Bavarian 766 Posted December 26, 2015 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. [...] 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Al Stewart 398 Posted December 26, 2015 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. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan_Jones 1,005 Posted December 26, 2015 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waspman 40 Posted December 26, 2015 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,859 Posted December 26, 2015 (edited) 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,983 Posted December 26, 2015 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. And that Australia pride themselves on being very restrictive........ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Humphrey Appleby 13,955 Posted December 26, 2015 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 Go to Australia and try to get a work permit. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pinny 2,536 Posted December 27, 2015 Agreed - very hard. Going through it now. Dont blame the UK for making it hard for aussies to get in - the paperwork, hassle and most of all money that me and two mates are paying to stay in Australia long term is an absolute joke. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reviresco 708 Posted December 27, 2015 Result of the Jason Crump Invitational at Kurri Kurri on Boxing Day: (Three top scorers direct to 'A' Final and next four to 'B' Final) Max Fricke - (3,2,3,3,3) = 14pts Justin Sedgmen - (2,3,2,2,3) = 12pts Jack Holder - (1,2,3,3,2) = 11pts Sam Masters - (2,1,2,3,3) = 11pts Jason Crump - (3,X,3,3,1) = 10pts Mason Campton - (0,3,3,1,3) = 10pts Rohan Tungate - (1,3,2,2,2) = 10pts Tyler King - (1,2,1,2,2) = 8pts Alan MacDonald - (0,3,1,1,1) = 6pts Jye Etheridge - (X,1,2,2,1) = 6pts Taylor Poole - (3,0,0,0,2) = 5pts Kieran Sproul - (2,2,1,0,0) = 5pts Zaine Kennedy - (2,X,1,1,1) = 5pts Ryan Douglas - (3,1,F,X,0) = 4pts Josh MacDonald - (1,0,0,F,0) = 1pt Tyson Nelson - Did Not Start (Tyler King replaced the programmed Richie Worrall and Kieran Sproul replaced the programmed Josh Grajczonek) 'B' Final (Winner to 'A' Final): 1st = Rohan Tungate / 2nd = Sam Masters / 3rd = Jason Crump / 4th = Mason Campton 'A' Final: 1st = Rohan Tungate / 2nd = Justin Sedgmen / 3rd = Max Fricke / 4th = Jack Holder Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gr8scot 589 Posted December 27, 2015 Thanks for that result, Merry Xmas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bruno 1,790 Posted December 27, 2015 Why was crumpie excluded in his second race Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iand 133 Posted December 28, 2015 Why no Tyson Nelson? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raddog 9 Posted December 28, 2015 Go to Australia and try to get a work permit. Its not hard , we have a girl from finland working in our warehouse .. had to go back to Finland for a month n came back ,, shes never worked in a warehouse before .. hardly a specialist job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,859 Posted December 28, 2015 Its not hard , we have a girl from finland working in our warehouse .. had to go back to Finland for a month n came back ,, shes never worked in a warehouse before .. hardly a specialist job. I also know that Jacob Thorssell's sister worked in Australia (as a nurse I think) for quite a long time (maybe a year or so). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted December 28, 2015 Its not hard , we have a girl from finland working in our warehouse .. had to go back to Finland for a month n came back ,, shes never worked in a warehouse before .. hardly a specialist job. There are "programs" going on, or at least were, where you apply and if approved, you are set for maybe a year to live and work in Australia. The "program" has sorted all the red tape, you just need to pay the flights or similar. Never applied myself (it was for a certain age group) but some friends of friends have and then come back after three weeks of lamb manure... LOL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
