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SCHWARZ EXCAVATIONS 2020 SA TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN!

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

Spread the word – entries have now opened for our 2020 SA Trial Championships, being run by the Juventus MCC., supported by Schwarz Excavations, and the Vine Inn Barossa who will be catering over both days!
Using one of SA’s prime trials venues at Eden Valley – and with the Aussies due to return to SA in 2023, this MAY be your only chance to ride the property beforehand – so, with on-site camping available, let’s get a full field for our premier event of 2020!
Enter through your Ridernet profile – supp regs available on the Motorcycling SA website as well.

The 2020 SA Trial Championships welcomes long-time supporter of Trial in SA, and 4 time naming rights supporter of the Australian Trial Championships, the Vine Inn Barossa as the caterer for this year’s Championships.

Food will be available both days from 10.00am until about 3.00pm-ish, with yiros (lamb & chicken) and hot chips the order of the day, with the yiros served in a way that they can be eaten as you walk around the sections watching the action!

  • Chicken Yiros; $10.00
  • Lamb Yiros; $12.00
  • Combo Yiros; $12.00

All served with Lettuce, Tomato, Onion & Garlic Sauce, with Tomato or BBQ Sauce available – and – Gluten Free Wraps will also be available!

  • Hot Chips will be $5.00 per Cup

Soft drinks and water will also be available both days – and entry is free for spectators!

TRIALS SA & THE JUVENTUS MCC GEAR UP FOR 2020 SA TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

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

This years South Australian Trial Championships, being run by the Juventus MCC at Barina, Eden Valley over the weekend of October 3 & 4 promises to be a highlight of the Trials SA calendar for 2020, if for no other reason than it is being run on an Australian Championship (2011) venue. With so many events being cancelled this year due to COVID-19, there is now an open invitation to anyone who has a trials bike in the shed to drag it out, dust it off and have a ride – and get some use out of the MA licence for 2020! 

Leading the field at the 2020 SA Trial Championships will be current Australian representatives, Connor Hogan (left) and Lillie Yiatrou

Trials SA and the Juventus MCC will offer a full range of Championship classes – as well as non-competitive and novice classes for those who just want to have a ride! And, also on offer will be the always popular (non competitive Mini Trial Class for riders aged 4 to Under 9 years.

South Australia are also the only state to offer 2 classes for junior women, riding the white (A) or black (B) lines

The full range of classes are;

Senior Solo; Trial 1, Trial 2, Trial 3, Trial 4, Trial 5, Women*, Veterans (40+), Historic Blue, Historic White,

Junior Solo; Junior A, Junior A Women, Junior B, Junior B Women

Sidecar; A Grade, B Grade, Classic.

Non Competitive; Mini Trial, Non Comp Solo, Non Comp Sidecar, Novice Solo, Novice Sidecar

*Open Women to nominate line riding (Trial 1 -5). Harder lines are scored first in a tiered system. Name plate colour to match line ridden.

Junior B is designed for entry level riders and is suitable for small wheel bikes.

Mini Trial is designed for entry level riders and is suitable for small wheel bikes with automatic gearboxes and is non-competitive.

Historic Blue ride to Blue Splits, Historic White ride to white splits

B Grade Sidecar to ride Yellow/Black splits, Classic Sidecars have run of section, lowest score on the day wins.

A ‘Classic’ sidecar shall be defined as having an air-cooled motor and drum brakes, with no sidecar wheel brake.

Novice is limited to non-graded riders. No rider on the grading list in any grade is permitted to enter Novice.

Novice is open to all senior riders (over 16 years) who wish to experience trials. Rider will have run of section.

Non-Comp, including all Novice group riders, ride for no awards or series points.

 

The junior classes will showcase some exciting talent – and especially with 2 classes for each, boys and girls.

Riders name plates must also match what line they are riding, with the plate colours for the Championships being;

GREEN; TRIAL 1 (formally Expert)

RED; TRIAL 2 (formally A Grade Solo), A GRADE SIDECAR

YELLOW; TRIAL 3 (formally B Grade Solo), B GRADE SIDECAR

BLUE, TRIAL 4 (formally C Grade Solo), HISTORIC BLUE, VETERANS

WHITE; TRIAL 5 (formally Clubman),  HISTORIC WHITE,  JUNIOR A (boys & girls)

BLACK;  CLASSIC SIDECAR;  JUNIOR B (boys & girls)

ORANGE;  NON COMP SOLO & SIDECAR, NOVICE, MINI TRIAL

Camping onsite is allowed (no showers though) and the event will be catered onsite by the Vine Inn Barossa – more details of this will be released with the supp regs! Keep an eye out for more details and the ENTRIES OPEN sign put up in the coming weeks! 

Photos with thanks; Trentino Priori and John Cowan

 

KEEP YA FEET UP AT TUNGKILLO THIS SUNDAY WHILE MRA & MORGAN GO CLUB EVENTS!

Filed Under: Enduro, Motocross, News, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAORC, Trials

This weekend sees the Gawler MCC running its Keep Ya Feet Up Trial at Tungkillo on Sunday from 9.00am, while motocross clubs, MRA and Morgan are hosting their 2 Day Club round and a round of their Club Series on the Sunday respectively.

Spectators are welcome at all events, as long as the current social distancing restrictions of 1.5 metres apart and 2 square metres around are adhered to.

 

The Gawler event will showcase SA’s finest trials riders, including Australian representatives Connor Hogan and Lillie Yiatrou, and Australian Champions, Connor, Haydon Barwick, Harry Petersen, Hayden Eardley, Steve Rees/Melissa Rogers and Andrew Tarrant – and while there is no catering, it is free entry for spectators and an easy walk among the moss rocks at Tungkillo (signposted from Tungkillo and on the road to Palmer)

Down at Gillman, this will be the final chance for riders to cut some laps around the track before it hosts the final round of the SA Championships on August 29 & 30. The MRA Club have planned a cracking weekend of racing, with a different format each day – see the pic below – and will feature many of the outstanding motocross talent SA has to offer at the moment.

ENTRIES ARE STILL OPEN FOR THIS 2 DAY EVENT – GET AROUND IT TODAY AND MAKE IT EASY FOR THE ORGANISERS TO PLAN IF YOU ARE RIDING!

Entry for spectators is free and their canteen will be open as well – so get around this!

 

The same is happening at Morgan as well – with entries also still open, with Morgan being a great track for beginners, so if you are keen to try MX, get up to Morgan this Sunday!

Entry for spectators is free and their canteen will be open as well – so get around this as well!!

ALSO – A friendly reminder that entries for rounds 5 & 6 of the 2020 SA Off Road Championships, being held on new land at Karoonda, close this Sunday night at Midnight.

         

A HUGE WEEKEND OF ACTION ON OFFER AT MONARTO!

Filed Under: Enduro, Motocross, News, Reliability, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAMX Championship, SAORC, Trials

For those wondering what is on this weekend, head down the highway to Monarto!

This weekend will see round 2 of the 2020 South Australian Motocross Championship at Monarto, and being run by the South Coast MX Club.

Over 200 entries have been received for this weekend, with great numbers in all classes, with over half of the entries received being junior entries, and with great numbers also in Senior and Junior Women. Juniors will race Saturday, with senior action on the Sunday, which also includes the older juniors also racing on Sunday.

And from the South Coast Club;

Spectator entry is free, practice starts at 8.00am with racing starting at 9.00am both days.

Camping is available with showers, (with a donation to the club) and there will be full canteen and bar facilities all weekend.

As a bonus, they are also putting on a Saturday Night Dinner – Spaghetti Bolognese, garlic bread and a can of softy $10.00 between 6.00 & 7.00pm, so go and join them around the campfire, and their bar will also be open!!

Also – as a friendly reminder – entries for the following events are still open and close soon;

The Hardi 2020 24 Hour Trial – entries close this coming Tuesday, the 11th of August – with this quick update from the 24 Hour Trial Chairman, Shane Diener;

What a year motorcycling and the 24 Hour has experienced so far! It was exciting to have secured Hardi as the major sponsor for 2020, bringing new ideas to the event. Additionally, we have secured several new sponsors to the event and attracted some previous sponsors back.

The committee have worked extremely well together and maintained positive progress during Covid restrictions, to ensure that the first weekend of September will be an amazing event. We’ve managed to secure 7 new sections for 2020, we will be able to ride another new section that was bypassed due to the wet conditions in 2016 and most importantly an old favourite returns after a long hiatus.

Light Council have been accommodating as we have ridden the waves of Covid restrictions, MSA have been supportive in providing the best opportunity to make the event work.

Come out on September 5 and 6 to support the 2020 Hardi 24 Hour Trial, support your friends, fellow competitors, remembering to adhere to Covid guidelines throughout the weekend. Make this an event to remember and provide some positives in this ever changing and testing year. Most importantly stay safe and have fun.

Rounds 5 & 6 of the 2020 SA Off Road Championship at Karoonda – entries close on Sunday, the 16th of August 

The Keep Ya Feet Up Trial – entries close for this trial, on Thursday, the 13th of August, being run by the Gawler MCC at Tungkillo on Sunday, the 16th of August.

 

SA MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS, THE MIKE CONNORS RELIABILITY TRIAL AND MAX GRAETZ TRIAL HEADLINE A HUGE WEEKEND!

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

2020 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS, ROUND 1, TO HEADLINE A HUGE WEEKEND OF EVENTS!

The 2020 South Australian Motocross Championships kick off at Renmark this weekend with the Riverland JMC hosting, with 200+ riders entered for the weekend, which includes over 120 junior riders!

Juniors will ride on Saturday, with seniors to fire up on Sunday, with the Junior Lites also riding on Sunday.

The Riverland club will have the gates open and show good old ‘country hospitality’ with a full canteen open both days, and only a gold coin donation to get through the gate – with all proceeds going to the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Racing will kick off at 9.00am both days, after practice from 8.00am.

Camping spots are available, as are showers (with a gold coin or 2 as well)!

With only 3 rounds in the 2020 Championship (thank you COVID-19) – the action is going to be hot from the first gate drop, so head up to the Riverland as SA’s finest motocross riders rip up the track for the first time in 2020!

WATCH OUT FOR THE GIRLS TO ROOST RENMARK THIS WEEKEND.

For the 2020 SAMX season, a third female’s only class was introduced into the racing program.

For round 1 at Riverland Junior Motorcycle club, there is the highest female numbers in the last few years. We have a total of 26 girls & women competing, from the demo class, to Women’s All Powers.

We have 11 girls competing in the 85cc 11-U16yrs class with new and returning riders. Many of the girls are also competing in the new 125cc-250cc 13-U16yrs class, with a total of 6.

The women’s class also hit a milestone with 9 women competing for the top spot on the podium.

We also have girls in our Non-Competitive class, and first-time racers in our 50cc Div. 2 class.

Thanks again to Butlers Mechanical Service and Titanium Security Australia for jumping on board once again to support our Women’s All Powers, 85cc 11-U16 years and 125cc/250cc13-U16 Years combined class for Girls Only.

KEYNETON MCC RUNNING THEIR DIAMOND JUBILEE, 60TH ANNUAL ROAD TRIAL, THE MIKE CONNORS RELIABILITY TRIAL ON SATURDAY

The Keyneton MCC will run their reliability trial, the first of only 3 for the year, from the Keyneton Oval this Saturday, with the first of the 150+ strong field starting at 9.01am.

Riders, and passengers, will have a 2 lap journey of just over 3 hours per lap, which will have 7 off road sections, from 2 to 7 kms in length in the Menglers Hill, Keyneton and Eden Valley areas.

There will be 2 spectator friendly areas, with both only 5 kms from the start, with programmes and maps available from Main Control in the morning.

This is the 60th running of the event, the longest running annual event in Keyneton Club history, with the start within a stone’s throw of the original start at the Keyneton General Store in 1961, which was across the road from the birthplace of the Club at the Temperance Hotel in 1950 – 70 short years ago.

KEYNETON MCC’S 60TH ANNUAL ROAD TRIAL CATERING @ KEYNETON OVAL, FROM 7.00am SATURDAY.

The Keyneton MCC is excited to announce that the Keyneton Progress Association will be catering for our Anniversary Trial, which will be a fundraiser for much needed maintenance and upgrades to the Keyneton Hall & Keyneton Park.

It will be their only fundraiser for the year – so please support – and with Gumshire supplying some of the eats – it’s bound to be top notch tucker!

 

THE MAX GRAETZ TRIAL, ROUND 2 OF TROY Series SA 2020 ON SUNDAY @ TUNGKILLO

Sunday will see the Trials SA community descend on Tungkillo in the Adelaide Hills and on the road to Palmer for the Max Graetz Trial, being run by the Gawler MCC.

Riders from 4 to +74 will be in action, including Australian Representatives and Champions, Connor Hogan, Lillie Yiatrou, Haydon Barwick and Hayden Eardley.

A field of nearly 50 riders and passengers will kick off at 9.00am, in what will be, the first running of this event since the passing of Max late last year, with the MSA Life member sure to be remembered and missed on the day.

Free entry for spectators, but bring a picnic lunch!

ALSO ON THE WEEKEND WILL BE A COUPLE OF RIDE DAYS ON SUNDAY FOR THOSE NOT LOOKING TO RACE, BUT STILL WANT TO THROW A LEG OVER.

Mac Park at Mount Gambier will host a track day for road racing, hosted by the Mt Gambier MCC, while ACUSA Park in the Adelaide Hills will have their 2nd Ride Day for 2020 from 10.00am.

Info for all of these events, and more, are available on the MSA website – check out the calendar and supp regs pages, as well as the ACUSA Park page as well!

All who attend these events are reminded that SOCIAL DISTANCING still applies – now 1 metre apart and 2 square metres around – so no grouping together – and remember to especially keep that bike length apart when is ques for food and drinks at events! 

      

 

COMPETITION – IT’S SLOWLY GETTING BACK UP TO SPEED!

Filed Under: Enduro, Motocross, News, Reliability, Road Racing, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAMX Championship, SAORC, State Championship, Trials

COMPETITION – IT’S SLOWLY GETTING BACK UP TO SPEED!

In the past couple of weeks, competition has slowly started to get back into gear – and over the next couple of weekends it starts to heat up even more!

It all kicked off with a round of the Tri-Series Enduro on July 5th near Brownlow, with 93 total entries braving the extremely dry conditions (it is winter, right?) at the Keyneton MCC event, with the general chat being, we don’t care if it’s dry, we are just glad to be back racing!

Young gun, Nathan Howe, showed the senior field how to ride in the dust, with a 6 minute win over the returning Nick Throup after 2 ½ hours of chewing dust!

A week later, the Keyneton MCC went back to back when they kicked off the 2020 Trials SA season with their Keyneton 2 Day Trial, run as the 47th Mountain Man Trial on Saturday and the Rockhopping SA 2020 SA Women’s Cup & Diener/Holmes Sidecar Trophy on the Sunday, with 41 total entries received – a bit down, but the Women’s Cup did miss its annual influx of riders from the east due to border restrictions!

Big winners there were Lillie Yiatrou in the SA Women’s Cup and Chris Schultz & Stuart Gerhardy in the Diener/Holmes.

This weekend it heats up even more – with rounds 1 & 2 of the 2020 South Australian Off Road Championship to take place around the township of Clare, with the senior Championship being supported by WSB Distributors and the junior Championship supported by Husqvarna and KTM.

To be held on property owned by the Mitchell family (with thanks) at Farrell Flat, the Clare MCC will run Saturday as a Cross Country, while Sunday will run as a Sprint for the 175 strong field

In the 175 entries, 67 are junior riders, spread over 5 classes for riders aged 8 years to 16 years, with some of South Australia’s brightest future stars to be in action – seriously worth the trip to Clare just to watch them.

In the seniors, defending SA#1, Riley Graham will have a gaggle of Youth (under 21) riders chasing him and his #1 plate, including the likes of Nathan Howe, Jayden Rudd, Charlie Milton, Jordan Simpson, Jaxon Raynor, Jay Simister and Max Price, along with the ‘old stagers’ like Sean & Nick Throup and Olly Simpson – so it’s a safe bet that the action on the track will be hot to trot!

Kick off both days from 8.00am, with catering also available each day, and free entry for spectators!

Over in the Wild Wild West this weekend (Sunday) will also be a round of the EP Series for Motocross, this time at the Kimba Motocross Track. Canteen available and camping allowed at the track.

It has been a while since there has been racing at Kimba and they are looking forward to having a good roll up of the motocross crew at Kimba – entries are still open through Ridernet!

While talking motocross, the Morgan MCC kick back into gear this weekend (Sunday) with their first Club round for the year – juniors, seniors, canteen and free entry for spectators!

AND – IT ONLY GETS HOTTER THE WEEK AFTER TO END JULY!

The final weekend of July 2020 is shaping up to be just as busy as this weekend will be, with the action to be just as hot!

Kicking off on Saturday 25th will be one of only three reliability trials for 2020 – the Keyneton MCC’s 60th Annual Road Trial, starting from the Keyneton Park (oval) at 9.00am. First run in 1961, the event is now known as the Mike Connors Reliability Trial, with an entry list for 2020 already nudging 150 starters!

Free entry for spectators and fully catered ALL DAY at Keyneton Oval by the Keyneton Progress Association, this will, arguably, be one of the events of the year – and the KMCC’s 3rd event in 4 weeks!

Also on the weekend of July 25 & 26 will be the opening round of the three round 2020 South Australian Motocross Championships, to be run by the Riverland JMC at their Renmark track.

Juniors on Saturday and Seniors on Sunday, with entries still open until Tuesday July 21st for the Championship opener for MX – enter through your Ridernet profile – and with only three rounds, as a rider, you won’t want to miss a round.

TROY Series SA 2020 round 2 (for Trial) will also run, on Sunday 26th, at Tungkillo with the Gawler MCC’s Max Graetz Trial, kicking off from 9.00am – with entries open until Thursday 23rd of July – through your Ridernet profile.

Riders aged 4 to +74 will be in action, including Australian representatives, Connor Hogan and Lillie Yiatrou, with free entry for spectators.

Also on next weekend will be a couple of ride days on Sunday for those not looking to race, but still want to throw a leg over.

Mac Park at Mount Gambier will host a track day for road racing, hosted by the Mt Gambier MCC, while ACUSA Park in the Adelaide Hills will have their 2nd Ride Day for 2020 from 10.00am.

Info for all of these events, and more, are available on the MSA website – check out the calendar and supp regs pages, as well as the ACUSA Park page as well!

All who attend these events are reminded that SOCIAL DISTANCING still applies – now 1 metre apart and 2 square metres around – so no grouping together – and remember to especially keep that bike length apart when is ques for food and drinks at events!