Parsons powers up at Hawkstone! AMCA Nationals Round 3 – Race Report & Results

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Just three weeks ago, Hawkstone Park was underwater as the AMCA attempted to run a British Motocross Championship round. Last weekend they returned to the famous old venue to stage round three of their new National series sponsored by Dirtshifter Bike Cleaner, and what a contrast there was to be in the conditions!

Report and Images by Mike Wood

This time, the going was absolutely prime, producing plenty of exciting action and numerous moto’s which went right down to the wire. Eventually taking the overall victories on the day were Luke Bull, Michael Parsons, Joshua Senter, Joshua McKenzie, Michael Windsor and Bobby Dickinson-Smith.

MX2 Juniors opened the programme at Hawkstone and Bobby Dickinson-Smith led moto one all the way as young Callum Radford took 2nd from series leader James Merrett, Chris Conduit and Ben Weston. Moto two then produced a thriller which was typical of the day’s super competition as Radford led the charge from Conduit. After seeing off Conduit, Callum then came under severe pressure from Dickinson-Smith and Merrett. Showing great composure and despite lacking in energy after having recovered from a bout of Covid, the leader managed to hold onto his advantage until the final lap of the contest when both of his challengers found a way through. In the last one, Dickinson-Smith then completed his classy maximum score chased again by Merrett, Conduit, Radford and Weston.

Arriving at Hawkstone as the MX2 Seniors series leader, Nigel Woodman produced a super effort in moto one, coming through the pack to close in on leader Joshua McKenzie. For the remainder of the clash, Woodman was right on the back wheel of the leader, but despite his gallant efforts just failed to find a way through and thus snatch the win. Getting home in 3rd was Ozzie Murray with Joshua Main, Matthew Law and Elliot Clegg next up.

McKenzie was then victorious again in moto two before it all changed in the last one. This time Woodman was first past the chequered flag from Cameron Doleman, Benito Sidoli and McKenzie. In the podium stakes, it was McKenzie from Woodman and Clegg but more importantly in the series standings, Woodman has increased his advantage at the top to 33 points.

After bagging a maximum in the series opener then missing round two, Michael Parsons was back in MX2 Experts action at Hawkstone. And, Parsons started with a win ahead of series leader Jordan Saunders, Ben Bird, Jacob Gwynne and Jack Jordan. Moto two then produced exactly the same top three as this time Josh Herbert took 4th with Gwynne in 6th. In the last moto, Saunders then ensured that he would remain as the series pace-setter by bagging a nice win ahead of Parsons.

Unbeaten so far in the National series, MX1 Juniors leader Michael Windsor maintained his very high-performance levels at Hawkstone by scorching to another maximum points haul. In the opener on Sunday, Kelvin Anderton took a great 2nd as David Donnelly, Andrew Lowe, Joshua Williams and Martyn Clinton filled the next four finishing places.

Moto two and Windsor was in the winning habit again but this time it was certainly not quite so straightforward! In the early stages and right up until the mid-point of the moto, the leader was coming under intense pressure from Clinton. Unfortunately though the challenger then crashed and tasted the Shropshire sand whilst attempting to make the vital pass. So it was 2nd for Clinton with Anderton a solid 3rd, Donnelly 4th, Thomas Meagher 5th and Williams 6th.

In the last MX1 Juniors moto, the super Windsor was right on the gas and stretching his KTM’s throttle wire to the max for yet another win and 50 big series points. So it was Windsor, Donnelly and Anderton on the podium. The big question now is can Windsor go through the card in the remaining two rounds at Nympsfield and Bromsberrow and thus claim the perfect score?

Bobby Dickinson-Smith the MX2 Juniors winner

Joshua Senter the Seniors MX1 series leader certainly started the day in style with an impressive win, leading home his brother Scott Senter, Nathan Lewis-Reilly, Lee Mitchell the Apex track builder who had earlier led the moto, Jack Tompkins and Jay Rumbold.

In another close, classic scrap, Rumbold then got the better of Joshua Senter in a great moto two contest with Lewis-Reilly 3rd. Then stretching his advantage at the top of the AMCA National series standings, Joshua Senter returned the compliment by getting the better of Rumbold in the last Seniors MX1 battle with the consistent Lewis-Reilly yet again in 3rd.

With a super moto one performance, Luke Bull on the big Green Kawasaki took the Experts MX1 win to thus also immediately narrow the gap on series leader Sam Jones. In this one, Richard Lloyd and Samuel Bradley also finished in front of Jones as Robert Fox, Jordan Hall and James Newby started the day with strong rides.

Wayne Tabbott leading a MX1 Seniors battle

In the remaining two moto’s, Jones and Lloyd took a win apiece as Bull got home in 2nd spot on both occasions. So on the podium, it was Bull from Lloyd and Jones. Those lads also currently fill the top three slots in the series with Jones on top but just a very narrow 3 points better off than Bull with Lloyd only a further 7 points in arrears. This is shaping up to be a red-hot contest which could very well go right down to the wire and the last moto of the season!

Results

Expert MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Luke Bull	144	50	47	47
2	Richard Lloyd	140	47	43	50
3	Sam Jones	138	43	50	45
4	Samuel Bradley	129	45	41	43
5	Jordan Hall	125	39	45	41
6	Robert Fox	117	41	37	39
7	James Newby	113	37	39	37
8	Matt Ryder	101	33	33	35
9	Nathan Holtby	99	35	35	29
10	Craig Perks	92	31	31	30
11	Luke Ryder	90	29	28	33
12	Harry Greetham	84	26	27	31
13	Joe Bailey	83	27	29	27
14	Mitch Gray	80	28	26	26
15	Mitch Nicholls	78	25	25	28
16	Thomas Herbert	60	30	30	–
17	Christopher Childs	24	24	–	–

Expert MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Michael Parsons	147	50	50	47
2	Jordan Saunders	144	47	47	50
3	Ben Bird	135	45	45	45
4	Josh Herbert	125	39	43	43
5	Jack Jordan	123	41	41	41
6	Jacob Gwynne	121	43	39	39
7	Samuel Carroll	107	35	35	37
8	Ben Seaburg	102	30	37	35
9	Colin Conduit	93	29	33	31
10	Benjamin Hawkins	91	28	30	33
11	Scott Barrow	88	31	29	28
12	Gabe Chinn	86	26	31	29
13	Jack Crawford	85	27	28	30
14	Ryan Carey	37	37	–	–
15	Dylan Lewis	33	33	–	–

Seniors MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Joshua Senter	147	50	47	50
2	Jay Rumbold	136	39	50	47
3	Nathan Lewis-Reilly	135	45	45	45
4	Scott Senter	133	47	43	43
5	Jack Tompkins	123	41	41	41
6	Wayne Tabbott	107	33	37	37
7	Mike Harbage	96	37	39	20
8	Richard May	92	26	33	33
9	Daniel Jones	89	29	29	31
10	Jack Parry	88	27	31	30
11	Mason Harris	87	31	30	26
12	Ryan Taylor	86	30	35	21
13	Lee Mitchell	82	43	–	39
14	Ashley Cartwright	79	28	24	27
15	Andrew Hayes	78	21	28	29
16	Toby Duke	76	23	25	28
17	Daryl Perkins	76	24	27	25
18	Chris May	71	25	23	23
19	kieran jones	70	35	–	35
20	Luke Lester Powell	70	22	26	22
21	Luke Archer	66	20	22	24
22	Jamie Glover	40	19	21	–

Seniors MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Joshua Mckenzie	143	50	50	43
2	Nigel Woodman	142	47	45	50
3	Elliot Clegg	127	39	47	41
4	Benito Sidoli	119	33	41	45
5	Cameron Doleman	116	30	39	47
6	Ozzie Murray	115	45	35	35
7	Owen Pitts	113	31	43	39
8	Joshua Main	113	43	33	37
9	Mathew Law	108	41	37	30
10	Daniel Morris	99	35	31	33
11	Lewis Thompson	83	22	30	31
12	Tom Hatton	82	24	29	29
13	Aiden Woodman	82	28	26	28
14	Tom Strange	78	25	27	26
15	David Delve	75	23	25	27
16	Thomas Crawford	54	29	–	25
17	Danny Price	54	26	28	–
18	George Wardle	37	37	–	–
19	Jack Martin	27	27	–	–

Juniors MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Michael Windsor	150	50	50	50
2	David Donnelly	135	45	43	47
3	Kelvin Anderton	135	47	45	43
4	Joshua Williams	125	41	39	45
5	Martyn Clinton	116	39	47	30
6	Luke Jenkins	111	35	35	41
7	Paul Hughes	107	31	37	39
8	Andrew Lowe	107	43	29	35
9	Thomas Meagher	107	33	41	33
10	Harry Knowles	100	30	33	37
11	Kimberley Holden-James	97	37	31	29
12	Simon Moore	90	29	30	31
13	Samuel Trinder	84	28	28	28
14	Jamie Payne	81	27	27	27
15	Jan Ilic	52	26	26	–
16	Brandon Carradine	51	25	–	26

Juniors MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Bobby Dickinson-Smith	150	50	50	50
2	James Merrett	139	45	47	47
3	Callum Radford	135	47	45	43
4	Chris Conduit	131	43	43	45
5	Ben Weston	121	41	39	41
6	Dale Screen	107	35	41	31
7	Kyran Holden	102	37	37	28
8	Oliver Davis	101	33	35	33
9	Kieran Payne	98	30	31	37
10	Callum Hurst	96	31	26	39
11	Christopher Leddington	92	29	33	30
12	Oliver Hurst	87	24	28	35
13	Scott Brown	81	23	29	29
14	Charlie Rush	77	20	30	27
15	Thomas Eastland	77	28	27	22
16	Jake Pawley	74	27	24	23
17	Haider Zaidi	70	22	23	25
18	Ellis Tighe	67	19	22	26
19	Tayler Lee	63	18	21	24
20	Charles Wilkins	50	25	25	–
21	Joshua Nicholl	39	39	–	–
22	Joe Harrison	26	26	–	–
23	Ashton Coleman	21	21	–	–
24	James Wise	17	17	–	–