Bonser weekend for Simon! 2022 Toughsheet National Twinshock Motocross Championship Round 4 – Race Report & Results

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The fourth round of the Toughsheet National Twinshock MX Championships took place last weekend at Pontrilas, hosted by the Cumbria Twinshock Club. The extremely hot weather posed some problems for the club in keeping the dust down, but Phil Roberts and the track crew worked through the nights to try and keep the track in a rideable condition over the two-day event.

Report by Geoff Shuttleworth – Images courtesy of Andrew Fairclough Photography

Even though this would be the final time that the twinshocks get to ride this circuit, as it is closing in August, entries were down on normal levels, probably down to fuel costs and the sweltering weather forecasted. But the club persevered and put on another great show for those who arrived. Sunday’s races were shortened slightly due to a couple of injuries, and for the welfare of the riders, marshals, and medics, but all six blocks of races were completed, something which hadn’t happened at other meetings.

The racing itself was as usual fast and furious, and the Wulfsport Experts Twinshocks was no exception. Brad O’Leary won two from three on the Saturday, with Michael Ogden also taking a win, but on Sunday Brad had a nasty off and took no further part, after smashing his shoulder, which we wish him well with. A DNF didn’t held Ogden on Sunday and left the door open for race five winner Ryan Ireland to pinch the overall victory by just two points from Michael Smith, who also had a win in race four. Ogden took third from Kyle Noble in fourth.

Dylan Spencer is really flying in the 250 Twinshock class and won all his races, and even beat the Experts in races four and five such was his speed. Local rider Matt Bennett took second from Jack Mason in third.

Matt Rudd continues his dominance in the 125 Twinshock class with another full house of wins, with Mark Burrows second in all his races. Dave Ellis completed the podium.

In the Pre 83 125’s, Stuart Spalding won all three on the Saturday, but in his absence on Sunday Darren Hoult took over to win all three and take the weekend overall victory from Kevin Randell and Pete Powell.

The Clubman Twinshock class was once again dominated by Irelands Carter Burns who went unbeaten over the two days, with his nearest challenger Jamie Mason chasing him home in second. Jamie now leads the championship from third place finisher Craig Ruck, who had a fall in race three which spoilt his chances. James Fugett took fourth from Brightons Andy Cart in fifth.

It was a really close finish in the Inters Twinshock class as championship leader Chris Rogerson won all three races on Saturday, but on Sunday it was a different story with Steve Morgan going 1-1-2, which left Steve just a point shy of the overall winner Rogerson. Chris Anderton was only a further six points behind in third with Sean Burrows fourth and Ashley Smith in fifth.

The Super Evo Open class saw Corey Nemeth get the better of fast starting Lewis Parkinson, with six weekend wins, each time from Lewis in second and Lee Larkin in third. James Newby had his best result of the year in fourth with Lee Buck in fifth.

Michael Ogden doing his second class, took all six in the Evo Open, with another double class entrant Michael Smith in second and Joe Harper in third.

Aidee Smith won five from six in the Evo 125 class with Ian Tindall runner up.

And Damo Strydom took his immaculate Kawasaki to five wins in the Super Evo 125 class, only beaten by runner up Andy Lawton in race one on Saturday. Reigning Champion Lee Holland came home third, with Charlie Silvester, carrying on the dynasty in a fine fourth place.
Willie Burgess continued his fine form by winning all his Over 50 Twinshock races but had some competition as former speedway star Kelvin Tatum hounded him in second all weekend. Pete Williamson took third from Tim Sabine and Kev Smith.

Pete Mathia also continued his charge to another Twinshock title in the Over 60 twinshocks but didn’t quite have it his own way last weekend as runner up Pat Rowe won two of the races to Maths four. Martin Snape looked on form as well taking third from Herefords John Bennett.

Simon Bonsor was on fire all weekend in the Vets Modern Over 40 Class and was another to take all six wins, for which he won the Martindales Rider of the Meeting award. Julian Freeberne was his nearest challenger taking second behind Simon in them all. Thurlow Bone had his best result for some time in third.

In the Vets Over 50’s Danny Blakeley was up against it until he won the final two races to take the overall. Ewan Johnston won the first two and it all came down to the final race which Danny won by three seconds from Ewan. Paul Coward who has a great record at Pontrilas, also won two and was another rider who was in with a shout in the final race which he finished third. Steve Ward wasn’t far behind in fourth.

Unfortunately, championship contender Jonno White had a nasty fall which left him badly bruised and unable to continue. Get well soon Jonno.

A handful of West Mids Evo riders attended and it was Andy Prosser who won all his races with head honcho Nigel Green in second.
And there was an extra Modern class added to both days with James Dent showing his class on Saturday to win and Jack Benniston winning on Sunday. All in all, a great effort by the club and riders in extremely testing conditions.

The next round is at Barnoldswick on July 31.

Results

Martindales Rider of the Meeting – Simon Bonser.

CJ Racing 125 Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	MATT RUDD	150	25	25	25	25	25	25
2	MARK BURROWS	120	20	20	20	20	20	20
3	DAVE ELLIS	89	18	18	17	18	18	–
4	STEVE RILEY	52	17	17	18	–	–	–
5	MARCUS KEARS	32	16	–	16	–	–	–

Pre 83 125’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	DARRNE HOULT	135	20	20	20	25	25	25
2	KEVIN RANDELL	107	18	18	16	17	20	18
3	PETE POWELL	103	16	15	17	18	17	20
4	HARVEY HABGOOD	79	15	16	15	–	16	17
5	STUART SPLADING	75	25	25	25	–	–	–
6	BRANDON BROCKLEY	52	17	17	18	–	–	–
7	MARTIN NARNARD	38	–	–	–	20	18	–

Falcon Shocks 250 Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	DYLAN SPENCER	150	25	25	25	25	25	25
2	MATT BENNETT	116	20	20	20	18	18	20
3	JACK MASON	112	18	18	18	20	20	18
4	DARREN WALKDEN	51	17	17	–	–	17	–

Wulfsport Experts Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	RYAN IRELAND	116	17	17	17	20	25	20
2	MICHAEL SMITH	114	18	16	18	25	20	17
3	MICHAEL OGDEN	108	20	25	20	–	18	25
4	KYLE NOBLE	84	16	–	16	17	17	18
5	KIER TETT	79	15	15	15	18	16	–
6	BRAD O’LEARY	70	25	20	25	–	–	–
7	CRIAG REYNOLDS	18	–	18	–	–	–	–

CI Sport Inters Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	CHRIS ROGERSON	123	25	25	25	16	16	16
2	STEVE MORGAN	122	20	17	15	25	25	20
3	CHRIS ANDERTON	116	17	18	18	20	18	25
4	SEAN BURROWS	110	14	20	20	18	20	18
5	ASHLEY SMITH	100	16	16	17	17	17	17
6	AARON GLEDHILL	46	15	15	16	–	–	–
7	SAM DICKINSON	18	18	–	–	–	–	–

Phoenix Motos Clubman Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	CARTER BURNS	150	25	25	25	25	25	25
2	JAMIE MASON	118	20	18	20	20	20	20
3	CRIAG RUCK	96	17	20	5	18	18	18
4	JAMES FUGGET	93	18	10	18	17	16	14
5	ANDY CART	82	12	16	8	14	17	15
6	ADRIAN HADMAN	79	14	13	15	13	12	12
7	JORDAN BROWNRIGG	69	16	11	12	16	14	–
8	CHARLIE COPLAND	67	13	12	14	–	11	17
9	PAUL SMITH	67	10	7	11	15	13	11
10	SHAUN WILLIAMSON	60	9	–	17	11	10	13
11	DAVID WHITE	42	7	5	10	12	8	–
12	JOE DICKINSON	39	11	15	13	–	–	–
13	SIMON BENTLEY	32	15	17	–	–	–	–
14	ANTHONY COPELAND	32	8	6	9	–	9	–
15	JACK BUCK	31	–	–	–	–	15	16
16	MARK BROCKLEY	27	6	14	7	–	–	–
17	CHRIS RYENOLDS	25	–	9	16	–	–	–
18	DAVID HOLLAND	17	4	–	6	–	7	–
19	JOHN NEWSOME	13	5	8	–	–	–	–

WLB Fitness Evolution 125

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	ADIEE SMITH	145	25	20	25	25	25	25
2	IAN TINDALL	98	20	18	20	20	–	20
3	JORDAN BARRS	25	–	25	–	–	–	–

Monotone Photography Super Evo 125

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	DAMO STRYDOM	143	18	25	25	25	25	25
2	ANDY LAWTON	120	25	20	20	20	18	17
3	LEE HOLLAND	110	20	16	18	18	20	18
4	CHARLIE SILVESTER	98	16	17	17	16	16	16
5	DANIEL JONES	90	14	15	16	15	15	15
6	LEE MARTIN	89	17	18	–	17	17	20
7	LUIS ROBERTS	83	13	14	15	14	13	14
8	NOAH BELL	67	–	13	14	13	14	13
9	KERION DAVIES	15	15	–	–	–	–	–
10	JOHN DAVIS	12	–	–	–	12	–	–

Woody Vintage Off Road Honda Evolution Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	MICHAEL OGDEN	150	25	25	25	25	25	25
2	MICHAEL SMITH	116	20	20	18	20	18	20
3	JOE HARPER	111	18	18	20	17	20	18
4	RILEY COPLAND	83	16	17	17	16	17	–
5	ROSS HEPBURN	80	15	16	16	–	16	17
6	CONOR SMITH	51	17	–	–	18	–	16

Monotone Photography Super Evo Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	CORY NEMETH	150	25	25	25	25	25	25
2	LEWIS PARKINSON	120	20	20	20	20	20	20
3	LEE LARKIN	108	18	18	18	18	18	18
4	JAMES NEWBY	100	17	16	17	17	16	17
5	LEE BUCK	98	16	17	16	16	17	16
6	REECE WINSOR	87	15	15	14	14	14	15
7	BILL HUTCHINSON	71	13	14	–	15	15	14
8	RYAN ROWBOTTEM	42	14	13	15	–	–	–
9	SHANE MANNING	37	12	12	–	13	–	–

MotoX Concepts Over 50’s Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	WILLIAM BURGESS	150	25	25	25	25	25	25
2	KELVIN TATUM	120	20	20	20	20	20	20
3	PETE WILLIAMSON	100	12	18	18	17	18	17
4	TIMA SABINE	95	17	17	17	16	12	16
5	KEV SMITH	93	16	15	16	15	16	15
6	DOM DURKIN	85	14	14	15	13	15	14
7	MARK TILZEY	82	15	16	13	12	14	12
8	TOM MARR	80	13	13	14	14	13	13
9	MIKE DAVIES	53	18	–	–	–	17	18
10	DAVID HOPKINS	18	–	–	–	18	–	–

Classic Fuel Solutions Over 60’s Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	PETE MATHIA	140	20	25	25	20	25	25
2	PAT ROW	124	25	20	20	25	18	16
3	MARTIN SNAPE	100	15	15	18	17	17	18
4	JOHN BENNETT	91	16	16	13	15	14	17
5	DYLAN DAVIES	82	12	13	15	14	13	15
6	CRAIG HOLMES	72	14	14	16	13	15	–
7	ROB WRAINWIGHT	70	11	11	14	12	10	12
8	STEPHEN HOLLINS	69	10	12	12	9	12	14
9	HUGO HEEMSKRE	59	7	9	8	11	11	13
10	ALAN BOTT	58	–	–	–	18	20	20
11	ANDY HOLLAND	54	13	–	9	16	16	–
12	JOHNNY STAGG	52	8	7	10	8	8	11
13	JON WOOD	51	17	17	17	–	–	–
14	DICK TETT	47	9	8	11	10	9	–
15	CHRIS ROGERSON	36	18	18	–	–	–	–
16	MARK KEARS	10	–	10	–	–	–	–

KAIS Suspension Veterans Over 40’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	SIMON BONSOR	125	25	–	25	25	25	25
2	JULIAN FREEBERNE	100	20	–	20	20	20	20
3	THERLOW BONE	83	15	–	18	17	15	18
4	DALE GAYSON	81	17	–	16	15	18	15
5	MATT RUDD	80	16	–	14	16	17	17
6	BEN KNIFTON	65	14	–	15	12	13	11
7	PHIL HODGKINS	61	6	–	12	11	16	16
8	NATHAN BALIEY	55	–	–	13	14	14	14
9	MIYCH DICKINSON	54	10	–	10	10	11	13
10	DALE SILK	50	9	–	11	8	10	12
11	MARTIN CUDDY	38	13	–	–	13	12	–
12	CHRIS RUDD	35	18	–	17	–	–	–
13	KEITH BARNS	35	8	–	9	9	9	–
14	STEVE RILEY	18	–	–	–	18	–	–
15	DAVID SMITH	15	7	–	8	–	–	–
16	JOHN DAVIES	12	12	–	–	–	–	–

KAIS Suspension Veterans Over 50’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	DANNY BLAKELEY	108	20	–	18	20	25	25
2	EWAN JOHNSTON	103	25	–	20	18	20	20
3	PAUL COWARD	103	18	–	25	25	18	17
4	STEVE WARD	82	17	–	13	17	17	18
5	MARK BURCHELL	79	15	–	16	16	16	16
6	STEVE SHARPELS	68	10	–	15	13	15	15
7	NEIL SMITH	67	13	–	14	14	12	14
8	CHRIS ROWLANDS	63	11	–	11	15	14	12
9	NICK BAUM	56	8	–	10	12	13	13
10	JONO WHITE	31	14	–	17	–	–	–
11	BRYAN MUNDY	21	9	–	12	–	–	–
12	MELVVYN JAMES	21	12	–	9	–	–	–
13	IVOR GILLFORD	16	16	–	–	–	–	–

West Mids Evos

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	ANDREW PROSSER	150	25	25	25	25	25	25
2	NIGLE GREEN	94	18	20	20	18	18	–
3	NEIL SURGON	60	–	–	–	20	20	20
4	PAUL MANSELL	20	20	–	–	–	–	–

Modern Saturday

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	ANDREW PROSSER	75	25	25	25
2	JAMES DENT	70	25	25	20
3	RORY JONES	61	16	20	25
4	NIGLE GREEN	58	18	20	20
5	JAY LEWIS	56	20	18	18
6	TYE BARRS	52	18	17	17
7	GRACE RICHARDS	44	14	15	15
8	ADIEE SMITH	41	15	13	13
9	GRACE PACKHAM	34	4	14	16
10	DAN NEVITT	34	12	12	10
11	KEELAN HOPE	33	17	16	–
12	JOSH HOLDEN	29	6	11	12
13	AJAY SIMPSON	27	8	8	11
14	DANNY BACON	21	5	7	9
15	PAUL MANSELL	20	20	–	–
16	KEIRON DAVIES	20	–	6	14
17	OLIVER PEARCE	19	9	10	–
18	DAN EVANS	19	10	9	–
19	PAUL KIRBY	13	13	–	–
20	BRAD WALKER	11	11	–	–
21	ROMA EDWARS	7	7	–	–
22	ANDREW BATTEN	3	3	–	–

Modern Sunday

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	JACK BENISTON	67	17	25	25
2	RORY JONES	63	25	18	20
3	JAMES DENT	56	18	20	18
4	KEELAN HOPE	49	16	17	16
5	RYAN DEACON	48	15	16	17
6	LEWIS RODEN	43	13	15	15
7	ADIEE SMITH	42	14	14	14
8	GRACE RICHARDS	38	12	13	13
9	DAN NEVITT	32	10	10	12
10	AJAY SIMPSON	27	7	9	11
11	JOSH BOND	22	11	11	–
12	GRACE PACKHAM	21	9	12	–
13	ROB HOLYOAKE	20	20	–	–
14	DANNY BACON	14	6	8	–
15	KEIRON DAVIES	8	8	–	–