AUSTRALIA

FINDON CELEBRATE 56 YEARS – posted 23 February 2014

Earlier today Findon cycle speedway club staged their 56th birthday and annual reunion at the Reserve Parade venue with a maximum attendance of riders and former club members resulting in four hours of faultless events involving around 60 competitors over the various divisions.

In the senior category Sheffield bound Bobby McMillen clinched the top podium position from Angus Freeman, Shane Bentley and Trent Forester.  In the women’s event Nicole Kinross yet again displayed the progress she has made since the recent World championships, taking the major award from Kayleigh Clarke and Sarah Kinross.  

The under-13 event again illustrated the club’s successful junior and youth policy with Aussie Jones heading the scorechart from Latisha Bevear and Blade Blatchford.

Without doubt after 56 years of total dedication, Mick Harley must have been a very proud man at the awards ceremony.

Division One: 1st Bobby McMillan, 2nd Angus Freeman, 3rd Shane Bentley, 4th Trent Forester
















Division Four: 1st Aussie Jones, 2nd Latisha Bevear, 3rd Blade Blatchford, 4th Patrick Hewitt

Women left to right: 1st Nicky Kinross, 2nd Kayleigh Clarke, 3rd Sarah

Kinross (not her baby), 4th Jackie Kinross

LEFEVRE COMMEMORATE 21ST ANNIVERSARY – posted 23 February 2014

The progressive South Australian LeFevre club celebrated their 21st birthday with an individual championship event that attracted in the region of 50 competitors on a chilly but fine Friday evening.

Ty Geertsen gave a faultless performance in his five heats to take the Division One (Open) major podium position from the ever improving Andrew Wilkie and Brayden Clarke.  The Division Three (under-15) event saw Todd Clarke top the score chart but there were encouraging performances by Accacia Pride and Deryk O’Donohue.  In Division Four (under-13), three riders dominated the event with Adan Thompson taking the main award whilst Darnell Thompson and Jeremy Jakas filled the minor positions.

AUSSIES PREPARE FOR 2015 WORLDS – posted 23 February 2014

With the 2015 World championships less than 18 months away, the

Australian Cycle Speedway Council has invited applications for the major official positions.
 

Providing they can travel, the successful partnership of Rob Fleming and Paul White (pictured) would be favourites to continue as joint senior team managers.  

With Bobby McMillen undertaking a two year tenure at Sheffield, the role of junior team manager is vacant - but a hard act to follow.  Salisbury based Kevin Bickle has expressed a firm interest in taking control of the women’s team but it would appear further applications will be submitted in due course.

OZ TRACKS HIT BY FREAK STORMS – posted 16 February 2014 

The extreme weather we are experiencing is not restricted to the UK.

Australia has also been having its fair share of unseasonal weather with the hottest start to the year since records began, abruptly followed by the wettest day in 47 years, an incredible 75 mm of rain falling in less than 24 hours. 

These pics of the LeFevre circuit taken on Valentine’s day, shows a track very different from that experienced by the recent GB touring party.

CAPACITY ENTRIES AT FINDON OPENER – posted 16 February 2014

Despite a week long weather pattern ranging from a 40c heat wave followed by 24 hours of ceaseless rain, 70 competitors contested the individual age category events at Findon earlier today.

At Division One level Sheffield bound Bobby McMillen and highly rated

prospect Shane Bentley took the    major honours whilst Angus Freeman, from the endless chain of junior riders, gave a creditable performance.

In the women’s event Nicole Kinross again impressed after her 2013 Worlds results.     However in the U13 Division Blade Blatchford and Jack Swansson indicated the undoubted future for Australia at international junior level.

Next Sunday, 23rd February, Findon will be staging their 56th birthday

competition combined with the annual re-union for former club members.  Our reporter Down Under, Pete Barnes will be covering the event exclusively for Spokesman-Online.

SALISBURY WIN COMMUNITY AWARD – posted 26 January 
2014

Australia’s Salisbury cycle speedway club have won the prestigious City of Salisbury Community Event of the Year Award in recognition of the club outstanding hosting the recent World championships and Ashes series matches.

Presenting the award, Councillor Alex Coates said “It recognises the hundreds, if not thousands, of volunteer hours that went into the highly acclaimed World Tour.  A great event by a great club.”