Words by Pete Barnes Despite a weather forecast of temperatures in the the mid to high 30s the progressive Findon Club decided to stage their final 2024 Closed Championship race meeting but with a 10.30am start time. Without doubt a wise decision as by early afternoon the award presentations took place in the sanctuary of the air conditioned clubroom. In […]
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Words by Pete Barnes, Pictures by Kayleigh Clarke Whilst Friday 13th is deemed unlucky it was not the case for a few club members at the recent Findon annual end of season presentation evening as it was exactly the opposite. The main awards were as follows: The Harley Medal. Brad Curnow.The Bert Hill Medal. Chad Ricketts.Senior Rider of the year. […]
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Words by Pete Barnes. Pics by Kayleigh Clarke With over 90 nominations from the four South Australian clubs over five hours of racing took place before the victors in each division could be confirmed. In the Grand Final of the Open grade Salisbury based Cody Chadwick held off thestrong challenge from fellow club mate Bobby McMillan with Blake Frencken and […]
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Words by Pete Barnes. Pic by Kayleigh Clarke. Representatives from both the Poole / Dolphin Centre and South Australian Findon / FSK clubs have agreed the arrangement for multi capped Australian International Shane Bentley and highly talented teenage competitors, Ryan Knights and Blake Freckcen, to make a two week visit to the South Coast and compete in the prestigious Ade […]
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Words by Pete Barnes, Photos by Tammy Clarke As a result of a grant application the long awaited upgrade to the Findon clubroom and adjacent building has recently commenced with a projected cost in the region of $132,000. It will feature home and away changing rooms, toilet block and shower facilities. Another incentive is the redevelopment of the main clubroom bar […]
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On 4 May 2020, Findon Skid Kids founder, Mick Harley, passed away peacefully in his sleep, aged 77, following a 2 year battle with cancer. Although everyone was aware of Mick’s battle, it still came as a shock to learn the sad news on Monday morning. A world without Mick Harley just seemed an impossibility, such was his stature and […]
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A near capacity attendance combined with five hours of racing spread over seven divisions plus the spectacular fire jump saw Findon celebrate its 60th birthday in style on a perfect 28c summer day. The racing format gave each competitor four qualifying heats with the top six progressing to a “sudden death” final and the top three taking the podium positions. Divisions 4 […]
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Despite the long summer break, Bobby McMillan still showed his World Championship class with a well earned 17 points to win the Division 1 event on Sunday. Angus Freeman and Aussie Jones filled the minor positions, whilst former World Junior Champion, Shane Bentley, was unavailable due to a motor cycling competition. In the Womens Division, Kayleigh Clarke secured a narrow […]
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The Findon club have announced the staging of a 60th Anniversary meeting and re-union on Sunday 25th February. Early nominations include Senior Australian International riders Bobby McMillan, Braden Makepeace, Angus Freeman, in addition to Veteran International Brad Hoppo. Poole winter signing Ben Mould has also indicated his intention to compete as part of his pre season training prior to returning […]
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Findon hosted the World Individual Finals day in Adelaide, South Australia on Saturday. Salisbury rider, Joel Chadwick, took home the top prize, but the day also saw Great Britain’s Brandon Whetton, Norman Venson and Macie Schmidt claim top prizes in their categories, along with Australia’s Jack Norman and Poland’s Zaneta Siemianowska. JUNIOR Following his disappointment in the 2015 Junior World […]
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Australia’s Joel Chadwick capped off an impressive performance across the three week long ICSF Cycle Speedway World Championships in Adelaide, South Australia, by becoming world champion after a three way tie at the top with brother Cody and 2015 world champion, Bartek Grabowski. Team GB’s Myke Grimes and Josh Brooke tied fourth on 13 points, while Paul Heard and Zac […]
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The 2017 ICSF World Cycle Speedway championships conclude this weekend, with Thursday and Friday being the final free days. The hectic schedule has produced some thrilling racing, here’s what has happened in week three of the championships. Senior Team GB stars Paul Heard, Myke Grimes, Ben Mould, Zac Payne, Josh Brooke and junior Brandon Whetton all made it through fiercely […]
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Thursday 22nd November saw Findon and Salisbury stage the quarter-finals of the World Senior Individual Championship. In the opening event at Findon, Joel Chadwick stormed to a faultless scoreline, whilst former World Champion Lukasz Nowacki and talented Australian junior, Jack Norman, amassed 17 points apiece. The only major casualty was Australian test star Braden Makepeace, whose tally was limited due to a tape […]
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Due to last minute withdrawals, the two scheduled semi final events were replaced with a single pre qualifier, to find the sixteen competitors who will contest the final at Findon, on Saturday 2nd December 2017. In the opening barrier of heats, it was Kristina Mines, Miriam Thompson, Lucy Millikin, Lauren Jacobs, in addition to Polish sensation Zaneta Siemianowska, and event favourite […]
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Australia powered to a convincing victory in the first match of the three test series against Great Britain at Findon, Adelaide, on Tuesday evening. The encounter was explosive team racing at it’s best, in front of a loud and vocal crowd to match the intense rivalry on track. It started well for Team GB, with Myke Grimes racing to victory in […]
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With the Great Britain party due to arrive in Adelaide this coming weekend, they will no doubt be pleased to hear that the weather forecast for Saturday is 33c and on Sunday 34c.
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The ICSF World Championships are now only one week away and the UK and Poland touring parties are well into their final preparations ahead of their long flight down under at the end of next week. Here’s a catch up of what’s been going on in Adelaide over the past few weeks, sent in by our reporter in South Australia, […]
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As expected, there was plenty of action in the Division 1 League held at Findon last weekend, with the LeFevre Dolphins trying to knock the Salisbury Jets off the top of the table, but it was not to be. After race 12 of the 18 heat formula, the Jets were only 3 points in front of the Dolphins, but unfortunately […]
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