Illness hits Gillman Solo riders

March 7, 2020 by Gillman Media

Last man standing! Fraser Bowes was the only division one Solo rider available for tonight’s meeting. Photo by Judy Mackay.

Division 1 Solos have been dropped from tonight’s Gillman Speedway meeting after two of the three programmed riders have been struck by illness.

Dakota Ballantyne (ill) and Patrick Hamilton (family illness) both withdrew on Friday night, leaving just Fraser Bowes who will now have to miss out as well.

With the FIM Oceania Sidecar Championship at the next meeting (March 21), the Division 1 Solos will now have just one more meeting this season, the season finale on April 4, but with Robert Medson injured and Brayden McGuinness, Liam May and Fraser Bowes all heading to Europe to race during the Australian winter, they may struggle to get enough riders for that meeting.