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DECLAN CARBERRY RIPS THE BITUMEN TO SET A NEW RECORD FOR THE EASTER CUP AT MOUNT GAMBIER!

Filed Under: News, Road Racing, State Championship

DECLAN CARBERRY RIPS THE BITUMEN TO SET NEW RECORDS FOR THE EASTER CUP AT MOUNT GAMBIER!

Round 2 of the 2021 SA Championship, which also featured The Easter Cup

here is the race report from Declan Carberry, who set the track alight at Mount Gambier over Easter to become the youngest rider to have his name etched on The Easter Cup trophy. At 16 years of age, our 2018 MSA Rising Star is having a brilliant start to 2021, and a perfect 5 from 5 was the culmination of  the hard work he has put into his racing so far!

Here’s what he had to say about the weekend at Mac Park, where the Mount Gambier Club once again ran yet another high quality meeting, with some great racing as the SA Road Race Championship battles hot up!

Here’s what DJ220 had to say;

What an amazing weekend. 

Friday was practice I ran the same Tyers I used for the whole 3 hour they had 70+ laps before I started the weekend. Dad changed the set up a little on the bike at home that week. Friday was the day to get used to the bike and changes made.

Everything was working well with the setup.

SATURDAY

Qualifying and race 1

In the first qualifying I went out to scrub in a new front and a 6 lap old rear tyre. I managed to set a lap of 1.11.3. This put me 1st for the 600cc’s and 1st for The Easter Cup. This made me the quickest bike for the first qualifying of all classes.

In qualifying 2 of Superbikes  Jamie Banks did a 1.11.2 on his GSX-R1000 and another rider did 1.11.2 so this placed me 3rd for The Easter Cup.

I then went out for my 2nd qualifying  to do 4 to 5 laps and see if I couldn’t do a quicker time than them. I pushed as hard as I could and did an 1.10.9 on my 4th lap. This was a new PB for me and it put me back on pole for The Easter Cup.

Race 1 was a 6 lap race. I got a ok start and got thought turn 1 in 1st position, then pushed for 4 laps till I got a big enough lead that I could maintain my gap to 2nd place. I took the chequered flag to take my first 600cc Supersport win.

SUNDAY

Races 2, 3 & 4 PLUS, The Easter Cup.

Races 2, 3 and 4 had great starts and tried to do the same as race 1 coming away with 3 more wins.

This giving me 4 from 4 wins in the 600cc Supersport.

By the time The Easter Cup race came around, I was getting nervous about it as I was the youngest person to put it on pole.

The 2nd quickest 600cc was in 12th.

On the start I was nervous as I had Jamie Banks next to me. The lights went out and him and I both had a great start.  Jamie just had  more legs to get in to turn 1 quicker Jamie had the inside line, I was right on him for the first 2 laps.

Turn 1 lap 3 I put it up the inside of Jamie and I didn’t believe I was in 1st. For the next 12 laps I pushed like crazy.

Jamie pushed me so hard I stayed in 1st but he kept the gap small.  The biggest it got was 3 seconds when we got caught up  in lapped traffic.

I came across the line and couldn’t believe I was now the youngest winner, and a 600cc, to have won The Easter Cup.

An awesome weekend where I was lucky enough to have won 5 from 5 races!

Thanks for your support.

#DJ220

Photo credits Pit Lane Studio – with thanks! 

And thanks to these awesome sponsors for their continued support;

@Auldana Foundation
Underground Designs
Webb Plastics
Nightmare Designs
South Coast Small Engines
On Track Rider Training
Pit Lane Studio
@mcleads accessories
Personalised Home Designs
Greg Johnson Insurance
Vh Repco
Victor Motorcycles *
Neville Lush
@Pirelli Tyres

EMMA MILESEVIC CROWNED ‘QUEEN’ OF THE GULF IN WINNING THE 2021 SA WOMEN’S CUP FOR MOTOCROSS!

Filed Under: Motocross, News, SA Women in Motorcycling

EMMA MILESEVIC CROWNED ‘QUEEN’ OF THE GULF IN WINNING THE 2021 SA WOMEN’S CUP!

Easter saw the annual trek to Port Pirie for the King of the Gulf motocross meeting that features the King and Prince of the Gulf, the Classic King of the Gulf, and, the SA Women’s Cup for motocross.

Now well into its second decade as a feature event over Easter, the 2021 SA Women’s Cup was once again supported by Pirie Office National and saw 14 riders front the starter – an entry list up from previous years which is great to see, with 14 also the new record for entries for the SA Women’s Cup for motocross – which is awesome for the future of the event and the sport here in SA, and to top it off, 6 junior girls also got in a hit out before round 1 of the 2021 SA Motocross Championships fires up at Gillman over the ANZAC weekend!

Like last year, the SA Motocross Championships will feature TWO (2) CLASSES for Junior Girls, 85cc 11-U16 and 125cc 2str / 250cc 4str 13-U16 Girls, as well as the Open Women’s Class as well. Entries are now open through your Ridernet profile, so get around it – SA Women’s Motocross is on the up and an exciting thing to be a part of in 2021!

But, we digress, back to the SA Women’s Cup for 2021 – and what the riders thought! Well, here is a selection of what the riders have put up on their socials since the event – and by the looks of the comments, it was event not to be missed – so if you did, best lock it in for 2022 – Easter at Pirie!

Congratulations to the hard working team at the Port Pirie Motorcycle Club for another job well done, and well done also, to the 200 strong field that rode the weekend in very warm conditions!

EMMA MILESEVIC

What a way to spend Easter!

Raced the King of the Gulf in Port Pirie and what a great event it was!

Enjoyed getting a lot of bike time on a great track, and am happy to come away with some solid results

SA Women’s Cup – 1st

MX2 Pro – 4th

King of the Gulf, Pro All Powers – 9th

Thanks to the Port Pirie club for their effort, and all my sponsors who make racing possible!

Congratulations to @bmetty24 for taking out the King of the Gulf!

@honda_racing_aus @honda_mc @mongrelboots @flyracingaus @fmf73 @m2rhelmets @didchain @skda.moto @uswesports @uswesports_au @wearelusty @nutrienagsolutions_au @bserc_au @indulge_apartments

@dirtworxridepark @nuetech.nitromousse.tu @nikos.suspension.services

STEPH CUTLER

Good day at Women’s cup yesterday! Went 2,3,2,2 for 2nd overall! Was just happy to lead one lap in front of legend Emma Milesevic

Plenty of fun had in the heat with battles with Amy Bartsch as per usual!

Good job to the rest of the BMS team

Aimee Butler #512 4th

Chloe Barton #28 5th

Tarja Morris #755 6th

Can’t thank these guys enough

Tracy Ian Butler

Butlers Mechanical Service

Castrol

Honda Motorcycles Australia

Moto Adelaide

MX Wraps – Custom Dirtbike Graphics

FXR Moto

Salty Locs – Dreadlocks Adelaide

Saltbush Surf and Leisure

Northern Motorcycles

D & G Tyres

  

AIMEE BUTLER

Was awesome to be back at Pirie for the king of the gulf! I competed in the women’s cup going 4-4-4-4, which I was pleased with considering the minimal bike time I have had this year

Really enjoyed being back at the races and was great to have a whole heap of my family and friends come and support me, especially my sister who made a humungous effort!

Massive thanks to everyone for making it possible

Nan&Pop

Butlers Mechanical Service

Moto Adelaide

D&G Tyres

Wakefield Trucks

FXR Moto

Castrol

Shock Treatment

Pirie Signs & Designs

MX Wraps – Custom Dirtbike Graphics

CHLOE BARTON

Wow that’s the SA woman’s cup completed in Port Pirie. To say I’m pretty tired and sore tonight is an understatement, I raced the woman’s then MX2 Clubman and then the Clubman All Powers Feature Race, so it worked out that I did roughly 44 laps today.

It was great to see 14 females there racing.

Pretty happy to finish 5th in the SA Women’s Cup considering the talent we had over here for it. In the MX2 Clubman I’m unsure where I finished up but it would have been in top 10.

In the feature race I finished 8th out of 16, I was very happy with this result considering the heat and how fatigued I was.

Have to say a huge thanks to all my team for getting behind me and making sure I was eating and drinking lots today in this heat.

Massive shout out to my sponsors;

Butlers Mechanical Service

BMS Racing

GBF Clothing Co.

Painttech

Get Displays

FunnelWeb Filter

Methanol Moonshine

Bike Tune

Emar seats

Utilities Construction

KOBY KITCHEN

King of the Gulf 2021 was a blast! Had heaps of fun racing at Port Pirie over the weekend.

On Sunday I raced MX2 Clubman and SA Women’s Cup.

Unfortunately, in race 2 of the Clubman I had a crashed and had to DNF the race, I was lucky to only come away with a few bruisers. Due to the crash I choose to only race the women’s class for the rest of the day.

Super stoked on how the Women’s Cup went, had some great battles with people all day and improved on lots of things.

7-6-7-7

SA Women’s Cup – 7th overall out of 14

Looking forward to round 1 of the 2021 SA Championships in a couple of weeks.

Massive thanks to everyone who supports me

FXR Moto

#chicksonwheels

#brisksparkplugsaustralia

Coast Powersports

#fxrmoto

#emarmotoseat

LARA ANTHONY, nee WEDGE

SA Women’s Cup

Had an awesome day racing at Port Pirie on Sunday. Was far too hot but slowly starting to get the hang of riding and racing again. Ended up 8th for the day.

Can’t thank Mum, Dad & Brian enough for all they do for me so that I can go racing. Couldn’t do it without your support

@dirtdolls @briananthony_19

@wedkm

CHARLOTTE BERRILL

SA Women’s Cup at Port Pirie on Sunday. Definitely not the best hit out, 9-10-10-11 for 11th overall

Not where I’d like to be and I didn’t measure up on the day. Back to the drawing board for the next region in a couple of weeks.

@bridgelandmotorcycles

@rapidmxgraphics @flyracingaus @m2rhelmets @sidisport_official

@bridgestonemotoaus @didchain @castrolmotoaus @funnelwebfilterau @asvinventions @motoseataustralia @yamaha_park4mx @motocrossmasterclass

AND JUNIOR

EMMA HAYLOCK

Had a good day Saturday at Port Pirie racing in the Juniors 125-250cc class. The track crew did an excellent job on watering the track all throughout the day so it didn’t get too dry.

I had great starts all day with some hole shots which was good. It was also good having some battles with the boys.

I came 6th in my class and 8th in the feature race which I was happy about.

Massive thank you to my sponsors;

FXR Moto

#fxrmoto

Moto Adelaide

Titanium Security Australia Pty Ltd

Specialised Career Solutions – RTO 32292

Specialised Career Solutions RTO 32292 – South Australia

BMS Racing

Butlers Mechanical Service

Castrol 

  

SOUTH COAST’S WOMEN’S ONLY DAY WRAP UP!

Filed Under: Motocross, News, SA Women in Motorcycling

SOUTH COAST’S WOMEN’S ONLY DAY WRAP UP!

Just in – South Coast MXC’s report from the Women’s Only event! Sounds like it was an awesome event and well done to all for making it a happening thing!

 

What a weekend!

Thank you to all the girls that participated in our 3rd Annual Women’s Only event.

After the success of previous years events 2021 saw the event run over 2 days which coincided with

International Women’s Day landed on a long weekend for South Australians.

Over the 2 days the club welcomed 35+ riders. It was fantastic to see so many new faces who all received their Free Recreational licence, and to welcome back the women who have been to our Women’s Only Days events before.

We couldn’t have done it without the generous support from our sponsors

Massive thank you to Mark Flynn from Coast Powersports for the supply of a PW50 and TTR110, for those riders that don’t own their own bike but wanted to have a go.

Thank you to MXstore for their generous donation of goodies for all our Girls and Women who rode over the weekend. Also thank you to Nippy Au for the donation of their Iced Coffees.

Also, to our coach Elijah Weise and Mechanic Dale Chadbourne for taking time out of their weekend to come and help our ladies out with anything they needed.

The club is already in the talks with to make our next Women Only Event bigger and better. The club looks forward to seeing all our new riders and members at our ride days and race days!!

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!

THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 2021 SA MOTOCROSS, SPORT and RECREATION COMMITTEE

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

**EXCITING NEWS**

THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 2021 SA MOTOCROSS, SPORT and RECREATION COMMITTEE

It’s taken 5 weeks, numerous phone calls, meetings and discussions to bring this super experienced, professional and driven team together to actively to improve our current motocross brand, increase participation and bridge the divide between recreational riding and high level competition.

As the incoming Sports Manger I’m absolutely pumped to see what we can achieve here in SA over the next few years.

As I have touched on with these people and others about the vision and future of the sport, I didn’t take the responsibility of this position lightly and hence why this committee brings diverse knowledge professionalism and really see us well positioned to be approachable, transparent, and progressive in our thinking.

This is no boys club or secret ballot, this is our vehicle to attract and retain riders and families to motocross.

It’s with great excitement and optimism that I thank and welcome the following people to support me in Season 2021 and beyond:

CLINT GOW-SMITH

SA Motocross Sports Manager

BRETT METCALFE

SA Motocross Ambassador

GAVIN HUTTON 

Marketing and Governance, Rider Participation and Development

DOUG SPANOS

Officials, Grading, Race Formats, Public Relations, Sponsorship

KELLI & GRANT HOFFRICHTER

EP Series Coordinators, Sponsorship, Public Relations

AARYN MINERDS

Media & Marketing, Rider Participation and Development

JOHN PLATT

Rider Representative, Public Relations, Grading & Formatting

JASMINE MACPHERSON 

SA Motocross Women’s Ambassador, Public Relations

 

The SA Motocross presentation dinner and special events are being organised by a separate committed committee that will coordinate these events in the background and keep everyone in the loop.

These people are our face, eyes and ears of the sport going forward. We are all very approachable, have a united vision and I encourage you all to tap into these resources and collectively really enjoy this exciting journey ahead.

Regards

Clint Gowsmith

0411 158 011

ROLLING CALENDAR – VERSION 3 – AS OF JANUARY 25 2021

Filed Under: All disciplines, Motocross, News, SAMX Championship, State Championship

Here is the 2021 Motorcycling SA Calendar – in PDF form.

Any and all changes have the Event Name highlighted in yellow!

CHANGES TO THIS UPDATE –

ROUND 1 OF THE 2021 SA MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS

A ROUND OF THE SOUTH COAST MOTOCROSS CLUB’S CLUB SERIES

It should be noted that everyone should keep checking back to the MSA website for any changes to the calendar as the year goes on – as there are bound to be some changes as the season progresses (So best not to print this off and put it on the fridge in the shed – just in case!)!

ROLLING CALENDAR – VERSION 3 – AS OF JANUARY 25 2021