2022 MOTOCROSS DATES – UPDATED – PRINT IT OFF AND PUT IT ON THE SHED FRIDGE DOOR!
New events are highlighted in yellow – current as of 24/01/2022.
Ride, Race, Enjoy
Filed Under: Motocross, News, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAMX Championship, State Championship
Filed Under: Coaches, Motocross, News, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAMX Championship
Said Shane Metcalfe about the day, “As the main coach for the day and the club we put together a new kind of program which is very exciting, what the club is doing at the moment for its members and the sport is next to none, leading the way. To offer cheaper coaching days, putting merchandise together for participants, as well as putting aside days for this type of thing is unreal. For me we are trying something different also, each session will have a topic for the day, Sunday we went back to basics, the basics is very often overlooked by many but it is the most important part to making riders safer and better riders which is what we are aiming for here, help produce better riders, maybe not faster, but safer and more controlled.”
The 2nd date coming up is January 30th – for junior members aged over 12 years – and stay tuned for more dates to be announced throughout season 2022 – and a huge well done to all at MRA for making this happen in 2022.
Pics courtesy of Eric McConnochie
Here is a link to the whole album of great pics taken on the day by Eric; https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2293422397464108&type=3
Filed Under: Motocross, News, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAMX Championship
2022 MOTOCROSS DATES – SO FAR – PRINT IT OFF AND PUT IT ON THE SHED FRIDGE DOOR!
Huge thanks to all of the motocross clubs that were very pro-active in the lead up to the Christmas / New Year break in supplying us with their dates for 2022 – club and/or open dates!
As you can see below, there are already some 40 motocross events scheduled for 2022, with more to come – and happening now with Coaching Days and Come & Try Days coming up through January at MRA with their exciting new Rev Rookies Program (which is brilliant to see).
Any clubs that have not as yet scheduled their dates and forwarded them to MSA – feel free to send them in – projects@motorcyclingsa.org.au – and this calendar of dates will be updated and re-released – so the one on the fridge door can be replaced – and so everyone can keep up with, what is shaping up to be, a huge year of MX action in SA!
Get around it, start planning the year and support the clubs that are going above and beyond to give everyone a place to ride – and almost every weekend as well!
Says SA Motocross Sports Manager Clint Gow-Smith, “I am so excited for 2022 and the SAMX Community that we have coming together – and we will only get stronger together, so lets hit those tracks in 2022 and make it an unbelievably huge year for the sport in 2022 – GET KEEN & FIRE UP!
** For those who got in quick – the MRA Club Day scheduled for Sunday 27th Feb has been cancelled – the calendar has been changed to reflect this.
And don’t forget also – Make Volunteering your 2022 Resolution – every Club will need a hand at some point during the year, so give just one day this year – cook a BBQ, serve in the canteen, help at sign on, pick up a flag point, help prep the track the day before – all it does at the end of the day, is benefit you and your kids!
Filed Under: Motocross, News, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAMX Championship, State Championship
EAGLES TRAILERS, CAMPERS & CARAVANS 2022 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS AND 2022 EP SERIES VENUES RELEASED!
Motorcycling South Australia, along with the Motocross Sports Manager and the SA Motocross Panel are excited to announce the venues for the 2022 Eagles Trailers, Campers & Caravans 2022 South Australian Motocross Championships, which are also presented by AMX Superstores.
The 4 round Championship will start at Gillman at the end of April and finish at Andy Caldecott Park in Keith at the end of August, with round 2 to be held in the Riverland at Renmark, with round 3 heading, for the first time in many years, to Port Pirie, which is also home to the King of the Gulf meeting at Easter (for those who want to pre-ride the track!)
With the rounds now released, the program of events will follow early in 2022, but rest assured there will be some exciting changes coming to the formats, with the emphasis being put into giving ALL competitors great value for money, and an exciting series of Championship racing to decide who the 2022 South Australian Champions will be!
Yes, it is only a 4 round Championship – but – with June & early July swamped with major events like the Finke & Hattah Desert Races, it was almost impossible to schedule a round – but it does give our riders the chance to ride a National event and see how they go!
What can be teased here is this; multiple class entering will, not only be allowed, but will be encouraged across almost ALL classes – so just about every rider will be able to enter at least 2 classes in 2022 (where age and gradings allow) – and those who can’t will be racing for a bit longer in each race!
Has that whetted your appetite??
Well, wait until early 2022 to get ALL the info on an improving and evolving South Australian Championship in motocross!
Also attached here are the dates and venues for the 2022 EP Series – the 14th Eyre Peninsula Motocross Series – ‘Wild West’ Motocross at its Best!
Once again the EP Series will be a four round Series to decide the best in the west – with visits to Port Lincoln, Ceduna, Whyalla and Kimba – and with 3 of the rounds to be held BEFORE the opening round of the 2022 Eagles Trailers, Campers & Caravans 2022 South Australian Motocross Championships, presented by AMX Superstores, so there is ample chances to get some pre Championship racing in!
And with a planned possible return to the West in 2023 for a round of the SA Motocross Championships – this is an ideal chance to ride these tracks and get a feel for Eyre Peninsula dirt!
Filed Under: Motocross, News, SAMX Championship
E-50 MACHINES IN THE 2022 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS
In 2021 the SAMX Panel were granted the opportunity to include the E-50 machines in the South Australian Motocross Championships within the current 7-U9 50cc class for 5 rounds of the Championship.
On a detailed review of the series by the SAMX Panel it is the decision, with full support of MA, to re-align our Championship Supp Regs to reflect that of the National Bulletin Information which doesn’t include these machines for State and National Competition.
With this decision, Electric bikes will NOT be able to enter in ANY competitive class of the 2022 South Australian Motocross Championships.
(Bulletin #2002 16/12/2019)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Vp9f27tsJH0PTLea8f9lWgYNjYvAzzkz
However, it is imperative that we continue to encourage these machines to be competing at Club and Interclub competition and certainly support the use of these machines at any Ride Parks Australia event and Ride Days to encourage the grassroots development of these machines in our industry.
Yours in Motocross
SAMX Panel
Filed Under: Motocross, News, SAMX Championship, State Championship
“Please see below the Grading’s for 2022. As we mentioned in a post last week, the influx of junior ranks into our senior class for 2022 is next level and the quality and quantity of these classes will see some of the best senior racing in years!
We would like to also thank the proactive nature of the majority of riders who have already touched base and are sorting through new numbers BEFORE new sticker kits are ordered etc…
Please be aware of when your license is due to be renewed .
This serves as another friendly reminder to all riders that ALLOCATED NUMBERS are only retained for 85 days AFTER your license expires -from there these will be returned to the pool of numbers available”
(Also a reminder – gradings are not relevant to age or gender classes.)