09/11/2026
Good luck to all the Queenslanders heading down the Somersby for the 2026 Australian Junior Track Championships.
Pavlos Artup
Deklyn Bridge
Bailey Brookes
Colby Cummins
Rhordan Dent
Tommy Dwyer
Ryke Haller
Lucy Heaton-New
Mica Hicks
Ayrton Joel
Ryder Kearin
Jaxx Knapman
Tate Lambie
Kai Moran
Ryker Muggleton
Beau Neumann
Henry Nicolls
Huxley Pearce
Cruize Reilly
Koby Roberts
Ryder Smith
Kru Tulloch
Ryder Vass
Rubii Ward
Lachlan Webber
8 November 2026
Press Release re
JUNIORS ON PATH TO GLORY THIS WEEKEND
For immediate Release
Some of Australian best young motorcycle talent will descend on the New South Wales Central Coast this coming weekend (November 14 and 15) for the running of the rescheduled 2026 MSC MOTO Australian Junior Track Championships meeting, the original staging having been washed out in October.
The Central Coast Junior Motorcycle Club (CCJMCC) will host the meeting at their Allen Park complex at Somersby just under two years since they last hosted this championship showdown that invariably showcases plenty of riders who go on to make a name for themselves in the senior ranks.
Over the past 25 years corresponding title meetings have seen riders like World champions like Casey Stoner Remy Gardiner, Darcy Ward and Chris Holder, current performers on the world road racing stage like Jack Miller, Senna Agius and Joel Kelso and speedway stars like Brady Kurtz, Rohan Tungate and Sam Masters in action.
More recently Australian Superbike frontrunner Cameron Dunker, recently crowned inaugural FIM Harley-Davidson Bagger World Cup champion Archie McDonald and dual American Flat Track champion Tom Drane have done their ‘apprenticeship’ coming through the dirt track ranks.
So who are the riders to watch this weekend?
Actually, many of the competitors this weekend already have impressive records and watching them fans can often be surprised by the tender age of riders showing such skill and poise on the track.
The entry list of over 120 riders is drawn from as far away as Townsville in the north and Albury-Wodonga in the south.
Most will have raced at the track before with one rider in particular Ryder Smith, son of former speedway champion Kozza Smith having made the trek from Townsville for the Central Coast Cup meeting back in June just to get some experience on the track.
The two Girls’ classes as well as the 85cc 2-stroke & 150cc 4-stroke class for the 12-Under 16s will all be decided on points over five rounds, meaning that every place in every round could prove vital in determining the final outcome.
Other classes will be decided over four rounds of heats and then a repechage, before a final – that final to decide the championship outcome.
The older age brackets attract most of the attention with a very evenly matched line-up headed by Hayden Duggan from Forbes, Hugh Holmes and Nate Jaeger from Gunnedah, and Queenslanders Kai Moran and Ryke Haller all bring good credentials, while host club hopes rest with Levi Meyn who was an impressive winner of the Central Coast Junior Cup in June.
While there will be plenty of new names as champions this year it will be interesting to follow the fortunes of two 2025 champions Hugo Holmes and Cooper Quinn – who have now moved in to an older age bracket.
Action gets under way on Saturday morning with practice at 9am followed by the start of racing, while on Sunday there will be a Parade Lap and National Anthem at 9.30am followed by a resumption of on-track action.
The CCJMCC track is at Allen Park, Debenham Road North Somersby, near Gosford with the entry fee for spectators this weekend just $10 per vehicle.
The club has regularly hosted title meetings over many and as this is 20 years since a 2006 Australian Championship meeting at the venue it is fitting to look back at those results as startling evidence that these meetings are the breeding ground for senior stars of the future.
Press Release prepared by Peter Baker
On behalf of Central Coast Junior Motor Cycle Club
