Stats Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Review/Results, Australian Under 16 Solo and Teams Speedway Championships, Olympic Park Speedway, Mildura (Vic), January 17-18 By Mark Fattore South Australian Aaron Summers is the new Australia under 16 solo speedway champion after a majestic performance at the Olympic Park Speedway in Mildura (Vic) on January 17. The 15-year-old, who finished fourth in the 2003 championship, showed little mercy for his rivals this time around after going through the heats unbeaten and then winning the final from Sam Masters and Western Australian Bob King. Ironically, the only real challenge to Summers’ authority in Mildura came not in the form of Masters and King, but championship debutante Ryan Sedgmen. The l3-year-old local overhauled Summers to hit the lead on lap three of the final, before an over-indulgence of his own saw him run off the track shortly after – an automatic exclusion. The Sedgmen faux pas left Summers as the clear leader – and the under 16 champion in his last year as a junior rider. “It got pretty tight in the final, but I just waited for Ryan to make a mistake after he got past me,” said Summers, who will kick off his Year 11 studies in early February. “It was one of those meetings where everything just clicked – it couldn’t have happened at a better time.” The next stage of Summers’ career will now take shape when he turns 16 in March – the 125cc junior bike will be de-commissioned in favour of a 500cc senior mount as he begins the quest to forge a career both in Australia and overseas. “The Aussie solo season will be over by March, but at least I’ll have plenty of practice on the new bike before the 2005 action begins.” Summers was the leading scorer in the heats – which saw 11 riders excluded for a variety of misdemeanors -- with a maximum 15pt haul, followed by Sedgmen (11). King and Masters finished on 10pts after their five rides, ahead of Korey Williams and Jason Norman (both 9pts). Norman, 14, went into the meeting as one of the fancied runners after finishing second behind Troy Batchelor in 2003, but an exclusion and non points-scoring heat saw him finish fifth overall. However, some form of restitution for Norman came in the following night’s national team’s title, which saw him unite with fellow South Australian Sam Martin to claim victory. Thanks to Norman’s equal top-scoring points haul of 16, with Martin (10pts) underwriting his teammate’s great effort, the pair defeated the Victoria 1 sibling pairing of Ryan and Justin Sedgmen by 3pts (26 to 23). Third was Masters and Korey Williams on 22pts, competing under the NSW 2 moniker. INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Final 1 Aaron Summers (SA) 2 Sam Masters (NSW) 3 Bob King (WA) 4 Ryan Sedgmen (Vic) Heat scores Summers 15 Ryan Sedgmen 11 Masters 10 King 10 Korey Williams (NSW) 9 Jason Norman (SA) 9 Sam Martin (SA) 8 Tai Woffinden (WA) 8 Dylan Trengrouse (Qld) 8 Tom Armstrong (NSW) 6 Justin Sedgmen (Vic) 6 Rohan Tungate (NSW) 5 Brenton Barnfield (Vic) 5 Darcy Ward (Qld) 2 Ben Brooks (Vic) 0 Josh Grajczonek (Qld) 0 TEAMS RESULTS 1 Jason Norman/Sam Martin (SA) 26pts 2 Ryan Sedgmen/Justin Sedgmen (Vic 1) 23 3 Sam Masters/Korey Williams (NSW 2) 22 4 Dylan Trengrouse/Josh Grajczonek (Qld) 16 5= Rohan Tungate/Tom Armstrong (NSW 1) 15 Bob King/Tai Woffinden (WA) 15 7 Josh Munro/Brenton Barnfield (Vic 2) 8 INDIVIDUAL ROLL OF HONOUR 1982 Paul Snadden 1983 Craig Hodgson 1984 Michael Carter 1985 Shane Parker 1986 Leigh Adams 1987 Jason Hawkes 1988 Jason Hawkes 1989 Brett Tomkins 1990 Jason Crump 1991 Ryan Sullivan 1992 Troy Wyten 1993 Travis McGowan 1994 Nigel Sadler 1995 Russell Harrison 1996 Brendon Mackay 1997 Russell Harrison 1998 Jaye Stevens 1999 Mark Jones 2000 Rory Schlein 2001 Mark Jones 2002 Trevor Harding 2003 Troy Batchelor 2004 Aaron Summers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazzybird Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 (edited) Sam Martin (SA) 81 Jason Norman/Sam Martin (SA) 26pts Well Done Sam xxxx Bet Dad was proud Edited January 21, 2004 by shazzybird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lioness Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Yip well done Sam! Look forward to hearing Marty's comments when he's stopped celebrating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozyace Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 On ya Sammy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozyace Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 ONYA SAMMY!cya Saturday champ (got a cold Bundy for you Marty) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Sam says thanks to everyone Had a few little hicups on the Sat night,but to win the pairs with Jason more than made up for it. Looking forward to that Bundy Sat night OZY & how did the world water skiing championships go on Monday Cheers Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazzybird Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Mark you do realise we have adopted Sam as "Ours" now don't you? maybe you should tap up FAST for a sponsorship nothing in the rules about it not being international is there? Get the sponsorship and don't deprive us in GB any more bring the boy over so we can share him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sir Lunchalot Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Mark you do realise we have adopted Sam as "Ours" now don't you? maybe you should tap up FAST for a sponsorship nothing in the rules about it not being international is there? Get the sponsorship and don't deprive us in GB any more bring the boy over so we can share him. You will have to put a junior section in your garage Shazzy ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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