The 2020 British Minibike Championships reached its crescendo at Champs Parc at the weekend, with rounds 5 and 6 being staged and the title winners being crowned
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A new hero emerged in the Kids 50cc class with Dirt Hub’s Ethan Georgiou having an epic weekend, winning each and every moto which in turn gave him enough points to take the title in the process. Congrats Ethan. On Saturday Flynn Kennard got the better of Aaron Shepherd-Smith for second, with Seth Golding fourth, Zach White fifth, Jenson Batner sixth.
Golding upped his game on Sunday and finished second behind Georgiou. Freddie Darvill was another rider to turn it up a notch and would round out the weekend with a third, ahead of White, Shepherd-Smith and Harry Dearle.
Robbie Daly continued his excellence, firing in another six wins to go unbeaten in the championships, taking the title in emphatic style. Jamie Thorpe was second on both days with it coming down to the final moto between him and Marty Spires on who would finish second in the series with Thorpe gaining the edge when it mattered in the last race. Spires would finish in third on both days ahead of Riley Ray Barrow, Frankie Donoghue and Kieran Bullock on Saturday and Donoghue, Barrow and Harley Ince on Sunday.
Harrison Schofield made a successful MBC debut in the Youth Junior class with maximum points at both rounds ahead of Lillie May Stokes, Maddy Banks, Jessica Cooling, Harry Banks and Jamie Clarke on Saturday, with Banks second on Sunday over Cooling and Stokes. The title though would go the way of Banks. Congrats Maddy.
The Youth Senior competition came to a final day showdown after Jake Speller won out on Saturday over Ben Casey and series leader Leo Vowles. Just off of the podium was Mitchell Woodward, with Ben Moran fifth and Ben Moran sixth. Vowles though put the hammer down on Sunday going 1-1-1 taking the honours for the day and gaining the coveted title in the process. Casey would finish the day on the second step of the podium with Speller third, Jack Perry Fourth, Jack Harrison Fifth and Moran sixth.
Scott Joyner had the Masters title on his mind, and it showed and he rattled off all three moto wins on Saturday to reel series leader Daniel Foreman into just a nine-point gap as they headed into Sunday’s final round. Foreman would be second on Saturday over Spencer Howard on the third step of the podium. Joyner would continue his winning streak on Sunday by taking the chequers in the first two races meaning he led the series by three points over Foreman going into the final moto. Foreman’s race would end in a DNF leaving Joynor to finish second in the moto with the title nestled under his arm. On the day it was Joyner flanked by Howard and Glenn Wilson.
In the Vets category, Jay Taylor was fully dialled in and blitzed the field to take victory with a full house on both days but it wasn’t enough to claim the title with Adam Burton holding on by just 6 points finishing third on each occasion over the weekend. Philip Thomas was sandwiched between the two in second both times.
The Farm bike invasion continues, so much so there were two classes of them. In the A group Matt Bayliss reigned at each round earning him the first-ever Farm Bike British title. He had serious competition though from his young bro Chris who was second on Saturday and winning the first two moto’s on Sunday before a DNF halted his podium chances. Mike Ellis joined the ranks and was third on Saturday and second on Sunday with Charlie Beamish joining him on the podium on Sunday in third.
Senna Ace Summers edged out Scott Kennedy for the Farm Bike B win on Saturday with Joe Pelling third, with a completely different trio standing on the podium on Sunday. Freddie Lambeth took all three moto wins on day two for the top step, from Ryan Ballinger second and Scott Aylmore third.
Tyrone Tugwell continued his 140 Fun bike dominance with a double win and the 2020 title too.
Daniel Lee got the job done with three solid wins to take the SuperMod title with a round to go. His win on Saturday came at the expense of Dave Lamb in second and Sam Thomson in third. With Lee not on the start grid on Sunday, Lee claimed the victory ahead of Thomson and Scott Pohlman.
Former GP rider Mel Pocock stopped the Ash Gorman rot in the SuperStock class pushing the previously unbeaten series leader down to second on Day one with Brett Pocock third. Mel was back at it on Sunday and bagged the win ahead of Lewis Rose and Gorman in third but the title was still Gormans.
In the Pro 190’s Blaine Blackwell was in stunning form on Saturday pitching in with all three moto victories for the round win ahead of Kris Ayres and Kieran Sembiante. Harry Streeter was battling it out at the front end of the pack but would crash out, breaking his leg. Get well soon Harry. Blackwell got the job done on Sunday by going 1-2-2 for the days overall and taking the coveted title with a fantastic performance at each and every round. Congrats Blaine. Kris Ayres would win the final two races of 2020 but he still didn’t make it onto the box with Paul Benham having his best round of the season in second and Daniel Muddiman in third. In the series standings, it would be Blackwell first, Muddiman second and Benham third.
Once again in tricky circumstances, the MBC crew put on a tremendous season of racing from their Champs Parc venue. Expect 2021 announcements to be made soon.
Results
Round 5 – Saturday
Kids 50cc
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 275 Ethan Georgiou 75 25 25 25
2 4 Flynn Kennard 62 20 20 22
3 709 Aaron Shepherd-Smith 60 22 18 20
4 100 Seth Golding 51 13 22 16
5 913 Zach White 50 16 16 18
6 829 Jenson Batner 44 18 13 13
7 317 Harry Dearle 43 14 14 15
8 24 Freddie Darvill 41 15 15 11
9 124 Mason Foreman 35 10 11 14
10 188 Harley-James Barrow 33 12 9 12
11 31 Oakley Summers 31 11 10 10
12 33 Hayden Kerrigher 29 9 12 8
13 18 Tyler Moss 23 8 8 7
14 747 Brad Lee Aspden 22 6 7 9
15 17a Eddie Pearce 15 4 5 6
16 900 Jake Pridmore 15 7 4 4
17 382 Joey Buckingham 14 3 6 5
18 94a Ollie Rose 10 5 3 2
19 17 Maximus Beeley 6 1 2 3
20 34 Oliver Crowther 4 2 1 1
Kids 65cc
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 800 Robbie Daly 75 25 25 25
2 11 Jamie Thorpe 66 22 22 22
3 22a Marty Spires 60 20 20 20
4 118 Riley-Ray Barrow 50 16 18 16
5 99 Frankie Donoghue 49 18 16 15
6 816 Kieran Bullock 47 14 15 18
7 100 Daniel Hollis-Reeves 40 15 13 12
8 54 Leo Ormondroyd 36 13 12 11
9 107 Lewis Day 34 10 10 14
10 213 Louie Moss 31 12 11 8
11 51 George Everest 30 11 9 10
12 100 Harley Ince 27 – 14 13
13 333 Joshua Tilley 24 8 7 9
14 28 Luca James Allen-Harvey 24 9 8 7
15 511 Jack Stanford 19 7 6 6
16 297 Travis Woods 16 6 5 5
17 9 Tobi Cefai 4 – 4 –
Youth Junior
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 170 Harrison Schofield 75 25 25 25
2 444 Lillie May Stokes 60 20 20 20
3 36 Maddy Banks 59 15 22 22
4 22 Jessica Cooling 52 16 18 18
5 36x Harry Banks 34 18 16 –
6 16 Jamie Clarke 22 22 – –
Youth Senior
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 2 Jake Speller 69 22 22 25
2 1 Ben Casey 65 25 20 20
3 52 Leo Vowles 63 16 25 22
4 38 Mitchell Woodward 48 14 18 16
5 39 Ben Moran 48 18 16 14
6 9 Ethan Lochrie 47 20 14 13
7 457 Jack Harrison 45 15 15 15
8 211 Jack Perry 42 12 12 18
9 94 David Maw 38 13 13 12
Masters
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 602 Scott Joyner 75 25 25 25
2 131 Daniel Foreman 64 22 22 20
3 159 Spencer Howard 62 20 20 22
4 117 Jeff Pike 54 18 18 18
5 7 Glenn Wilson 16 – 16 –
Vets
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 2 Jay Taylor 75 25 25 25
2 211 Philip Thomas 64 22 20 22
3 414 Adam Burton 62 20 22 20
4 33 Paul Radford 54 18 18 18
5 71 Colin Blackwell 48 16 16 16
6 716 Andrew Cheshire 45 15 15 15
Super Mod
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 99 Daniel Lee 75 25 25 25
2 871 Dave Lamb 66 22 22 22
3 212 Sam Thomson 60 20 20 20
4 9x Scott Pohlman 54 18 18 18
5 3 Tom Burrill 48 16 16 16
6 881 Alex Hepher 43 15 14 14
7 9 John Pohlman 39 13 13 13
8 164 Ben Reade 36 12 12 12
9 19 Wayne Johnstone 29 14 15 –
10 95 Nick Luckman 15 – – 15
Super Stock
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 119 Mel Pocock 68 25 25 18
2 72 Ashley Gorman 67 20 22 25
3 117 Brett Pocock 58 18 20 20
4 119x Matt Pocock 50 16 18 16
5 822 Lewis Rose 44 22 – 22
6 133 Ben Rose 44 13 16 15
7 22 Jordan Woodward 43 14 15 14
8 93 Tom Dunk 38 12 13 13
9 34 Jamie Collins 34 15 14 5
10 45 Craig Sharp 32 11 10 11
11 121 Sonny Smyth 30 10 8 12
12 10 Charlie Woodward 27 9 12 6
13 96 Morgan Collingwood 26 7 9 10
14 29 George Pym 24 8 7 9
15 100 Troy Searle 16 3 6 7
16 88 Ashley Spencer 15 2 5 8
17 91 Rueben Bailey 14 1 11 2
18 826 Owen Haswell 11 4 4 3
19 14 Ben Ash 7 – 3 4
20 140 Will Short 6 6 – –
21 243 James Hall 5 5 – –
22 89 Adam Crowther 3 – 2 1
23 13 Debbie Cefai 1 – 1 –
Farm Bike – A
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 17 Matthew Bayliss 72 22 25 25
2 3 Chris Bayliss 65 25 20 20
3 128 Mike Ellis 60 16 22 22
4 119 Mel Pocock 52 18 18 16
5 79 George Clarke 44 15 14 15
6 36x Grant Martin 41 13 15 13
7 5 Aaron OMahony 39 9 16 14
8 170 Charlie Beamish 38 20 – 18
9 461 Cam MacDonald 38 14 12 12
10 36 Shay Botcher 28 8 9 11
11 99 Daniel Lee 25 11 13 1
12 61 Tommy Clark 22 6 7 9
13 311 Jamie Tempest 21 – 11 10
14 22x Luke Tucker 20 12 – 8
15 49 Greg Kingston 19 4 8 7
16 29 James Lee 17 7 10 –
17 62 Louie Dutton 15 5 6 4
18 280 Callum McCaul 13 2 5 6
19 38 Freddie Lambeth 10 10 – –
20 66 Sam Rogers 8 3 3 2
21 555 Freddie Oleary 7 – 2 5
22 449 Oliver Kingston 5 1 4 –
23 68 Harry Pelling 4 – 1 3
Farm Bike – B
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 31 Senna Summers 57 20 15 22
2 774 Scott Kennedy 56 18 18 20
3 412 Joe Pelling 53 12 16 25
4 13 Ryan Ballinger 51 16 20 15
5 7 Harry Walker 50 22 25 3
6 264 Freddie Hales 44 14 14 16
7 41 Billy Smith 37 15 12 10
8 64 Alex Dutton 37 10 22 5
9 901 Jasper Parsons 35 13 13 9
10 360 Bradley Goodman 33 9 10 14
11 109 Harry Streeter 25 25 – –
12 22 Stuart Robson 25 6 7 12
13 499 Jack Bielby 22 8 8 6
14 438 Oliver Evans 22 11 11 –
15 3 Dillon Stepney 21 5 9 7
16 16 Freddie Williams 20 3 4 13
17 12 Jordan Lane 20 7 5 8
18 10 Scott Aylmore 18 – – 18
19 498 Ben Fisher 17 – 6 11
20 0 Jamie Stokes 11 4 3 4
21 641 Jon Bolster 5 1 2 2
22 36 Lizzie Banks 2 – 1 1
23 241 George Holder 2 2 – –
Fun 140
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 784 Tyrone Tugwell 75 25 25 25
2 29 Jenson Pullen 66 22 22 22
3 13 Ben Whiteley 40 20 20 –
4 27 Dan Kitson 20 – – 20
Pro 190
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 71 Blaine Blackwell 210 70 70 70
2 885 Kris Ayres 201 67 67 67
3 12 Kieran Sembiante 195 65 65 65
4 155 Paul Benham 186 60 63 63
5 66 Daniel Muddiman 180 63 61 56
6 146 Simon Gummer 178 58 59 61
7 210 Scott Thomas 172 52 60 60
8 13 Cole Howard 169 55 56 58
9 319 Steve Ledger 168 57 57 54
10 11 Dale Howard 164 54 51 59
11 63 Callum Gutteridge 164 53 54 57
12 14 Ashley Arrowsmith 163 56 52 55
13 101 Freddy Hills 158 50 55 53
14 36. Joe Banks 156 51 53 52
15 109 Rhys Streeter 148 48 49 51
16 247 Matthew Cole 147 47 50 50
17 211 Criag Griffiths 139 45 46 48
18 16 Pryce Howard 138 49 47 42
19 334 Jack Guntrip 137 46 44 47
20 5 Tegan Parnell 127 43 43 41
21 116 Josh Cheshire 123 39 39 45
22 77 Jordan Burton 123 41 42 40
23 22 Casey Dommett 122 40 38 44
24 24 Leon Cotterill 121 38 40 43
25 44 Danny Kidd 117 59 58 –
26 420 Darren Macauley 110 35 36 39
27 109x Harry Streeter 109 61 48 –
28 18 Alex Macaulay 107 34 35 38
29 147 Max Hadlington 90 – 41 49
30 710 Anthony Dalton 90 44 – 46
31 106 Alex Cheshire 87 42 45 –
32 114 Lewis Cooling 74 37 37 –
33 137 Joe Clement 71 – 34 37
34 88 Carl Elliott 69 36 33 –
35 999 Christopher Brown 33 33 – –
Round 6 – Sunday
Kids 50cc
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 275 Ethan Georgiou 75 25 25 25
2 100 Seth Golding 60 22 20 18
3 24 Freddie Darvill 58 14 22 22
4 913 Zach White 54 20 18 16
5 709 Aaron Shepherd-Smith 52 16 16 20
6 317 Harry Dearle 43 15 13 15
7 4 Flynn Kennard 39 18 14 7
8 747 Brad Lee Aspden 36 13 11 12
9 124 Mason Foreman 35 12 9 14
10 188 Harley-James Barrow 32 7 15 10
11 33 Hayden Kerrigher 31 6 12 13
12 18 Tyler Moss 30 11 10 9
13 829 Jenson Batner 28 9 8 11
14 31 Oakley Summers 25 10 7 8
15 900 Jake Pridmore 18 8 5 5
16 94a Ollie Rose 14 4 4 6
17 382 Joey Buckingham 12 2 6 4
18 17 Maximus Beeley 9 3 3 3
19 17a Eddie Pearce 7 5 2 –
20 34 Oliver Crowther 4 1 1 2
21 58 Ella Willey 1 – – 1
Kids 65’s
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 800 Robbie Daly 75 25 25 25
2 11 Jamie Thorpe 62 22 18 22
3 22a Marty Spires 57 15 22 20
4 99 Frankie Donoghue 56 20 20 16
5 118 Riley-Ray Barrow 52 18 16 18
6 100 Harley Ince 42 14 14 14
7 54 Leo Ormondroyd 41 11 15 15
8 100 Daniel Hollis-Reeves 39 13 13 13
9 213 Louie Moss 31 10 12 9
10 107 Lewis Day 29 8 10 11
11 511 Jack Stanford 29 12 7 10
12 28 Luca James Allen-Harvey 28 7 9 12
13 333 Joshua Tilley 22 6 8 8
14 816 Kieran Bullock 21 16 5 –
15 51 George Everest 20 9 11 –
16 297 Travis Woods 16 4 6 6
17 9 Tobi Cefai 12 5 – 7
Youth Junior
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 170 Harrison Schofield 75 25 25 25
2 36 Maddy Banks 66 22 22 22
3 22 Jessica Cooling 58 18 20 20
4 444 Lillie May Stokes 56 20 18 18
Youth Senior
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 52 Leo Vowles 75 25 25 25
2 1 Ben Casey 64 22 20 22
3 2 Jake Speller 57 20 22 15
4 211 Jack Perry 50 16 14 20
5 457 Jack Harrison 48 18 18 12
6 39 Ben Moran 46 14 16 16
7 38 Mitchell Woodward 44 15 15 14
8 9 Ethan Lochrie 43 13 12 18
9 94 David Maw 38 12 13 13
Masters
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 602 Scott Joyner 72 25 25 22
2 159 Spencer Howard 63 16 22 25
3 7 Glenn Wilson 60 22 20 18
4 117 Jeff Pike 54 18 16 20
5 95 David Batner 46 15 15 16
6 131 Daniel Foreman 38 20 18 –
Vets
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 602 Scott Joyner 72 25 25 22
2 159 Spencer Howard 63 16 22 25
3 7 Glenn Wilson 60 22 20 18
4 117 Jeff Pike 54 18 16 20
5 95 David Batner 46 15 15 16
6 131 Daniel Foreman 38 20 18 –
Super Mod
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 871 Dave Lamb 72 25 22 25
2 212 Sam Thomson 69 22 25 22
3 9x Scott Pohlman 60 20 20 20
4 95 Nick Luckman 54 18 18 18
5 164 Ben Reade 46 15 15 16
6 9 John Pohlman 32 16 16 –
Super Stock
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 119 Mel Pocock 63 25 25 13
2 822 Lewis Rose 62 18 22 22
3 72 Ashley Gorman 56 16 20 20
4 117 Brett Pocock 56 22 18 16
5 57 Bradley Pocock 45 20 – 25
6 3x Graeme Irwin 43 14 14 15
7 114 Jordan Booker 42 13 11 18
8 133 Ben Rose 40 11 15 14
9 22 Jordan Woodward 31 9 16 6
10 101 Jack Titterrell 28 10 7 11
11 10 Charlie Woodward 28 6 12 10
12 45 Craig Sharp 22 5 10 7
13 93 Tom Dunk 22 12 9 1
14 140 Will Short 20 – 8 12
15 29 George Pym 19 3 13 3
16 100 Troy Searle 16 4 3 9
17 96 Morgan Collingwood 16 7 4 5
18 119x Matt Pocock 15 15 – –
19 34 Jamie Collins 13 – 5 8
20 43 Piers Skinner 13 8 1 4
21 826 Owen Haswell 8 – 6 2
22 91 Rueben Bailey 3 1 2 –
23 121 Sonny Smyth 2 2 – –
Farm Bike – A
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 17 Matthew Bayliss 69 22 22 25
2 128 Mike Ellis 60 20 20 20
3 170 Charlie Beamish 58 18 18 22
4 5 Aaron OMahony 50 16 16 18
5 3 Chris Bayliss 50 25 25 –
6 22x Luke Tucker 40 12 12 16
7 36x Grant Martin 40 13 13 14
8 79 George Clarke 34 15 15 4
9 66 Sam Rogers 29 6 10 13
10 119 Mel Pocock 27 14 11 2
11 461 Cam MacDonald 26 9 14 3
12 36 Shay Botcher 25 8 9 8
13 280 Callum McCaul 24 10 5 9
14 99 Daniel Lee 23 11 1 11
15 311 Jamie Tempest 22 – 7 15
16 555 Freddie Oleary 15 4 4 7
17 774 Scott Kennedy 13 1 – 12
18 264 Freddie Hales 13 5 2 6
19 62 Louie Dutton 13 – 8 5
20 61 Tommy Clark 10 – – 10
21 49 Greg Kingston 9 3 6 –
22 15 Lee Bertram 7 7 – –
23 29 James Lee 6 2 3 1
Farm Bike – B
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 17 Matthew Bayliss 69 22 22 25
2 128 Mike Ellis 60 20 20 20
3 170 Charlie Beamish 58 18 18 22
4 5 Aaron OMahony 50 16 16 18
5 3 Chris Bayliss 50 25 25 –
6 22x Luke Tucker 40 12 12 16
7 36x Grant Martin 40 13 13 14
8 79 George Clarke 34 15 15 4
9 66 Sam Rogers 29 6 10 13
10 119 Mel Pocock 27 14 11 2
11 461 Cam MacDonald 26 9 14 3
12 36 Shay Botcher 25 8 9 8
13 280 Callum McCaul 24 10 5 9
14 99 Daniel Lee 23 11 1 11
15 311 Jamie Tempest 22 – 7 15
16 555 Freddie Oleary 15 4 4 7
17 774 Scott Kennedy 13 1 – 12
18 264 Freddie Hales 13 5 2 6
19 62 Louie Dutton 13 – 8 5
20 61 Tommy Clark 10 – – 10
21 49 Greg Kingston 9 3 6 –
22 15 Lee Bertram 7 7 – –
23 29 James Lee 6 2 3 1
Pro -190
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 71 Blaine Blackwell 204 70 67 67
2 155 Paul Benham 192 67 65 60
3 66 Daniel Muddiman 188 65 60 63
4 885 Kris Ayres 186 46 70 70
5 11 Dale Howard 183 63 59 61
6 63 Callum Gutteridge 176 59 58 59
7 36. Joe Banks 170 56 56 58
8 146 Simon Gummer 167 55 57 55
9 319 Steve Ledger 167 60 54 53
10 12 Kieran Sembiante 166 38 63 65
11 13 Cole Howard 161 54 53 54
12 3 Tom Burrill 157 51 55 51
13 16 Pryce Howard 153 52 52 49
14 101 Freddy Hills 152 58 37 57
15 14 Ashley Arrowsmith 151 53 46 52
16 106 Alex Cheshire 148 50 51 47
17 109 Rhys Streeter 144 47 47 50
18 211 Criag Griffiths 144 48 48 48
19 247 Matthew Cole 144 49 49 46
20 147 Max Hadlington 134 45 50 39
21 334 Jack Guntrip 129 41 45 43
22 710 Anthony Dalton 128 44 43 41
23 77 Jordan Burton 126 42 42 42
24 5 Tegan Parnell 124 40 40 44
25 76 Skye Adams 123 39 39 45
26 22 Casey Dommett 123 43 44 36
27 99 Daniel Lee 122 61 61 –
28 116 Josh Cheshire 118 37 41 40
29 210 Scott Thomas 113 57 – 56
30 114 Lewis Cooling 109 33 38 38
31 88 Carl Elliott 106 36 33 37
32 18 Alex Macaulay 105 35 35 35
33 420 Darren Macauley 104 34 36 34
34 137 Joe Clement 99 32 34 33
