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Jan 16th At Mildura

Brenton Barnfield is 16 now. He turnd 16 last month.

Australia from MA rule book M= Excluded for 2 minute rule R= Retired from the race F= Fall but not excluded T= Excluded for false start E= Excluded N= No start

Australian Solo Championship Riders Named Gillman Media posted Tuesday December 9, 2008. The riders who will contest this season's Australian Solo Championship Series were named by Motorcycling Australia today. The Championship will be held over three rounds: Round 1 Newcastle Showground, Saturday, 3 January Round 2 Olympic Park Speedway, Mildura, Wednesday, 7 January Round 3 Gillman Speedway, Adelaide, Saturday 10 January 10 and will be aired on both commercial (Channel 10) and pay TV (Foxtel). Each round will be contested by 16 riders over 20 heats with the top three scorers earning direct qualification to a final, and the next four highest scorers going into a last chance semi-final from which the winner will also go into the final. Ten riders have been seeded into the Championship rounds. They are, in alphabetical order: Leigh Adams, Troy Batchelor, Jason Doyle, Cory Gathercole, Josh Grajczonek, Chris Holder, Tyron Proctor, Rory Schlein, Dave Watt and Cameron Woodward. They will be joined by the highest six scorers from a qualification meeting to be staged at the Central Coast Speedway, Gosford on Friday, 2 January. The sixteen riders in the qualification meeting, again in alphabetical order, are: Arlo Bugeja, Mitchell Davey, Tom Hedley, Jay Herne, Lee Herne, James Holder, Sam Masters, Michael Penfold, Justin Sedgmen, Ryan Sedgmen, Hugh Skidmore, Kurt Shields, Kozza Smith, Aaron Summers, Richard Sweetman, Darcy Ward. Reserves for the qualifier are, in order of selection, Alex Davies, Todd Kurtz, Taylor Poole, Jake Anderson.

From Motorcycling Australia web sit. December 5, 2008 Speedway action goes live to the world ImageSpeedway action in Mildura during the early stages of 2009 will be beamed live around the World, following an announcement from Mildura Motor Cycle Club this week. Recent sponsorship for both the Australian Solo Speedway Title - on 7th January 2009 - and the Australian Sidecar Speedway Title, on 29th March 2009 has allowed the Club to contract Big Screens Australia to provide an on site telecast of the events as they happen, including action replays”. “We have had the big screen before, but this season we are fortunate to have both major title events and a new season partnership deal with beverage supplier, Independent Distillers, has enabled us to contract the screen for both meetings,” Gledhill said. “The Australian Sidecar Championship has never had on course coverage before, but we will provide that coverage in March of 2009.” In another first for the Mildura Club and for Australian Speedway, these events will both be streamed live on the Internet in addition to the screen being at both events. “People from all over the world will be able to take the live feed, for the payment of a small fee,” Gledhill said. “Big Screens Australia will bring a whole new dimension to the titles. “Being able to watch replays of incidents and the racing will elevate the professionalism and event presentation to a completely new level, not seen anywhere in Australia before”, Gledhill continued. “It will add great atmosphere to an already energetic live event – viewed live on the Woodstock Big Screen” he added. “For people around Australia and the rest of the world to view either meeting as they happen will be a unique experience. “Solo racing is incredibly popular in UK, Sweden and Poland, where local speedway ace, Leigh Adams competes regularly and is so highly regarded. “It is also popular in the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and other Nations, where, through this capacity, people will be able to log on to the Internet, pay a small fee and watch the meeting evolve as it happens. “Many fans around the World will be keen to see if Adams can claim his tenth Australian Title”. The live stream will be available to Europe in mid-morning, so it should have the potential to attract a large international audience. “We are very pleased to be a part of these events,” Big Screens Australia Manager Steve Timmis said. “The Mildura Motor Cycle Club was the first motorcycle Club in Australia to use the Big Screen concept for the Aussie Solo Title in 2007 and they are now setting the benchmark again, being the first to use the giant 40 square metre Woodstock Screen for an Australian Sidecar Title as well and stream both major events out live on the Internet. “Sidecar speedway is not as popular in Europe, but is going through a massive growth in England, so there should be quite a few English fans log on to the Sidecars as well. “We expect plenty of contact from Australian fans, not able to make the tour for the three round Solo series in January as well as good numbers of folk, who will not be able to get to Mildura for the big three day Sidecar Championship weekend, from 27th to 29th March,” Timmis concluded. The growth and significance of Mildura as a major motor sports venue in Australia has already been widely recognized, particularly through the Easter Power Sports Group, but the capacity for people from all over the World to watch events live from Mildura will further this growth. The Woodstock Big Screen will be at Mildura’s Olympic Park on Wednesday 7th January 2009, for the Solo meeting and on Sunday 29th March 2009, for the Sidecar Title event. Both of these events can be watched live on the Internet by following the link on www.milduramotorcycle.org.au.

I think the dates and venues are finalised. http://www.ma.org.au/AM/Template.cfm?Secti...ContentID=25943

Any club or promoter can ran the 350 championship they just have to put there hand up to ran it.

By MA's GCR 07 edition. Rule 13.2.9 Categories for Junior Australian Championships SPEEDWAY: 125 Solo Under 16 years-Individual 125 Solo Under 16 years-Teams 350cc Solo 14 to under 16 yrs-Individual

It is who you know most of the time. MA decides on the format after entry are taken. The 1st rider from there state title goes into the OZ title. Then MA gives a list of riders to the ralevent state bodes and they thews the riders. But MA tells the state that thay only have so meny spotes.

Why should both Gathercole and Holder be excluded?( can you please quote me the rules they break with the numbers out off the Australia rule book)