Australian U21 Championship
SportMotorcycle speedway
Founded1986
Most titlesLeigh Adams, Max Fricke, Chris Holder (all 4)

The Australian Under-21 Speedway Championship is a motorcycle speedway championship held each year since 1986, with the exception of 1994 and 1995, to determine the Australian Under-21 national champion. The event is organised by Motorcycling Australia (MA).[1]

History

The event was run as the Australian Under-18 Championship in 1986. This lasted just one year and was changed to the Under-21 Championship in 1987 to bring it in line with the Individual Speedway Junior World Championship which is also for Under-21s.

The inaugural Under-21 Championship in 1987 was held at the Undera Park Speedway in Victoria. Queensland riders scored a trifecta. The championship was won by Gary Allan from brothers Steve and Tony Langdon. It would take another 22 years (2009) before another Queenslander would step on the podium when Darcy Ward won the first of three straight titles. Victorian Nigel Tremelling won the single Under-18 Championship in 1986.

Leigh Adams from Mildura, Sydney's Chris Holder and Victorian rider Max Fricke, jointly hold the record for most wins in the Australian Under-21 Championship with four wins each. Adams would win the 1992 Under-21 World Championship as well as winning a record 10 senior Australian Championships while in 1992 he became the first reigning Australian U/21 Champion to win the senior title. Holder won the 2012 World Championship. Triple Australian Under-21 Champion Darcy Ward won the Under-21 World Championship in 2009 and 2010 while finishing second in 2011 while Max Fricke won the Under-21 World Championship in 2016 after finishing 6th in the 2015 U/21 World Championship.

Leigh Adams, Darcy Ward and Max Fricke are the only Australian Under-21 Champions to have won the Under-21 World Championship.

No rider from Western Australia, Tasmania, the Northern Territory or the Australian Capital Territory has won the championship, though 2003 and 2004 winner Rory Schlein from South Australia was born in Darwin (NT).

Max Fricke from Victoria won the (2017) Australian Under-21 Championship. Fricke won his record equaling fourth title at the Loxford Park Speedway in Kurri Kurri on 28 January.[2] Jaimon Lidsey from Victoria won the title he won in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Past Winners

Year Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
1986* Olympic Park Speedway Nigel Tremelling (Vic)
1987 Undera Park Speedway Gary Allan (Qld) Steve Langdon (Qld) Tony Langdon (Qld)
1988 North Arm Speedway Leigh Adams (Vic) Scott Norman (SA) Craig Boyce (NSW)
1989 Olympic Park Speedway Craig Hodgson (SA) Scott Norman (SA) Leigh Adams (Vic)
1990 Riverland Speedway Leigh Adams (Vic) Shane Bowes (SA) Shane Parker (SA)
1991 Olympic Park Speedway Leigh Adams (Vic) Shane Parker (SA) Jason Lyons (Vic)
1992 Riverview Speedway Leigh Adams (Vic) Jason Hawkes (Vic) Jason Crump (Vic)
1993 Olympic Park Speedway Ryan Sullivan (SA) Cory Alderton (Vic) Jason Hawkes (Vic)
1994 & 1995 not held
1996 North Arm Speedway Ryan Sullivan (SA) Brett Woodifield (SA) Nigel Sadler (SA)
1997 Undera Park Speedway Adam Shields (NSW) Nigel Sadler (SA) Craig Watson (NSW)
1998 Olympic Park Speedway Travis McGowan (Vic) Chris Szauter (NSW) Adam Shields (NSW)
1999 Gold Coast Speedway Nigel Sadler (SA) Kevin Doolan (Vic) Rusty Harrison (SA)
2000 Oakburn Park Speedway Travis McGowan (Vic) Kevin Doolan (Vic) Scott Smith (Qld)
2001 Gillman Speedway Rusty Harrison (SA) Ashley Jones (Vic) Ben Shields (NSW)
2002 Gillman Speedway Travis McGowan (Vic) Cameron Woodward (Vic) Rusty Harrison (SA)
2003 Oakburn Park Speedway Rory Schlein (SA) Cameron Woodward (Vic) Jaye Stevens (NSW)
2004 Undera Park Speedway Rory Schlein (SA) Robert Ksiezak (SA) Matthew Wethers (SA)
2005 Oakburn Park Speedway Chris Holder (NSW) Rory Schlein (SA) Cameron Woodward (Vic)
2006 Gillman Speedway Chris Holder (NSW) Troy Batchelor (Qld) Jason Doyle (NSW)
2007 Gillman Speedway Chris Holder (NSW) Troy Batchelor (Qld) Robert Ksiezak (SA)
2008** Olympic Park Speedway Chris Holder (NSW) Tyron Proctor (Vic)
2009 Gosford Speedway Darcy Ward (Qld) Kozza Smith (NSW) Aaron Summers (SA)
2010 Olympic Park Speedway Darcy Ward (Qld) Justin Sedgmen (Vic) Josh Auty (England)
2011 North Brisbane Speedway Darcy Ward (Qld) Richard Sweetman (NSW) Josh Grajczonek (Qld)
2012 Loxford Park Speedway Taylor Poole (NSW) Justin Sedgmen (Vic) Alex Davies (NSW)
2013[3] Loxford Park Speedway Max Fricke (Vic) Taylor Poole (NSW) Justin Sedgmen (Vic)
2014[4] Gillman Speedway Max Fricke (Vic) Ryan Douglas (Qld) Jack Holder (NSW)
2015 Loxford Park Speedway Max Fricke (Vic) Jack Holder (NSW) Brady Kurtz (NSW)
2016 Gillman Speedway Jack Holder (NSW) Brady Kurtz (NSW) Max Fricke (Vic)
2017 Loxford Park Speedway Max Fricke (Vic) Jack Holder (NSW) Jaimon Lidsey (Vic)
2018 Olympic Park Speedway Jaimon Lidsey (Vic) Kye Thomson Zaine Kennedy
2019 Willowbank Speedway Jaimon Lidsey (Vic) Jordan Stewart (Vic) Matthew Gilmore
2020[5] Undera Speedway Jaimon Lidsey (Vic) Zach Cook Jedd List
2021[6] not held due to Covid-19
2022 Gillman Speedway Keynan Rew[7] Tate Zischke James Pearson
2023

* 1986 run as the Australian Under-18 Championship.
** 2008 No third place awarded. Troy Batchelor fell & was excluded on lap 2, Robert Ksiezak suffered engine failure in lap 2 of the re-run Final leaving Chris Holder and Tyron Proctor as the only finishers

Medals classification

(2 or more)

PosRiderGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1.Leigh Adams 4 1 5
Max Fricke 4 1 5
3.Chris Holder 4 4
4.Jaimon Lidsey 3 1 4
5.Travis McGowan 3 3
Darcy Ward 3 3
6.Rory Schlein 2 1 3
7.Ryan Sullivan 2 2
8.Jack Holder 1 2 1 4
9.Nigel Sadler 1 1 1 3
10.Rusty Harrison 1 2 3
11.Taylor Poole 1 1 2
12.Adam Shields 1 1 2

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Australian Junior Solo Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Title No.4 for Fricke
  3. ↑ "Fricke Flies to Aussie Crown Archived 22 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine", speedwaygp.com, 19 January 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2013
  4. ↑ "Max Fricke wins thrilling Aussie U/21 Title Archived 14 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine"
  5. ↑ "Jaimon Lidsey Takes His Third Under 21 Speedway Championship Title". 27 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "COVID-19 Forces Cancellation of 2021 & Postponement of 2022 Australian Speedway Championships". 4 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Rew roars to Aussie U21 crown". FIM. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
Books
  • Loader, Tony (1991). Loader's International Speedway Annual 1991. Tony Loader. p. 66. ISSN 1036-4404.
Articles
  • Oakes, Peter (2013) "New Champ Keeps Cool", Speedway Star, 26 January 2013, pp. 6–7
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