Sunday saw the Woodbridge and DMCC club host their first and last race meeting of the 2020 season at the Blaxhall Circuit in a year when Covid-19 halted the sport. With the number of riders reduced, the meeting saw 160 riders tackle the demanding Suffolk venue.
Following the morning practice sessions, the riders were separated into the groups for the races later in the day and allowed for the track to be maintained prior to the races.
In the A Group several National riders and local Expert riders were competing and in the opening race British Championship rider Dan Thornhill made a strong start ahead of Newmarket youngster Sam Nunn until he suffered a crash. As the race progressed Tom Grimshaw charged from a first corner crash to pass Thornhill and take the victory. Luke Parker and Declan Whittle also both recovered from a bad start to finish third and fourth ahead of Reece Martin in fifth.
The second A Group race saw a great battle between Thornhill and Grimshaw after Thornhill made the start and took the early lead prior to Grimshaw moving ahead before Thornhill retook the lead and the race win. Behind the front pair Josh Peters took third with Charlie Putnum in fourth and Martin in fifth.
The final race for the A Group saw Dan Thornhill and Luke Parker battle for the race win with Thornhill getting the advantage and taking the Overall victory on the day. Third place again went to Peters with Brad Thornhill in fourth and Martin in fifth.
In the B Group there was plenty of close racing as Matthew French took all three race wins for the overall, while Josh Deadman claimed second with a third and two seconds on the day ahead of Joe Phillips in third overall. Fourth overall went to Shane Brown and Lee Butson claimed fifth.
The C Group saw Jack Whitlam took the opening two race wins and the overall along with claiming the combined C and D Group at the end of the day. Second overall for the C Group went to Edward Jary and third to Mark Goodson.
In the D Group Lee Keyton took the overall win after finishing as the first D Group rider in the combined C and D final race. Second place tied on points with Keyton was Joshua Fullalove and Toby Souchotte in third.
The event marked the end of a tough year and the club looks forward to 2021 when they hope to welcome spectators back to events at Blaxhall.
Results
A’s
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 95 Daniel Thornhill 72 22 25 25
2 5 Reece Martin 48 16 16 16
3 16 Tom Grimshaw 47 25 22 –
4 118 Kieran Clarke 45 15 15 15
5 951 Brad Thornhill 44 12 14 18
6 49 Luke Parker 42 20 – 22
7 712 Josh Peters 40 – 20 20
8 20 Wiliam Farrow 40 13 13 14
9 520 Callum Murfitt 34 10 11 13
10 91 Charlie Putnam 32 14 18 –
11 282 Connor Baldry 32 8 12 12
12 661 Archie Fisher 26 7 10 9
13 265 Jack Edwards 25 5 9 11
14 687 Jake Rackham 20 9 3 8
15 477 Connor Bunkle 19 3 6 10
16 321 Tomas Hardcastle 18 11 7 –
17 969 Lewis Holmes 18 6 5 7
18 411 Declan Whittle 18 18 – –
19 423 Daniel Warby 8 – 8 –
20 158 Aaron Crane 7 – 2 5
21 197 Marc Nickerson 6 – – 6
22 664 Alastair Slark 5 1 4 –
23 119 Aaron Smith 4 – – 4
24 117 Freddie Wyard 4 4 – –
25 34 Ben Crane 2 2 – –
B’s
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 80 Matthew French 75 25 25 25
2 83 Joshua Deadman 64 20 22 22
3 441 Joe Phillips 56 22 16 18
4 208 Shane Brown 49 14 15 20
5 295 Lee Butson 49 16 20 13
6 125 Paul Hubbard 40 10 14 16
7 660 Thomas Mustard 26 8 18 –
8 809 Karl Sturman 24 7 5 12
9 280 Aaron Saunders 21 – 7 14
10 417 Sean Wright 18 18 – –
11 959 Stephen Atkins 17 9 8 –
12 611 Oliver Hill 16 6 10 –
13 559 Aaron Minter 15 – – 15
14 141 Ross Young 15 15 – –
15 220 Ethan Plummer 14 2 12 –
16 877 Alfie Self 14 – 3 11
17 476 Zak Roberts 13 – 13 –
18 755 Liam Wilby 13 13 – –
19 507 Daniel Cole 12 12 – –
20 708 Henry Cox 12 1 11 –
21 461 Luke Nolan 11 11 – –
22 803 Ben Roper 9 – 9 –
23 50 Thomas Batts 6 – 6 –
24 774 Jay Perry 5 5 – –
25 194 Conor Bardwell 4 – 4 –
26 778 Bradley Allen 4 4 – –
27 255 Brenton Clarke 3 3 – –
C’s
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2
1 242 Jack Whitlam 50 25 25
2 653 Joe Scillitoe 36 18 18
3 396 Joe Foley 33 13 20
4 773 Edward Jary 31 15 16
5 765 Lewis Dorling 30 20 10
6 268 Josh Sturman 29 16 13
7 551 Sam Rogers 27 12 15
8 730 Jak Young 26 14 12
9 700 Mark Goodson 25 3 22
10 288 Ethan Cone 22 11 11
11 218 Lewis Bond 22 22 –
12 719 James Day 14 – 14
13 484 Jay Peperell 13 6 7
14 88 Sam Cushion 10 10 –
15 412 Aidan Weston 10 1 9
16 459 Edward Pegram 10 2 8
17 283 Jody Cutler 9 7 2
18 899 George Stark 9 9 –
19 228 Olly Quinsee 8 8 –
20 274 Steven East 6 – 6
21 439 Tony Rooke 5 – 5
22 451 David Farrant 5 5 –
23 894 Adam Groom 4 – 4
24 100 Scott Goodson 4 4 –
25 445 Andrew Smith 3 – 3
26 887 Maciej Pietraszek 1 – 1
D’s
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2
1 346 Scott Claydon 44 22 22
2 800 Joshua Fullalove 41 25 16
3 247 Lee Keyton 38 13 25
4 906 Lewis Abel 36 18 18
5 262 Kieran Banham 34 14 20
6 307 Toby Souchotte 30 15 15
7 418 Shaun Tacey 29 16 13
8 355 Shaun Griffiths 25 11 14
9 232 George Reeves Furness 24 12 12
10 172 Robert Brown 20 20 –
11 77 John Smith 20 9 11
12 207 Jason Eaves 14 5 9
13 666 Michael Blaxell 13 6 7
14 291 Matthew Herring 12 4 8
15 948 Keeley Winyard 10 – 10
16 888 John McDonald 10 10 –
17 885 Jamie Chamberlain 8 8 –
18 381 Jacob Carter 7 7 –
19 383 Liam Ryland 6 – 6
