It takes a lot of work to run a club and over the years many people have contributed to our success.
Life Members
Life Membership can be awarded after 10 years of contribution to the club.
Ivan O’Hara (1978) | Peter Dunstan (1990) | Gavin Porteous (1998) | Peter Gillan (2010) |
Roy Fryar (1979) | Damien Edwards (1990) | Ann Porteous (1998) | Kerry Ninnes (2010) |
John Taylor (1979) | Rick Dowsett (1991) | Shane Kiss (1998) | Sean McKay (2010) |
Gerard Edwards (1982) | Hal Hutchesson (1991) | Derek Sabey (1999) | Jeremy Burgess (2014) |
Russel Hanby (1982) | Jim Judd (1992) | Rob Henning (1999) | Les Rowe (2019) |
Ivan Ardill (1984) | Deidre Lee (1993) | Margaret Driver (2003) | Graham Snaith (2019) |
Rod Sever (1985) | Annabel Wall (1997) | Marty Lorincz (2003) | Mick Fisher (2019) |
Gary Leaney (1986) | Don Catchlove (1997) | Karen Peterson (2005) | Alessandro Malatesta (2022) |
Robert Green (1987) | Martin Renfrey (1997) | Glen Seidel (2007) |
Lifetime Achievement Award
This is awarded by the committee to those dedicated members who have regularly attending club meetings for over 25 years and contributed to the success of the Club.
John Taylor (2014) | Ivan O’Hara (2014) | Gary Leaney (2014) | Rick Dowsett (2014) |
Annabel Wall (2014) | Hal Hutchesson (2014) | Shane Kiss (2014) | Derek Sabey (2015) |
Honorary Members
The following people have distinguished themselves in promoting the cause of motorcycle sport or rendered conspicuous service to the Club. We recognise their efforts by awarding them Honorary Membership in our Club.
Glenn Dix | Peter Sparks | Wayne Gardner |
Hall of Fame
Over the years, the Phoenix Motorcycle Club has been a breeding ground for top riders in this state and listed below are some of our members achievements.
Ken Blake | An early club member and very successful racer. |
Greg Pretty | 1979 SA Sports Star of the Year, 1979 Duke of Edinburgh Award |
Mal Evans | 3 times SA Sidecar Champion |
Gavin Porteous | 5 times Australian Sidecar Champion |
Jeremy Burgess | GP Team Manager for: Valentino Rossi, Mick Doohan, Wayne Gardner |
Paul Young | 1994 250cc Production Australian, 2001 British Superstock Champion |
Glen Richards | 1994 125cc GP Australian Champion |
Steve Martin | 1999 Superbike Australian Champion |
Some others who gained fame (1964-1990) on the National and International circuit were Bill Horsman, Paul Cawthorne, Karl Hammersley, Jeff Miller and Andre Bosman.
The Phoenix Motorcycle Club of South Australia