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Mewse conquers Foxhill but Dodd wins the title! 2024 Bridgstone British Masters Finale – Race Report & Results

Mewse conquers Foxhill but Dodd wins the title! 2024 Bridgstone British Masters Finale

Conrad Mewse, on his Crendon Tru7 Honda, may have dominated the sixth and final round of the 2024 Bridgestone British Masters, taking two convincing wins from his two race starts. But by competing in all six rounds and scoring high points in all his races, James Dodd was crowned the Expert / Open champion for the year.

Race Report and Images by Dick Law

Heavy rain on Thursday hampered the track crew’s preparation of the historic Foxhill track in Wiltshire. Saturday’s riders faced a challenging and testing course that took no prisoners. Still, with hard work and a lot of grading, Sunday’s track was the best it’s been for a while.

It was clear from the start of qualifying that it was going to take a superhuman effort from any of the other riders to beat Mewse. As the gate dropped on the first race, he got the holeshot and just disappeared into the distance, taking his first win of the day.


Mewse’s teammate, Taylor Hammal, had gated second, with John Adamson (Lexa MX Honda) third. The top three riders became very spaced out and crossed the finish line in the same order they rounded the first turn.

Mewse crossed the line almost forty-five seconds clear of Hammal with an eleven-second gap between Hammal and Adamson.

The battle for fourth was more interesting as Carlton Husband (Phoenix Tools, Evenstrokes Kawasaki), Dan Thornhill (Chambers KTM), and Josh Spinks (M. Williams KTM) battled it out. Husband gated fourth, but Spinks, after passing Thornhill on the opening lap, snatched the place from Husband on lap two, only to have the place taken back the very next lap. For the rest of the race, the three were wheel-to-wheel and bar-to-bar. With two laps to go, Spinks made fourth his own, with Husband settling for fifth as Thornhill watched the action, waiting to take advantage of any mistakes from the riders in front of him.

As for the eventual champion, Dodd. He gated eighth, lost a couple of places by the halfway point and had a crash with three laps to go in the race. He finished fifteenth.

Taylor Hammal

For the first two riders, Mewse and Hammal, the race second race was the same as the first, and the pair gatted first and second and stayed in the order till the end of the race. But behind them, it was all happening.

Charlie Heyman (SC Sporthomes Husqvarna) started the race in third place but was passed on lap two by Adamson, Thornhill, and Husband. A lap later, he crashed and dropped back to thirteenth place, where he finished.

Thornhill then pushed Adamson hard on the way to the finish flag but could not make a pass stick, as the pair finished third and fourth.

Dan Thornhill and Charlie Cole

Overall, it was Mewse from Hammal and Adamson, but in the final championship positions, it was James Dodd, champion, who was thirty-five points clear of Charlie Cole. Henry Williams was third despite not competing in the last round.

“It’s been a perfect day for me, really. Fastest in qualifying and with two race wins,” said winner Mewse, “I have similar lap time times, which I was concentrating on the intensity. We also did some testing between races, and that worked out great. A very productive day.”


When asked about the final round of the main British championship, he added, “I am really looking forward to it. I like the sandy conditions like they have at Preston Docks; it’s the track conditions I prefer. Only fifteen points are in it, and anything can happen in motocross. I will go there and give it my all and hopefully come out on top.”

Mewse’s teammate Hammal said about his second overall, “Being second to Conrad (Mewse) has been the story of the year really. I am second to him every time, but I like that he knows what that feels like when he races against Herlings. He is world-class. I was good in the second race but didn’t get going in the first”.

John Adamson

Adamson said about his third overall, “I have had two good rides today, but I had nothing for those two Honda boys today. It’s nice to be racing back in Britain again. I like sandy conditions, but I like how they prepared the track for today. There were many more racing lines than before, and even when I didn’t get a good start, I managed to get through to third place again”.

With a fourth place, two race wins and a second, Ben Knight (Yamaha) won the Amateur MX1 from Josh Greedy (Moto 33 Yamaha) and Brad Wheeler (MX Vice Evenstrokes Yamaha). But Greedy’s second overall gave him the championship win. Seth Manners (Chambers Gas Gas) was fourth on the day but second in the championship.

It was all about the wildcard riders in the Amateur MX2s, as Bayliss Utting (Honda), with four race wins from four starts, won from fellow wildcard rider George Hopkins (KTM). Registered rider Raify Broadly (Fantic) was third overall but won the championship from Jonathan Rodenick-Evans and Josh Bassett (KTM).

Scott Bates

Scott Bates (IDS Kawasaki) won the Clubman event and the championship, with three race wins and a second. Elliott Pugh (Kawasaki) was second on the weekend, with Jamie Collins (Difts Media Yamaha) third.

The 125s are always close, and the championship was won on the last lap of the last race of the year, and a single point separated the top two. Matt Bayliss (S Briggs Commercials Gas Gas) won the overall and the championship from Charlie Richmond (JP KTM), who also finished second in the championship. Steven Clarke, who was having a wildcard ride on a little two-stroke, was third overall, while fourth-place man Damen Strydom (FUS Marsh Honda) was third in the championship.

Matt Bayliss leads the pack in the 125’s

Wildcard riders Reece Jones (KTM) and Makenzie Marshall (DK Off-Road KTM) were first and second overall in the youth MXY2s, with Harrison Greenough (KTM) third. Beau Brown (Boandock Racing KTM) was fifth overall but had accumulated enough points for the championship win.

Joel Winstanley-Dawson

It was very close at the top of the big wheel 85s as Olly Waters, with a race win, two second-place finishes, and a third, took the overall on the weekend from Joel Winstanley-Dawson (Castle Trucks KTM) and Alfie Herron (L+R Herrow Trailers Husqvarna). But Winstanley-Dawson had already won the championship with a race in hand.

Arthur Moore

Harley Marczak (JMR Foundation KTM) and Arthur Moore (RMJ SJP Moto JWR KTM) finished first and second overall in the Small wheel 85s event, with Nixon Coppins (Yamaha) third, but Moore’s second overall won him the championship from Marczak and Coppins.

Cohen Jagielski

The on-form Cohen Jagielski (KTM) won all four Junior 65 races from wildcard rider Jett Gardiner (KTM). Elliott Shawyer (Airport Autos KTM) third overall was enough to be crowned champion.

Elliott Shawyer

Results

Expert – Overall

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2
1 Conrad Mewse 90 45 45
2 Taylor Hammal 86 43 43
3 John Adamson 82 41 41
4 Dan Thornhill 74 35 39
5 Carlton Husband 74 37 37
6 Josh Spinks 70 39 31
7 Charlie Cole 69 34 35
8 Charlie Putnam 64 31 33
9 Rafie Broadley 63 29 34
10 Charlie Heyman 61 33 28
11 Alfie Jones 60 28 32
12 Rory Jones 60 30 30
13 James Dodd 55 26 29
14 Dan Brough 52 25 27
15 Harvey Cashmore 49 23 26
16 Bayliss Utting 32 32
17 Josh Vail 27 27
18 Louie Kessell 24 24

Final championship positions:

1 Dodd 359, 2 Cole 324, 3 Williams 284, 4 Jones 282, 5 Husband 281, 6 Spinks 244, 7 Thornhill 232, 8 Hammal 215, 9 Mewse 180, 10 Steels 171.

Amateur MX1

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4
1 Ben Knight 172 39 45 45 43
2 Josh Greedy 164 43 41 39 41
3 Brad Wheeler 160 33 39 43 45
4 Seth Manners 155 45 34 37 39
5 Aaron Patstone (w) 149 34 43 41 31
6 Harrison McCann (w) 146 37 37 35 37
7 Josh Canton 138 35 35 34 34
8 Liam Smith 124 26 32 31 35
9 Tom Dodsworth (w) 115 27 30 29 29
10 Brad Thornhill 114 25 27 30 32
11 Billy Collins 113 32 26 25 30
12 Ross Millard 113 30 28 28 27
13 Bradley Flagg 112 13 33 33 33
14 James Thompson 110 31 25 26 28
15 Sam Ongley (W) 95 23 22 24 26
16 Liam Crellin 89 28 29 32
17 Jake Strange 87 21 23 18 25
18 Fraser Garidiner 86 15 21 27 23
19 Matt Lomas(w) 85 19 20 22 24
20 Drew Lane (w) 78 20 16 23 19
21 Ethan Blackley 77 22 14 20 21
22 Josh Scott 76 16 17 21 22
23 David Curtis 74 17 18 19 20
24 Ryan Christian (w) 64 14 15 17 18
25 John Joe Wright 60 29 31
26 Connor Cramp (W) 57 12 12 16 17
27 Thomas Sorrell (w) 54 10 13 15 16
28 Andrew Walker (w) 51 11 11 14 15
29 Travis Reynolds (W) 48 24 24
30 Simon Booth 41 41
31 Ben  Butler 37 18 19

Final championship positions:

1 Greedy 907, 2 Manners 905, 3 Knight 897, 4 Wheeler 851, 5 Booth 683, 6 Crellin 683, 7 Maule 615, 8 Smith 554, 9 Canton 530, 10 Flagg 514.

Amateur MX2

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4
1 Bayliss Utting(w) 180 45 45 45 45
2 George Hopkins (w) 166 43 41 41 41
3 Raife Broadley 157 28 43 43 43
4 Leon Williams (W) 147 39 37 32 39
5 Max Ingram (w) 134 41 25 31 37
6 Tyler Rowe (w) 131 34 39 33 25
7 Aaron Ongley(w) 129 37 31 26 35
8 Mitch Armour 129 31 27 37 34
9 Josh Bassett 125 33 24 35 33
10 Syd Putnam 120 29 32 29 30
11 Jesse Wren 116 30 35 28 23
12 Ben Gillett (W) 115 32 28 23 32
13 Jonathan Rodenick-Evans 115 20 33 34 28
14 Jay Platt (w) 101 23 26 21 31
15 Leon Onley 99 22 29 22 26
16 Ben White (w) 97 27 22 24 24
17 Tye Jones 93 25 30 11 27
18 Samuel Bishop 88 26 17 25 20
19 Logan Powell 86 21 16 27 22
20 Jamie Watson 84 16 39 29
21 Harvey James (w) 80 24 21 20 15
22 Bailey Betsworth 75 13 23 18 21
23 Richy Roberts 75 18 19 19 19
24 Corey Collins 69 19 20 12 18
25 Kayde Rayns 64 34 30
26 Connor Warren 58 14 13 14 17
27 Jack Griffiths 55 12 15 15 13
28 Lewis Bethell 49 17 18 14
29 Cody Spacagna 46 14 16 16
30 James Parkin (w) 45 10 11 13 11
31 Sam Menzies 41 12 17 12
32 Brandon Love (w) 41 11 10 10 10
33 David Plank 35 35
34 Charlie Parrott (W) 31 8 9 7 7
35 Joe Grace 30 6 7 9 8
36 Charlie Cannon (w) 24 7 8 9
37 Joe Smith 17 9 8
38 Deejay Walker (w) 15 15

Final championship positions:

1 Broadley 980, 2 Rodenick-Evans 806, 3 Bassett 720, 4 Ongley 703, 5 Plank 678, 6 Putnam 649, 7 Armour 617, 8 Wren 615, 9 Rayns 593, 10 Collins 536.

Clubman

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4
1 Scott Bates 178 45 45 45 43
2 Elliott Pugh 160 41 43 31 45
3 Jamie Collins 160 39 41 39 41
4 Lee Clarkson 157 43 39 43 32
5 Jack Loveridge 144 37 37 35 35
6 Frank Elwell 141 35 34 41 31
7 Dan Chapman 139 30 35 37 37
8 Matt Jones 138 34 33 32 39
9 Joshua Lee Young 131 33 32 33 33
10 Jacob Bell 120 32 30 30 28
11 Luke Price 107 27 23 28 29
12 Max Aspden (w) 104 25 25 27 27
13 Joe Sargent 103 19 28 26 30
14 Connor Maltby (w) 100 28 26 20 26
15 Hayden Stevens  (W) 91 31 31 29
16 Kurt Richardson 87 24 21 19 23
17 Liam Deegan 82 14 34 34
18 Stuart Perry(W) 82 20 15 23 24
19 Robert Williams 77 23 19 14 21
20 Richard Evans 75 26 27 22
21 Aidan Carney 75 29 29 17
22 Liam Baggs (w) 74 21 18 10 25
23 Callum Radford 73 17 13 21 22
24 James Hargreaves 68 9 17 24 18
25 Adam Hardy (w) 63 16 22 25
26 Jason Hibberd (w) 62 22 24 16
27 Kane Fisher 53 15 20 18
28 Harley Jones 50 12 12 7 19
29 Ben Hughes 49 18 16 15
30 Ryan Davies 44 13 11 20
31 Jamie Aitken (w) 42 8 9 9 16
32 Roger Frean 38 11 14 13
33 Michael Summers (w) 37 7 8 8 14
34 Joshua Walsh (w) 33 5 7 6 15
35 Jamie Mc Carthy (w) 28 11 17
36 Lewis Wigger (w) 28 6 10 12
37 14064203 10 4 6
38 Matthew Fuller 10 10
39 Gary Cheshire (w) 5 5

Final championship positions:

1 Bates 862, 2 Chapman 827, 3 Collins 820, 4 Clarkson 770, 5 Pugh 714, 6 Loveridge 691, 7 Fisher 676, 8 Lee Young 669, 9 Bell 618, 10 McLuckie 594.

125cc

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4
1 Matt Bayliss 170 43 39 43 45
2 Charlie Richmond 160 37 41 39 43
3 Steven Clarke (w) 160 41 37 41 41
4 Damen Strydom 142 35 35 37 35
5 Drew Stock (W) 139 33 34 35 37
6 Paul Neale (w) 135 34 33 29 39
7 Josh Vail (w) 127 39 43 45
8 Declan Wright 124 29 29 34 32
9 Zane Stephens (W) 123 31 28 31 33
10 Daniel Brough 118 30 31 33 24
11 Fabian Jnr Morrison (w) 117 27 30 32 28
12 Troy Willerton 105 26 26 23 30
13 Jorge Parkin 104 25 25 28 26
14 Will Haddock 98 32 32 34
15 Harrison Drewell 98 22 23 26 27
16 Max Ellerker 96 23 24 24 25
17 Ashton Phillips 90 20 22 25 23
18 Ollie Colmer (w) 90 45 45
19 Finley Evans (w) 89 28 30 31
20 Jamie Prentice 84 21 19 22 22
21 Lucas Lee (w) 77 21 27 29
22 Jordan Harris (w) 56 18 17 21
23 Jack Brearey 44 24 20
24 Harry Shand 37 19 18
25 Tom Evans (w) 33 17 16
26 Leon Ongley (w) 27 27

Final championship positions:

1 Bayliss 962, 2 Richmond 961, 3 Strydom 880, 4 Haddock 813, 5 Brough 708, 6 Wright 578, 7 Phillips 550, 8 Willerton 519, 9 Perrin-Brown 483, 10 Grainger 477.

MXY2

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4
1 Reece Jones (w) 176 43 45 45 43
2 McKenzie Marshall (w) 174 45 41 43 45
3 Harrison Greenough 166 41 43 41 41
4 Max Corke (W) 152 39 39 39 35
5 Beau Brown 144 35 37 35 37
6 George Corke (W) 139 32 31 37 39
7 Kyron Carron 139 37 35 33 34
8 Shane Jones 131 34 32 32 33
9 Austin Beasty 128 33 30 34 31
10 Rueben Always (w) 125 31 33 31 30
11 Finlay Boxall 123 30 34 27 32
12 Harley Prickett (w) 114 28 29 30 27
13 Reegan Rogers (w) 111 29 28 25 29
14 Mitchell Conway 106 26 27 28 25
15 Josh Lansbury (w) 102 23 24 29 26
16 Braedon Mc Ginn 97 25 26 26 20
17 Fenton Rayns 96 24 25 23 24
18 Ricky Barstow 88 22 22 21 23
19 Ollie Davies (w) 81 20 23 16 22
20 Bobby Watson 81 21 17 22 21
21 Tyler Jones (W) 79 27 24 28
22 Joseph Horn 78 18 21 20 19
23 Ashden Walsh 74 19 18 19 18
24 Leon Warren 66 16 20 14 16
25 Tommy Gibbard 61 15 16 15 15
26 Josh Blackley 54 17 19 18
27 Enzo Mussell 34 17 17

Final championship positions:

1 Brown 888, 2 Greenough 883, 3 Beasty 805, 4 Jones 798, 5 Boxall 641, 6 Carron 606, 7 Rayns 579, 8 Conway 577, 9 Barstow 530, 10 Mc Ginn 527.

Big Wheel 85

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4
1 Olly Waters 172 43 43 45 41
2 Joel Winstanley Dawson 170 45 45 43 37
3 Alfie Herron 164 41 41 37 45
4 Maison Jones 160 37 39 41 43
5 Jack Leese 154 39 37 39 39
6 Archie Stapley 137 35 33 34 35
7 Kameron Greenhalgh 131 32 32 33 34
8 Harley O’Callaghan 129 34 34 31 30
9 Stanley Siebert (W) 121 30 31 32 28
10 Archie Congdon 118 29 28 29 32
11 Elvis Totney (w) 116 28 29 28 31
12 Riley Ray Barrow 112 27 26 30 29
13 William Evans 112 33 35 35 9
14 Charlie Hobden 102 25 27 25 25
15 Joseph Robinson 100 26 23 24 27
16 Spencer  Newman (w) 99 24 24 27 24
17 Oscar Gilham 96 23 25 22 26
18 Jenson Severn (w) 94 31 30 33
19 Max Williams 88 22 21 23 22
20 Bobby Farmer 82 21 19 21 21
21 William Wood (w) 81 19 22 26 14
22 Elliot Yeandle (w) 78 18 17 20 23
23 Harry Beattie 77 20 20 17 20
24 Freddy Richards 64 12 16 18 18
25 Dexter Prowse (w) 60 15 14 12 19
26 Max Gilmore (w) 60 13 11 19 17
27 Sam Verbeeten 57 17 18 9 13
28 Hayden Clarke (w) 53 10 13 14 16
29 Ryan Prentice 46 8 10 16 12
30 Junior Wigglesworth (w) 44 14 15 15
31 Matt Colgin (w) 40 9 8 13 10
32 Ricco Hardy 37 7 9 10 11
33 Lucas Todd 34 11 12 11
34 Alan Thomson (w) 31 16 15

Final championship positions:

1 Winstanley-Dawson 935, 2 Waters 877, 3 Greenhaigh 824, 4 Jones 814, 5 Stapley 751, 6 Leese 725, 7 Evans 537, 8 Piggford 524, 9 Congdon 512, 10 Williams 506.

Small Wheel 85

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4
1 Harley Marczak 172 43 41 45 43
2 Arthur Moore 172 45 45 41 41
3 Nixon Coppins 164 41 35 43 45
4 Arthur King 150 37 39 35 39
5 Daniel Devine 149 39 34 39 37
6 Henry Lewis 144 35 37 37 35
7 Jamie Thorpe 131 32 43 27 29
8 Ryan Taylor 130 31 33 34 32
9 Teddy Merriman 118 27 28 32 31
10 Harry Hall 112 23 23 33 33
11 Chad Prince 110 26 29 29 26
12 Jakson Ross 109 29 30 26 24
13 Jamie Currie (w) 105 30 32 13 30
14 Dylan Standing 104 22 26 31 25
15 Ethan Gawley 104 33 31 25 15
16 Keedan Williamson 99 34 24 7 34
17 Rylee Byrne 92 21 21 30 20
18 Jake Dixon 91 25 25 14 27
19 Harry Cuddy 87 28 10 21 28
20 Remi Wigglesworth (w) 82 20 19 22 21
21 Baili Black 80 24 27 6 23
22 Sam Morris(w) 74 16 20 19 19
23 Callum Harper (w) 73 15 18 23 17
24 Charley Gerrard (w) 69 18 17 24 10
25 Logan Lewis (w) 63 10 15 20 18
26 Woody Hill 62 14 16 16 16
27 Charlie Dalgleish 61 19 13 18 11
28 Oliver Bardoe 54 11 14 17 12
29 George Dryden 53 17 22 14
30 Ben Alexander 52 12 12 15 13
31 Freddie Gurney (W) 50 28 22
32 Sebastian Todd 39 13 9 11 6
33 Caleb Shearer 34 5 8 12 9
34 Harris Curran (W) 31 6 7 10 8
35 Jenson Banter (w) 28 7 6 8 7
36 Haydn Escott (w) 27 8 5 9 5
37 Riley Seeds 15 4 11
38 Oliver Monks (w) 13 9 4

Final championship positions:

1 Moore 974, 2 Marczak 965, 3 Coppins 943, 4 Hall 734, 5 Williamson 702, 6 Gawley 699, 7 Wilson 691, 8 Lewis 673, 9 Thorpe 663, 10 Devine 654.

65cc

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4
1 Cohen Jagielski 180 45 45 45 45
2 Jett Gardiner (W) 172 43 43 43 43
3 Elliott Shawyer 162 41 41 41 39
4 Ronan Watson 150 37 37 35 41
5 Alfie Cotter 144 33 39 39 33
6 Forrest Roberts 141 34 33 37 37
7 Sydney Williams 140 39 34 32 35
8 Charley Wilcock 135 32 35 34 34
9 Tommy Wood ( w) 118 24 32 30 32
10 Jack Waters 117 31 27 28 31
11 Jack Clark 112 28 28 27 29
12 Blake Marks Bracey 110 23 26 31 30
13 Tyler Peaty 105 20 24 33 28
14 Harrison Chiddey 105 29 23 26 27
15 Mason Staddon 93 22 22 23 26
16 Max Jones 92 27 25 24 16
17 Preston Chorley 88 26 8 29 25
18 Will Kremer 87 21 17 25 24
19 Bradley Thompson 85 35 30 1 19
20 Sonny Saunders 84 19 20 22 23
21 Tommy Gaddes 78 25 31 20 2
22 Freddie Graham 77 18 16 21 22
23 Archie Oakes 73 16 19 17 21
24 Charlie Farmer 73 14 21 18 20
25 Harley James Barrow (w) 61 30 29 2
26 Austin Edwards (w) 57 17 7 19 14
27 Harvey Taylor (w) 56 12 14 15 15
28 Charlie Park (w) 54 10 15 11 18
29 Daniel Morris (w) 54 15 18 4 17
30 Jackson Bishop (w) 51 13 11 16 11
31 Max Miller 50 11 12 14 13
32 Archie Parry (W) 45 8 13 12 12
33 Taylor Clarke (w) 37 9 10 13 5
34 Preston Killeran (w) 36 7 9 10 10
35 Ava Peedle (W) 26 4 6 8 8
36 Maxx Korszewski (W) 24 6 9 9
37 Stanley Allen (w) 24 5 5 7 7
38 William King 18 2 4 6 6
39 Henry Goswell (w) 12 3 5 4
40 Tallulah Warren (w) 10 1 3 3 3

Final championship positions:

1 Shawyer 925, 2 Watson 888, 3 Jagielski 810, 4 Wilcock 750. 5 Williams 734, 6 Roberts 730, 7 Cotter 679, 8 Chorley 612, 9 Peaty 592, 10 Thompson 569.

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