
The Frank Franklin Trophy
MSA Rising Star Award
MSA Club of the Year Award
MSA Regional Volunteer Awards
ONE OF OUR ELITE RIDERS TO REACH FOR THE STARS IN 2019
2018 Motorcycling SA Elite Rider Squad member, Lillie Yiatrou is taking a huge leap in 2019, with her entry just confirmed into the FIM Trial2 Women’s World Cup, the 2nd tier of the Women’s Trial World Championship, where she will compete against some of the world’s best female trials riders at rounds in Portugal, Britain and Spain – and all at the age of 15!
Lillie, also a 2018 Rising Star Award nominee who will be at the 2018 MSA Night of Champions in little over a weeks’ time, took a year off in 2015 to re-charge the batteries and since returning to the sport in 2016 has taken all before her, with the results showing the commitment and effort she has been putting into her chosen sport!
2017 saw Lillie finish 2nd in the Junior Women’s Australian Trial Championship at her first attempt, and finishing runner-up to New Zealander, Hannah Rushworth meant that Lillie finished 2017 as the #1 ranked Australian junior woman in trial, and Lillie also finishing 2nd to Hannah at the SA Championships.
2018 has seen Lillie take the jump to senior competition, something riders can do in trial as there is no direct competition between the riders on course, and has forgone her final 2 years of junior competition.
Starting the year in senior C Grade Lillie has won the SA Women’s Cup outright, the first junior rider to do so, and also is the 2018 SA Champion in Open Women, and also attended the Australian Women Cup in Canberra where she was 2nd overall and first in Youth.
The Australian Championships were held this year in Victoria and once again, Lillie decided to bypass the Junior Women Championship and enter Open Women, where, at 14 years of age, she was pitted against 4 Australian Trials des Nations representatives.
Lillie started with an amazing first lap on day 1 where she was in 2nd outright and in front of former World Top 10 and multi time Australian Champion, the great Michelle Coleman, to the amazement of all, including herself!
Over the next 3 laps (and 2 days) Lillie battled superbly against her older and more experienced competition, had her ups and downs, but finished on the podium and in 3rd place, and besting 2 Australian reps in the process!
The #3 ranked Open Women trials rider in Australia – at the age of 14!
For the journey to this point, Lillie would like to thank some amazing and supporting people;
Her Mum & Dad, Paula & Andrew, for the support, wise words and minding/catching, and brother Alex for his support as well
Greg Knight from Rockhopping SA & Paul Arnott from The Hell Team for the bike and bike support
Her coaches through the years, but especially Kristie ‘K-Dog’ McKinnon for all of her support and guidance and Team Hogan for their guidence and coaching – always good to ride with Connor (PS: Thanks for bringing Jack & Dan Peace out as well)
Her riding ‘buddies’ and the Trials SA community, especially Josh Rees for being her riding buddy this year, as well as Alex Cowan & Patrick Hewitt for always pushing the limits, trash talking and for being great mates!
Now Lillie will face her next challenge – riding in the FIM World Championship, whilst also targeting the SA Trial Championship, the SA Women’s Cup and, of course, the Australian Trial Championships, and we wish her all the best as she takes on this next challenge!
Certainly a Rising Star of our sport!
NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS – TICKET SALES CLOSE THIS FRIDAY!
Ticket sales for the 2018 Motorcycling SA Night of Champions will close at 4.00pm this Friday, the 16th of November, so if you are planning on attending what is shaping up to be a fantastic night of celebrations – now is the time to book a table or a seat!
In what has been a fantastic response to the 2018 Night of Champions, ticket sales are now above the 150 mark and all is looking good to reach the 200 mark – and with a great spread of nominees from nearly all the disciplines of the sport here in SA, this should be a night not to miss!
Ticket sales link here; https://goo.gl/uGGvDW
With a new venue, it has opened up the options to be able to celebrate and promote our great sport, with the opportunity to have a large display of bikes encompassing the whole sport, with everyone able to have a wander through the display!
With this in mind – here is the (approximate) time table of (some of the) events for the night – we’re not going to let on everything that will happen on the night as we are keeping a few surprises close to our chest!
5.15pm Doors to the Titanium Security Arena opened to guests, and the on court bike display
Access will be through the Corporate Entrance on the William Street end of the building (Eastern side), with car access to the car park from both, William Street and Crittenden Road. (Ample parking for cars with trailers as well)
5.45pm Doors to the Scout Deck function room open to guests, where the Night of Champions will be held
Access by stairs or elevator to the Scout Deck.
5.45pm – 6.15pm Arrival pics & ‘finding your table’!
6.05pm 10 minute warning!
6.15pm Night of Champions commences with the official welcome!
6.25pm 2018 MSA Regional Volunteer Awards presented
6.45pm Entrée
7.15pm Motorcycling SA Life Memberships presented
7.40pm 2018 MSA Rising Star Award presented
8.00pm Main Course
8.45pm 2018 MSA Hall of Fame induction with Bill Horsman
9.00pm Dessert
9.15pm 2018 Australian Championship recognitions
9.45pm The 2018 Frank Franklin Trophy presented
10.00pm 2018 MSA Club of the Year Award presented
10.15pm End of the official part of the evening!
For those bringing bikes and gear for displays; court access is through the ramp on the Northern side the building, at the end closest to the grassed car park – Crittenden Road end, open from 4.00pm for set up. (All bikes/displays will need to be taken home that night due to the venue’s use on Sunday – thanks)
Photo Credits; With thanks to Classic Shots Photography
A GREAT TRAINING WEEKEND AT MUNGEREE!
Last weekend saw British Trial2 World Championship regulars, brothers, Dan & Jack Peace, who have headed Down Under for an off season holiday spend the weekend coaching some of SA’s finest trials riders, both young and not so young, at one of SA’s trials meccas, Mungeree, in the Southern Flinders Ranges!
With daylight saving now well and truly happening, it gave the chance for 2 full days of coaching, practise and also having a lot of fun as Dan & Jack, along with our own Trial2 WTC competitor, Connor Hogan and his level 2 coaching father, Hoges, used the full scope of Mungeree to throw the riders at rocks, hills, creek beds and of course, logs!
From the youngest of SA’s trials family, Isaac Schultz, Oliver & Harry Lancaster and Ashley Barwick to the teenagers like Haydon Barwick, Josh Rees and 2018 MSA Elite Riders, Alex Cowan & Lillie Yiatrou, as well as senior riders like Tom Lancaster and Kieran Hill, all ages and abilities were catered for, with even a little overnight drizzle settling the dust for Sunday!
Trials SA would like to thank the Hogan family for once again opening up their great homestead of Mungeree, with a special nod to Tyler, and helpers, for also feeding the masses all weekend, which included yet another great woolshed dinner on the Saturday night.
Said Paula Yiatrou, Lillie’s mum, about the weekend, “What a weekend! Lillie had an amazing experience and has come away with new skills and lots of practicing to do over the summer! A trillion thanks to the Hogan family for the awesome venue and hospitality, Connor for getting this idea off the ground and giving these riders this amazing opportunity and Tyler for the amazing food. Thanks also to Brenton (Hoges) for being the chauffeur… the off-roading was like white knuckle ride at times!!! And a big shout out to the trials community for being an awesome bunch of people.”
Isaac Schultz’s dad, Chris agreed, saying, “Top way to finish off the trials season with a great weekend of coaching at Mungeree! Connor Hogan, Dan & Jack Peace all did a ripper effort with the kids & super proud of Isaac & his efforts on the little 50, you did well mate & dad was glad we went! Big thanks to Tyler Hogan for the awesome hospitality!! Now, where is an 80…!!”
In return, Team Hogan would like to thank Jack & Dan Peace for the great efforts with our riders, as well as their long term supporters in Greg Knight at Rockhopping SA, Phil Whittle at GRO, Paul Arnott at The Hell Team and Jitsie.
The 2018 Trials SA presentation night was also held on the Saturday night, with a great get together in the Mungeree woolshed – the first time the woolshed has hosted the presentation night.
Great to see the community come together the end the season like this, with the 2018 SA Champions presented with their sashes, as well as the 2018 TROY Series SA podiums.
With thanks to John Cowan & Chris Schultz for the pics!
The Peter Sparkes Trophy 2018
2018 sees the AJS MTC celebrating 90 years as an active club in Motorcycling SA. One of the first 5 Clubs to be born out of the MCC of SA in the 1920’s, the Club has a rich and detailed history that reaches out to most disciplines of motorcycling, but now in the present day concentrates on the discipline of trials.
And to form part of their 2018 celebrations, their long running Peter Sparkes Trophy, run predominately for trials sidecars will, this year, become a 2 day event to be held on a property at ‘Iconic Tungkillo’ and will feature options to ride for one or both days
For those travelling from afar, or even from across borders, overnight camping is welcomed, and on the Saturday night will be complete with an evening around the bonfire, and for Sunday lunch, Deenice Catering will be there with their awesome food!
The Peter Sparkes Sidecar Trophy, first held in 1975, is Australia’s oldest sidecar trophy in trials, and was named to honour AJS and Motorcycling SA Life Member, Mr Peter Sparkes. Peter is now in his 90’s, but if health and weather permits, it is likely that Peter will make an appearance at ‘his’ event over the course of the weekend.
For all the details on this event, as well as where to get the supp regs & how to enter online, head to www.trialsport.com.au and follow the links to SA trial entries!
And while the Peter Sparkes Sidecar Trophy event is aimed at sidecars – A Grade, B Grade & the Classics, there will be a full range of classes for the solo riders – from Expert ride down to Mini Trial, and not forgetting the old bikes as well, who will have a blue & white line to choose from!
AND: Non-competitive classes and 1 event licences will also be available, so drag the old trials iron out from the back of the shed, dust it off, and come out, have a ride and help one of Australia’s oldest motorcycle clubs celebrate a very significant milestone in a very appropriate way – by throwing a leg over!