2009 Australian Individual Speedway Championship

The 2009 Individual Speedway Australian Championship was the 2009 version of the Individual Speedway Australian Championship organised by Motorcycling Australia. The three final rounds took place between 3 January and 10 January.[1] The championship was won by Leigh Adams, who beat the defending champion Chris Holder into second place. Rory Schlein finished third.

2009 Australian Individual Speedway Championship
Previous: 2008 Next: 2010

By winning the 2009 Australian Solo Championship, Leigh Adams won his record 10th Australian title which he had first won in 1992. Adams was undefeated through the three rounds held at the Newcastle Showgrounds, Olympic Park Speedway, and Gillman Speedway.

Qualification
  • Qualification[2]
  • 2 January, 2009
  • Gosford, NSW - Gosford Speedway
  • Referee:
  • Qualification: the top six riders and two track reserves.
Pos.RiderPointsDetails
1(4) Kozza Smith14(3,3,3,2,3)
2(13) Aaron Summers13(3,3,1,3,3)
3(7) Darcy Ward12(3,3,3,2,1)
4(16) Jay Herne11(2,2,3,1,3)
5(8) Justin Sedgmen11(2,1,3,2,3)
6(3) Lee Herne10(2,2,2,3,1)
7(15) James Holder9(1,0,3,3,2)
8(2) Hugh Skidmore8(1,3,1,1,2)
9(9) Sam Masters7(3,2,1,1,0)
10(14) Arlo Bugeja6(0,2,0,2,2)
11(11) Richard Sweetman6(2,1,2,0,1)
12(10) Michael Penfold5(1,1,0,2,1)
13(6) Ryan Sedgmen2(e,0,0,0,2)
14(12) Mitchell Davey2(e,0,2,0,0)
15(5) Jake Anderson2(0,0,1,1,0)
16(1) Kurt Shields2(1,1,e,0,0)

Finals

Ten riders were seeded through to the finals:

Newcastle
  • Round one[3]
  • 3 January, 2009
  • Newcastle, NSW - Newcastle Showgrounds
  • Referee:
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 2122
1 (5) Leigh Adams 20 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 3
2 (10) Rory Schlein 18 3 3 3 0 3 12 2 2
3 (16) Chris Holder 17 3 2 3 2 1 11 5 3 1
4 (7) Jason Doyle 16 2 3 2 3 2 12 3 0
5 (9) Cameron Woodward 15 1 1 3 3 3 11 4 2
6 (1) Tyron Proctor 14 3 2 0 0 2 7 7 1
7 (11) Davey Watt 13 2 2 2 2 2 10 6 0
8 (3) Cory Gathercole 12 1 0 2 1 3 7 8
9 (13) Jay Herne 11 E 0 1 3 2 6 9
10 (12) Troy Batchelor 10 0 3 2 1 E 6 10
11 (14) Lee Herne 9 2 1 0 2 1 6 11
12 (2) Kozza Smith 7 2 2 1 Fx 0 5 12
13 (6) Darcy Ward 6 1 0 1 2 1 5 13
14 (15) Josh Grajczonek 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 14
15 (8) Justin Sedgmen 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 15
16 (4) Aaron Summers 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
(17) James Holder 0 0
(18) Hugh Skidmore 0 0
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 2122

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Mildura
  • Round two[4]
  • 7 January, 2009
  • Mildura, Victoria - Olympic Park Speedway
  • Referee:
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 2122
1 (4) Leigh Adams 20 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 3
2 (1) Chris Holder 18 1 2 3 2 3 11 5 3 2
3 (3) Troy Batchelor 17 2 2 3 2 3 12 2 1
4 (6) Jason Doyle 16 3 3 2 2 2 12 3 Fx
5 (10) Rory Schlein 15 3 1 2 3 2 11 6 2
6 (7) Davey Watt 14 2 3 0 3 3 11 4 1
7 (13) Cameron Woodward 13 3 3 1 3 0 10 7 Fx
8 (2) Tyron Proctor 12 0 2 3 2 1 8 8
9 (16) Darcy Ward 11 2 2 1 1 2 8 9
10 (8) Kozza Smith 10 1 1 2 1 1 6 10
11 (9) Justin Sedgmen 9 2 1 0 1 0 4 11
12 (14) Josh Grajczonek 7 0 0 1 0 2 3 12
13 (5) Jay Herne 6 0 Fx 2 e 1 3 13
14 (15) Aaron Summers 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 14
15 (12) Lee Herne 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 15
16 (11) Cory Gathercole 2 1 0 0 0 Fx 1 16
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 2122

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Gillman
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 2122
1 (16) Leigh Adams 20 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 3
2 (6) Troy Batchelor 18 1 2 2 2 3 10 5-6 3 2
3 (9) Chris Holder 17 3 2 3 3 2 13 2 1
4 (1) Davey Watt 16 2 3 1 3 3 12 3 0
5 (3) Rory Schlein 15 3 2 2 2 2 11 5-6 2
6 (5) Darcy Ward 14 3 1 3 1 3 11 4 1
7 (10) Cameron Woodward 13 2 3 3 0 1 9 7 0
8 (7) Cory Gathercole 12 2 3 1 2 1 9 8
9 (13) Tyron Proctor 11 Fx 0 2 3 1 6 9
10 (2) Kozza Smith 10 1 0 2 2 0 5 10
11 (11) Aaron Summers 9 1 1 0 1 2 5 11
12 (14) Josh Grajczonek 7 2 1 0 1 1 5 12
13 (15) Justin Sedgmen 6 1 0 1 1 2 5 13
14 (8) James Holder 4 0 2 1 0 0 3 14
15 (12) Jay Herne 3 0 1 Fx 0 - 1 15
16 (4) Lee Herne 2 0 0 0 Fx 0 0 16
17 (17) Arlo Bugeja 0 0 0 17
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 2122

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

The intermediate classification
Pos.RiderPointsNEWMILGIL
Leigh Adams60202020
Chris Holder52171817
Rory Schlein48181515
4Troy Batchelor45101718
5Davey Watt43131416
6Cameron Woodward41151313
7Tyron Proctor37141211
8Jason Doyle321616-
9Darcy Ward3461114
10Cory Gathercole2812412
11Kozza Smith2771010
12Josh Grajczonek20497
13Jay Herne171133
14Aaron Summers17269
15Justin Sedgmen16376
16Lee Herne13922
17James Holder33
18Arlo Bugeja00
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References
  1. "W styczniu mistrzostwa Australii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  2. "Smith wygrał kwalifikacje" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-01-02. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  3. "Adams wygrywa pierwszą rundę IM Australii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-01-03. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  4. "Nie ma mocnych na Adamsa" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-01-07. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  5. "Adams po raz 10. mistrzem Australii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-01-10. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-11.

See also
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