2009 AKA Calendar

2009 Australian Karting Association Calendar of State and National Championships

February 13 – 15
Victorian Open Championships
Hosted by the Eastern Lions Kart Club at the Hume International Raceway

April 10 - 12
National Sprint Kart Championships
Hosted by the Townsville Kart Club at the Sun City Raceway

June 13/14
Northern Territory Championships
Hosted by the Darwin Kart Club at the Hidden Valley Raceway

July 3 - 5
Queensland State Championships
Hosted by the Cooloola Coast Kart Club

September 26/27
Rotax Nationals
Hosted by the North Shore Kart Club at the Eastern Creek International Karting Raceway

October 2 - 4
New South Wales State Championships
Hosted by the Wollongong Kart Club at Oran Park Raceway

October 2 – 4
Western Australian State Sprint Kart Championships
Hosted by the Karratha Kart Club

November 6 - 8
Tasmanian State Championships
Hosted by the Circular Head Kart Club at Briant Park Kart Complex

November 27 – 29
South Australian Open Championships
Hosted by the Barossa Go-Kart Club

STATE BY STATE CALENDAR

NEW SOUTH WALES

January
17/18 Newcastle
18 Canberra
18 Come and Try Day Port Macquarie
22/23 Junior Development Camp Combined Districts
24 Junior Race Day Combined Districts
25 Ladies Race Day Combined Districts
26 Senior Male Race Day Combined Districts
31/Feb 1 Brian Farley Memorial North Shore

February
1 Come and Try Day Forbes
1 Lismore
1 Sapphire
8 Practice/OLT's/Come and Try Day NSW Speedway
8 Orange
8 Club Championship-Round 1 Port Macquarie
15 Coffs Harbour
15 Dubbo
15 Sydney Kart Racing Club
15 Club Day Wagga
21/22 Southern Zone Round 1 Canberra
21/22 Combined Districts
21 Come and Try Day Central Coast Speedway
21 Inter Club Challenge Tamworth
22 Practice Day Central Coast Speedway
22 Round 1 NSW Speedway
28/Mar 1 PSC Round 1 Newcastle
28 Manning Valley

March
1 Round 1 Central Coast Speedway
1 Grenfell
1 Vic Minarelli Open Performance & Nthn Zone Leopard Qualifier. Lismore
7 Sydney Kart Racing Club
8 Round 2 NSW Speedway
8 Sapphire
8 Orange
8 Junior Challenge-Rd 1 & Club Championship-Rd 2 Port Macquarie
14 North Shore
15 Canberra
15 Coffs Harbour
15 Dubbo
21/22 Combined Districts
21/22 Southern Zone Round 2 Wagga
21 Northern Zone Leopard Qualifier Manning Valley
22 Round 2 Central Coast Speedway
22 Round 3 NSW Speedway
28/29 Newcastle
29 Grafton
29 Newcastle

April
4 King of the Dirt (twilight meeting) Central Coast Speedway
4 Practice Day Forbes
5 NSW State Non Bitumen C’ships Forbes
5 Rotax Round Lismore
5 Junior Challenge-Rd 2 & Club Championship-Rd 3 Port Macquarie
5 Sapphire
5 Sydney Kart Racing Club
11 Riverina Cup Griffith
18 North Shore
19 Dubbo
19 Grenfell
19 Manning Valley
19 Celebration Day / Media Day NSW Speedway
19 Wagga
25/26 PSC Round 2 Combined Districts
25/26 Southern Zone Round 3 Orange
26 Canberra
26 Coffs Harbour
26 Brian Higginbotham Trophy Tamworth

May
1-3 Young Guns Titles Lismore
2/3 Newcastle
3 Forbes
3 Rain Date or Practice for Title NSW Speedway
3 Sapphire
3 Club Day Tamworth
9/10 Pacific Coast Titles Port Macquarie
9 North Shore
16 Yellowtail Griffith
16 Sydney Kart Racing Club
17 Round 3 Central Coast Speedway
17 Dubbo
17 Round 4 NSW Speedway
23/24 Combined Districts
24 ACT Titles Canberra
24 Grafton
24 Manning Valley
24 Orange
24 Club Day Wagga
30/31 Southern Zone Round 4 Forbes
30/31 Newcastle
30 King of the Dirt (spare date) Central Coast Speedway

June
5-7 East Coast Over 40's Titles Coffs Harbour
5 Practice NSW Speedway
6 – 8 Australian Title NSW Speedway
7 Lismore
14 Round 4 Central Coast Speedway
14 Forbes
14 Junior Challenge-Rd 3 & Club Championship-Rd 4 Port Macquarie
14 Sapphire
14 Club Day Tamworth
20/21 PSC Round 3 Sydney Kart Racing Club
21 Canberra
21 Dubbo
21 Round 5 NSW Speedway
21 Club Day Wagga
27 North Shore
28 Manning Valley

July
4/5 Newcastle
5 Spare Date Central Coast Speedway
11/12 Bob Hinde Memorial Grenfell
11/12 Raleigh
12 Northern Zone Leopard Qualifier Coffs Harbour
12 Raleigh
17 Junior Development Day - Northern Zone Venue TBA
18 North Shore
19 Dubbo
19 Griffith
19 Lismore
19 Rain Date or Practice NSW Speedway
19 Club Championship-Rd 5 Port Macquarie
19 Sydney Kart Racing Club
19 Club Day Tamworth
25/26 Combined Districts
25/26 Raleigh
26 Round 5 Central Coast Speedway
26 Forbes
26 Grafton
26 Manning Valley
26 Sapphire

August
1/2 Southern Zone Round 5 Griffith
1/2 City Cup Newcastle
2 Lismore
8/9 Raleigh
9 Orange
9 Junior Challenge-Rd 4 & Club Championship-Rd 6 Port Macquarie
9 Sapphire
9 Club Day Wagga
15/16 Australasian Gold Cup & Northern Zone Leopard Qualifier Dubbo
16 Round 6 Central Coast Speedway
16 Sydney Kart Racing Club
22/23 PSC Round 4 North Shore
23 Canberra
23 Forbes
23 Round 6 NSW Speedway
23 Club Day Tamworth
29/30 The Yamaha Coffs Harbour
29 Come and Try Day Central Coast Speedway
30 Practice Day Central Coast Speedway
30 Grenfell

September
5/6 Newcastle
5/6 Southern Zone Round 6 Grenfell
5 Manning Valley
5 North Shore
6 Lismore
6 Round 7 NSW Speedway
6 Junior Challenge-Rd 5 & Club Championship-Rd 7 Port Macquarie
12/13 Combined Districts
13 Orange
13 Sapphire
13 Club Day Wagga
19/20 NSW State Speedway Kart Titles Central Coast Speedway
19 Hot Summer Nights-Rd1 (twilight meeting) Griffith
19/20 City of Sydney Sydney Kart Racing Club
19/20 Alan Cox Cup & Northern Zone Leopard Qualifer Tamworth
20 Canberra Cup Canberra
20 Dubbo
25 - 27 Rotax Nationals North Shore
26/27 Southern Zone Round 7 Albury
26/27 NSW Speedway Kart Titles (spare date) Central Coast Speedway
26 Manning Valley
27 Grafton

October
2-4 NSW Bitumen State Championships Wollongong at Oran Park
11 Grenfell
17/18 Raleigh
17 Hot Summer Nights-Rd2 (twilight meeting) Griffith
17 North Shore
18 Canberra
18 Coffs Harbour
18 Dubbo
18 Rain Date or Practice NSW Speedway
18 Orange
18 Club Championship-Rd 8 Port Macquarie
18 Sydney Kart Racing Club
24/25 PSC Round 5 Newcastle
24 Manning Valley
24 Junior Development Day - Southern Zone Wagga
25 Round 7 Central Coast Speedway
25 Forbes
25 Grafton
25 Club Day Wagga
31/Nov 1 Clyde Marshall Combined Districts

November
1 Grenfell
1 Lismore
1 Round 8 NSW Speedway
1 Sapphire Cup Sapphire
7/8 South Pacific Titles Orange
7 North Shore
8 Round 8 Central Coast Speedway
8 Newcastle
8 Inter Club Challenge Tamworth
8 Wagga
8 Wollongong at Oran Park
14/15 Sydney Kart Racing Club
14 Southern Zone Final Dubbo
15 Coffs Harbour
21/22 Combined Districts
21 Round 9 (twilight meeting) Central Coast Speedway
21 Grafton
21 Hot Summer Nights-Rd3 (twilight meeting) Griffith
22 Canberra
22 Combined Districts
22 Forbes
22 Grafton
22 Club Championship-Rd 9 Port Macquarie
28 Dave Hamnett Memorial Manning Valley
29 Spare Date Central Coast Speedway
29 Rain Date or Fun Day NSW Speedway

December
5 Sapphire
5 Wagga
6 Grenfell
6 Lismore
6 Newcastle
12 Combined Districts
12 Orange
12 Come and Try Day Port Macquarie
13 Christmas Meeting Tamworth


NORTHERN TERRITORY

March
28 Round 1 Darwin

April
10 Round 2 Darwin
25 Round 3 Darwin

May
10 Round 4 Darwin
24 Round 5 Darwin

June
11 – 14 Northern Territory Sprint Kart Titles Darwin

July
12 Round 6 Darwin
26 Round 7 Darwin

August
9 Round 8 Darwin
23 Enduro Darwin

September
5 Round 9 Darwin
19 Closed Club Title Darwin

QUEENSLAND

January
10 Towers
11 Rockhampton
11 Cooloola Coast
17-18 AKA (Qld) Full Council Meeting Venue Townsville
24/25 Nationals Shakedown Townsville
25 Warwick
31 Mackay
31 Ipswich

February
1 Gold Coast
1 Fraser
1 Towers
7 Gladstone
7-8 Tech School Southern Zone
8 Anniversary Meet Rockhampton
8 Cooloola Coast
8 Warwick
14 Club Champs Rd 1 Townsville
14-15 Tech School Central Zone
15 Toowoomba
21 Mt Isa
21 Mackay
21-22 Tech School Northern Zone
22 Mack Trucks Challenge Bundaberg
23 Gold Coast
28 Townsville

March
1 Fraser
7 Ipswich
7 Gladstone
7 Mt Isa
7 Cairns
8 Cooloola Coast
14 Mackay
15 Warwick
15 Rockhampton
21 Final Countdown Townsville
22 Toowoomba
28 Cairns
28 Towers
29 Enterprise Air Cup Bundaberg
29 Gold Coast

April
4 Ipswich
4 Gladstone
5 Rockhampton
5 Fraser
10 - 12 AKA National Championships Townsville
18-19 Sugar City Titles Mackay
19 Toowoomba
19 Cooloola Coast
25 Mt Isa
26 Silly Sausage R/D Bundaberg
26 Gold Coast

May
2 Ipswich
2 Cairns
2-3 2 Track Challenge Gladstone
2-3 2 Track Challenge Rockhampton
3 Cooloola Coast
3 Fraser
9 Mt Isa
9 Towers
9 Mackay
10 Warwick
16-17 AKA (Qld) Full Council Meeting Brisbane
23 Cairns
24 Toowoomba
24 KKP Bash Bundaberg
30 Mt Isa
30 Club Champs Rd 2 Townsville
31 Gold Coast

June
6 Towers
6 Gladstone
6-7 Shakedown Cooloola Coast
7 Ipswich
7 Fraser
13 Cairns
14 Warwick
14 Rockhampton
14 Club Champs Rd 3 Townsville
20 Mt Isa
20 Mackay
21 Toowoomba
27-28 Tech School Southern Zone
28 Ross Gray Motor Meet Bundaberg

July
3-5 Qld State Championships Cooloola Coast
11 Tech School Central Zone
12 Gladstone
18 Mt Isa
18 Mackay
18-19 Tech School Northern Zone
19 Winter Carnival Rd 1 Toowoomba
19 Rockhampton
25 Cairns
26 Yamaha Sponsored Bundaberg
26 Gold Coast
26 Club Champs Rd 4 Townsville

August
1 Mt Isa
1-2 Gladstone
2 Ipswich
2 Fraser
8 Cairns
8 Towers
9 Rockhampton
9 Cooloola Coast
9 Towers
15 Mackay
16 Junior Challenge Warwick
23 CQ Frame & Truss R/D Bundaberg
23 Winter Carnival Rd 2 Toowoomba
29 Mt Isa
29 Towers
29-30 NQ Sprint Titles Townsville
30 Gold Coast

September
5 Ipswich
5 Gladstone
5 FNQ Titles Cairns
6 Fraser
12 Mt Isa
12-13 Leopard Series Rd 3 Townsville
13 Rockhampton
13 Warwick
13 Cooloola Coast
19 Club Champs Rd 5 Townsville
20 Winter Carnival Rd 3 Toowoomba
20 News Mail Feature Bundaberg
26-27 Qld Closed Titles Mackay Venue TBA

October
3-4 AKA (Qld) Annual General Meeting & General Meeting Rockhampton
4 Fraser
10 Gladstone
11 Warwick
17 Ipswich
17 Mackay
17 Mt isa
17-18 Reef & Beef Titles Rockhampton
24 Cairns
24 Towers
25 Gold Coast
25 TBA clash with Indy Cooloola Coast
31 Mt Isa
31 Midget/Rookie Memorial & Qld Country Titles Townsville

November
1 TBA Sponsored Bundaberg
1 Toowoomba
1 Fraser
7 Ipswich
7 Gladstone
7 100 lapper Cairns
8 Cooloola Coast
14 Club Champs Mt Isa
14 Towers
15 Rockhampton
15 Warwick
21 Mackay
22 Toowoomba
28 Dash 4 Cash Townsville
29 Gold Coast
29 Xmas Fun day (R/D) Bundaberg

December
5 Gladstone
5 Towers
5 Mackay
12 Xmas Meet Rockhampton
12 Xmas Meet Warwick
12 Xmas fun day Townsville
13 Xmas Meet Cooloola Coast

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

January
20/21 Junior Development Camp

February
1 Twilight Meeting Mt Gambier
1 Open Meeting Southern
14 Rod Gardner/Doug Liddle Barossa
21 February meeting Broken Hill
28 Junior Showdown Mt Gambier

March
1 Junior Showdown Mt Gambier
14/15 Festival State Cup 1 A&B GKCSA
15 Open Meeting Whyalla
21 March Meeting Broken Hill
29 March Club Day Mt Gambier

April
4 Festival State Cup 2B Barossa
18 April Meeting Broken Hill
19 Festival State Cup 2A Southern
26 April Club Day Mt Gambier

May
3 Festival State Cup 3A Dublin
10 Mt Gambier ENDURO Mt Gambier
16 May Meeting Broken Hill
16/17 SA Closed State Champs Barossa
31 June Club Day Mt Gambier
31 Open Meeting Whyalla

June
14 June Club Day Mt Gambier
14 Festival State Cup 3B Southern
20 June Meeting Broken Hill

July
5 River City Title GKCSA
12 July Club Day Mt Gambier
18 July Meeting Broken Hill
18/19 City of Adelaide Southern
26 Open Meeting Whyalla

August
9 Open Meeting Dublin
15 August Meeting Broken Hill
16 August Club Day Mt Gambier
29 MRJ Challenge Barossa

September
6 September Club Day Mt Gambier
12/13 Festival State Cup 4 A&B Whyalla
19 September meeting Broken Hill

October
4 Festival State Cup 5B Dublin
17 October meeting Broken Hill
17 Jenke Vineyard Classic Barossa
31 October Club Day Mt Gambier

November
1 G.T Series Mt Gambier
1 Open Meeting Southern
8 November Club Day Mt Gambier
15 Festival State Cup 5B GKCSA
21 November Meeting Broken Hill
22 Open Meeting Whyalla
27 - 29 SA Open Championships Barossa

December
4 AKASA Presentation Dinner
13 Christmas Meeting GKCSA

TASMANIA

January
18 Little Legends NWKC
25 Club Day – Closed Meeting All Clubs

February
1 Young Guns LKC
22 Graffiti Busters Club Titles Rnd 1 – State Closed Titles STKC

March
7/8/9 50 Years of Karting Tas NWKC
21/22 WT House Retravision Club Titles Rnd 2 – State Closed Titles CHKC
29 Club Day – Closed Meeting All Clubs

April
19 National Feature LKC
26 Club Day – Closed Meeting All Clubs

May
3 Tongs Sheetmetal Club Titles Rnd 3 – State Closed Title NWKC
16 Roger Carter Mechanical
Ark @ the Park - Twilight CHKC
31 Club Day – Closed Meeting All Clubs

June
13/14 Launceston Club Titles Rnd 4 – State Closed Titles LKC
28 Club Day – Closed Meeting All Clubs

July
12 Rising Stars STKC
26 Club Day – Closed Meeting All Clubs

August
8 North West Truck Twilight Rumble - Twilight CHKC
30 Club Day – Closed Meeting All Clubs

September
19/20 Masport Cup NWKC
27 Club Day – Closed Meeting All Clubs

October
3/4 Southern Karting Prix STKC
18 Sportsman Feature LKC
25 Club Day – Closed Meeting All Clubs

November
6/7/8 Tall Timbers Tas State Titles CHKC
29 Club Day – Closed Meeting All Clubs

December
13 Club Day – Closed Meeting All Clubs

VICTORIA

January
16 Junior Top Gun (Friday Night) Oakleigh
23 Junior Top Gun (Friday Night) Oakleigh

February
7 Officials training – Bendigo
8 Officials training – Melbourne
13/14/15 Victorian Open Championships Eastern Lions
21/22 Australian Masters Games Geelong/VKA
22 Closed Club Day (optional) (All Clubs)

March
1 Open Meeting South West
8 Country Series Round 1 Wimmera
14/15 All Star series Round 1/Winter cup Geelong
22 Golden Power series round 1 Gippsland
29 Closed club day (all clubs)

April
5 Millard Memorial Hamilton
19 The Wolf Gottlewski Memorial Warrnambool
26 Closed Club Day (All Clubs)

May
2/3 Golden Power series round 2 Bendigo
10 Open meeting Bairnsdale
16/17 All Star Series round 2 Oakleigh
24 Country Series round 2 Portland
31 Closed Club Day (All Clubs)

June
6/7 North West Victorian Kart Titles Mildura
14 Gold rush Albury Wodonga Albury Wodonga
21 Country series round 3 South West
29 Closed Club Day (All Clubs)

July
5 Sun Centre titles Swan Hill
11/12 Golden Power series round 3 Rochester
19/20 All star series round 3 GKCV
26 Closed Club Day (All Clubs)

August
2 Country series round 4 Ballarat
8/9 Australasian “C & D” grade Titles Gippsland
15/16 City of Melbourne Titles GKCV
23 City of Wodonga Titles Albury Wodonga
23 Country Series round 5/Handbury Titles Hamilton
30 Closed Club Day (All Clubs)

September
6 Australasian Kart Titles Goulburn Valley
12/13 Junior Sprint Classic Eastern Lions
20 Country series round 6 Warrnambool
27 Closed club day (All clubs)

October
3 Inaugural Mildura under lights open Mildura
4 Open Meeting Ballarat
10/11 Southern City Classic Oakleigh
17/18 All Star Series round 4 Eastern Lions
18 Open Meeting Wimmera
25 Closed Club Day (All Clubs)

November
1/2 Over 40’s Grand Prix/Vintage demonstration Goulburn Valley
2 Tankworld/Junior champions Swan Hill
8/9 Golden Power series round 4 Eastern Lions
14/15 Val & Joyce Findlay memorial Geelong
22 Open Meeting Bendigo
29 Closed Club Day (All Clubs)

December
5/6 Victorian Closed Titles Albury Wodonga
11 VKA “ Karter of the Year” presentation (VENUE – TBA)
12 Charity Enduro GKCV

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

January
17/18 Clubrun Weeekend
25 WA State Title Series Round 1 Tiger

February
14/15 Clubrun Weekend
21 Western Cup Series Round 1 Bunbury
28/Mar 1 South Eastern Zone Series Round 1 Albany

March
1 Northern Zone Round 1 Impala
7 City of Perth Round 1 Hurricane
14/15 Clubrun Weekend
28/29 WA State Title Series Round 2 Mid West

April
18/19 Clubrun Weekend
25/26 South Eastern Zone Round 2 Lake King
26 Northern Zone Series Round 2 Hedland

May
3 City of Perth Round 2 Tiger
16/17 Clubrun Weekend
23 State Karting Council Half Yearly Conference
24 Come & Try Day
30/31 South Eastern Zone Series Round 3 Esperance
31 Northern Zone Series Round 3 Karratha

June
6/7 Western Cup Series Round 2 Mid West
13/14 Clubrun Weekend
21 City of Perth Final Bunbury

July
5 Western Cup Series Round 3 Tiger
11 WA State Title Series Round 3 Hurricane
18/19 Clubrun Weekend

August
1 WA State Title Series Final Bunbury
8 Northern Zone Series Round 4 Newman
9 Open Meeting Tiger
15/16 Clubrun Weekend
29/20 South Eastern Zone Series Final Eastern Goldfields

September
5 Western Cup Series Final Hurricane
12 Northern Zone Series Final Exmouth
19/20 Clubrun Weekend

October
2-4 WA State Sprint Kart Championships Karratha
17/18 Clubrun Weekend
24 State Karting Council Annual General Meeting
31 Open Meeting Tiger

November
7/8 Open Meeting Eastern Goldfields
14/15 Clubrun Weekend
29 Open Meeting Tiger

December
12/13 Clubrun Weekend