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Goodness Rawicz got stuffed! Nice to see Daniel Nermark going well

You can't beat being at a speedway meeting though Sitting at home and seeing it on the TV isn't the same, well it isn't to me anyway.

Is there no club bus running from Ipswich?

Good luck Kozza

20-year-old Troy Batchelor won the South Australian Solo Championship at Gillman Speedway tonight, and in so doing became the first Queensland rider to win the Championship. Batchelor won his four heats relatively easily. The only time he was challenged was when Cameron Woodward and Cory Gathercole led him briefly in his third ride, but when he powered around them both down the back straight, most correctly predicted the final would be his. Again in the final he led all the way but it wasn't an easy win. As you would hope in a final, the other three finalists were snapping at his heels throughout. He held about a one to two bike length lead so the others were not challenging for the lead but were ready to power through had he made a mistake — which he didn't. At the finish it was Batchelor by about 20 metres from Woodward, with a further 5 metres to Tom Hedley and Robert Ksiezak who crossed the line side-by-side. Ksiezak got the judge's nod for third. Heat Points Troy Batchelor (Qld) 12 (maximum) Tom Hedley (Vic) 11 Cameron Woodward (Vic) 9 Cory Gathercole (Vic) 9 Robert Ksiezak (SA) 8 Matthew Wethers (SA) 7 Aaron Summers (SA) 6 Jake Anderson (Vic) 5 Arlo Bugeja (SA) 4 Brock Gates (Vic) 0 Jackson Milne (Vic) 0 Ben Turner (SA) 0 Mark Mitchell (SA) (res) 1 Semi-Final: Ksiezak, Gathercole, Wethers, Summers - 60.45 Final: Batchelor, Woodward, Ksiezak, Hedley - 60.31 Taken from http://www.gillmanspeedway.com Well done Troy

Not got heat details, but got overall points: Chris Holder 14 Jason Doyle 13 Jay Herne 13 Kozza Smith 13 Tyron Proctor (Vic) 11 Trevor Harding (WA) 10 James Holder 9 Ty Platt 8 Sam Masters 6 Josh Grajczonek (Qld) 6 Daine Stevens 5 Hugh Skidmore 4 Elliott Myers 2 Ricky Wallace 2 James Bevan 2 Tim Heffernan 1 Michael Penfold (res) 1 A-Final: 1. Chris Holder 2. Jason Doyle 3. Jay Herne 4. Kozza Smith (exc) Full report on Central Coast Speedway

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For those asking about Aussie averages, AFAIK they can now come over to the UK on a 5 Nice to see Kozza doing well. He impressed me when he had a race or two at Lynn.

My thoughts exactly!

I didn't think King's Lynn were too keen on EL either, but maybe that's changed I know where I'd rather be though... I was told Plymouth had put in a bid to join the PL, but that maybe hearsay.

You don't know?! I thought with that nickname I've given him you'd know who I was on about, pfffffft I'll PM you!

That lil lad was only 10 so I'm told He done well as the bike was just about as big as what he was! My dad said it was a nice thing to see. I was impressed with Darcy Ward. Future young Aussie for King's Lynn to look at perhaps? Oh and btw Lorna, Dewsy was there with us, so you'll have to tell your dad he missed him!

Surprised not to see Troy making the B final, but well done to Tom Hedley!

Does anyone have the heat results and/or individual rider scores from this?

Here's the full set of results, just incase anyone hadn't seen them. Thanks to Lance on Aus Speedway Bikes for sending me the programme. Rider Points Steven Reid - 2, 1, 1, 0, EF = 4 Troy Batchelor - 3, 3, 3, 3, 2 = 14 Tim Chillcot - 1, F, NS, NS, NS = 1 Jon White - EF, NS, NS, NS, NS = 0 Roy Stout - 0, 2, 0, 1, 2 = 5 Josh Grajczonek - 3, 2, 3, 3, 1 = 12 John Oliver - 2, 3, 2, 3, 1 = 11 Scott McKenna - 1, 3, 3, 1, 3 = 11 Matt Pilcher - 0, 0, 1, 1, 0 = 2 Mick O'Connor - 2, 0, 1, 2, 2 = 7 Shane Oats - 1, 2, 0, 0, 1 = 4 Mitchell Davey - 3, 2, 2, 2, 3 = 12 Ricky Barney - 2, 3, 3, 2, 2 = 12 Ashley Cathcart - 1, 1, 2, 1, 3 = 8 Jeremy Linton - 0, 1, 1, 2, F = 4 Scott Smith - 3, 1, 2, 3, 3, = 12 Heat Results Event 13: Batchelor, Reid, Chillcot, White EF (64.47) Event 14: Grajczonek, Oliver, McKenna, Stout (66.46) Event 15: Davey, O'Connor, Oats, Pilcher (65.65) Event 16: Smith, Barney, Cathcart, Linton (65.78) Event 24: Barney, Stout, Reid, Pilcher (67.03) Event 25: Batchelor, Grajczonek, Cathcart, O'Connor (65.97) Event 26: Oliver, Oats, Linton, Chillcot (67.72) Event 27: McKenna, Davey, Smith, White NS (67.78) Event 33: Grajczonek, Smith, Reid, Oats (68.37) Event 34: Batchelor, Davey, Linton, Stout (65.97) Event 35: McKenna, Cathcart, Pilcher, Chillcot NS (68.63) Event 36: Barney, Oliver, O'Connor, White NS (67.92) Event 65: Oliver, Davey, Cathcart, Reid (68.75) Event 66: Batchelor, Barney, McKenna, Oats (67.78) Event 67: Smith, O'Connor, Stout, Chillcot NS (67.78) Event 68: Grajczonek, Linton, Pilcher, White NS (67.3) Event 71: McKenna, O'Connor, Reid EF, Linton F (69.3) Event 72: Smith, Batchelor, Oliver, Pilcher (67.25) Event 73: Davey, Barney, Grajczonek, Chillcot NS (66.??) Event 74: Cathcart, Stout, Oats, White NS (68.97) Event 88 (Final): Batchelor, Davey, Grajczonek, Smith EF (68.28)

Very well done to Kevin There's videos and stills here, from Mark Williams on the Speedway Bikes 2 Yahoo Group. I, for some weird reason, can't see anything when I try and play the videos but never mind.

Well done Kevin especially seeing as he was riding other peoples' bikes lol.

Good luck Kevin and the Vikings