Boxing Day Shootout 26th December 2011

Four riders turned out at Kurri Kurri on their 350s to support the senior solos. The night belonged to Jack Holder with four wins. He showed the speed and style of his older brother Chris and, although pressed, rode maturely for all of his wins.

The minor placings were shared by Max Fricke, Tyler King and Brady Kurtz. These three raced hard but could not match the speed of Jack.

Max has been putting in the miles and the laps. He has a unique style and appears to sit very low in the saddle. Tyler will soon be practicing on a 500 and is planning a trip to England. Brady has achieved a lot in dirt track and on the speedway 125s but looked a bit uncomfortable on the 350.

These four young riders have been putting in a lot of time on the 350s and are determined to succeed in senior ranks.

Roy Thomsen Memorial 9th October 2011

Jack Holder has added his name to this prestigious trophy joining his SGP winning brother Chris. Roy's JAP speedway bike was on display along with some photos. His widow Robyn presented the trophies. A full field of sixteen riders competed at Kurri Kurri speedway and while it was predictable who the top qualifiers would be, it did not detract from the spectacle.

Jimmy Jones has shown improvement over recent months and is keeping pace with more experienced riders. Regular dirt track riders Boyd Hollis and Mitchell Cluff are getting better with every ride and it won't be long before they are challenging for race wins. Mechanical problems robbed Cluff of a start in the C Final and Hollis a finish in the B Final.

D Final 1st: Tom Edwards 2nd Mitchell James 3rd Christian Hojberg FX: Aden Clare C Final 1st: Zac Cook 2nd Isaac Hawes 3rd: Matthew Gilmore DNS: Mitchell Cluff

B Final 1st: Ben Cook 2nd: Jimmy Jones 3rd: Denny Cox DNF: Boyd Hollis

The A Final qualifiers were Jack Holder, Max Fricke (crowned NSW champion a week earlier), Max Croker (who has just returned to racing after an injury enforced lay off) and Brady Kurtz. Holder went through the heats unbeaten including a win over each of the other finalists.

The race started badly for Holder who tangled with Fricke in the first corner and fell heavily. The referee called all four back for the restart. This time Holder made a clean start followed by Fricke, Croker and Kurtz. Kurtz quickly passed Croker then started pressuring Fricke on lap two. At the start of lap three Kurtz came underneath and forced Fricke out wide. They collided and Fricke went down. Out came the red flags and up went the yellow marker and Kurtz was excluded. On the restart Holder again made a good start and held the lead to win from Fricke and Croker.

NSW U16 Solo Championship

Cowra Motorcycle Racing Club hosted the 2011 GM Australia NSW Under 16 Speedway Solo Championships on Sunday, 2 October, 2011. The stage was set and everything organised with precision to hold the Titles on the Saturday of the long weekend, except for the weather. With Saturday rained out all riders rolled up again on Sunday to much better, but not ideal conditions, with the track very wet and grippy.

With 11 NSW riders, 2 Victorians and 2 Queenslanders the racing was always going to be tuff. Rolling up for Queensland were brothers Zaine & Declan Kennedy, along with Victorians Cooper Riordan and Max Fricke. Riders flying the flag for NSW were local riders Ben & Zach Cook, Brady Kurtz and Matt Gilmore along with Christian Hojberg, Lawson Walters, Jimmy (the human siren) Jones, Max Croker, Jack Holder and brothers Denny & Brady Cox.

After some hard fought heats the eventual winner was Victorian Max Fricke, followed by the one and only Jack Holder then fellow NSW rider Brady Kurtz, with Queenslander Zaine Kennedy taking out fourth placing.

1 Christian Hojberg 2 0 0 0 0 = 2
2 Lawson Walters XF R 2 2 2 = 6
4 Ben Cook 3 3 1 0 2 = 9 0
5 Brady Kurtz X 2 3 3 3 = 11 3+1 (3rd)
6 Zaine Kennedy 2 3 3 3 R = 11 0 (4th)
7 Max Fricke 3 3 3 3 3 = 15 3 (1st)
8 Denny Cox 1 X 2 0 2 = 5
9 Brady Cox XF 1 3 1 1 = 6
10 Zach Cook 2 1 0 X 1 = 4
11 Jimmy Jones 1 1 2 1 1 = 6
12 Max Croker 3 2 X 1 2 = 8 1
13 Jack Holder 3 3 2 3 3 = 14 2 (2nd)
14 Matthew Gilmore 1 2 1 2 XF = 6
15 Cooper Riordan 2 2 X 2 3 = 9 2
16 Declan Kennedy 0 1 1 2 0 = 4