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SIDEWINDERS’ BIGGEST WEEKEND OF 2022 – THE AUSTRALIAN 125CC U16 AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP – GET AROUND SA’S SPEEDWAY sKIDZ!

March 11, 2022 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 8^th 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 4^th, 5^th, 6^th and 7^th 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 2^nd 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 2^nd.

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!

February 28, 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

February 15, 2022 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.

February 10, 2022 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

bLU cRU SA JUNIOR CUP’S COOPER PITT – HIS RIDE REPORT FROM THE 3 DAY TRAINING CAMP AT MAC PARK. 22/01/2022

January 25, 2022 Filed Under: News, Road Racing, SA Junior Cup, SA Women in Motorcycling

bLU cRU SA JUNIOR CUP’S COOPER PITT – HIS RIDE REPORT FROM THE 3 DAY TRAINING CAMP AT MAC PARK. 22/01/2022

Awesome to see some of the inaugural bLU cRU SA Junior Cup squad starting to get busy on Social Media and promoting themselves and what they are doing this year – and here is the first one to surface from one of the ‘new guys’ – ie; brand new to road race in 2022, Cooper Pitt, and you’ll find his report on the Levis MCC Facebook page – and it has been copied here, with thanks!

COOPER PITT RIDE REPORT, 3 DAY TRAINING CAMP AT MAC PARK. 22/01/2022

The bLU cRU SA Junior Cup has finally started with a 3 day, Levi Day training camp at MacNamara Park, Mount Gambier.

Over the span of three days at Mac Park we did lots of training and riding. We were coached by Tyra Lynch, Willy Strugnell and Kym Bolto. I found it enjoyable with those three coaching us because we were always having fun with every activity we did throughout the days.

During our riding sessions Rebecca Bowdidge from Pit Lane Studio was taking photos of us kids so that we could look at them on the laptop and talk about body positions which was helpful for the rest of the sessions.

Before we could ride, we still had to find out what number bike we were going to ride for the whole racing season. I was excited to find out I was going to be riding the famous number 27. I was also happy to be presented with a $150.00 AMX Superstores gift card that I will be using to buy a back protector, thanks AMX!

On the first day we had quite an early start with a track walk to discuss racing lines and where to ride on the track. First session was a little slow as I was getting used to the GP shift because I have only ever ridden a dirt bike.

By the end of the day, I was getting more comfortable and was tuning in 1min 44 second laps, it’s a start.

On the second day we did some stretching and some core strength exercises to get warm for another session on the bikes.

In the first session of the day, I really enjoyed it because I was improving my times and I was getting better with the GP shift pattern. By the end of the day, I was getting better on the bike, and I was starting to get 1min 40 second laps.

On the third day Rebecca from Pit Lane Studio individually took photos of us with our bikes.

After the photos Ty, Willy, and Kym taught us the importance of getting our upper body lower during a corner. By the end of the day I was comfortable on the bike, and I was getting 1min 37second laps and dipping my toes into the 1 min 36second laps.

Throughout the three days I learnt a lot about riding.

Body position
Corner speed
GP shift
Core strength exercises
Racing lines
Race starts

I would like to thank all the official bLU cRU SA Junior Cup series sponsors, the Levis Motorcycle Club, Mark Hoey (Leathers), Levi Day’s On Track Rider Training, all the coaches and guys that helped (Ty, Struggy, Kym, Allan, Andy, Chris & Wade), Bec Bowdidge, Mac Park (Shorty) and everyone else who made this such a good event, especially my Mum and stepdad Mark.

Thanks everyone,
Cooper Pitt # 27

SPORT SA ONLINE WEBINAR COURSES – BENEFITTING OUR CLUBS AND MEMBERS

January 12, 2022 Filed Under: All disciplines, News, SA Women in Motorcycling

SPORT SA ONLINE WEBINAR COURSES – BENEFITTING OUR CLUBS AND MEMBERS

Sport SA have opened up their online events calendar for the first half of 2022 – and with it there are a number of webinars that will benefit all of our Clubs, as well as our officials and coaches going forward.

Head to their website here; www.sportsa.org.au/events/ and check out all of the courses that are available – and when – and being online, this is also beneficial for our country & remote country affiliates and members!

The courses available include;
Child Safe Officer
Member Protection Information Officer
Essentials for Coaching Children
Complaint Handling
and also;
Careers in Sport

Remember also that Motorcycling SA is a member of Sport SA, so the cost should be at member’s pricing – any queries and questions, give Sport SA a call on 08 8353 7755