Australian Under-16 Individual Speedway Championship
Encyclopedia
The Australian Under-16 Speedway Championship is a motorcycle speedway
junior championship held each year in Australia
since 1982 to determine the Australian Under-16 national champion. The event is organised by Motorcycling Australia
(MA).
Prior to 2007, the championship was run under speedways
traditional 20 Heat format. A Final race for the top 4 riders was added from 2007 until 2010 before reverting to the original format in 2011
Motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...
junior championship held each year in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
since 1982 to determine the Australian Under-16 national champion. The event is organised by Motorcycling Australia
Motorcycling Australia
Motorcycling Australia is the governing body for motorcycle racing in Australia, covering road racing, motocross, trials, supercross, dirt track, supermoto and speedway...
(MA).
Winners since 1982
| Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 1982 | Sidewinders Junior Speedway | Paul Snadden (SA) | Michael Carter (WA) | David Cheshire (WA) |
| 1983 | Olympic Park Speedway | Craig Hodgson (SA) | Jeff Meyer (SA) | Leigh Adams Leigh Adams Leigh Scott Adams is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. He is a multiple Speedway Grand Prix winner and World Team Champion... (Vic) |
| 1984 | Bibra Lake Speedway | Michael Carter (WA) | Bill Lellmann (SA) | Craig Hodgson (SA) |
| 1985 | Sidewinders Junior Speedway | Shane Parker Shane Parker (speedway rider) Shane Andrew Parker is a speedway rider, currently riding with the Sheffield Tigers in the British Premier League in what will be his last season in Britain.... (SA) |
Leigh Adams Leigh Adams Leigh Scott Adams is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. He is a multiple Speedway Grand Prix winner and World Team Champion... (Vic) |
Scott Norman (SA) |
| 1986 | Olympic Park Speedway | Leigh Adams Leigh Adams Leigh Scott Adams is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. He is a multiple Speedway Grand Prix winner and World Team Champion... (Vic) |
Jason Lyons Jason Lyons Jason Rodney Lyons is an Australian international Motorcycle speedway rider currently riding for the Redcar Bears in the British Premier League. Jason is the son of former rider Rod Lyons... (Vic) |
Shane Parker Shane Parker (speedway rider) Shane Andrew Parker is a speedway rider, currently riding with the Sheffield Tigers in the British Premier League in what will be his last season in Britain.... (SA) |
| 1987 | Bibra Lake Speedway | Jason Hawkes (Vic) | Leigh Adams Leigh Adams Leigh Scott Adams is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. He is a multiple Speedway Grand Prix winner and World Team Champion... (Vic) |
Cory Richardson (SA) |
| 1988 | Sidewinders Junior Speedway | Jason Hawkes (Vic) | Jason Crump Jason Crump Jason Phillip Crump is an Australian international motorcycle speedway rider. He is a three-time Speedway World Champion, a World Cup winner and a former World Under-21 Champion.-Family:... (Vic) |
Mark Lemon (Vic) |
| 1989 | Olympic Park Speedway | Brett Tomkins (SA) | Jason Crump Jason Crump Jason Phillip Crump is an Australian international motorcycle speedway rider. He is a three-time Speedway World Champion, a World Cup winner and a former World Under-21 Champion.-Family:... (Vic) |
Jason Hawkes (Vic) |
| 1990 | Bibra Lake Speedway | Jason Crump Jason Crump Jason Phillip Crump is an Australian international motorcycle speedway rider. He is a three-time Speedway World Champion, a World Cup winner and a former World Under-21 Champion.-Family:... (Vic) |
Ryan Sullivan Ryan Sullivan Ryan Geoffrey Sullivan Ryan Geoffrey Sullivan Ryan Geoffrey Sullivan (born 20 January 1975, in Fitzroy, Victoria (a suburb of Melbourne) is an Australian international speedway rider.-Early years:... (SA) |
Brett Woodifield (SA) |
| Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 1991 | Sidewinders Junior Speedway | Ryan Sullivan Ryan Sullivan Ryan Geoffrey Sullivan Ryan Geoffrey Sullivan Ryan Geoffrey Sullivan (born 20 January 1975, in Fitzroy, Victoria (a suburb of Melbourne) is an Australian international speedway rider.-Early years:... (SA) |
Ashley Watson (SA) | Brett Woodifield (SA) |
| 1992 | Olympic Park Speedway | Troy Wyten (SA) | Ford Keane (SA) | Brett Woodifield (SA) |
| 1993 | Northline Speedway | Travis McGowan Travis McGowan Travis McGowan is an Australian speedway rider.-Career:McGowan started racing motorbikes the age of ten and by 1993 he had already won the Australian Under-16 Speedway Championship... (Vic) |
Nigel Sadler (SA) | Chris Ferguson (Vic) |
| 1994 | North Brisbane Speedway | Nigel Sadler (SA) | Nathan Hawkes (Vic) | Travis McGowan Travis McGowan Travis McGowan is an Australian speedway rider.-Career:McGowan started racing motorbikes the age of ten and by 1993 he had already won the Australian Under-16 Speedway Championship... (Vic) |
| 1995 | Bibra Lake Speedway | Rusty Harrison Rusty Harrison Russell Wade "Rusty" Harrison is a speedway rider who rides for the Workington Comets in the British Premier League.-Career summary:... (SA) |
Steve Viner (Qld) | Travis McGowan Travis McGowan Travis McGowan is an Australian speedway rider.-Career:McGowan started racing motorbikes the age of ten and by 1993 he had already won the Australian Under-16 Speedway Championship... (Vic) |
| 1996 | Tamworth Speedway | Brendon Mackay (NT) | Travis McGowan Travis McGowan Travis McGowan is an Australian speedway rider.-Career:McGowan started racing motorbikes the age of ten and by 1993 he had already won the Australian Under-16 Speedway Championship... (Vic) |
Kevin Doolan (Vic) |
| 1997 | Sidewinders Junior Speedway | Rusty Harrison Rusty Harrison Russell Wade "Rusty" Harrison is a speedway rider who rides for the Workington Comets in the British Premier League.-Career summary:... (SA) |
Broc Parkes Broc Parkes Broc Parkes is an Australian motorcycle racer, best known for his success in the Supersport World Championship.-Early years:He was born on 24 December 1981, and lives in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, resulting in the nickname 'The Boy From the Bush'. Parkes was originally inspired to... (NSW) |
Chris Ferguson (Vic) |
| 1998 | Kurri Kurri Speedway | Jaye Stevens (NSW) | Daine Stevens (NSW) | Jay Schafer (Qld) |
| 1999 | Olympic Park Speedway | Mark Jones (Vic) | Daine Stevens (NSW) | |
| 2000 | Northline Speedway | Rory Schlein Rory Schlein Rory Robert Schlein is an Australian international speedway rider. Schlein was signed by the Edinburgh Monarchs in 2001 and has since won the British Conference League championship while on loan at Sheffield Tigers in 2001, the British Premier League championship with the Monarchs in 2003 and the... (SA) |
Daine Stevens (NSW) | Mark Jones (Vic) |
| Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 2001 | Tamworth Speedway | Mark Jones (Vic) | ||
| 2002 | Sidewinders Junior Speedway | Trevor Harding Trevor Harding Trevor Robert Harding is a Speedway rider who is currently riding for the King's Lynn Stars in the British Premier League.... (WA) |
Mark Jones (Vic) | Jason Norman (SA) |
| 2003 | Bibra Lake Speedway | Troy Bachelor (Qld) | Jason Norman (SA) | Daniel Harding Daniel Harding Daniel Harding is a British conductor.Harding studied trumpet at Chetham's School of Music and was a member of the National Youth Orchestra at age 13. At age 17, Harding assembled a group of musicians to perform Pierrot Lunaire of Arnold Schoenberg, and sent a tape of the performance to Simon... (WA) |
| 2004 | Olympic Park Speedway | Aaron Summers (SA) | Sam Masters Sam Masters Samuel Peter "Sam" Masters is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider who won the Premier League Riders Championship in 2011.-Biography:... (NSW) |
Bob King (WA) |
| 2005 | Allen Park | Jason Norman (SA) | Darcy Ward Darcy Ward Darcy Stephen Ward is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider who won the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Australian Under-21 Championships as well as the 2009 and 2010 World Under-21 Championships... (Qld) |
Sam Masters Sam Masters Samuel Peter "Sam" Masters is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider who won the Premier League Riders Championship in 2011.-Biography:... (NSW) |
| 2006 | Sidewinders Junior Speedway | Justin Sedgmen Justin Sedgmen Justin Sedgmen is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider who ride for Hungarian Speedway Miskolc in the 2010 Polish Speedway First League... (Vic) |
Taylor Poole (NSW) | Robert Medson (SA) |
| 2007 | Gold Coast Speedway | Dakota North Dakota North (speedway rider) Dakota Max "Dak" North is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider.-Biography:North, named by his father - former Stoke Potters rider Rod North - after the Douglas Dakota aircraft, was born in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia in 1991... (Vic) |
Darcy Ward Darcy Ward Darcy Stephen Ward is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider who won the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Australian Under-21 Championships as well as the 2009 and 2010 World Under-21 Championships... (Qld) |
Justin Sedgmen Justin Sedgmen Justin Sedgmen is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider who ride for Hungarian Speedway Miskolc in the 2010 Polish Speedway First League... (Vic) |
| 2008 | Pinjar Park Speedway | Arthur Sissis (SA) | Darcy Ward Darcy Ward Darcy Stephen Ward is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider who won the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Australian Under-21 Championships as well as the 2009 and 2010 World Under-21 Championships... (Qld) |
Clinton Dennis (Qld) |
| 2009 | Undera Park | Arthur Sissis (SA) | Nick Morris | Manson Campton |
| 2010 | Tamworth Speedway | Brady Kurtz (NSW) | Arthur Sissis (SA) | Tyler King |
| Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 2011 | Sidewinders Junior Speedway | Dakota Ballentyne (SA) | Tyson Snow (Qld) | Blake Russell (WA) |
| 2012 | Kurri Kurri Speedway | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Prior to 2007, the championship was run under speedways
Motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...
traditional 20 Heat format. A Final race for the top 4 riders was added from 2007 until 2010 before reverting to the original format in 2011