Sidewinders Speedway (original) (raw)

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The Sidewinders Speedway is a junior Motorcycle speedway that was opened in 1978 in the semi-industrial Adelaide suburb of Wingfield in South Australia. The Sidewinders U/16 Speedway Club Inc. was founded two years earlier in 1976 by Graham Baker and Roy Bitmead, with help from Rowley Park Speedway riders Robin and Kym Amundson, and their father Bill. As it was then, Sidewinders goal is to promote and develop speedway through its junior ranks with riders aged 4–15, something that had rarely been done in Australia to that point. Once a rider turns 16 he or she then move into the senior ranks. Prior to the opening of Sidewinders, most Australian Solo riders came into the sport with a background in Cycle Speedway (in Adelaide this was usually through the Findon Skid Kids cycling club) or through Scrambling, including local Adelaide hero John Boulger who during the 1980s and 1990s was a strong supporter of the speedway (despite having retired from riding in 1983 to move into first the Sprintcar, then the Speedcar ranks), lending his experience, including two Australian Championships, nine South Australian Championships, a World Team Cup win, and two World Final appearances, to up and coming riders. (en)

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Sidewinders U/16 Speedway in 2011 showing "Mt. Wingfield" to the left and the clubrooms at the top right (en)

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Australian Under-16 Solo Championship (en)
Barb Miller Memorial (en)
Birthday Meeting (en)
Roy Bitmead Cup (en)
South Australian Under-16 Sidecar Championship (en)
South Australian Under-16 Solo Championship (en)

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Speedway (en)

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Wingfield Reserve, Eighth Street (en)
Wingfield, South Australia 5013 (en)

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Scott Norman (en)

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True (en)

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Sidewinders Speedway (en)

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The Place Where Junior Champions Meet (en)

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1978-02-25 (xsd:date)

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Sidewinders U/16 Speedway Club Inc. (en)

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Sidewinders U/16 Speedway Club Inc. (en)

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The Sidewinders Speedway is a junior Motorcycle speedway that was opened in 1978 in the semi-industrial Adelaide suburb of Wingfield in South Australia. The Sidewinders U/16 Speedway Club Inc. was founded two years earlier in 1976 by Graham Baker and Roy Bitmead, with help from Rowley Park Speedway riders Robin and Kym Amundson, and their father Bill. As it was then, Sidewinders goal is to promote and develop speedway through its junior ranks with riders aged 4–15, something that had rarely been done in Australia to that point. Once a rider turns 16 he or she then move into the senior ranks. (en)

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