South Midland
Centre Adult Motocross Championships- Final Round
Report: Fraser Law
Photos: motoxphotos.co.uk
Northampton Motorcyclists
Club hosted the final round of the South Midland Centre
Adult Motocross Championships at Whaddon. This meeting also
incorporated the final round of the club motocross
championships. Yet again the Centre Championships were
threatened by heavy over-night rain, turning Saturday's
perfect track conditions into Sunday's extreme test.
Practice took place with the rain still falling and the
track slippery and wet but easily passable. During the first
block of racing however, the rain stopped and the track
turned to sticky clay. This was arguably the toughest part
of the day as bikes and riders became weighed down with mud,
making lap scoring very difficult. As the afternoon
progressed, the sun came out and the track dried making for
some fast and furious racing.
In the Expert Class Paul
Edge and Mark Boswell traded wins, Mark winning the first
but handing the overall to Paul after a second leg fourth
position. Michael McClurg finished third overall, getting
faster as the track dried and finishing a strong second in
the final race. In the Junior class Sam Robinson won both
legs and the overall, but had the races been longer it could
have been a different story. After a first lap fall Jordan
Wright screamed his 125 back to fourth at the flag, and was
closing in fast on Sam at the flag in the second. Paul
Anderson finished third overall from Martin Streeton in
fourth.
In the Over 40 class
Richard Wright and John Freeman reveled in the tough going,
Richard getting the overall with two wins to John's one.
Fraser Law and Karl Hurst finished consistently third and
fourth respectively. Nigel Miller once again took a hatrick
of victories in the Over 50 class, followed home by Reg
Willis and Trevor Roberts.
In the club championship
only classes Adam Collins and Fraser Law fought closely all
day for 125 class honours, with Adam taking the overall.
Matt Willis was never far behind in third. Matt also took
victory in the Under 30's, from Jack Barnwell and Michael
McClurg. Ryan Griffiths continued to dominate the 31-39
group, followed by a consistent finishing Tony Fricker.
Many thanks to the lap scorers for doing a brilliant job in
difficult conditions.
Results:-
Expert: 1 Paul
Edge, 2 Mark Boswell, 3 Michael McClurg, 4 Ryan Griffiths, 5
David Frankland, 6 Jack Barnwell
Junior: 1 Sam
Robinson, 2 Jordan Wright, 3 Paul Anderson, 4 Martin
Streeton, 5 Simon Stebbings, 6 Jamie Wolvey
Over 40: 1
Richard Wright, 2 John Freeman, 3 Fraser Law, 4 Karl Hurst,
5 Kevin Fossey, 6 Sean Dowling
Over 50: 1
Nigel Miller, 2 Reg Willis, 3 Trevor Roberts, 4 Brian Reed
non-smcc classes-
125: 1 Adam
Collins, 2 Fraser Law, 3 Matt Willis, 4 Daniel Askham, 5 Alice
Porter, 6 Jordan
Wright
Under 30: 1
Matt Willis, 2 Jack Barnwell, 3 Michael McCurg, 4 Kim Oyston,
5 Aaron Edwards, 6 Robert Bull
31-39: 1 Ryan
Griffiths, 2 Tony Fricker, 3 Michael Stock, 4 Simon
Stebbings
Workers: 1
Jason Hartwell, 2 Fraser Law, 3 Trevor Bird, 4 Dan Holmes, 5
Gareth Hampson, 6 Mark Frost
Club Championship results for
the day:-
Expert: 1 Mark
Boswell, 2 Ryan Griffiths, 3 David Frankland, 4 Jack
Barnwell
Junior:
1 Jordan Wright, 2 Martin Streeton, 3 Simon Stebbings, 4
Adam Collins, 5 Trevor Bird, 6 Brad Willis, 7 Matt Willis, 8
Trevor Edwards
125: 1 Adam
Collins, 2 Fraser Law, 3 Matt Willis, 4 Daniel Askham, 5
Alice Porter, 6 Jordan Wright, 7 Tony Fricker, 8 Pete
Chapman
Under 30: 1
Matt Willis, 2 Jack Barnwell
31-39: 1 Ryan
Griffiths, 2 Tony Fricker, 3 Simon Stebbings
Over 40: 1
Richard Wright, 2 Fraser Law, 3 Kevin Fossey, 4 Sean
Dowling, 5 Giles Agar, 6 Kevin Turnbull, 7 Stephen Cole, 8
Chris Hackett
Over 50: 1 Reg
Willis, 2 Trevor Roberts, 3 Brian Reed
Workers: 1
Jason Hartwell, 2 Fraser Law, 3 Trevor Bird, 4 Dan
Holmes, 5 Gareth Hampson, 6 Mark Frost, 7 Stephen Cole