The Australian Under-21 Speedway Championship is a

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championship held each year since 1986, with the exception of 1994 and 1995, to determine the Australian Under-21 national champion. The event is organised by

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(MA). The event was run as the Australian Under-18 Championship in 1986. This lasted just one year and was changed to the Under-21 Championship in 1987 to bring it in line with the

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which is also for Under-21s. The inaugural Under-21 Championship in 1987 was held at the

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riders scored a

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. The championship was won by

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from brothers

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and

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. It would take another 22 years (2009) before another Queenslander would step on the podium when

Darcy Ward Darcy Stephen Ward (born 4 May 1992 in Nanango, Queensland) is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider who won the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Australian Under-21 Championships as well as the 2009 and 2010 World Under-21 Championships. His c ...

won the first of three straight titles. Victorian Nigel Tremelling won the single Under-18 Championship in 1986.

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from

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and Victorian rider

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, jointly hold the record for most wins in the Australian Under-21 Championship with four wins each. Adams would win the 1992 Under-21 World Championship as well as winning a record 10 senior Australian Championships while in 1992 he became the first reigning Australian U/21 Champion to win the senior title. Holder won the 2012 World Championship. Triple Australian Under-21 Champion Darcy Ward won the Under-21 World Championship in

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and

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while finishing second in

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while Max Fricke won the Under-21 World Championship in

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after finishing 6th in the 2015 U/21 World Championship. Leigh Adams, Darcy Ward and Max Fricke are the only Australian Under-21 Champions to have won the Under-21 World Championship. No rider from

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, the

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or the

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has won the championship, though

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and

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winner

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from

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was born in Darwin (NT).

from Victoria won the (2017) Australian Under-21 Championship. Frick won his record equaling 4th title at the

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on 28 January.Title No.4 for Fricke
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Jaimon Lidsey Jaimon Lidsey (born 27 February 1999) is an Australian speedway rider. He rides in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for the Belle Vue Aces in the SGB Premiership. Career He is twice a winner of the Australian Under-21 Individual Speedwa ...

from Victoria won the title he won in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Placegetters since 1986

''* 1986 run as the Australian Under-18 Championship.
** 2008 No third place awarded.

Troy Batchelor Troy Matthew Batchelor (born 29 August 1987) is an Australian speedway rider. Career Australia Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Troy Batchelor enjoyed his first success when he won the 2001 Queensland and New South Wales Under-16 championships ...

fell & was excluded on lap 2, Robert Ksiezak suffered engine failure in lap 2 of the re-run Final leaving

and Tyron Proctor as the only finishers

Medals classification

References

;Books * ;Articles *Oakes, Peter (2013) "New Champ Keeps Cool", ''Speedway Star'', 26 January 2013, pp. 6–7

External links

Australian Under-21 Solo Title'sMotorcycle Australia results since 2003
{{International speedway

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Placegetters since 1986

Medals classification

See also

References

External links