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RESULTS – 2022 SAMX CHAMPIONSHIPS ROUND 1

Filed Under: Motocross, News, SA Women in Motorcycling

An absolutely HUGE couple of days of racing over the weekend at Gillman Speedway, for Round 1 of the Eagle Campers, Trailers and Caravans 2022 South Australian Motocross Championships, presented by AMX Superstores.  It was an awesome start to the 2022 Series, with over 300 riders registered for the event.

Results for the weekend are below.

(Photos courtesy of Terleah Gromball)

     

 

SUNDAY

Pro MX 1

Competitor Total Points R1 R2 R3
1 24a Brett Metcalfe 105 35 35 35
2 45 Hayden Mellross 94 30 32 32
3 84 Siegah Ward 84 26 28 30
4 10 Levi McManus 82 28 26 28
5 22 Matt Clarke 74 25 25 24
6 82 Elijah Wiese 73 24 23 26
7 65 Joshua Tilbrook 69 22 24 23
8 18 Mitchell Norris 68 21 22 25
9 32 Liam Andrews 62 32 30 –
10 27 Joseph Dalle-Molle 44 23 21 –

 

Pro MX 2

Competitor Total Points R1 R2 R3
1 5 Alex Larwood 105 35 35 35
2 32 Liam Andrews 96 32 32 32
3 25 Blake Fox 88 30 30 28
4 82 Cambell Williams 84 26 28 30
5 18 Mitchell Norris 75 24 26 25
6 7 Kai Newbold 72 23 25 24
7 49 Caleb Goullet 66 20 23 23
8 35 Riley Pitman 65 22 22 21
9 18a Myles Gilmore 64 28 10 26
10 10 Taylah McCutcheon 59 21 20 18
11 6 Seth Carpenter 57 19 18 20
12 196 Wilson Greiner-Daish 56 10 24 22
13 33 Jack McLean 51 17 19 15
14 23 Taj Gow-Smith 47 18 12 17
15 76 Zane Mackintosh 45 12 17 16
16 44 Jaxon Rayner 44 11 14 19
17 100 Ryan Van Deventer 44 15 15 14
18 41 Kenny Armstead 42 13 16 13
19 9 Aaron Mason 41 9 21 11
20 205 Cody Loffler 39 14 13 12
21 22 Madison Healey 27 16 11 –
22 44a Jai Constantinou 25 25 – –

 

Women All Powers

Competitor Total Points R1 R2 R3
1 10 Taylah McCutcheon 105 35 35 35
2 22 Madison Healey 96 32 32 32
3 5 Amy Bartsch 90 30 30 30
4 129 Emma Haylock 81 25 28 28
5 28 Chloe Barton 79 28 25 26
6 24 Aimee Butler 73 22 26 25
7 336 Brooke Marcus 71 23 24 24
8 755 Tarja Morris 68 24 23 21
9 257 Amy Aston 66 21 22 23
10 965 Maisie Hayes 63 20 21 22
11 142 Melissa Holmes 46 26 20 –

 

Expert All Powers

Competitor Total Points R1 R2 R3
1 122 Chad Sparrow 100 30 35 35
2 75 Aaron Dent 97 35 32 30
3 172 Caleb Walker 94 32 30 32
4 215 Ballie Rochow 80 28 26 26
5 134 Lachlan Pagon 74 25 24 25
6 228 Otto Spurling 70 24 23 23
7 24 Zak Crafter 70 26 28 16
8 97 Jackson Caldwell 65 12 25 28
9 940 Sam Bennett 64 20 20 24
10 119 Danny McMillan 62 21 21 20
11 114 Tom Willis 58 22 17 19
12 132 Rhys Kemp 57 19 16 22
13 549 Brock Schulz 52 13 18 21
14 156 Blake Krollig 50 17 15 18
15 224 Connor Mackereth 50 14 19 17
16 147 Liam Buckley 38 16 22 –
17 111 Matthew Quin 32 18 14 –
18 235 Jack Lienert 23 23 – –
19 5 Amy Batsch 15 15 – –

 

128-150cc 2st/200-250cc 4st 13-U16Yrs

Competitor Total Points R1 R2 R3
1 87 Wil Carpenter 105 35 35 35
2 29 Kayden Strode 92 30 30 32
3 36 Billy Cameron 90 32 28 30
4 56 Thomas Lambert 86 26 32 28
5 72 Auston Boyd 78 28 25 25
6 44 Jake Sanderson 75 25 26 24
7 32 Jack Kenney 74 24 24 26
8 513 Davey Gear 69 23 23 23
9 218 Tyler Barrett 66 22 22 22
10 234 Archer Colwill 61 20 20 21
11 117 Jackson Rossi 59 19 21 19
12 611 Tyler Egan 54 16 18 20
13 40 Austin Shaw 54 17 19 18
14 535 Noah Rochow 51 18 16 17
15 500 Brock Duance 45 15 14 16
16 78 Tyson Garrard 43 14 17 12
17 199 Ian Ellis 42 12 15 15
18 119 Logan Scott 40 13 13 14
19 442 Harry Guy 35 10 12 13
20 272 Riley Boundy 28 7 11 10
21 226 Brock Knowles 26 9 9 8
22 269 Johnny Teixeira 25 6 8 11
23 812 Ethan Evans 22 5 10 7
24 257 Marc Richards 21 21 – –
25 323 Benjamin Dixon 17 8 – 9
26 713 Jaxon Simunovic 11 11 – –

 

Clubman All Powers

Competitor Total Points R1 R2 R3
1 37 Oliver Pitchford 105 35 35 35
2 260 Ross Dilks 96 32 32 32
3 714 Kade Bowles 86 26 30 30
4 265 Travis Wells 84 30 26 28
5 404 Scott Martin 79 28 25 26
6 259 Jye Smith 78 25 28 25
7 330 Jye Arnold 67 23 22 22
8 352 Adam Ryan 66 22 21 23
9 333 Jamie Cornell 63 20 24 19
10 717 Russell Hann 62 18 20 24
11 331 Aaron Hutchinson 59 16 23 20
12 420 Jesse Marshall 58 21 16 21
13 998 Bailey Marcus 54 17 19 18
14 343 Cody Duance 54 19 18 17
15 499 Zachary Fuss 44 15 15 14
16 426 Taylor Hollis 41 13 12 16
17 910 Zackery Rossack 41 14 14 13
18 313 Jacob Knowles 41 24 17 –
19 118 Patrick Mcpherson 37 9 13 15
20 319 Aiden Burns 34 11 11 12
21 105 Mackenzie Bruce 33 12 10 11
22 553 Graeme Blight-Higginson 27 8 9 10
23 822 Rod Keogh 10 10 – –

Veterans 35-44

Competitor Total Points R1 R2 R3
1 28 Bradley Ross 105 35 35 35
2 2 Charlie Hollis 96 32 32 32
3 385 Corey Gibbs 86 30 28 28
4 13 Aaron Johnston 84 28 26 30
5 613 Jarrod Saunders 82 26 30 26
6 234 Aaryn Minerds 74 24 25 25
7 787 Russell Duance 71 23 24 24
8 3 Jeremy Nankivell 25 25 – –

Vets 45+

Competitor Total Points R1 R2 R3
1 25 Darren Avery 105 35 35 35
2 23 Ian Haylock 96 32 32 32
3 171 Glynn Humphreys 90 30 30 30
4 6 John Platt 81 28 28 25
5 26 Paul McLean 78 24 26 28
6 516 Noel Hayes 76 26 24 26
7 42 Heath Boundy 74 25 25 24
8 89 Dale Mosey 68 23 23 22
9 52 Matthew Powell 67 22 22 23
10 47 John McKay 63 21 21 21
11 45 Lawrence Robertson 60 20 20 20

 

SATURDAY

100-125cc 2st 13-U16Yrs

Competitor Total Points R1 R2 R3
1 87 Wil Carpenter 102 35 35 32
2 56 Thomas Lambert 99 32 32 35
3 29 Kayden Strode 88 30 28 30
4 521 Ollie Gear 84 26 30 28
5 32 Jack Kenney 76 25 25 26
6 44 Jake Sanderson 75 24 26 25
7 777 Damian O’Callaghan 68 22 22 24
8 234 Archer Colwill 65 23 23 19
9 117 Jackson Rossi 63 21 21 21
10 218 Tyler Barrett 61 20 18 23
11 174 Clayton Bogucki 56 12 24 20
12 918 Joshua Whitehorn 55 18 20 17
13 611 Tyler Egan 49 16 15 18
14 442 Harry Guy 48 17 19 12
15 164 Cambell Cadd 44 19 11 14
16 199 Ian Ellis 38 14 9 15
17 40 Austin Shaw 36 – 14 22
18 713 Jaxon Simunovic 36 7 13 16
19 323 Benjamin Dixon 34 13 10 11
20 177 Bradley Walkom 32 15 17 –
21 477 Blake Cooper 30 5 12 13
22 94 Jayden Hank 29 11 8 10
23 72 Auston Boyd 28 28 – –
24 821 Jaiden Carr 25 10 6 9
25 100 Bradley Pfeiffer 24 9 7 8
26 52 Tyler Battams 22 – 16 6
27 82 Kaden Schiller 19 8 4 7
28 272 Riley Boundy 12 6 5 1
29 88 Nash Roan 11 4 2 5
30 907 Riley Paues 9 3 3 3
31 992 Hayley Pudney 7 2 1 4
32 883 Jamie O’Brien 3 1 – 2

 

100-150cc 2st/200-250cc 4st 13-U16Yrs Girls

Competitor Total Points R1 R2 R3
1 17 Emily Lambert 105 35 35 35
2 24 Jessica Bennett 96 32 32 32
3 992 Hayley Pudney 90 30 30 30
4 248 Carla Burns 84 28 28 28
5 107 Amelia Gwiazda 78 26 26 26
6 836 Lexy Hayes 75 25 25 25
7 215 Ulani Guy 70 23 23 24
8 528 Danielle Churchett 48 24 24 –

 

85cc 2st/150cc 4st STD & B Whl 12-U16

Competitor Total Points R1 R2 R3
1 72 Auston Boyd 105 35 35 35
2 51 Kye Little 94 32 32 30
3 32 Jobe Dunne 88 26 30 32
4 50 Ryder Woodrow 80 30 22 28
5 234 Archer Colwill 79 28 25 26
6 177 Bradley Walkom 72 21 26 25
7 34 Harry Lashford 70 25 24 21
8 46 Jamie Avery 60 24 16 20
9 186 Reece Batten 59 17 20 22
10 199 Ian Ellis 55 20 19 16
11 37 Hunter Cameron 54 19 18 17
12 159 Tomi Doble 53 23 28 2
13 17 Emily Lambert 51 22 23 6
14 498 Christian Disciscio 45 10 17 18
15 94 Jayden Hank 44 14 15 15
16 416 Jayke Hansen 43 12 7 24
17 52 Tyler Battams 43 15 14 14
18 269 Johnny Teixeira 37 13 11 13
19 53 Jai Hay 35 3 9 23
20 85 Riley Bermingham 35 11 13 11
21 169 Archie Schmidt 31 9 10 12
22 812 Ethan Evans 30 8 12 10
23 29 Cayce Bartsch 24 7 8 9
24 505 Drew Burns 20 6 6 8
25 164 Cambell Cadd 16 16 – –
26 522 Sam Dixon 14 4 5 5
27 139 Jaques Aslin 11 1 3 7
28 188 Cooper Taylor 10 5 2 3
29 39 Ricky Bartsch 10 2 4 4

 

85cc 2st/150cc 4st 11-U16Yrs Girls

Competitor Total Points R1 R2 R3
1 24 Jessica Bennett 105 35 35 35
2 115 Charlize Waldhuter 96 32 32 32
3 107 Amelia Gwiazda 90 30 30 30
4 836 Lexy Hayes 84 28 28 28
5 215 Ulani Guy 78 26 26 26
6 66 Madison Bahnisch 75 25 25 25

 

65cc 10-U12Yrs

1 211 Declan Smart 99 32 32 35
2 50 Cooper Danaher 95 35 35 25
3 363 Mason White 92 30 30 32
4 43 Kylan Miller 84 28 28 28
5 94 Brodie Holmes 76 26 26 24
6 350 Dylan Gromball 75 20 25 30
7 129 Nate Boyd 73 25 22 26
8 209 Brock Smart 70 24 24 22

 

65cc 7-9Yrs

Competitor Total Points R1 R2 R3
1 118 Riley Mullen 105 35 35 35
2 423 Mason Ezergailis 94 32 30 32
3 224 Nash Metcalfe 86 28 28 30
4 432 Cody Dunne 86 26 32 28
5 124 Ollie Paech 80 30 26 24
6 390 Cameron White 76 25 25 26
7 62 Bodhi Austin 73 24 24 25
8 20 Blake Bahnisch 61 22 23 16
9 666 Jaeden Sargeant 58 20 21 17
10 60 Hudson Wilson 57 23 11 23
11 227 Brax Chittleborough 53 11 22 20
12 102 Jackson Gilbert 52 19 12 21
13 28 Max Donald 49 18 13 18
14 583 Nate Bowman 47 10 15 22
15 200 Owen Clark 47 9 19 19
16 701 William Bawden 47 16 17 14
17 77 Austin Schulz 45 17 20 8
18 L Levi Davies 43 21 7 15
19 669 Seth Clark 43 12 18 13
20 838 Jaden Higginson 41 13 16 12
21 25 Bailey Thompson 40 15 14 11
22 250 Noah Backman 24 7 8 9
23 157 Reid Haydon 24 14 10 –
24 6 Brodie Orr 19 – 9 10

 

50cc Auto 7-U9Yrs

Competitor Total Points R1 R2 R3
1 423 Mason Ezergailis 105 35 35 35
2 583 Nate Bowman 96 32 32 32
3 62 Bodhi Austin 88 28 30 30
4 11 Deegan Cameron 86 30 28 28
5 619 Ollie Brombal 75 26 25 24
6 227 Brax Chittleborough 73 23 24 26
7 669 Seth Clark 73 25 23 25
8 137 Lachlan Murdoch 73 24 26 23
9 311 Kobe Smart 66 22 22 22
10 257 Cole Haydon 61 21 20 20
11 76 Joshua Taylor 58 18 19 21
12 73 Sadie Hoffmann 54 20 21 13
13 90 Eli Nash 51 17 16 18
14 961 Henry Schmidt 51 19 18 14
15 300 Alexander Backman 49 13 17 19
16 154 Laycie Sargeant 45 15 13 17
17 52 Asha Wilson 44 14 15 15
18 105 Paul Short 42 12 14 16
19 822 Indi Keogh 40 16 12 12

RESULTS – TEAM SA 2ND AND 6TH AT THE CBS BINS 2022 AUSTRALIAN UNDER 16 125cc TEAMS (BEST PAIRS) CHAMPIONSHIPS

Filed Under: News, Speedway

Motorcycling SA’s official State Teams, Team SA, featured for the first time in 2022 at the CBS Bins Australian Under 16 125cc Speedway Championships, held at Sidewinders Speedway over the weekend of April 1-3 2022.

Team SA had 2 teams entered for the Championships, and were led by the defending Champions (from 2020 – thanks to COVID there was no 2021 Championship), Harry Sadler and Ashley Jansen-Batchelor in Team 1, with Team 2 being made up by debutants, Kobi Canning and Darcey Timmis.

In mixed results, Hazza & Ash finished with the Silver Medals this time, with the Western Australian team of Mitchell McDiarmid and Linkin Metcalf extracting a little revenge by reversing the result from 2 years ago. It went down to the 6th round of heats to decide the winners, with WA sneaking in by a solitary point, 25-24.

Darce and Kobi had a troubled day, being beset by mechanical woes (Darcey whilst leading home an SA 1-2 in their 2nd heat), and a couple of crashes where fatigue seemed to be the contributing factor, especially as it was a huge 3 day event, with this final day being run in warm conditions, with little or no rest between heats, but still managed to finish in the top 6 at their first attempt.

OVERALL NO. RIDER   R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 TOTAL TOTAL
2 3 Ashley Jansen-Batchelor Team SA 1 3 1 1 3 2 3 13 24
  4 Harry Sadler Team SA 1 2 2 2 0 3 2 11
6 13 Kobi Canning Team SA 2 3 3 2 1 E N 9 11
  14 Darcey Timmis Team SA 2 0 R R 0 1 1 2
  RESERVES
  17 Haydon Kuchel Team SA 2 0

 

Shout out also to Haydon Kuchel, who subbed in for Kobi for the last heat, great to see Haydon get a ride as a Reserve and see what teams riding is all about!

All up, it was still a great effort by our 4 riders, who will be among the youngest to represent SA this year, and with the talent also coming through, it wouldn’t be surprising to see a team from South Australia on this podium for many years to come!

Huge well done to all, and their teams behind the scenes (read parents!) who helped them get to the meeting, the MSA Speedway Sports Manager, Adam Possingham, who acted as Team SA Team Manager for the event.

Next up for Team SA should be the endure crew who will be taking on the best in Australia at the Australian 4 Day Enduro Championships in Victoria at the start of May – stay tuned ……

Team SA 2022 – (from left) Adam Possingham, Harry Sadler, Ashley Jansen-Batchelor, Kobi Canning, Darcey Timmis

Harry Sadler, Ashley Jansen Batchelor

Kobi Canning, Darcey Timmis

Harry & Ashley with their runner up awards

All pics – Terry Scriven (Terry’s Proshots Photography)

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.

SA RIDERS ROCKING THE ISLAND AT ROUND 1 OF ASBK 2022!

Filed Under: News, Road Racing, SA Women in Motorcycling

SA RIDERS ROCKING THE ISLAND AT ROUND 1 OF ASBK 2022!

SA’s road race crew certainly kicked off 2022 with some great results at round 1 of ASBK 2022 – the mi-bike Motorcycle Insurance Australian Superbike Championship, presented by Motul at the mecca of Australian Road Race, Phillip Island over the last weekend in February!

10 South Aussies, plus a truck load of team members, family members and supporters, made the trek, and if round 1 is anything to go by, there are a number of Croweaters that will challenge for podiums and race wins in 2022, and perhaps even an Australian Championship podium by seasons end.

And – as all, or most of our riders have social media pages, here are the ones that we know of so far, so check out their reports and thoughts on how their season has started!

Cam Rende https://www.facebook.com/Cam-Rende-80-103641782246962

Dan Falzon https://www.facebook.com/JonDanielsRacing

Arthur Sissis & Sam Pezzetta https://www.facebook.com/ArthurSissis61RacingTeam

Cooper Rowntree https://www.facebook.com/CooperRowntree57

Olly Simpson https://www.facebook.com/ollysimpsonracing

Dallas Skeer https://www.facebook.com/DallasSkeerRacing

Ty Lynch https://www.facebook.com/TyraLynchRacing

 

RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 OVERALL
SUPERBIKES
Dan Falzon 5th 6th 5th
Arthur Sissis 8th 8th 8th
600 SUPERSPORT
Olly Simpson 4th 4th 3rd
Ty Lynch 7th 5th 4th
Dallas Skeer 6th 14th
300 SUPERSPORT
Sam Pezzetta 11th 5th 16th 12th
Mitch Simpson 16th 14th 15th 15th
Jordan Simpson 15th 18th 19th
Cooper Rowntree 20th 19th 19th 22nd
OCEANIA JUNIOR CUP
Cameron Rende 1st 4th 7th 2nd
R3 CUP
Sam Pezzetta 13th 8th 12th 10th
Mitch Simpson 13th 12th 11th 13th
Cooper Rowntree 18th 17th 14th 17th
Jordan Simpson 18th 19th 19th

And – if you want to check out all of the ASBK details – including how to live stream each rounds action – head to these links;

WEBSITE;             https://www.asbk.com.au/

SOCIALS;              https://www.facebook.com/asbksuperbikes

RESULTS;             https://www.computime.com.au/Default 

Do just need to highlight a couple of amazing results though;

Cameron Rende – the 2021 MSA Rising Star nominee became the first South Aussie rider to score an Oceania Junior Cup race win, and now sits second in the Championship after the first round – and this was his first official round as a member of the Cup, his only previous rides were as a wildcard at The Bend last December at The Bend! HUGE CONGRATS CAM!

 

Olly Simpson – the 2012 MSA Rising Star had his first rides on a 600cc Supersport on the weekend and now sits 3rd in the Championships after a solid round, just in front of fellow South Aussie, Ty Lynch.

Dan Falzon – broken femur at the start of December at The Bend to sitting 5th in the Superbike Championship after round 1 some 3 months later – huge recovery from Dan, lets see what he can do with further recovery!

ROUND 2– QUEENSLAND RACEWAY 18-20 MARCH 2022 – get your live stream sorted – and word is there may be an extra South Aussie rider or 2 to cheer on from round 2 as well – so good to see so much excitement around our local riders in 2022 as they chase National goals!

 

 

 

2022 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – DISCIPLINE AND/OR CLASS REQUIREMENTS

Filed Under: All disciplines, News, SA Women in Motorcycling

2022 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – DISCIPLINE AND/OR CLASS REQUIREMENTS

Over the past few years in South Australia, there has been confusing ideas as to what constitutes an ‘official’ South Australian Championship, in regards number of entries, and what should only be considered as a ‘support’ class, and especially if numbers don’t reach an acceptable number of entries.

At the December Sports Manager’s meeting, there was discussion on this topic, and specifically in regards the number of entries to constitute an official South Australian Championship Class, and across all disciplines.

After much discussion, it was put forward that from 2022 the following would be implemented across ALL disciplines;

For ALL SENIOR SOLO classes – the requirement to be classed as an official South Australian Championship will be 80% of the Australian Championship requirement for the relevant discipline.

For ALL JUNIOR, SIDECAR & WOMEN’S classes – the requirement to be classed as an official South Australian Championship will be 60% of the Australian Championship requirement for the relevant discipline.

It has also been stated and passed, that in regards to a Championship Series, there has to be this minimum requirement of starters reached in at least 50% of the rounds – so 3 rounds of a 5 or 6 round series, 4 rounds of a 7 or 8 round series.

The 2022 SA Championship requirements are as per the chart below;

This was moved and passed by all of the Sports Managers present, and ratified by Motorcycling SA for 2022.

2022 BOWES FAMILY SIDECAR CUP, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 12TH, GILLMAN SPEEDWAY, WILKINS ROAD, GILLMAN.

Filed Under: Dirt Track, News, Speedway

2022 BOWES FAMILY SIDECAR CUP, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 12TH, GILLMAN SPEEDWAY, WILKINS ROAD, GILLMAN.

With the 2022 Australian Sidecar Championship now headed for 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 first of them – with a hugely talented line up looking to get early bragging rights.

Any field that boasts Darrin Treloar / Blake Cox and SA’s own defending Champion, Mark Plaisted / Ben Pitt, as well as Mick Headland / Brenton Kerr, Damian Niesche / Aaryton Canning, the next generation in Jake Treloar / Eli Wright, and heaps more – well, you know you are going to be in for an awesome night’s racing!

So, pack the deck chair in the car and head down this Saturday arvo – and make sure you get there early to watch some of the future talent strutting their stuff.

 

Here’s all the need to know!

Gates Opens 4.00pm

Junior support racing from 6.00pm

Main event racing from 7.00pm

 

Adults $25.00

Concession $20.00

Children U16 FREE

 

Parking FREE

Grandstand FREE

CANTEEN – open all night and there is awesome food at Gillman!

BAR and SOUVENIR STAND; open all night as well!

 

Chance to win 1 of 2 $50.00 Fuel Vouchers – just need to buy a Programme to have a chance!

NEW NEW NEW; Live Stream, https://speedwayaustralia.tv – check it out if you can’t be there – $27.50!

The Bowes Family Cup field!

GROUP A

Mark Plaisted / Ben Pitt.

Mick Headland / Brenton Kerr.

Rick Stephens / Nick O’Brien.

Shane Rudloff / Scott Morris.

Kane Golding / Isaac Amos.

Brian Silvy / Damian Egan.

Aaron Silvy / Kaiyden Silvy.

Shane Hudson / Adam Constable.

Jake Treloar / Eli Wright.

Mark Radford / Blake Hals.

Wayne Lethbridge / G Simounds.

 

GROUP B

Darrin Treloar / Blake Cox.

Mitchell Spear / Glen Zaworski.

Damian Niesche / Aaryton Canning.

Dean Hobbs / Daniel Low.

Brenten Dwyer / Jamie Flood.

Tim Bichard / Brenton Marsh.

Daniel Puddy / Byron Mordaunt.

Max Howse / Riley Commons.

Byren Gates / Eli Bock.

Adam Pascoe / Josh Pascoe.

Stephen Fowler / Ben Goodridge.

How the winner is decided;

  • Highest Point Scorer from each group goes straight to the Final
  • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th into a group Semi Final
  • Winner from each Semi Final into the Final
  • Tapes go up, and less than 1 minute later – the winner of the Bowes Family Cup will be known!

SUPPORT CLASSES

14 Flat Track Solo’s

Junior 50cc and Pee Wees from 6.00pm

125cc Juniors & Novice 125cc, 250cc Sidecars – during the track grades of the main meeting.

Photos courtesy of the very talented Judy McKay & Derick Thomas, as well as Darrin Treloar