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SEASON 2021 IS STARTING TO HOT UP – AS SPEEDWAY PREPARES TO FINISH 2020/21 WITH A BIG BANG!

Filed Under: Dirt Track, Motocross, News, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAMX Championship, Speedway, Trials

SEASON 2021 IS STARTING TO HOT UP – AS SPEEDWAY PREPARES TO FINISH 2020/21 WITH A BIG BANG!

Here we go – season 2021 is really starting to heat up – and it does with speedway going out with a FIM Oceania Sidecar BANG! Want to know what’s on this weekend to whet the spectating appetite for the season head? Read on ………

TONIGHT

SIDEWINDERS JUNIOR SPEEDWAY, SEASON FINALE’!

THE PRESIDENT’S CUP & ANZAC MEETING!

The final chance to see tomorrow’s champions in action this season, and a great warm up to Saturday night’s action at Gillman. Tonight will be a great night’s racing as riders chase the President’s Cup at the traditional ANZAC meeting!

Adults $5.00, Under 16s FREE entry, Gates open 5.00pm, tapes up at 6.30pm and the awesome Sidewinders canteen will be open all night!

SATURDAY NIGHT

2021 FIM OCEANIA SPEEDWAY SIDECAR CHAMPIONSHIP

BRING A FRIEND FOR OUR LAST NIGHT – AND THE BIGGEST NIGHT FOR THIS SEASON.

Will be a great nights racing as the riders try and win FIM Oceania Gold, as well as have a final hit out before the Australian Championships next weekend in Mildura!

Adults $25.00 Concession $20.00 Children U16 FREE, Car Park FREE, Grand Stand FREE.

Gates Open 4.00 pm, tapes up at 7.00pm

Chance to win a $50.00 and 1 of 2 $25.00 Fuel Vouchers; all you need to do is buy a programme fill out a form to win.

AND; LAST TIME OUT – LAST WEEK AT MILDURA!

TRELOAR WINS BRADSHAW MEMORIAL

Once again, the GOAT of Australian Sidecar Speedway, Darrin Treloar / Blake Cox, dominated the Olympic Park circuit on Saturday night to win the Dudley Bradshaw Memorial Trophy ahead of Warren Monson / Andrew Summerhayes, Mick Headland / Brenton Kerr and Byren Gates / Mick O’Loughlin, in what was a wonderful Final to the Gardenland Landscape Supplies, Mildura Sidecar Shootout event.

SUNDAY

TROY Series SA 2021 SPLATS ITS FIRST ROCKS AT VICTOR HARBOR!

Trials SA’s season kicks off on Sunday with the annual Frank Tuck Trial at Victor Harbor, out on the Yankalilla road, action kicks off around 9.00am and entry for spectators is FREE! Riders from as young as 6 years of age, right through to veterans in their 60’s!

Bring a picnic lunch and sit among the gum trees and get up close to the action! Get around it, some of Australia’s finest trials riders, including Australian representatives and Australian Champions will be in action!

A great way for the whole family to finish off a weekend of motorcycle sport!

  

ALSO OPEN THIS WEEKEND

For those getting ready for round 1 of the 2021 South Australian Motocross Championships next weekend, these tracks are open on the weekend, to have a final test to make sure all is good to go for the following weekend!

    

AND – LOOKING AHEAD TO ANZAC WEEKEND!!

With only 9 days until the gate drops at round 1 of the SAMX CHAMPIONSHIPS we are so pumped to have the Full Factory Honda Racing team announce they will be here for round 1 at MRA.

Brett Metcalfe, Kirk Gibbs, Kyle Webster and Benny Novak are confirmed for the round 1 Anzac Day bonanza to really set up some of the finest quality racing we will see at State level competition.

Throw in the fact Alex Larwood is also returning to home soil and after a taste of the big stage last week with a breakout debut crunching a 2nd OA at his first senior MX2 National race Alex will be as focussed as ever to get on that top step around the Gilman track where he’s spent so many hours as a junior racing and training.

The soil is the same but the track is a new layout and the club has utilised the land with this circuit a smidge under 2km, lending itself to plenty of passing opportunities and improved spectator viewing.

The scene is set SOUTH AUSTRALIA ..

ROCKHOPPING SA 2021 SA WOMEN’S CUP & DIENER/HOLMES SIDECAR TROPHY FOR TRIAL – ENTRIES OPEN!

Filed Under: News, SA Women in Motorcycling, Trials

ROCKHOPPING SA 2021 SA WOMEN’S CUP & DIENER/HOLMES SIDECAR TROPHY FOR TRIAL – ENTRIES OPEN!

Entries are now open for the Rockhopping SA 2021 SA Women’s Cup and Diener/Holmes Sidecar Trophy for Trial, to be held on Sunday May 16th 2021 on, or near Mengler’s Hill in the Barossa Valley (exact property location still to be confirmed).

This will be the 13th running of the first event in SA motorcycling to have the girls and women headline the event, with the Diener/Holmes Sidecar Trophy also in it’s 13th year, which celebrates the Keyneton MCC’s greatest champions and MSA Hall of Fame inductees.

As always, the SA Women’s Cup will feature classes for all level of abilities, and for all ages of rider, from 4 to 99!

Classes for the Cup, with the lines they will ride are;

Competitive; Pro (Red), Expert (Yellow), Sport (Blue), Masters (+35 years Blue), Novice (White), Junior A (White), Junior B (Black)

Non-competitive; Non Comp (Run of Section & Orange name plate), Mini Trial, (Run of Section, Orange name plate & non-competitive)

Classes for the Diener/Holmes Sidecar Trophy are;

Competitive; Sidecar 1, Sidecar 2 & Sidecar Classic,

Non-competitive; Non Comp (Run of Section & Orange name plate)

There will also be a full range of support classes for the ‘solo blokes’, with everything listed in the supplementary regulations, which are available on the Motorcycling SA website – and will be emailed to every rider once they have entered

Entries through Ridernet. Entries close on Wednesday, May 12th!

The Event will also be preceded by a Girls & Women’s Come & Try Trials Day on the Saturday, which will be run alongside a Practise Day for all – 10.00am to 3.00pm – and at the same venue as Sunday’s event. 

 

 

BALANCE; LAUNCH; SPLAT! TROY Series SA 2021 – ENTRIES OPEN FOR ROUND 1!

Filed Under: News, SA Women in Motorcycling, Trials

BALANCE; LAUNCH; SPLAT!

TROY Series SA 2021 – ENTRIES OPEN FOR ROUND 1!

Entries have now opened for round 1 of TROY Series SA 2021, the Frank Tuck Trial at Victor Harbor on Sunday April 18th and being run by the AJS Moto Trial Club of SA.

Supp regs are available on the Motorcycling SA website and entries are through your Ridernet Profile.

This iconic property at Victor will once again play host to the opening round of TROY – and will likely feature the famous waterfall section, with great viewing from the top all the way down to the bottom – and although it looks unlikely, there is always the4 chance of Victor being a wet event, as it has been many times in the past! 

The event will be preceded on the Saturday by a Coaching and Come & Try Day, running from 10.00am – 4.00pm, and with coaches on hand to help with any new riders, as well as those riders who need endorsements signed off!  

Camping onsite for competitors and free entry to the venue for spectators – keeping in mind the physical distancing and density requirements for COVID-19, this will be another great start to the Trials SA season – especially as spectators will be watching Australian Champions and Australian representatives in action and up close! 

 

 

TRIALS SA LAUNCH 2021 SEASON – AND IT LOOKS TO BE AN EXCITING SEASON AHEAD!

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

Season 2021 for the discipline of Trial is looking at being another quality year for the discipline that doesn’t rely on speed! 9 high quality events, backed up with some great coaching and practise days, as well as camp overs in the most family friendly of all disciplines – check out the attached poster for all of the events, including a few over the border! 

The season will be highlighted by the 5 round TROY Series SA 2021 – now into its 12th year as a Series, with this years rounds being as per the poster below. TROY Series SA is a Series that (mainly) combines classes onto lines ridden with the lowest score on the day getting the TROY points (except the women’s PINK Class which is scored on lines first), with this years Series travelling from Victor Harbor to Robertstown, through the Barossa Valley, Tungkillo and the Southern Flinders Ranges, with all rounds having Saturday night camping available, with a number also featuring Saturday coaching and practise days – check out the calendar below!

The Trials SA calendar also has a number of feature events through the year – catering for sidecars, the old bikes and the girls and women, with the Peter Sparkes Trophy & Diener/Holmes Sidecar Trophy (sidecars), The Classic Trial (old bikes) and the Rockhopping SA 2021 SA Women’s Cup (the first event in SA to have the girls and women as the headliners – see the poster below!)

The season will end with the 2021 South Australian Trial Championships, this time being run by Chris Schultz and his crew at the Gawler MCC at their iconic Tungkillo property. 2 days of action, with a full range of classes – including 4 junior classes, 2 for the boys and 2 for the girls, onsite camping and heaps more!

Keep an eye out on the Trials South Oz Facebook page for all that is happening during the season!

2020 HISTORIC SCRAMBLE CHAMPIONSHIPS & TROY Series SA FEATURE THIS WEEKEND!

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

With the short and crammed half a 2020 season about to come to an end for the off road disciplines, this weekend sees two of the final events for the year before summer kicks in and speedway becomes the discipline of choice – the 2020 SA Historic Scramble Championships at ACUSA Park and the final round of Trial’s TROY Series SA 2020 at Victor Harbor.

The Levis MCC will once again host the SA Historic Scramble Championships at ACUSA Park at Harrogate, via Nairne in the Adelaide Hills, with 100+ entries on solo and sidecar machines, this will be a full day’s racing kicking off from 9.00am.

FREE ENTRY for spectators and fully catered ALL DAY – and plenty of room for physical distancing as per COVID requirements.

SA Historic Scramble Championship photos courtesy of Pretend Photography, the late great Jen Shanks!

While this is happening, the AJS MTC will be hosting the final round of TROY Series SA 2020, the Scarpantoni Wines Frank Tuck Trial, signposted from the Waitpinga Road – also kicking off at 9.00am, with FREE ENTRY for spectators – but bring a picnic basket for lunch, with plenty of room for physical distancing as per COVID requirements!

It will be interesting to see which Victor Harbor get served this weekend – the dry version or the wet version (see pics) – and with Australian representatives and Champions in action, the viewing will be top notch!

ROAD RACE & TRIAL CROWN THEIR 2020 SA CHAMPIONS

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

Last weekend saw Road Race and Trial crown their 2020 SA Champions, road race at the Master of Mac Park in mount Gambier after they were able to run 2 rounds in 2020 (of the 4 planned) and Trial at Barina, Eden Valley at their annual stand alone SA Championship event.

Huge congratulations to all who rode, and placed, and also a huge well done to the road race and trial disciplines, and their brilliant communities for being able to get it happening through COVID and the re-start of the sport and run SA Championship events through this time.

Enduro and Motocross were also able to run SA Championships through this time – and their 2020 Champions will be featured next week!

2020 SA CHAMPIONS – ROAD RACE!

Superbike; 1- William Strugnell; 2- Evan Byles; 3- Chris Tyler

Supersport; 1- Ty Lynch; 2- Declan Carberry ; 3- Dallas Skeer

Supersport 300; 1- Gordon Hensley; 2- Oliver Hensley ; 3- Alex Musolino

Pre Modern 05; 1- William Strugnell; 2- Brad Miller; 3- Graham Snaith

Pre Modern 00; 1- Giovanni Chiodi ; 2- Nick Hinds; 3- Mark Boag

Limited; 1- Dave Williams; 2- Ben Liebig; 3- Wayne Batson

Juniors; 1- Samuel Pezzetta ; 2- Ryder Gilbert; 3- Cooper Rowntree

Naked Bike ; 1- Dave Williams ; 2- Michael Fisher; 3- Alessandro Malatesta

2020 SA CHAMPIONS – TRIAL!

Trial 1 & 2020 SA #1; Connor Hogan

Trial 2; 1 – Adrian Harry, 2 – Haydon Barwick (junior), 3 – Alex Cowan

A Grade Sidecar; 1 – Steve Rees / Melissa Rogers

Open Women; 1 – Lillie Yiatrou, 2 – Alisha Harry (junior), 3 – Tess Warnest

Trial 3; 1 – Aaron Long, 2 – Lillie Yiatrou, 3 – Daniel Fraser

Trial 4; 1 – Carl Henschke (junior), 2 – Jackson Poker (junior), 3 – Greg Rogers

Trial 5; 1 – Martin Whitaker, 2 – Kurt Janda, 3 – Matt Petersen

Junior A; 1 – Harry Petersen, 2 – Kody Irrgang, 3 – Isaac Schultz

Junior A Girls; 1 – Charlotte Cowan, 2 – Hayley Stephen, 3 – Ashley Barwick

Junior B; 1 – Bailey Irrgang, 2 – Cameron Stephen

Junior B Girls; 1 – Lucy Cowan, 2 – Sasha Hardin, 3 – Caitlin Hardin

Historic White; 1 – Brian Lang, 2 – Chris Schultz, 3 – Andrew Earl

Veterans; 1 – Rob White