Brad toughs it out at the Grange! 2021 Toughsheet National Twinshock Championship Round three – Race Report & Results

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The Toughsheet National Twinshock Championship reached the halfway point at the weekend, when Cumbria Twinshock ran round three at the Grange, near Tern Hill supported by Dave Ellis and DLE Construction. And what a good job they did, in managing to get through all three blocks of racing for the 250 riders, despite the thirty degrees temperatures. It was a much improved and revamped track since the last visit over three years ago, and it was obvious that the track owners Telford MXC Sam and Kenny Warren had done all the right preps, and kept it watered throughout the weekend to keep the inevitable dust at bay.

Report by Geoff Shuttleworth – Images courtesy of Andrew Fairclough Photography

The first class to the line was a depleted CI Sport Intermediate class, and there were some great battles at the front between Steve Morgan and Dean Gray, taking a win apiece, but in race three a snapped throttle cable put paid to Morgans hopes. This left Gray to take the overall with a third race win. Ryland Jones stepped in as runner up, from Chris Anderton in third, in front of Steve Morgan and Lucy Tilzey, who was last year’s Clubman Champion.

The Hazport Vets class once again had a full line up, and in the Over 40’s it was a straight scrap between Adam Wilkinson and Danny Blakeley, with Adams 150 KTM somehow managing to squeeze every last ounce of power to overcome the big Kawasaki of Blakeleys to take all three victories and was awarded the Martindales Rider of the Meeting decanter for his heroic efforts. Danny came home second, with Simon Bonser in third, just in front of Andy Hinchliffe and Martyn Gregory.

The Over 50’s were mixing it up at the front as well, and it is so tight at the top with Steve Ward battling with Marc Spruce.
Marc managed to get his nose in front by winning the first two races, but a last lap off into the bushes wrecked his day and promoted Steve to the top step on the podium, with a last race win. Mike Allport edged out Anthony Houseman and Rob Lewis for third in tightly contested races.

Brad O’Leary ended the day leading the Wulfsport Experts class, despite having to come from dead last in race one, which was won by Jimmy Margetson. But it was all happening in race two as a massive ten bike pile up at the end of the start straight, took out two leading contenders with both Margetsons involved. Michael Smith had a great day and ended second on the podium with three consistent finishes.

Sam Vickers took third and doing his first event of the year Jamie Biddulph came fourth.

The Falcon Shocks 250 class saw the resumption of the battle between Ryan Ireland and Anthony Twidle, and it was Ireland who took two wins to Twidles one to win the overall, and still lead the title chase. Oliver Dodders had his best finish all year in third, from Wayne Twidle and Jack Mason.

Matt Rudd reigned supreme in the WLB Fitness 125 Twinshocks with three classy wins out of three, and Jason Slater with another personal best position in second. And it was hard to separate Richard Wood and Melvyn Homer all weekend, with Richard just edging it with a better race three score.

Once again some of the fastest races were in the 125 Evo class, and anyone of the top three could have won. Series leader Andy Lawton took two race wins, and combined with a third place, managed to take the spoils. Second went to Scott Mathia with three second places, on a tie break with race two winner Jack May. It was great to watch, and Lewis Parkinson and Tim Gardham were not out of it at any stage in fourth and fifth.

All three of the Phoenix Motos Clubman Twinshock races were won by Chris Rogerson, who will now move up into the Inters class, after battling with runner up Neil Eastwood all day. Mark Gardner continued his fine run of results in third, after a tie break with Darran Williams in fourth, just a point ahead of James Fugett in fifth.

Willie Burgess continued where he had left off at Bevercotes, with three faultless victories in the Moto X Concepts Over 50’s twinshock class on the Gary Murphy Maico. Kevin Reed tried all he could to close the gap in each race but had to be content with three seconds. Mark Warttig had his best result in third, from Jim Shand and Pete Williamson.

There was an unfortunate accident involving Wayne Le Marquand in the Over 60’s, and we wish him well with his recovery. Following the red flag, it was the ever-green Pete Mathia, who showed all his old skills to comfortably take all three wins. Pat Rowe rode solidly in second, as did Martin Snape in third. Terry Connor was fourth and returning after a lay off was Andy Holland in fifth.

The Woodys Vintage Honda Evo Open class was a cracker as Aaron McLoughlin won his first overall victory, with two wins out of three, but he was chased hard by Dan Shepherd, with three seconds, and only two points separated them at the finish. Barry Turnbull easily won race two to take third but had a crash and a puncture in the other two. Michael Smith took fourth by a point from Danny Blakeley.

The S-N Properties Super Evo class had a good turnout, with debutant Andy Lawton on the Steve Clitheroe Honda, taking all three wins.

Lee Holland was second each time to take the runner up berth, from Lee Martin, Ben Parkinson and Dean Hakes.

The extra Modern class at the end was easily won by Jimmy Margetson with three clean wins. Shane Holmes was the man in second, from Sam Smith, Joel Hughes and Scott Meredith.

The next round is at Pontrilas, Hereford on July 31 / August 1.

Results

Expert Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	BRAD O’LEARY	68	18	25	25
2	MICHAEL SMITH	55	17	20	18
3	SAM VICKERS	54	16	18	20
4	JAMIE BIDDULPH	47	15	15	17
5	JIMMY MARGETSON	42	25	17	–
6	BEN MARGETSON	36	20	16	–
7	DAVID HOPKINS	28	14	14	–

125 Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	MATT RUDD	75	25	25	25
2	JASON SLATER	55	18	17	20
3	RICHARD WOOD	53	17	18	18
4	MELVIN HOMER	53	16	20	17
5	MARK BURROWS	46	15	15	16
6	CHRIS ROWLANDS	42	14	14	14
7	DAVE ELLIS	38	13	12	13
8	NOEL DUKE	28	–	13	15
9	JON DAVIS	20	20	–	–
10	IAN KNIGHT	16	–	16	–

250 Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	RYAN IRELAND	70	20	25	25
2	ANTHONY TWIDLE	65	25	20	20
3	OLIVER DOGGERS	54	18	18	18
4	WAYNE TWIDLE	47	15	15	17
5	JACK MASON	46	17	13	16
6	MATT BENNETT	46	14	17	15
7	JAMES DREWERY	46	16	16	14
8	SEAN DODDERS	27	–	14	13
9	ALISTER PATISON	13	13	–	–

Clubman Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	CHRIS ROGERSON	75	25	25	25
2	NEIL EASTWOOD	60	20	20	20
3	MARK GARDNER	51	18	15	18
4	DARREN WILLIAMS	51	16	18	17
5	JAMES FUGETT	50	17	17	16
6	TIMMY	46	15	16	15
7	JAKE MASON	38	10	14	14
8	SIMON YOUNG	38	13	13	12
9	ADRIAN HADMAN	34	12	12	10
10	JORDAN BROWNRIGG	33	9	11	13
11	ANDRE KERRY	28	14	7	7
12	DAVID WHITE	25	7	10	8
13	DUNCAN JUDD	25	11	9	5
14	DARREN WHEELHOUSE	23	8	4	11
15	DAVE LIGHTBOWN	18	3	6	9
16	CHARLIE COPLAND	17	5	8	4
17	MARCUS KEARS	13	4	3	6
18	PAUL SMITH	11	6	5	–
19	OLIVER CHAPMAN	7	2	2	3
20	JAYDEN JOYCE	2	–	–	2
21	JOHN SINNETT	2	–	1	1
22	JUDE CRAWSHAW	1	1	–	–

Clubman

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	CHRIS ROGERSON	75	25	25	25
2	NEIL EASTWOOD	60	20	20	20
3	MARK GARDNER	51	18	15	18
4	DARREN WILLIAMS	51	16	18	17
5	JAMES FUGETT	50	17	17	16
6	TIMMY	46	15	16	15
7	JAKE MASON	38	10	14	14
8	SIMON YOUNG	38	13	13	12
9	ADRIAN HADMAN	34	12	12	10
10	JORDAN BROWNRIGG	33	9	11	13
11	ANDRE KERRY	28	14	7	7
12	DAVID WHITE	25	7	10	8
13	DUNCAN JUDD	25	11	9	5
14	DARREN WHEELHOUSE	23	8	4	11
15	DAVE LIGHTBOWN	18	3	6	9
16	CHARLIE COPLAND	17	5	8	4
17	MARCUS KEARS	13	4	3	6
18	PAUL SMITH	11	6	5	–
19	OLIVER CHAPMAN	7	2	2	3
20	JAYDEN JOYCE	2	–	–	2
21	JOHN SINNETT	2	–	1	1
22	JUDE CRAWSHAW	1	1	–	–

Inters

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	DEAN GRAY	70	20	25	25
2	RYLAND JONES	52	18	17	17
3	CHRIS ANDERTON	50	12	18	20
4	STEVE MORGAN	45	25	20	–
5	LUCY TILZEY	45	15	14	16
6	RILEY COPLAND	41	14	9	18
7	ASHLEY SMITH	36	11	12	13
8	MATTHEW BATEMAN	35	10	11	14
9	ROBERT LLOYD	34	9	13	12
10	CRAIG MORRISON	31	16	15	–
11	THOMAS HERRING	29	13	16	–
12	BRENDAN ROWETT	25	–	10	15
13	SEAN BURROWS	19	8	–	11
14	JAMES DREWERY	17	17	–	–

Over 50’s Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	WILLIAM BURGESS	75	25	25	25
2	KEVIN REED	60	20	20	20
3	MARK WARTIGG	51	17	16	18
4	JIM SHAND	51	16	18	17
5	PETE WILLIAMSON	46	15	15	16
6	MARK TILZEY	41	14	14	13
7	PAUL LIPPITT	40	12	13	15
8	MIKE DAVIES	35	18	17	–
9	KEV SMITH	34	10	12	12
10	JOHN SMITH	29	8	10	11
11	TOM MARR	28	9	9	10
12	CRAIG HOLMES	27	13	–	14
13	CHRIS RYENDOLS	22	11	11	–
14	MALCOM OGDEN	7	7	–	–

Over 60’s Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	PETE MATHIA	75	25	25	25
2	PAT ROWE	58	20	20	18
3	MARTIN SNAPE	56	18	18	20
4	TERRY CONNOR	49	16	16	17
5	ANDY HOLLAND	47	17	14	16
6	JOHN BENNETT	45	15	15	15
7	JIM SIMPSON	39	14	17	8
8	COLLIN STONE	36	13	9	14
9	REG BEAUMONT	35	12	12	11
10	DAVID GRAY	30	9	11	10
11	STEPHEN HAKES	30	8	13	9
12	JONY WALKER	27	6	8	13
13	PHILL ROBERTS	21	11	10	–
14	STEPHEN HOLLINS	19	–	7	12
15	PAUL WILLIAMSON	10	10	–	–
16	ALAN WILLIAMSON	7	7	–	–

Evo 125’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	ANDY LAWTON	68	25	18	25
2	SCOTT MATHIA	60	20	20	20
3	JACK MAY	60	17	25	18
4	LEWIS PARKINSON	52	18	17	17
5	TIM GARDHAM	46	16	14	16
6	STEVE GARHAM	45	15	15	15
7	AARON BROWN	43	14	16	13
8	MATTY SANDERS	37	12	11	14
9	ALAN PEARCE	35	11	12	12
10	JAMES NEWBY	28	8	9	11
11	SEAN SMITH	26	13	13	–
12	GUY LEDDY	25	7	8	10
13	JAMES HOLIDAY	22	6	7	9
14	BEN MURRAY	19	9	10	–
15	SCOTT MERADITH	10	10	–	–
16	RYAN BURROWS	5	5	–	–

Evo Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	AARON MCLOUGHLIN	62	25	12	25
2	DAN SHEP	60	20	20	20
3	BARRY TURNBULL	53	13	25	15
4	MICHAEL SMITH	50	17	15	18
5	DANNY BLAKLEY	49	18	18	13
6	RIAN WARREN	48	15	16	17
7	PETE WAINRIGHT	44	14	14	16
8	BEN DURBEN	35	11	10	14
9	CALLUM BIRCHER	33	16	17	–
10	MARK BROCKHURST	32	9	11	12
11	DEAN DEWING	31	7	13	11
12	BRADLEY STOKES	27	8	9	10
13	RODGER WITHINGTON	23	6	8	9
14	ROB WAINWRIGHT	19	5	7	7
15	REECE DESOER	12	12	–	–
16	MICHAEL OGDEN	10	10	–	–
17	JOE TARVER	8	–	–	8
18	JAMES SHAND	4	4	–	–

Super Evo

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	ANDY LAWTON	75	25	25	25
2	LEE HOLLAND	60	20	20	20
3	LEE MARTIN	53	18	18	17
4	BEN PARKINSON	52	17	17	18
5	DEAN HAKES	46	16	15	15
6	FRAZER HATCH	41	14	13	14
7	JACK DROGAN	39	7	16	16
8	TOM HOLLAND	36	15	14	7
9	GARETH MORGAN	34	13	10	11
10	JAK DINSLEY	33	8	12	13
11	MAX MAY	32	11	11	10
12	HARRY HITCH	29	12	8	9
13	GRAEME MARKHAM	27	6	9	12
14	DANIEL JONES	24	9	7	8
15	ANDY CART	16	5	5	6
16	LUIS ROBERTS	14	4	6	4
17	ANDY STEPHENS	12	3	4	5
18	TIMTHORNTON	10	10	–	–

Modern

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	JIMMY MARGETSON	75	25	25	25
2	SHANE HOLMES	58	18	20	20
3	SAM SMITH	53	20	15	18
4	JOLE HUGES	50	16	17	17
5	SCOTT MERADITH	49	17	16	16
6	TOM FISH	38	14	11	13
7	MATTY SANDERS	38	13	13	12
8	MATT HOCKENHULL	37	12	10	15
9	SHAUN WAIRNWRIGHT	32	–	18	14
10	TOBY BAILEY	31	8	12	11
11	JOE WRIGHT	29	15	14	–
12	BEN HUNTER	28	9	9	10
13	BEN JAMES	24	10	7	7
14	ADAM SPARKS	22	7	6	9
15	JOE SMITH	22	6	8	8
16	KIERAN DAVIES	16	5	5	6
17	ALAN PEARCE	11	11	–	–
18	DAN EVANS	8	–	3	5
19	ASHLEY SUGDEN	8	2	2	4
20	MICH DICKINSON	5	1	1	3
21	JOHN HOLMES	4	4	–	–
22	ADEB BRROUGH	4	–	4	–
23	ALISTER PATINSON	3	3	–	–
24	DANIEL BACON	2	–	–	2
25	KIEN MERADITH	1	–	–	1

Vets Over 40

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	ADAM WILKINSON	75	25	25	25
2	DANNY BLAKELEY	58	20	18	20
3	SIMON BONSOR	53	16	20	17
4	ANDY HINCHLIFFE	50	18	16	16
5	MARTYN GREGORY	49	17	17	15
6	DAVID BENNETT	43	15	15	13
7	PAUL CROXON	40	12	14	14
8	JAMES KAY	38	13	13	12
9	JOHN HOLMES	33	11	12	10
10	JONO WHITE	32	14	–	18
11	PHIL HODGKINS	32	10	11	11
12	DALE SILK	27	9	9	9
13	ROBBIE FOX	22	6	8	8
14	NEIL MOORE	18	8	10	–
15	MARK CONNOLE	13	7	6	–
16	NEIL THOMAS	12	5	7	–
17	ANDY STATHAM	4	4	–	–

Vets Over 50’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	STEVE WARD	65	20	20	25
2	MARC SPRUCE	61	25	25	11
3	MIKE ALLPORT	54	18	16	20
4	ANTHONY HOUSEMAN	52	17	17	18
5	ROB LEWIS	51	16	18	17
6	TIM SABINE	45	15	15	15
7	ADRAIN LEWIS	42	13	13	16
8	ALAN JOYCE	42	14	14	14
9	STEVE SHARPELS	33	10	11	12
10	MELVIN JAMES	29	7	9	13
11	NEIL SMITH	26	8	8	10
12	MARK BOWDEN	23	11	12	–
13	STEVE THORNTON	19	9	10	–
14	MARTIN BUCKLEY	19	4	6	9
15	ANDREW MYERS	18	5	5	8
16	STEPHEN TUNNY	13	6	7	–
17	DEAN DEWING	12	12	–	–