The itinerary for the 2013 World Cycle Speedway Championships has been released.

The Championships will take place in Adelaide from the 4th November, 2013.

The proposed itinerary is subject to change, although the racing dates are likely to remain the same.

The organisers are to be congratulated on the early release of details, as this will certainly help the overseas teams attending the Championships.

The 2013 World Championship:

Mon 4th…GB Arrives or possibly Tues 5th

Tues 5th

Wed 6th

Thurs 7th  : Test Match 1 (LeFevre)     Junior 7pm     Senior 8.30pm

Fri 8th :   Club Night at LeFevre ----Salisbury----Findon

Sat 9       (for overseas visitors: Christmas Pageant through the streets of Adelaide) starts at 9-30am

Test Match No2 (Salisbury)    Women 1pm (Test Match 1) – Junior 3pm – Senior 6pm

Sun 10th] :  Test Match No3 (Findon)  Women 1pm (Test Match2)—Junior  3pm—Senior 6pm

Mon 11th :   Women Test Match No3  7pm.  (Salisbury.)

8-30pm  Senior World Cup Qualifier  Top 3 to Final

Tues 12th

Wed 13 th     Possible Race Meeting Meeting atFindon     7pm

Thurs 14th

Fri 15th :    Veterans Elimination heats (if necessary)   Women Individual Eliminations heats (if necessary)

Club racing (at least 1 track)

Sat 16th: Federation Cup (Australia, Great Britain, Poland)  (LeFevre) Women 1pm Junior 3pm   Senior 6pm

Sun 17th : World Pairs Championship   (Murraylands)  Junior 2pm   Senior 4pm

Mon 18th  :   Senior Individual Eliminations.  4 heats (Findon, Salisbury, LeFevre) top 8 to Prelim Finals=32

Tues 19th : Junior Semi-Finals (2)  top 8 to Final = 16

Wed 20th : Senior Preliminary Finals  (2)  top 12 + next highest scorer to Semi’s + 7 seeds   = 32

Thurs 21st : Senior Individual Semi-Finals (2)

Fri 22nd  :  Club Night racing at     LeFevre  -- Salisbury

Sat 23rd :  World Cups (Findon)   Junior 4pm     Senior 6pm

Sun 24th : World Individuals  (Salisbury)  Women 12n---Veterans 2pm—Junior  4pm----Senior  6pm.

Mon 25th :  Tourists depart

The Division 1 Cycle Speedway League Grand Final, held at Findon, was between the Salisbury Jets and the Le Fevre Dolphins

The Division 1 League Grand Final was held at the Findon track and you would have thought you were witnessing a GB v Australia Test Match.

Dolphins got off to a great start with Ty Geertsen and Daniel Robb coming out of grids 1-3 to score a 6-4 from Cody Ball and Joel Chadwick and then Robert Fitzpatrick and Cameron Crisp duplicating the scoring in race 2 over Cody Chadwick and Ryan Edson.

The pairing of Ty Geertsen and Robert Sellick in race 3 saw another 6-4 against Cody Ball and Ryan Greenhalgh.

Race 4 and Jets fight back with Joel Chadwick and Ryan Edson take a 7-3 from Daniel Robb and Cameron Crisp.

Points after race 4 are Dolphins 21 Jets 19. Race 5 and the scores are even after Cody Chadwick and Cody Ball take a 6-4 from Robert Fitzpatrick and Robert Sellick.

Race 6 and Dolphins regain the lead with a 6-4 from Daniel Robb and Ty Geertsen from Ryan Edson and Shane Weinert.  Race 7 sees Robert Fitzpatrick first but his partner Cameron Crisp suffers a leg exclusion on the home turn putting Cody Chadwick down so the Jets pick up a point and the scores are now 35-34 in favour of the Dolphins.

Races 8, 9 and 10 are even pointers and the Jets take a 6-4 in race 11 putting the Jets in front for the first time.

The atmosphere was electric going into the final race with Ty Geertsen gating from grid 2 around Cody Cadwick  with Robert Fitzpatrick and Shane Weinert going under both of them but the race was recalled after Weinert tangled with Fitzpatrick.

In the re-run Chadwick held his gate 1 drifting Geertsen to allow Weinert to come through.  The Jets then powered home to a 7-3 and winning the match 62-57.

The main topic from the spectators was ‘Just think what it’s going to be like for the 2013 Test Matches’!!!!!

Salisbury Jets:  Joel Chadwick 17, Cody Chawick 16, Shane Weinert 11, Ryan Rdson 10, Cody Ball 5, Ryan Greenhalgh 3.

LeFevre Dolphins:  Robert Fitzpatrick 17, Ty Geertsen 16, Daniel Robb 11, Cameron Crisp 8, Robert Sellick 5. Nash Manoel 0, Andrew Wilkie 0.

Referee: Mick Harley

SALISBURY JETS 62  LEFEVRE DOLPHINS 57

The Division 4 (Under 13) League Grand Final was, for the first time, a LeFevre Dolphins and Murraylands affair.

Up till now, it has always been the Findon Comets and Salisbury Jets who have won the Div 4 Premiership, but this year there was a changing of the guard.

The Final was held at the Salisbury track (neutral track) using the 6-man 12 race formula.

The points were even on 25 after race 5 but then the combination of Brodie and Toby Wohlschlager started the change in Murraylands favour with a 7-3 in race 6.

Races 7,8,9 were even pointers but then Murraylands sealed the deal when they scored 7-3 in the last 3 heats.

Murraylands:  Brodie Wohlschlager 17, Cameron Zadow 16, Toby Wohlschlager 14, Ebony Clark 12, Levi Strothers 6, Ryan Lee 3

LeFevre Dolphins:   Jack Norman 15, Todd Clarke 12, Darnell Miller 10, Accacia Pride 8, Adam Thompson 5, Locke Pearce 2

MURRAYLANDS 68    LEFEVRE DOLPHINS 52

Referee: Brad Hoppo

It was the main event of the year and 130 competitors (or in this case combatants) plus their family support crew packed into the Findon Complex to witness one of the best days racing in years.

It was a hot 35 degrees and everyone was feeling it as the temperature the day before was a pleasant 22  and, coming out of a cold winter no one was used to the hot weather. We now know how the Poms and the Poles feel coming from the cold.

The Grand parade was very spectacular with the 130 participants lined up all around the track. 

The actual racing got under way at 12-25pm  and with the Referee (Phil O’Neill) calling the next race on the track as soon as the last rider of the previous race crossed the finishing line we got through it rather quickly finishing around 5-30pm.

(If he had waited for the track to be clear we would have finished around 7pm.

Although it was a hot 35 the  obligatory World Famous Fire Jump was held immediately after the trophy presentation and this increased the perspiration on everyone standing anywhere near the safety fence.

It was good to see Mitchell and Jack Spear back on the saddle and it appears they are keen to train for the 2013 Worlds and once again boost the ranks of the Findon Comets League Team.

For those who don’t know, jack had a very nasty accident a few months ago when he rode his motor bike off a cliff and fell 15 metres breaking many bones.

His mates went looking for him after he didn’t turn up for a couple of hours and he had to be rescued from the cliff base by the Emergency helicopter.

16 riders contested Division 1 where each rider had 4 races with the top 4 point scorers going into the sudden death final. Cody Chadwick scored 15 with Ryan Edson on 14 which put them straight into the Final.  Ty Geertsen, Bobby McMillan, Joel Chadwick and Daniel Robb all scored 13 and had a run-off with Ty Geertsen and Joel Chadwick securing a berth in the Final.

The Grand Final  was won in great style by the very popular Cody Chadwick who finally has taken out the event that had eluded him for the past few years.

He bounced out first with Ryan Edson in 2^nd followed by  Ty Geertsen and Joel Chadwick.

Coming out of turn 2 Joel Chadwick went under both Geertsen and Edson to take over 2^nd spot but was quickly passed by Edson  who made a great dive under Joel Chadwick on turn 4 to move into 2^nd and it was then on between Ty Geertsen and Joel Chadwick for 3^rd spot with Chadwick finishing in front of Geertsen.

Results:

Division 7:   1^st Mitchell O’Neill 2^nd Tarj Simpson 3^rd Ben Pudney 4^th: JackDawson

Division 6: 1^st: Cooper Osborne 2^nd : Thomas Jansen 3^rd : Aiden Weinert 4^th: Cohen Adamson

Division 5: Jack Norman 2^nd: Darnell Miller 3^rd: Mathew Snowden 4^th: Jack Swansson

Division 4: 1^st: Cameron Zadow 2^nd: Mathew Hurley 3^rd: Toby Wohlschlager 4^th: Josh Carden

Girls Under 13:  1^st: Ebony Clark 2^nd : Holly Greenhalgh 3^rd: Miriam Thompson 4^th: Latisha Bevear

Women: 1^st: Letitia Collins 2^nd: Nicole Kinross 3^rd: Lucy Millikin 4^th: Sarah Kinross

Division 3:  1^st: Shane Bentley 2^nd: Ryan Greenhalgh 3^rd: Trent Forester 4^th: Connor Whelan

Over 30:  1^st: Robert Fleming 2^nd: Darren Schultz 3^rd: Andrew Blatchford 4^th: Robert Thompson

Division 2:  1^st: Jay Walters 2^nd: Braden Makepeace 3^rd: David Watkins 4^th: Mark Sheldon

Division 1:  1^st: Cody Chadwick  2^nd: Ryan Edson 3^rd: Joel Chadwick 4^th: Ty Geertsen