A brand-new venue for 2-man enduro and youth events courtesy of Sudbury MCC chairman Paul Belton gave the riders plenty to think about with jaw-dropping wooded inclines and descents, ditches, a bridge and twisty tilth paths through mixed woodland and the odd tactical log thrown in after fast stretches of stubble. Bathed in gorgeous autumn sunshine all day, the course rode well with end-of-season competitiveness in abundance as the
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Alderford Farm didn’t disappoint providing a taxing course and plenty of questions for the 49 pairs who started the 2 man event. This was the final round of the Dave Barkshire Eastern Centre Championship with all 4 events counting after the cancellation of 2 earlier rounds.
The 4-hour event had a break for lunch & the course was reversed testing the stamina of even the fittest most experienced riders on an unusually warm day for October. Great to see legend Jake Nicholls, making time in his usual flat-out season with his lively entourage to experience the second 2-man event that Sudbury have run this year, finishing second with Joe Blacker on the day in the championship class.
The afternoon saw the final hour long GH Motorcycles & GB Finch, youth race with a clear lead from the start, Eddie Belton was first away and didn’t drop off the pace once, even lapping the only entry in the larger bike class Jake Last on the penultimate lap. With plenty of viewing points for the spectators a great day of racing was had by all.
Results
Youth Race
125cc
1st Jake Last 18 Laps
85cc
1st Eddie Belton 19 Laps
2nd Jesse Gordon 17 Laps
3rd Rueben Hills 17 Laps
4th Finlay Roper 17 Laps
5th Ben Springett 17 Laps
6th Harry Fordham 16 Laps
7th Jensen Saxby 16 Laps
8th Lucas Groves 15 Laps
9th Hugo Louis 14 Laps
10th Jack Cooper 14 Laps
2 Man Race
2 Man – Championship
1st Ben Clark & Jack Nicolaou
2nd Jake Nicholls & Joe Blacker
3rd Connor Hughes & Callum Mccaul
4th Jamie Roper & Will Hughes
5th Jack Sheppard & Toby Morley
6th Ross Taylor & Ed Pooley
2 Man – Expert
1st Stephen Revett & James Yearley
2nd Billy Sargeant & Kelvin Vant
3rd Jack Edwards & Albert Van Dyke
4th Fred Stearn & Shaun Leggett
5th Adam Gordon & Ben Sandford
6th Jonny Finch & Dan Hills
2-Man Clubman
1st Will Belton & Frazer Lawrence
2nd Ethan Johnson & Stanly Delany
3rd Paul Belton & Graham Mays
4th Zak Beards & Tom Sutton
5th Andrew Woods & David Woods
6th Shaun Woodrow & Chris Wright
