ACU Eastern Centre Motocross Championship Round Six – Race Report & Results

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Round six of the Eastern Centre motocross Championships, sponsored by Instanda and Stebbings Car Superstore took place at the Diss club’s Wattisfield Hall circuit in Suffolk on Sunday.

Report by Charlie Ralph – Images courtesy of Chris Carter

Following the timed practise sessions, the first block of four races were ran in fine weather on a well prepared circuit, but heavy rain in the afternoon caused the grassland circuit to become very muddy and slippery, and it was of great credit to the club officials and marshals that the twelve race programme was completed.

Race one in the fastest forty premier class saw Luke Parker storming to front in the twenty minute long race, chased by series leader, Lewis Tombs, Ben Cole and Brad Woodroffe. Max Broadbelt joined the four at the front, as the crowd were treated to some high speed action. With two laps remaining, Tombs’s Honda ground to a halt, leaving Cole in second place from Broadbelt, Woodroffe, Rob Nicoll, and Suffolk teenager, Will Farrow. The first junior grade rider to finish was junior series leader, sixteen year old Callum Murfitt, who fought through the pack to claim 7th place, just ahead of another youngster, Thomas Harris.

Norwich ace, Parker, led race two throughout, fresh from riding in the Italian six days International enduro, where he finished 17th out of several hundred competitors, Parker was in brilliant form. Tombs was holding second place, riding a borrowed 250cc Kawasaki, but had to make way for Attleborough’s Ben Cole, leaving Tombs to fend off the challenge from Woodroffe and Farrow, to claim third at the finish.

Racing was fast and furious between the young junior grade lads, with Harris having another good ride for 7th place. Second best junior was Norfolk’s Adam Reeve in 9th place, just ahead of Murfitt and Ipswich youngster, Travis Frost.

With heavy rainfall, making conditions very treacherous, Parker used all of his enduro skills to race clear again, easily taking his third win, and a maximum 75 points on the day. Suffolk’s Lewis Tombs, still riding the borrowed bike, managed to hold onto second place, despite coming under a lot of pressure from the GH Husqvarna of Ben Cole. Farrow had a great ride for 4th at the finish.

The first junior home was young Harris, who was very impressive as he rode to 5th place. Reeve, Frost and Murfitt battled hard for 7th, 8th and 9th places.

With two rounds remaining, Parker’s three wins moves him closer to Tombs’s points tally. Tombs now has 374 points with Parker on 350, and a maximum of 150 points are still up for grabs in the series.

Callum Murfitt still leads the junior grade championship with 359 points, his nearest challenger, Ryan Gardiner has 336 points.

The supporting A group saw local Diss member, Paul Hubbard, taking the overall win with a first and two second places. Lady rider, young Georgia Potter, had a great day, obviously enjoying the muddy conditions, Georgia was placed second overall after three gutsy rides. Veteran John Hinz had won the first two moto’s with ease, but decided to opt out of the third race.

Josh Sturman, riding a little 125ccHusqvarna, had a couple of wins and a second place to win the overall in the B support group, with local rider, Andy Cattermole, riding consistently for second place.

Shaun Tacey and William McCrae battled for the overall in all three races in the C group, with Tacey getting the verdict after a very tough race, with over half of the riders failing to finish due to the track conditions.

Round seven is scheduled for October 3rd at Wakes Colne, with the final round on October 10th at the Cadders Hill circuit at Lyng in Norfolk.

Results

Premier Class Expert

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Luke Parker	75	25	25	25
2	Benjamin Cole	64	22	22	20
3	Brad Woodroffe	50	18	18	14
4	William Farrow	49	15	16	18
5	Robert Nicoll	47	16	15	16
6	Lewis Tombs	42	–	20	22
7	Philip Burton	39	12	12	15
8	Max Broadbelt	34	20	14	–
9	Jack Youngs	24	13	11	–
10	Benjamin Alexander	24	14	10	–
11	Harry Clark	13	–	13	–

Premier Class Junior

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Thomas Harris	72	22	25	25
2	Adam Reeve	64	20	22	22
3	Callum Murfitt	63	25	20	18
4	Travis Frost	56	18	18	20
5	Ryan Gardiner	45	16	13	16
6	Archie Fisher	44	15	14	15
7	Lewis Holmes	37	8	15	14
8	Thomas Batts	36	14	12	10
9	Sean Ottway	28	12	16	–
10	Joe Phillips	26	7	11	8
11	William King	25	5	8	12
12	Connor Bunkle	23	10	10	3
13	Stephen Atkins	22	2	9	11
14	Joshua Deadman	22	6	3	13
15	Mark Goodson	15	4	7	4
16	Cullen Hawkins	14	9	5	–
17	Marc Nickerson	13	–	4	9
18	Robert Baldry	13	13	–	–
19	Sam Rogers	12	–	6	6
20	Harry Mills	11	11	–	–
21	Luke Nolan	9	1	1	7
22	Joseph Henthorn	7	–	2	5
23	Paul Aldridge	3	3	–	–

Junior A

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Paul Hubbard	131	43	43	45
2	Georgia Potter	108	32	35	41
3	Tim Soane	108	37	32	39
4	Philip Waldron	105	41	29	35
5	Henry Cox	104	28	33	43
6	Scott Goodson	96	33	34	29
7	John Hinz	90	45	45	–
8	James Gadd	86	27	28	31
9	Jack Whitlam	83	15	31	37
10	Edward Pegram	81	22	27	32
11	Mark Gardner	80	39	41	–
12	Charlie Dormer	74	35	39	–
13	Lewis Saunders	64	8	22	34
14	Lee Kirkpatrick	64	34	30	–
15	Bradley Allen	62	25	37	–
16	Jacob Carter	55	30	25	–
17	Max Monk	54	12	14	28
18	George Reeves Furness	52	31	21	–
19	Alfie Self	51	9	9	33
20	Ty Atkins	51	19	5	27
21	Ryan Goode	50	14	6	30
22	Jack Matthews	50	24	26	–
23	Olly Quinsee	49	26	23	–
24	Gareth Cushion	47	23	24	–
25	Joshua Warren	39	21	18	–
26	Dexter Lambe	33	20	13	–
27	George Stark	30	18	12	–
28	Justin Dennis	29	13	16	–
29	Jonathan Finch	29	29	–	–
30	Jesse Eaves	26	7	19	–
31	Arron Saunders	25	5	20	–
32	Sam Appleton	25	10	15	–
33	Michael Kester	24	16	8	–
34	Robert Hayden	23	6	17	–
35	Dean Suckling	21	11	10	–
36	Jay Peperell	17	17	–	–
37	Charlie Starsmoore	14	3	11	–
38	Andrew Webster	11	4	7	–
39	Morgan Flockhart	2	2	–	–

Junior B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Josh Sturman	133	43	45	45
2	Andrew Cattermole	129	45	41	43
3	Sam Menzies	117	39	39	39
4	Nathan Moulton	111	41	29	41
5	Aidan Weston	96	33	26	37
6	Robert Bond	93	30	28	35
7	Tyler Grimwood	89	27	33	29
8	Aaron Holden	84	23	30	31
9	Evan Brown	74	29	18	27
10	Jason Turner	73	28	12	33
11	Luke Reeve	72	32	6	34
12	Kieran Hibble	71	34	37	–
13	Craig Page-Baker	71	37	34	–
14	Ryan Whitehead	70	35	35	–
15	Russell Snowling	58	6	20	32
16	Ben Secker	57	25	32	–
17	Charlie Taylor	56	15	13	28
18	Tom Garnham	50	26	24	–
19	Ashley Doggett	49	12	7	30
20	Darren Stone	49	18	31	–
21	Jonathan Moffat	49	24	25	–
22	John Smith	48	21	27	–
23	Lewis Diggins	46	10	10	26
24	Wayne Fulcher	46	31	15	–
25	Jamie Chamberlain	45	22	23	–
26	Lee Keyton	43	–	43	–
27	Robert Green	38	16	22	–
28	Andrew Smith	38	17	21	–
29	David Homan	35	19	16	–
30	Carl Hood	34	20	14	–
31	Thomas Davies	32	13	19	–
32	Shaun Griffiths	25	8	17	–
33	Dylan Wilby	25	14	11	–
34	Christopher Bickley	20	11	9	–
35	Cameron Hallett	15	7	8	–
36	Stephen Hood	9	9	–	–

Junior C

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Shaun Tacey	131	43	45	43
2	William Mcrae	129	41	43	45
3	Daniel Storey	106	33	34	39
4	Kai Ryder	101	29	35	37
5	Jack Hunton	101	32	39	30
6	Ashley Reeve	92	27	24	41
7	Matthew Herring	92	28	33	31
8	Jordan Rogers	85	26	30	29
9	Jason Eaves	84	24	27	33
10	Adam Baker	83	30	21	32
11	Zachary Kneller	82	21	26	35
12	Mark Hegarty	80	39	41	–
13	Ian Steel	79	25	28	26
14	Andrew Smith	74	37	37	–
15	Michael Blaxell	69	22	23	24
16	Mark Shelton	67	16	17	34
17	Kane Johnson	67	17	22	28
18	Colin Booker	60	15	20	25
19	Trevor Neave	60	31	29	–
20	Gene Barfield	60	35	25	–
21	Haydon Newton	51	19	32	–
22	Lee Keyton	45	45	–	–
23	Nick Hunton	45	–	18	27
24	Adrian Brewer	45	14	31	–
25	Andrew Carter	37	18	19	–
26	Andrew Smith	34	34	–	–
27	Owen Mcrae	32	20	12	–
28	Aiden Payne	27	12	15	–
29	Mark Jackson	27	13	14	–
30	Paul Neave	24	11	13	–
31	George Lummis	23	23	–	–
32	David Whitehead	16	–	16	–
33	Terry Humphreys	10	10	–	–