2006 Australian U 21 Championship Updates

[REAR WHEEL ROOST DUDE]

Updates from Howard trackside via Ron 2 the internet. (thanks guys)

 

Update 1:

Hi all, Just spoken to Howard at the track. A cool night in Adelaide, and the crowd is already building up. Tapes up at 8:30pm Adelaide time, which is about 45 minutes away.

 

The line up is as follows:

1. Cameron Woodward (Vic)

2. Corey Gathercole (Vic)

3. Arlo Bugeja (SA)

4. Chris Holder (NSW)

5. Jason Doyle (NSW)

6. Trevor Harding (WA)

7. Aaron Summers (SA)

8. John Oliver (Qld)

9. Robert Ksiezak (SA)

10. Rick Barney (Qld)

11. Tyron Proctor (Vic)

12. Matthew Wethers (SA)

13. Troy Batchelor (Qld)

14. Tom Hedley (Vic)

15. Mark Jones (Vic)

16. Michael Slade (NSW)

17. Daine Stevens (NSW) (1st reserve)

18. James Holder (NSW) (2nd reserve)

 

Here’s hoping for some fantastic racing.....Regards Ron

 

Update 2:

Heat 1:

C Woodward … 2nd

C Gathercole … 3rd

A Bugeja … 4th

C Holder … 1st

Time: 59.65

 

Heat 2:

J Doyle … 1st

A Summers …2nd

T Harding … 3rd

J Oliver … 4th

Time: 59.70

 

Heat 3:

R Barney … fell

T Proctor … 3rd

R Ksiezak … 2nd

M Wethers … 1st

Time: 60.37

 

Heat 4 (rerun):

M Jones … 2nd

T Hedley … fell, excluded

M Slade … 3rd

T Batchelor … 1st

Time: 59.45

 

Howard Comments: Track is dusty & needs water (but water truck has broken down). Holder brilliant from the outside in Heat 1. Processional Heat 2, but Summers & Harding finished very close together. Barney gated in Heat 3. Wethers took the lead in lap 3. Barney fell whilst challenging for the lead in the final lap. Barney has withdrawn from the meeting (he walked back to the pits from his fall). Hedley fell & was excluded from the rerun of heat 4. Jones gated but Batchelor passed around the outside with superior speed.

Update 3:

Heat 5:

T Batchelor … 1st

C Woodward … 3rd

J Doyle … 2nd

R Ksiezak …4th

Time: 59.25

 

Heat 6:

T Hedley … 3rd

D Stevens … 4th

C Gathercole …1st

T Harding … 2nd

Time: 60.37

 

Heat 7:

T Proctor … 4th

M Jones … 1st

A Summers … 3rd

A Bugeja … 2nd

Time: 60.17

 

Heat 8:

C Holder … 1st

J Oliver … 4th

M Wethers … 2nd

M Slade … 3rd

Time: 59.35

 

Howard Comments: The water truck has been fixed! Batchelor from the gate in Heat 5 with Doyle in second. A close duel between Woodward & Ksiezak for 3rd. Heat 6 produced the best race of the night with the last lap being a cracker. Harding was mid track & leading and Gathercole came right around the outside and got him on turn 3. Jones got a good gate to score a popular win in Heat 7, and Holder was again impressive in Heat 8. Stand out riders are Batchelor & Holder, with times being indicative. Heat 12 should be a good one!.

 

Update 4:

Heat 9:

T Harding … 2nd

M Slade … 3rd

C Woodward …1st

T Proctor … 4th

Time: 60.10

 

Heat 10 (rerun):

M Wethers … 1st

J Doyle … 2nd

M Jones … 3rd

C Gathercole … fell & excluded from rerun

Time: 59.96

 

Heat 11:

J Oliver … 2nd

R Ksiezak … excluded

A Bugeja … 3rd

T Hedley … 1st

Time: 60.42

 

Heat 12:

T Batchelor … 2nd

C Holder … 1st

J Holder … 4th

A Summers … 3rd

Time: 58.98

 

Howard Comments: Wow, what a bracket of races. Firstly in Heat 9, Harding gated but seems to be down on power and can’t hold the others out. Woodward passes Harding on lap 2. Heat 10 was rerun after Gathercole fell whilst in 2nd position on turn 3 of the final lap! Jones drops it to avoid him. In the rerun Wethers gated and the others played follow the leader. The track is slick & dusty, so when someone gates from the inside the rest are finding it hard to catch & pass. In Heat 11 Ksiezak crossed the line in 1st place, well ahead of the rest, but was excluded because he had lost a part of his bike apparently (you don’t have to be dead to be stiff!). Heat 12 was a beauty. Chris Holder made the gate slightly then hit a bit of a bump in turn 2. Troy & Chris then battled it out for another lap and a bit before Chris Holder pulled away to win by about 8 to 10 bike lengths. Very pumped and very impressive was Howard’s comments. James Holder took Ricky Barney’s place in this heat 12. A track grade is going on at the moment, so it will be a while before the next round of heats. Will give progressive scores in the next post..... Further to previous posts, Ricky Barney hurt his knee when he fell in his first ride, and bent the front forks of his bike. Robert Ksiezak lost his chain guard. There is some debate whether losing a chain guard is an excludable offence. Track grade completed. Next results in about 15 minutes.

 

Update 5:

Heat 13:

A Summers … 2nd

M Wethers … 3rd

T Hedley … ef

C Woodward … 1st

Time: 58.08

 

Heat 14:

C Gathercole … 2nd

T Batchelor … 1st

J Oliver … 4th

T Proctor … 3rd

Time: 57.93

 

Heat 15:

M Slade … 2nd

A Bugeja … 3rd

D Stevens … 4th

J Doyle … 1st

Time: 58.46

 

Heat 16:

R Ksiezak … 3rd

T Harding … 4th

C Holder … 1st

M Jones … 2nd

Time: 58.05

 

Howard Comments: A track grade and water has seen times improve. In Heat 13 Hedley retired on lap 3. Nothing to report on in Heat 14. In Heat 15 Doyle made a terrific gate. Nothing to report on in Heat 16. The 3rd and 4th places in the final are very close between a number of riders, namely Woodward, Doyle, Wethers & Jones.

 

Update 6:

Heat 17:

C Woodward … 1st

J Oliver … 3rd

M Jones … 2nd

J Holder … 4th

Time: 59.77

 

Heat 18:

R Ksiezak … 2nd

C Gathercole … 1st

A Summers … 3rd

M Slade … 4th

Time: 59.55

 

Heat 19:

A Bugeja … 4th

M Wethers … 2nd

T Batchelor … 1st

T Harding … 3rd

Time: 59.30

 

Heat 20:

J Doyle … 2nd

T Hedley … 3rd

T Proctor … 4th

C Holder … 1st

Time: 58.52

 

Comments: Final is:

Holder (Red)

Batchelor (Blue)

Doyle (White)

Woodward (Y&

 

Final (rerun):

1st … Chris Holder

2nd … Troy Batchelor

3rd … Jason Doyle

4th … Cameron Woodward (fell excluded on lap 3 turn 3)

Time: 58.87

 

Comments: In the original race, Holder & Batchelor were too worried about each other, allowing Doyle to get to the front. Jason had one hand on the trophy when Cameron Woodward fell and the race was stopped. Cam was excluded from the rerun. In the rerun, Doyle challenged Batchelor for second, but had a moment and dropped back. Holder was just too good, and successfully defended his Australian U21 Championship.

 

Final Points:

1. Cameron Woodward (Vic) … 12

2. Corey Gathercole (Vic) … 9

3. Arlo Bugeja (SA) … 4

4. Chris Holder (NSW) …15

5. Jason Doyle (NSW) … 12

6. Trevor Harding (WA) … 6

7. Aaron Summers (SA) … 7

8. John Oliver (Qld) … 3

9. Robert Ksiezak (SA) … 5

10. Rick Barney (Qld) … 0

11. Tyron Proctor (Vic) … 2

12. Matthew Wethers (SA) … 11

13. Troy Batchelor (Qld) … 14

14. Tom Hedley (Vic) … 5

15. Mark Jones (Vic) … 10

16. Michael Slade (NSW) … 5

17. Daine Stevens (NSW) (1st reserve) … 0

18. Jason Holder (NSW) (2nd reserve) … 0

Edited February 5, 2006 by REAR WHEEL ROOST DUDE

[ajh]

Scorechart after five rides.

 

Massive Thanks to Ron on Yahoogroups.

 

1. Cameron Woodward (Vic) 2, 1, 3, 3, 3 - 12

2. Corey Gathercole (Vic) 1, 3, FX, 2, 3 - 9

3. Arlo Bugeja (SA) 0, 2, 1, 1, 0 - 4

4. Chris Holder (NSW) 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 - 15

5. Jason Doyle (NSW) 3, 2, 2, 3, 2 - 12

6. Trevor Harding (WA) 1, 2, 2, 0, 1 - 6

7. Aaron Summers (SA) 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 - 7

8. John Oliver (Qld) 0, 0, 2, 0, 1 - 3

9. Robert Ksiezak (SA) 2, 0, FX, 1, 2 - 5

10. Rick Barney (Qld) F, WITHDRAWN

11. Tyron Proctor (Vic) 1, 0, 0, 1, 0 - 2

12. Matthew Wethers (SA) 3, 2, 3, 1, 2 - 11

13. Troy Batchelor (Qld) 3, 3, 2, 3, 3 - 14

14. Tom Hedley (Vic) FX, 1, 3, R, 1 - 5

15. Mark Jones (Vic) 2, 3, 1, 2, 2 - 10

16. Michael Slade (NSW) 1, 1, 1, 2, 0 - 5

17. Daine Stevens (NSW) Res 0, 0 - 0

18. James Holder (NSW) Res 0, 0 - 0

 

Hope you don't mind me butting in RWRD but got bored while waiting for the results to come through

 

Result after Final is:

 

1st Holder

2nd Batchelor

3rd Doyle

4th Woodward (FX)

 

Many Thanks again to Ron and RWRD

 

Well done to Chris Holder - Sounds a deserved winner. Well done to the Batchelor Boy as well on his second.

 

Special mention to Mark Jones as well. Great performance!

Edited February 4, 2006 by ajh

[Triple B's]

There is some debate whether losing a chain guard is an excludable offence

 

AFAIK It isn't. Have seen a few come off last season & the rider wasn't excluded.

 

So this is a new one on me.

[mops]

Great to see Chris doing well - keep it up - cannot wait to see him ride for us in 2006 - Good luck Chris

[ylinenhare5-1]

Go Stormy!!!

[TwoMinuteWarning]

  Robert Ksiezak lost his chain guard.  There is some debate whether losing a chain guard is an excludable offence.

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Think I'm right in saying that a chain guard is compulsory (quite rightly!), so losing it makes the bike illegal, therefore the rider gets excluded.

 

But whether that is a British ACU rule, or an international FIM rule, I don't know.

 

Thanks to everyone involved in bringing us live updates from Adelaide, great job guys!

[tastethepoison]

Come On Troy!!!!

 

Will there be a final for the top 4 scorers?

Edited February 4, 2006 by *speedchick*

[ajh]

Come On Troy!!!!

 

Will there be a final for the top 4 scorers?

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Pretty sure there is a final for the top 4 after the 20 Heats.

[ylinenhare5-1]

Shame for Stormy. Go Cam in the final!

[ylinenhare5-1]

Well done to Cam and Stormy - good effort.

 

Looks like Chris Holder will be taking the UK by storm in 2006!! Congrats to Chris. Oh! And unlucky Jason Doyle - that is bad luck.

[mops]

Congratulations Chris - a great result - Many thanks for the updates.

Edited February 4, 2006 by mops

[Dekker]

Quality field for Holder to win, maybe Holder is as good as his spin docs say. Should be interesting when KL and the IOW lock horns.

[Greg]

well done to all the lynn riders and mark jones and a big well done to Chris Holder

[Greg]

some great videos on his site to with some good riding and some great music with the videos

[chopper]

Awsome night of racing, one of the best nights racing i have seen anywhere,worth the admission price alone to see the spectacular sytle of Holder.Very average crowd makes you wonder what you have to put on to get bums in seats.Doyle was very unlucky, does anyone know the rule as to when a race can be declared as Doyle was past the start for the last lap before the red came on and was in no danger of getting caught.From memory it happened in another race and was re run as well.

Cheers Darrell

[Trees]

Awsome night of racing, one of the best nights racing i have seen anywhere

Pity Anth hadn't got his coverage over the net sorted, would have LOVED to have watched this meeting!!! Awwwwwww shame!

 

Thanks for the updates!!!

[Dekker]

Doyle was very unlucky, does anyone know the rule as to when a race can be declared as Doyle was past the start for the last lap before the red came on and was in no danger of getting caught.From memory it happened in another race and was re run as well.

Cheers Darrell

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That rule is a domestic UK rule i think,U21 most likely run under FIM rules which stipulate a re run.

[Trees]

Should be interesting when KL and the IOW lock horns.

Interesting indeedy Deks, you'll have to come down to witness the battles! Rather glad that Chris plumped for Isle of Wight rather than the EL.

[Dekker]

wednesdays make it unlikely.

[Guest Sir Lunchalot]

Back home again. What a cracker of a meeting. Lots of great racing, perhaps running agaisnt the cars at Speedway City caused numbers to be a bit down but those who went were treated to some great entertainment and some classy bike riding by the likes of Holder and Batchelor and co. Holder was a class act and apart from forgetting about Jason Doyle in the first running of the final he didn't put a wheel wrong all night. He was also humble in victory acknowledging that he was rather fortunate to get a second chance at the final. My opinion is he would not have caught Doyle in the original outing if it had gone the full 4 laps. I can't see Cam being on Jason's Christmas card list next year !!

 

One small correction to the report, Corey Gathercole fell on turn 1 on lap 4 of the heat he was excluded from, not turn 3 on lap 4. Somewhere between it happening and it getting on the net turn 1 transformed itself into turn 3 so apologies for that. Either way a few amateur experts in the crowd thought the heat should have been awarded.

 

Also spotted in the pits was Rory Schlein obviously fresh from a very recent visit to the barbers. I won't spill the beans but I think it's fair to say his mother has gone back to the UK already !!