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Auckland Speedway Riders Club is deeply saddened by the passing of ๐‹๐ž๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ฐ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐‰๐ง๐ซ - a stalwart of NZ motorcycle speedway...
28/05/2026

Auckland Speedway Riders Club is deeply saddened by the passing of ๐‹๐ž๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ฐ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐‰๐ง๐ซ - a stalwart of NZ motorcycle speedway.

An Auckland Speedway Riders Club (ASRC) Life Member and former President, Les was heavily involved with the club through the 1970s and into the 1980s, dedicating countless hours to helping physically build the clubrooms alongside Dave Tompkins.

Les also played an important role in the administrative and organisational side of the club. Long-time member, Sandy McPhee said his behind-the-scenes contributions were extraordinary.

โ€œ๐˜๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ โ€” ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บโ€.

He also claimed fame on the track with his Vincent sidecar, winning multiple national titles, just like his dad. The Dwight familyโ€™s passion for sidecars is an often-told story in speedway circles.

โ€œ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜“๐˜‹ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฏ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ-๐˜ช๐˜ฏ-๐˜ข-๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐโ€, said Perry Lane, long-time member and former president of ASRC.

Lesโ€™ contribution to Rosebank Speedway Club will not be forgotten, and we extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew him during this difficult time.

๐Ÿ“… To honour Les and celebrate his life and contribution to the club, ASRC will be holding a gathering at the Rosebank Speedway clubrooms on ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ” ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ฉ๐ฆ.

All members, past members, family, friends and the wider speedway community are warmly invited to attend and share memories together.

Rest easy, Les. Thank you for everything you gave to our club.

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WHAT HAPPENS NEXT SPEEDWAY DRIVERS FORUMHear from past New Zealand speedway champions as they talk about life after raci...
27/05/2026

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT SPEEDWAY DRIVERS FORUM

Hear from past New Zealand speedway champions as they talk about life after racing, changing direction, the next generations and the future.

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๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ, ๐’๐ญ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก, ๐Ÿ•๐ฉ๐ฆ

Speakers:

๐‰๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ฒ๐š๐ง - 10 x NZ Solo Bike Champion, 3 x World Grand Prix Rider, and a full-time professional British league rider from the age of 16, reflects on his professional career and life after hanging up his leathers.

Michael Pickens - multiple championship-winning driver and Midget racing legend, tells us why the time is right to concentrate on his Sprintcar racing.

๐’๐ก๐š๐ฎ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ - former NZ Midget Champion, talks about life after racing, working as a crew chief with so many champion drivers, including SVG and the next generation of Insley racers.

๐†๐ซ๐š๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  - what it took to retire, how that felt, pivoting to working behind the microphone and now what his role as a driver mentor looks like

Reserve your place today by emailing [email protected]. Spaces limited. These events always reach capacity

On May 17th, NZ and UK speedway lost one of the greats โ€” ๐๐จ๐› ๐€๐ง๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ.The legendary British-born rider had extraordinary ...
26/05/2026

On May 17th, NZ and UK speedway lost one of the greats โ€” ๐๐จ๐› ๐€๐ง๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ.

The legendary British-born rider had extraordinary skills on the dirt and grasstrack with an outstanding career through the 1950s through to the '70s. After arriving in New Zealand in the early 1960s, Western Springs became Bobโ€™s home track, where he built an incredible legacy in the sport. Across an extraordinary international career, Bob reached four individual World Finals, won the inaugural World Pairs Championship alongside Ivan Mauger in 1969, claimed the New Zealand Championship in 1966, and in 2014, cementing his significant contribution to the sport, was inducted into the NZ Speedway Hall of Fame.

At Rosebank, Bob will be remembered just as much for what he gave back to the sport. He was passionate about supporting junior riders, always willing to share his time, knowledge and encouragement with the next generation. He even popped in for one of our last meetings this year. Bob and his family's contribution to the Auckland Speedway Riders Club at Rosebank and the wider speedway community leaves a legacy that will not be forgotten.

Our thoughts are with Bobโ€™s family, friends, and all those throughout the speedway community feeling this loss.

Thank you for everything, Bob. Your impact on Rosebank and New Zealand speedway will live on for many years to come.

22/05/2026

๐€๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐‘๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐› ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ 

Come along to our AGM and be part of shaping the future of the club.

Date: ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
Time: ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ฉ๐ฆ
Location: ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐›๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง

This is your opportunity, as a member, to vote for committee members, hear important updates from the past season, and have your say on where weโ€™re heading next. Our club runs on the input and support of its members, and this is the best place to contribute your ideas and feedback.

Volunteers, supporters, and family are welcome to attend. Only members have voting rights.

We look forward to seeing you there.

๐ƒ๐ข๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ?See all the results and special award winners on the website now - https://www.rosebankspe...
19/05/2026

๐ƒ๐ข๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ?

See all the results and special award winners on the website now - https://www.rosebankspeedway.kiwi.nz/newsarticle/165883?newsfeedId=2279232

What a way to finish the season ๐ŸOn Saturday night, we came together to celebrate an incredible 2025/26 season at our Pr...
17/05/2026

What a way to finish the season ๐Ÿ

On Saturday night, we came together to celebrate an incredible 2025/26 season at our Prizegiving. From the riders and drivers to the volunteers, officials, sponsors, families and supporters, we celebrate you all.

It was a great night recognising the achievements, dedication and hard work that went into the season both on and off the track.

Congratulations to all our award winners, and thank you to everyone who helped make the night such a success. Thanks to Kenneth Fox Digital Imagery for capturing the event, you can check out the award winners and those recognised here - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=kennethfoxdigitalimagery&set=a.1303225785119680

Now itโ€™s time for a well-earned break before we do it all again next season ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ”ฅ

๐Ÿšง ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ž - ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ŸšงWe will be hosting prizegiving in the NEW clubrooms.In order for this to happen, we are h...
08/05/2026

๐Ÿšง ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ž - ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐Ÿšง

We will be hosting prizegiving in the NEW clubrooms.

In order for this to happen, we are having a working bee this weekend to make the move.

๐Ÿ“… ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ— ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
๐Ÿ•ค ๐Ÿ—:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐š๐ฆ

Weโ€™re calling on the ASRC crew and supporters for an end-of-season working bee at Rosebank. The more hands we have, the quicker we can get through it.

๐Ÿ”ง ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐–๐ž ๐๐ž๐ž๐:
โ€ข People power
โ€ข Equipment for moving whiteware between clubrooms
โ€ข Water blasters

๐Ÿ›  ๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐“๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐ฌ:
Weโ€™ll be moving equipment (including fridges), reorganising areas around the clubrooms, and carrying out a full end-of-season clean-up of:

โ€ข Clubrooms
โ€ข Tower
โ€ข Sheds
โ€ข Grounds
โ€ข All gear used throughout the season

Every bit of help makes a difference โ€” many hands make light work. Thanks in advance to everyone who can lend a hand.

๐Ÿ† ๐€๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐‘๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐› ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”After a very successful finale to the season, we would like to invite me...
07/05/2026

๐Ÿ† ๐€๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐‘๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐› ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

After a very successful finale to the season, we would like to invite members, supporters, friends and family to the Auckland Speedway Riders Club (ASRC) Prizegiving ๐Ÿ

๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฉ๐ฆ

๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐›๐š๐ง๐ค ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ
๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ข ๐‘๐จ๐š๐, ๐€๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฅ๐ž

Purchase your ticket here -
https://www.rosebankspeedway.kiwi.nz/viewform/508846

Itโ€™s been a huge season, and there are plenty of reasons to come together โ€” to celebrate our riders, drivers, volunteers, and everyone who helped make the 2025/26 season one to remember.

๐Ÿฅ‡Prizes will be awarded to the top point scorers in all classes over the season, plus three special awards.

๐Ÿ•’ Doors & bar open from 3:00pm
๐Ÿ† Prizegiving starts at 4:00pm
๐Ÿฝ Dinner served at 5:30pm

๐ŸŽŸ Tickets must be booked by Saturday, 9 May.

Please note this is a presale-only event and there will be no door sales available.

See full details here - https://www.rosebankspeedway.kiwi.nz/newsarticle/165505?newsfeedId=2279905

We look forward to celebrating the end of the season with you all!

06/05/2026

Does your track have an unsung hero? Nominate them for Contribution to Speedway
Did you have a favourite meeting this season? Nominate it for Promotional Event of the Year
What vehicles stood out this season? Nominate them for Best Presented Racing Team
Anybody can nominate, just complete the form(s) at www.speedway.co.nz

๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐š๐›๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐›๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ! ๐Ÿ”ฅThe ANZAC Remembrance Meeting drew out one of the biggest crowds...
06/05/2026

๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐š๐›๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐›๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

The ANZAC Remembrance Meeting drew out one of the biggest crowds of the season. Here are our highlights:

โ€ข A special send-off for Jaymee Allsop-Smith and Jayden Sardelich as they raced their final laps at Rosebank in the quarter midget class. Jaymee now moves on to join HLR Racing NZ in the F2 midget class โ€” make sure you follow her journey on their socials and catch her at a track near you next season!

โ€ข The track was flying, with two classes smashing records:
โ€“ Mark Galbraith set new 1-lap and 6-lap records for the Flat Trackers
โ€“ Chris Jennings and Mitch Brady set new 1-lap and 4-lap records for the Classic Sidecars on the Kawasaki ZX-10 โ€” in their very first meeting out here!

โ€ข We also raised a modest amount for Papatoetoe RSA through poppy donations. Huge thanks to everyone who gave a koha, and to our returned services guests for joining us โค๏ธ

Check out all results and prizes from the day, including racing photos, from our official photographer, Kenneth Fox Digital Imagery โ€” - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1287140930061499&type=3

๐ƒ๐ข๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง?

Watch the action over at Blake's Speedway and Sandyโ€™s Youtube channels - details in the comments.

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