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Saturday February 19, 2005 Chris Holder was due to race and travelled all way to S.A from QLD only to pull out after practice with a virus. :: Solos GAWLER WINDSCREENS’ GILLMAN SOLO CHAMPIONSHIP Heat points: Trevor Harding (WA) 15, Tom Hedley (Vic) 13, Brett Woodifield 11, Scott James 11, Cory Gathercole (Vic) 10, Jay Herne (NSW) 9, James Holder (NSW) 9, Ford Keane 9, Daniel Harding (WA) 7, Arlo Bugeja 6, Nathan Hedley (Vic) 5, Jaye Stevens (NSW) 4, Aaron Summers 2, Matt Jones (Vic) 0, Korey Williams (NSW) 0, Carley Gittus (WA) 0, Hayden Sanford (reserve) 4, Seane Chapman (reserve) 2, Harley Liersch (reserve) 1. Carley Gittus replaced Chris Holder; Jay Herne replaced Daine Stevens. Heat Results (4 laps) Ev 4 Ht 1 Holder ®, Keane (Y), Gathercole (, Gittus (W fell), 60.60 Ev 5 Ht 2 T. Harding (W), Bugeja (, Stevens (Y), Jones (R tapes), 59.25 Ev 6 Ht 3 T. Hedley (, James (Y), Woodifield (R, ret), Williams (W fell, exc), 63.35 Ev 7 Ht 4 N. Hedley ®, Herne (W), D. Harding (Y), Summers (, 61.75 Ev 12 Ht 5 D. Harding ®, Holder (, Sandford (Y), Jones (W, ret), Williams (Y ns), 62.95 Ev 13 Ht 6 T. Harding (Y), Woodifield (, Summers ®, Gathercole (W ret), 59.05 Ev 14 Ht 7 T. Hedley ®, Bugeja (W), Chapman (, Liersch (Y), N. Hedley (B exc, two mins), Gittus (Y, ns), 60.60 Ev 15 Ht 8 Herne (Y), James (W), Keane ®, Stevens (, 61.50 Ev 18 Ht 9 T. Harding ®, T. Hedley (Y), Holder (W), Herne (, 59.90 Ev 19 Ht 10 Gathercole (Y), James ®, Liersch (, N. Hedley (W ns), Jones (B ns), 61.39 Ev 20 Ht 11 Stevens ®, Sandford (, Summers (Y, tapes), Gittus (W ns), Williams (B, ns), 63.40 Ev 21 Ht 12 Woodifield (W), Keane (, D. Harding ®, Bugeja (Y ret), 60.72 Ev 25 Ht 13 James (, Holder (Y), Bugeja ®, Summers (W), 62.20 Ev 26 Ht 14 Gathercole ®, T. Hedley (Y), D. Harding (, Stevens (W ret), 61.40 Ev 27 Ht 15 Woodifield (W), Herne ®, Chapman (Y), Liersch (B, fell), Jones (Y ns), Gittus (B ns), 60.65 Ev 28 Ht 16 T. Harding (, Keane (W), Sandford ®, N. Hedley (Y tapes), Williams (R, ns), 60.80 Ev 29 Ht 17 Woodifield (Y), N. Hedley (W), Holder ®, Stevens (B, ns), 59.75 Ev 30 Ht 18 Gathercole (, Herne (Y), Bugeja (W), Sandford ®, Williams (R ns), 60.20 Ev 31 Ht 19 T. Harding (Y), James (, D. Harding (W), Liersch ®, Gittus (R ns), 59.05 Ev 32 Ht 20 T. Hedley (W), Keane (Y), Summers (, Chapman ®, Jones (R ns), 60.11 Gawler Windscreens’ Gillman Solo Championship Final Ev 35 Final Woodifield (W), T. Harding ®, T. Hedley (, James (Y), 59.90

As far as I know Chris Holder wants to finish his education/apprenticeship so doesnt look likely to come over for te U-21. But maybe winning this will make him think again. Looks as if Woodward and Doyle will end up in European rounds - but I got told Doyle prob wouldnt afford to be able to contend such an event involving so much travel. So then any places would go to who ever is over here and who Streety picks.

Winner: Chris Holder 3 3 3 3 3 15 10. Cameron Woodward 3 3 3 2 3 14 (Final:3rd) 5. Rory Schlein 3 3 3 1 3 13 (Final:2nd) 6. Jason Doyle 1 2 3 3 2 11 (Final:4th) (RO for Final: 1st) 16. Trevor Harding 3 3 2 0 3 11 (RO for Final: 2nd) 2. Troy Batchelor 2 1 2 3 2 10 7. Robert Ksiezak 2 Fx 2 3 1 8 9. Tom Hedley 2 2 2 F NS 6 12. Matthew Wethers 1 1 1 2 1 6 11. Mark Jones 0 2 0 1 2 5 1. Scott James 1 1 1 0 1 4 4. Cory Gathercole 0 2 F 2 0 4 8. Jay Herne 1 0 1 2 0 4 14. Michael Slade T F 1 1 1 3 15. Joel Parsons 0 1 0 1 0 2 13. James Holder 0 0 0 X2 2 2 R Karlis Ezergailis 2 0 2 R Louis Myers 0 0

AUS U-21 Qual 28.1.05 10. Tom Hedley 3 3 3 2 3 14 7. Cory Gathercole 3 3 2 3 3 14 4. Jay Herne 3 3 1 3 3 13 11. Scott James 2 1 3 3 2 11 13. James Holder 3 3 0 2 2 10 3. Michael Slade 1 2 1 3 3 10 8. Karlis Ezergailis 2 1 3 0 2 8 2. Louis Myers 2 2 1 1 1 7 14. Tyron Procter 1 1 2 2 1 7 15. John Oliver 2 0 2 2 1 7 1. Daniel Harding 0 2 2 1 0 5 5. Arlo Bugeja 1 0 3 1 0 5 6. Brock Gates 0 0 1 1 1 3 9. Brendan Moore 1 1 0 F NR 2 12. Daine Stevens 0 2 0 0 0 2 16. Ricky Barney 0 0 0 0 0 0 18. Luke Gough 2 2 Good to see Scott James qualifying. This is only his 2nd meeting since returning from injury. Surprised to see Karlis not qualifying, getting too much sun Out of interest, who deceided what riders could go straight through to final? FINAL (Saturday) 1. Scott James 2. Troy Batchelor 3. Chris Holder 4. Cory Gathercole 5. Rory Schlein 6. Jason Doyle 7. Robert Ksiesak 8. James Holder 9. Tom Hedley 10. Cameron Woodward 11. Mark Jones 12. Matt Wethers 13. Jay Herne 14. Michael Slade 15. Joel Parsons 16. Trevor Harding Reserves: Karlis Ezergailis dont know who won 3 rider run off for other reserve spot I really wouldnt want to put a wager on this one. This line up looks so much better than last year. Although Rory has to be favorite, IMO there are riders in this years line up capable of giving him some pressure. It's going to be a good one Will be interesting to see how Jason Doyle does now he's on his way to the IOW

1st Schlein 2nd Doolan 3rd Ksiezak 4th Gathercole Weathers, Woodward & T. Hedley were next best. Ksiezak racing with a bit of fight in his system. Schlien blitzed all of them easy. Corey Gathercole is coming on in leaps and bounds but doesnt have any patriality but can get a working holiday visa. Scott Blackwell raced from the Uk. Slid off and limped away and didnt take any further part. A lot of people were disappointed as they thought Adams and Parker would be racing

Sorry to hear that. Also i find a glaring omission from the card for this round is that of Joel Parsons. Considering his recent good form around S.A. including beating Chris Ferguson in some meeting he must felt hard done by. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes you are quite right. The reason Chris is in the line up is what you might call 'policitcal' within speedway. A few things happened here in England and lets just say he never even entered for the Aussie titles whereas Joel and Karlis did. But his promoter in Oz, whom he bragged how good he was in the UK CL amongst other things about certain goings on in the UK felt sorry for him. His promoter Brendon Gledhill, from Mildura is a board member for the Motorcycling Australia -do I need to say more. Gledhill has a good heart and has done his upmost for the sport and would take someone as genuine. Chris' results have more than shown that he shouldnt have been there and Gledhill will feel a little red faced now.He hasnt even managed to match Cam, Matthew, Ashley etc Even Robert Kieszak who won all the support races didnt get a look in for the Gillman round when Ford and Tom did. You come to realise in speedway that sometimes it's who you know not what you know. Always a shame for the sport and the supporters because then they dont get to see the best of the racers.

Adam Allott had his spleen removed after crash at newcastle other day right? He's sitting in a chair with a few cans of cider, must be feeling ok then?

Chris Holder IMO is very good but is stuck with a work permit for UK right? AXRacingTeam.co.uk AndreCross.co.uk JessieLamb.co.uk The Ginger Ninja chief mechanic

Trust me Jess - you wouldn't beat him now! Won all the support races at Gosford last Wednesday with the likes of Jay Herne well behind him. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sorry Bryn this isnt Jess axracingteam.co.uk

Must admit I know Troy's sponsors in UK and they said he was off to Kings Lynn. I saw Jason Doyle race in 2002 so I dont know how much he's improved over last 18mths. I beat him when we raced and Im no more than CL reserve standard. If he is off to IOW then Boycey really must have pushed to get him in there. He's a nice lad with good attitude but PL, hmm

photos of round 1 http://www.countrynetsolutions.com.au/~tr0...ages/bike03.htm

Might want to have a look at this link: This season Jason Doyle is riding a rolling chassis acquired from Leigh Adams (writes Peter White). The Novocastrian Solo prospect will be signed by Premier League (Second Division) Isle of Wight, who have a strong bond with Elite League Poole, if he performs strongly on Aussie tracks this summer. link is: http://www.peterwhitesspeedwayworld.com/trakyak.html

Only 3 races at the Wayville Showground 28th Dec Robert Ksiezak winning all 3 races ahead of Ford Keane Aaron Summers and Ashley Watson (there was a 5th rider?) Poor turn out for South Aussie riders

Schlein was unbeaten all night, except for 2 engine failures so was lucky to even make final. Parsons rode well but fell off 3 times, twice whilst leading in qualifying rounds, so was lucky to make final.

Results from S.A Title which we all knew who would win 1st Rory Schlein 2nd Kevin Doolan 3rd Matt Weathers 4th Joel Parsons