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ENTRIES OPEN FOR THE NITSCHKE ENERGY 2021 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS!

Filed Under: All disciplines, Enduro, News, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAORC, State Championship

ENTRIES OPEN FOR THE NITSCHKE ENERGY 2021 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS!

With round 1 of the Nitschke Energy 2021 South Australian Off Road Championships now exactly 1 month away, the SAORC committee is excited to announce that entries for the first 2 rounds at Coonalpyn on June 5 & 6 are now OPEN, with the supp regs also available on the Motorcycling SA website!

The SAROC Committee are also excited to announce a brand new Naming Rights partner for both, the junior and senior Championships for 2021, and it’s a warm welcome, and a big thank you, to Nitschke Energy, for their commitment to the 2021 Championship.

The SAORC Committee also welcome, as a Gold Sponsor to the Championship, Nutrien Ag Solutions, another new partner to the Championship in 2021, and welcome back WSB Distributors and KTM from last year’s Championship as Silver partners, along with Kessner Motorcycles and Robinson Brothers as Bronze partners.

The SAORC are pleased to see new partners coming in to support the Championship, and the continued support from long term partners, giving the Championship a great support from which to continue to grow.

The 2021 Championship is once again a 7 round series, which encompasses much of South Australia’s central and southern regions, will be a combination of Cross County and Sprint events, and will culminate with a combined round of the 2021 Australian Off Road Championship at the awesome Kingston SE venue, with round 5 also the round for the 2021 Club Team Challenge.

All rounds will feature onsite camping, at least for competitors, and, at this stage, will be fully catered, with some great spectating areas, but it must be said, that all of the current COVID-19 restrictions at the time of each round will need to be implemented.

Here is the full Championship series for 2021, with venues and contact numbers;

NITSCHKE ENERGY 2021 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP

Round Date Club Phone Location Type
1 5th June 2021 Gawler MCC Andrew Krieg

0409 169 693

 Coonalpyn X Country
2 6th June 2021 Gawler MCC Andrew Krieg

0409 169 693

 Coonalpyn X Country
3 31st July 2021 Velocette MCC Ian Haylock

0427 874 754

 Harrogate X Country
4 1st August 2021 Velocette MCC Ian Haylock

0427 874 754

 Harrogate Sprint
5 22nd August 2021 Riverland JMC Doug Spanos

0417 812 517

 Renmark X Country
6 18th September 2021 Keyneton MCC Sean Heidenreich

0414 315 620

 Kingston SE Sprint*
7 19st September 2021 Keyneton MCC Sean Heidenreich

0414 315 620

 Kingston SE Sprint*

(Above) The reigning Junior & Senior Riders of the Year – Royden Harrold (left) with his 2021 weapon, and Sean Throup in 2020 action.

Classes for 2021 will be as they were in 2020, with all of the age and machine requirements for each class to be found in the Championship supp regs, but what can be assured is that the 2021 Championship will have a class for all ages and levels of ability, so head to the Motorcycling SA website and get all of the details to get your entries in for rounds 1 & 2 in the sands of Coonalpyn in the South East!!

NITSCHKE ENERGY 2021 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSES

JUNIOR CLASSES – 5 (or 6) classes, from age 8 through to age 15 (age as of January 1st 2021)

JJ

J1

J2

J3

J4

Junior Women – **If 4 or more girls in the same class enter THEN a separate class will be created.

(Above) Junior girls Emily Lambert (left) and Emma Haylock will be looking for extra competition this year to ensure a Championship class!

SENIOR CLASSES – 9 classes, from Pro to Clubman, as well as age classes and for the ladies as well!

Pro Class

Expert Open

Clubman Classes

C1

C2

C3

Veterans 35 – 44 years

Masters +45 years

Women All Powers

(Above) Luke Bunnik (left) will be just one of many trying to unseat defending #1 Riley Graham (right) from his perch atop the SAORC!

WHO TO WATCH OUT FOR

The 2021 Championship will once again feature most of the usual suspects from the last few years, but with a few new combatants that have just arrived out of juniors, so the action on the track should make for some great spectating through the year!

Riley Graham will once again be back to defend his #1 plate from 2020, with the likes of Cooper Sheidow, Jayden Rudd, Sean Throup and Luke Bunnik once again trying to knock him off the top step of the podium, but this year add into the mix the likes of 2020 juniors, Alex Krieg, Carl Nitschke, Alex Head, Chad Sparrow and, 2020 Junior Rider of the Year, Royden Harrold, who will all be out to mix it with the established guns!

In the senior age classes, again watch out for the ever improving Rowan Pumpa and Peter Rudd to perhaps dominate their classes, especially if their early AORC form is anything to go by, as both are right in the mix for National honours in 2021, while Chloe Barton will once again lead a strong field of women into battle, and if her AORC form is anything to go by, she may be hard to beat in 2021!

But, it might just be the junior classes will be the ones to watch in 2021, as the Rising Stars, or Tomorrow’s Champions, show just what talent SA has at the present time, so get around these fantastic kids and watch them in action at all of the rounds!

The Gear brothers have set the AORC radar to ‘alert’ after round 1, with Ollie leading the J2 Class after going 2 from 2 at round 1 to lead the Championship, with older brother Davey in a podium position on day 1 in J3, before a crash put him out for the weekend, so he will be itching to bounce back from that – and will also have Thomas Lambert and Wil Carpenter to deal with on the track!

Also keep an eye out for the J3 guns from 2020, Clay Burnett, Seth Carpenter, Oliver Pitchford and Max Midwinter (currently 7th in J4 at the AORC), as they look to try and grab the #1 plate for juniors here in SA in 2021.

The Junior Women’s Class is also on offer for 2021, with Emily Lambert and SAMX gun, Emma Haylock, keen to get some rounds in, and with some quality competition, so the challenge is there to all of the SA Motocross & Enduro girls – get those entries in and get around the 2021 Championship.

SO, it’s time to fire up – round 1 entries are open and Coonalpyn is only a short month away – and one of the best things about the 2021 Championship; no rounds will require registered or permitted bikes – SO – motorcycles in motocross trim will be allowed!

With thanks to Bianca Smart Photography for the 2020 Championship series pics!

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