Aussie Speedway Season

[Reviresco]

Tungate, Fricke, Masters, Proctor.

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

Dan Winchester champ in WA.

Beat Frank Smart in a run off

[eric i]

Nelson, Campton, Holder, Poole in NSW.

Anyone got the full result?

Edited December 12, 2015 by eric i

[SCB]

Dan Winchester champ in WA.

Beat Frank Smart in a run off

Excellent, Frank Smart can get a work permit. Someone get his signed up I look forward to someone offering Doug Scoble a contract too, clearly one of the the very best in the sport to finish 3rd in an Aussie state final

[Arson fire]

Whos Nelson signing for then?? Edinburgh??

[Bavarian]

here is an interesting report about female speedway riders in Western Australia http://www.motorcyclingwa.org.au/News/TabId/7721/ArtMID/16845/ArticleID/1625/Women-lose-all-fear-when-it-comes-to-bikes-with-No-Brakes.aspx

[iris123]

here is an interesting report about female speedway riders in Western Australia http://www.motorcyclingwa.org.au/News/TabId/7721/ArtMID/16845/ArticleID/1625/Women-lose-all-fear-when-it-comes-to-bikes-with-No-Brakes.aspx

Hmmm clicked on 2 vids.The first were sidecars and the second was a two rider heat and the guy left the girl for dead before his bike packed up!!!!!

[SteveLyric2]

There is also a story going around that Motorcycle Australia (MA) have had to substantially cut funding to all Aussie Team competitions as well as to certain individuals.

 

This is directly due to a reduction in funding to MA by the Australian Sports Commission!! MA are seeking sponsors as an alternative funding source.

 

If I can find a decent authoratative link, I'll post it.

[Reviresco]

Funding cut to all non-road racing disciplines:

 

http://www.ma.org.au/index.php?id=12&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=15526&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=6&cHash=01c9983213

[iris123]

Were they funding with any significance the sport beforehand? Must admit I don't know,but I do remember talking to a few fathers when their sons were competing in Denmark for the Youth Gold Cup and it didn't seem they were getting much help.I think maybe Darcy Wards dad,i know I talked quite a bit to Arthur Sissis' father and Mick Poole I seem to remember told me straight that riders should get on and sort themselves out without looking to MA for support

[Ozrik]

Funding cut to all non-road racing disciplines:

 

http://www.ma.org.au/index.php?id=12&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=15526&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=6&cHash=01c9983213

So we could see the QANTAS Australian speedway team competing in the WTC 2016.

[Ozrik]

Start list for the Australian Title.

Seeded riders

T Batchelor

S Masters

J Grajzonek

R Tungate

J Sedgmen

N Morris

M Fricke

T Proctor

M Campton

 

Qualifying Start list

B Kurtz T King

T Poole J Dimmock

J Holder J Pickering

B Waters J Coyne

K Sproule D Ballantyne

C Riordan J MacDonald

J Ringwood A MacDonald

J Stewart M Day

 

Top seven places through to main title list, from which the top 4 go on to contest the gp Qualifiers.

Title decided over four rounds;

Kurri ...... Jan 2

Undera ...Jan 6

Gillman ...Jan 8

Mildura ...Jan 10

[Alan_Jones]

In Speedway Star Peter White lists Richie Worrall as an additional member of the qualifying group.

[Ozrik]

Foreign riders can apply to compete in the Aussie title, but i can't find mention of Worrall on any of the websites. Maybe he is a late entry.

[SteveLyric2]

Is batchelor competing? Rumour that he's had a motocross accident!!?

[Bavarian]

The only visa qualifiers are New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia and national championships.

 

QUEENSLAND STATE SOLO SPEEDWAY CHAMPIONSHIP

Rockhampton Showground, Queensland.

Final:

1st Mason Campton (NSW)

2nd Tyson Nelson (Queensland)

3rd Josh Grajczonek (Queensland)

4th Tyler King (NSW)

 

 

VICTORIAN STATE SOLO SPEEDWAY CHAMPIONSHIP

Olympic Park Speedway, Mildura, Victoria. (Dec.5)

Final:

1st Ty Proctor (Victoria)

2nd Brodie Waters (Victoria)

3rd Jordan Stewart (Victoria)

4th Justin Sedgmen (Victoria)

 

 

NEW SOUTH WALES STATE SOLO SPEEDWAY CHAMPIONSHIP

Tamworth Equestrian Center (180m Indoor Speedway), Tamworth, N.S.W. (Dec.12)

Final:

1st Tyson Nelson (Queensland)

2nd Mason Campton (NSW)

3rd Jack Holder (NSW)

4th Taylor Poole (NSW)

 

 

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN STATE SOLO SPEEDWAY CHAMPIONSHIP

Gillman Speedway, Adelaide, S.A. (Dec.12, 2015)

Final:

1st Rohan Tungate (NSW)

2nd Max Fricke (Victoria)

3rd Sam Masters (NSW)

4th Ty Proctor (Victoria)

 

 

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN STATE SOLO SPEEDWAY CHAMPIONSHIP

over 2 rounds at Collie (Dec.5) and Pinjar Park (Dec.12)

Overall:

1st Daniel Winchester (WA)

2nd Frank Smart (WA)

3rd Doug Scoble (WA

4th Ethan Ballantyne (WA)

There is a wonderful comment written by Australian journalist Peter White in last week's Speedway Star:

 

Quote: "And so ends one of the most farcial seasons of state title stagings in the sometimes wonky history of speedway Championships in Oz."

 

"What a sad joke this summer's east coast Scenario became. A New South Wales rider (Mason Campton) drove up to Rockhampton and won the Queensland Championship. Seven nights later, a Queensland rider (Tyson Nelson) drove down to Tamworth and won the NSW Championship!

"On the same night as the NSW Championship, two of NSW's best (Rohan Tungate and Sam Masters)turned their backs on their own state title and travelled down to Adelaide where Tungate won the South Australian crown - a Championship that contained only four home state riders, despite having one of the best speedway tracks in the country (Gillman Speedway).

 

"The riders probably see nothing wrong with this at all, their main objective being to finish in teh top four anywhere within the main four states (NSW, Qld, Vic, SA) in order to secure/sustain their visa/work permit eligibility in the UK. And many of teh public probably see nothing wrong with it either - especially the Adelaide fans who wouldn't have had a title Meeting without the influx of visiting interstate riders. But at the end of the day, serious students of speedway must surely see it as making a mockery of the sport.

 

"Motorcycling Australia should restrict state titles to riders from their own state - except in the case of South Australia, where they don't have enough competitive riders to create a field. However, the SA title should be held on a date that doesn't clash with the other states, so riders like Tungate or Masters HAVE to contest their home state Championships. Their Absence devalued the NSW title at Tamworth significantly. [...]

[Al Stewart]

It's a typical speedway chain of events, especially when the chain starts with the clueless and pointless UK Border Agency (whose word cannot be challenged). Rules are made, people work out ways round them, chaos results. If the UK Border Agency had any sense their rule should be:

 

If a Commonwealth speedway rider wants to come, and a UK promoter in the Elite or Premier League wants to sign him, then all necessary permissions should be given without delay.

 

Anyone not good enough will be quickly found out. I know it's a pipedream and probably not even worth saying.

[Alan_Jones]

I think we should get back closer to the 1999 rules;

 

USA - The top rider excluding those already in the UK.

Australia - The top three riders excluding those already in the UK.

New Zealand - The top rider excluding those already in the UK.

Czech Republic - The top two riders excluding those already in the UK.

Poland - The top two riders excluding those already in the UK.

Others - The National Champion of their country.

I always thought it was odd that after that they changed to state qualification and ignored the various national championships.

[Waspman]

It's a typical speedway chain of events, especially when the chain starts with the clueless and pointless UK Border Agency (whose word cannot be challenged). Rules are made, people work out ways round them, chaos results. If the UK Border Agency had any sense their rule should be:

 

If a Commonwealth speedway rider wants to come, and a UK promoter in the Elite or Premier League wants to sign him, then all necessary permissions should be given without delay.

 

Anyone not good enough will be quickly found out. I know it's a pipedream and probably not even worth saying.

correct oz riders are treated like dirt it's ok to have eastern euros living in the uk who are benifit tourist's but riders who want to come to the uk to make a living are denied

[Ghostwalker]

Rammstien, both you and I knows that the "Eastern Europe tourists" are citizens of the European Union and that

the UK immigration authorities have no right to deny them entry to the UK.

Edited December 26, 2015 by Ghostwalker