{"id":128935,"date":"2015-12-03T02:20:16","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T16:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=128935"},"modified":"2020-11-02T17:13:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T07:13:55","slug":"storms-cut-short-qld-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/12\/03\/storms-cut-short-qld-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Storms Cut Short Qld Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Townsville rider Jedd List and the Sunshine Coast’s Keynan Rew battle it out in Heat 12 of the U16s championship … this is how they finished on the podium later in the night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 3, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

All day Saturday the clouds were splitting north and south of Kingaroy, keeping the track dry for the Queensland Junior U16 125cc Speedway Solo championship.<\/p>\n

Practice sessions went well for the 15 riders who had come from all over Queensland to take part in the prestigious event.<\/p>\n

Two South Burnett riders were in the mix: Cordell Rogerson, from Coolabunia; and Kyle Tessmann, from Kingaroy.<\/p>\n

The storms continued to hang off as the afternoon progressed, but as the clouds became darker and darker, officials from the Kingaroy Junior Motorcycle Speedway Club – who were hosting the event for the first time – brought the race start time forward in the hope that all heats could be completed before the storm broke.<\/p>\n

Officials and competitors moved through the planned 32-event card with great efficiency, with barely a break between heats.<\/p>\n

But the club’s luck was destined to run out and the night was called off at the end of Round 3 after 18 events had been raced – a mixture of U16s heats and support events, including Pee Wees who were a big favourite with the crowd.<\/p>\n

Event organisers would have been happy with the quality of the racing but were probably disappointed with the attendance figures, with the threatening storm obviously keeping many people away.<\/p>\n

Junior U16 Final Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Jedd List
\n2. Keynan Rew
\n3. Cordell Rogerson & Broc Hall
\n4. Jack Miles & Flynn Nicol<\/p>\n