Bonser weekend for Simon! 2023 Acerbis Amateur Nationals Round 3 – Race Report & Results

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Hawkstone Park in Shropshire was the place to be over the Bank Holiday weekend as the sun was shining for the Acerbis Amateur National series rolling into town for round 3 of the season.

Race Report by Arran Murphy – Images courtesy of Matthew Rudd Photography

The MX Dreams California Open 2 stroke category was first up to hit the perfectly prepared circuit and fresh after his top 10 at the British Championship a few weeks ago Josh Spinks continued his run of winning 100% of the overalls this season as he took 4 wins and a second for the top step at Hawkstone ahead of former Weston Beach Race winner Ashley Greedy, who tied on points for the runner up with Rory Jones but Greedy got the nod by way of the final race result. Jones had to settle for third while Lewis Hall took home fourth.

In the Moto Connection 125 2 stroke class former series champion Jimmy Margetson had a ride out as a wildcard and dominated the weekend taking all five race victories on his GasGas. Damon Strydom was runner up on the day but will have taken the points lead as Chris Povey one of his closest competitors finished third overall but 25 points further back. Ash Harland recovered from a big get off in moto 2 to take home fourth and Nev Bradshaw rounded out the top five even after a DNF in race 3.

Lee Sealey is starting to prove himself as one of the top men in the Craigs Motorcycles sponsored MX2 class as he continued on his run of form taking the top step of the podium with a 1-1-5-1-2 scorecard aboard his Kawasaki from runner up Alfie Calvert who is coming closer and closer to grabbing his first MX2 victory. Jake Winnard came into the weekend as series leader and took home third overall from Hawkstone ahead of Myles Reid and first round winner Mitchell Meadows.

Reigning Acerbis MX1 champion Jack Beniston was the eventual overall winner taking three wins,a second and a third doing his championship campaign no harm whilst also capitalising on points leader James Hutchinson’s fourth race problems. Jayden Ashwell was a wildcard and took a moto win on his way to finishing second overall just 2 points ahead of AMCA MX1 regular and final race winner Luke Burton. Andy Wilson and Luke Meredith rounded out the top 5.

In the Manchester Xtreme Junior Open category points leader Riley Voase claimed his third overall win of the season taking three wins backed up by a second and a third to extend his lead at the top of the championship. Wildcard rider Lewis Griffin claimed a moto win on his way to runner up overall just two points behind young Voase while James Newby picked up his first race victory of the season aboard his Kawasaki which helped him to third overall when all was said and done. Ben Hughes and Stefan Robson finished in fourth and fifth places respectively.

Junior Open riders decending the Hawkstone Hill

In the Motoverde Ladies class the wins and second places were shared between defending champ Grace Richards and young Scottish pilot Elaine MacEachern. The verdict was decided on a final moto result as the pair both had two wins and two seconds apiece meaning it was a winner takes all brawl in the final encounter. Richards came out on top of that dual and stood on the top step from MacEachern who had to ultimately settle for the runner up spot. Rebecca Newham had a consistent weekend and took third overall ahead of Grace Packman who fended off former champion Nadiya Jones to fourth overall by just two points.

Ryan Voase continued on with his 100% win record in the LS2 Helmets Vets Over 40 category as he proved once again nobody could stop him on his way to another overall victory. Danny Tollett was best of the rest and stood on the second step of the rostrum beating Adam Wilkinson by a mere 2 points after the pair went into the final race tied. 2022 champion Lee Martin took home fourth just a further couple of points back while Paul Johnston pulled back some points after a race two DNF cost him an almost certain second overall in the end having to settle for fifth.

In the Roberts Plant Engineers Vets Over 50 class it was Simon Bonsor, who after some tough fights through the pack, managed to go ahead and claim a maximum points haul and add to his series lead. A pair of cumbrians followed the GasGas man home as fast starting Richard Miller put up a solid effort and made it hard work for Bonsor but had to settle for a bag full of runner up spots in the end and Ewan Johnston recovered from a big crash over the bars in the third encounter to salvage third overall. Chris Elcock was just a couple of points behind in fourth and Geoffrey Wharton took home fifth.

The next round of the series heads up north for a seaside trip to Haverigg in Cumbria.

Results

MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	JACK BENISTON	194	40	36	40	40	38
2	JAYDEN ASHWELL	182	36	40	38	34	34
3	LUKE BURTON	180	32	34	36	38	40
4	ANDY WILSON	162	30	32	34	36	30
5	LUKE MERADITH	146	34	30	32	21	29
6	JAMES HUTCHINSON	138	38	38	30	–	32
7	CORY NEMETH	134	28	29	27	25	25
8	SCOTT HAMILTON	124	29	10	28	29	28
9	SEB BERTHIAUME	122	–	25	29	32	36
10	ED BRISCOE	121	17	24	23	30	27
11	JOSH GREEDY	115	22	28	21	22	22
12	DAN PARRY	110	24	14	26	20	26
13	HARVEY TILLOTSON	109	25	22	18	26	18
14	LEWIS TAYLOR	104	26	27	–	28	23
15	KEELAN HOPE	97	23	26	24	–	24
16	ADAM THIRLWELL	96	21	19	13	24	19
17	ARAI ELCOCK	89	20	17	10	27	15
18	SIMON BOOTH	87	15	15	20	16	21
19	DAN WHITEHEAD	86	10	23	22	14	17
20	GLEN PHILIPS	84	27	–	25	12	20
21	PETE HAMLETT	83	19	18	15	15	16
22	DARLY WALLIS	82	13	20	19	17	13
23	KIA THIRLWELL	79	18	21	12	18	10
24	BRADLEY FLAGG	73	16	13	16	19	9
25	JAY LEWIS	71	14	16	17	13	11
26	SAM ARBON	59	11	12	11	11	14
27	MICHAEL SMITH	59	12	11	14	10	12
28	JOSEPH DAVIES	27	9	9	–	9	–
29	NICK DAVIES	25	–	8	9	8	–
30	ADAM WELLS	23	–	–	–	23	–
31	ALEX TAYLOR	15	8	7	–	–	–

MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	LEE SEALEY	190	40	40	32	40	38
2	ALFIE CALVERT	186	38	36	38	38	36
3	JAKE WINNARD	168	36	32	34	26	40
4	MYLES REID	160	34	38	28	30	30
5	MITCHELL MEADOWS	156	25	27	36	36	32
6	PATRICK GILLIGAN	141	28	28	27	29	29
7	LEWIS MEADOWS	140	20	30	29	34	27
8	JAKE BAKER	132	27	29	17	25	34
9	ADAM NEVITT	119	26	18	22	28	25
10	JORDAN WRIGHT	118	30	34	30	24	–
11	LEWIS PARKINSON	118	18	26	23	27	24
12	BEN WHITE	114	32	21	24	23	14
13	AYDEN SMITH	112	24	22	25	22	19
14	LOGAN WILCOX	101	3	–	40	32	26
15	JORDAN MARTIN	99	23	14	20	20	22
16	JOSH WILLIAMS	98	17	24	16	21	20
17	CONNER CHALLINOR	92	29	20	–	15	28
18	JACK RATCLIFFE	88	22	17	14	19	16
19	GEORGE CLARKE	83	11	19	19	16	18
20	JORDAN HEARN	66	16	–	15	14	21
21	AIDEE SMITH	66	10	16	18	13	9
22	BEN WAIRNWRIGHT	62	–	–	21	18	23
23	CUAN CONWAY	60	19	15	26	–	–
24	CALUM PRIDDLE	56	21	25	10	–	–
25	JOE FIELD	50	12	6	13	8	11
26	HATDEN STEPHENS	48	9	11	9	12	7
27	RYAN MANLEY	47	7	10	6	9	15
28	ARRAN MURPHY	47	8	8	8	11	12
29	JACK MILSTED	46	2	12	7	17	8
30	AIDEN CARNEY	45	14	13	12	6	–
31	JAKE MARSH	38	–	–	11	10	17
32	LUKE TUNRER	36	13	23	–	–	–
33	LUKE POSS	30	6	9	2	–	13
34	KYLE NOBLE	20	–	4	1	5	10
35	LIAM WEAR	19	4	7	4	4	–
36	CALLUM WATSON	19	5	2	5	7	–
37	MITCHEL COLLINS	15	15	–	–	–	–
38	JAMES McEWAN	13	1	3	–	3	6
39	EWAN McPHERSON	8	–	5	3	–	–

2 Stroke Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	JOSH SPINKS	198	40	40	38	40	40
2	ASHLEY GREDDY	182	36	38	36	34	38
3	RORY JONES	182	38	36	34	38	36
4	LEWIS HALL	164	28	34	32	36	34
5	RYAN McCLEAN	152	34	32	27	30	29
6	JAMES DENT	151	29	29	29	32	32
7	RAISE BROADLEY	148	32	30	30	26	30
8	DREW ROE	134	22	28	28	28	28
9	ALEX BUCHANAN	126	25	26	26	25	24
10	LIAM GALE	120	26	17	21	29	27
11	EDDIE WADE	119	30	25	40	24	–
12	CHARLIE HAMLETT	114	24	23	23	22	22
13	BEN MARGETSON	110	20	24	22	23	21
14	JAY CHEEL	108	21	18	25	21	23
15	MITCH ARMOUR	107	27	27	–	27	26
16	ALEX NEEDHAM	107	19	22	24	17	25
17	JAMES HANSCOMB	102	23	21	20	19	19
18	REECE WAINE	88	16	16	19	20	17
19	MITCHELL PERRY	86	18	20	18	18	12
20	MAX FLINT	85	14	19	16	16	20
21	CHAE JENKINSON	73	12	11	17	15	18
22	TAYLOR JOHNSON	69	13	13	15	12	16
23	BEN WALKEN	56	–	14	14	13	15
24	JASON MARTIN	53	8	9	12	11	13
25	JAMIE COX	49	10	8	10	10	11
26	CHRIS NUTTALL	45	17	15	13	–	–
27	JACK GOTTS	44	6	10	11	8	9
28	THOMAS CLARK	35	11	5	–	9	10
29	MARCUS SMITH	31	4	4	8	7	8
30	ROSS BENTON	28	–	–	–	14	14
31	SHANE PARKER	27	5	6	9	–	7
32	JOE JORDAN	27	15	12	–	–	–
33	JAMIE CASSIDY	25	3	3	7	6	6
34	ADAM PIERCE	16	9	7	–	–	–
35	LIAM GUNNING	7	7	–	–	–	–

125cc

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	JIMMY MARGETSON	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	DAMON STRYDOM	182	36	36	38	36	36
3	CHRIS POVEY	157	34	34	28	27	34
4	ASH HARLAND	155	38	19	34	34	30
5	NEV BRADSHAW	144	30	38	–	38	38
6	HARRY LINTON	141	26	28	26	29	32
7	TROY WILLERTON	141	29	27	30	28	27
8	RYAN WAGGOTT	138	13	29	36	32	28
9	HARRY BARKER	138	27	30	25	30	26
10	STU OWEN	135	25	26	29	26	29
11	BILLY BAYLISS	115	23	25	24	22	21
12	DANIEL BROUGTH	112	28	21	32	24	7
13	SEAN VENESS	105	19	17	23	23	23
14	TIM GARDHAM	104	20	23	15	21	25
15	LEWIS PROUD	95	15	20	27	14	19
16	LUKE NEWMAN	90	21	–	20	25	24
17	JASPER UPHILL	89	24	24	22	19	–
18	STEVE GARDHAM	84	14	16	19	15	20
19	PHIL BURTON	79	12	15	13	17	22
20	ROS FEGAN	73	10	12	21	13	17
21	JAMIE COX	64	32	32	–	–	–
22	CAMREN JACKSON	63	18	18	7	20	–
23	BENNY LEWIS	63	16	11	18	18	–
24	GEORGE POOL	58	8	13	11	10	16
25	LOUIS PERRIN’BROWN	58	22	22	14	–	–
26	ARCHIE TAYLOR	54	4	14	6	12	18
27	ASH CROSSLEY	50	17	–	17	16	–
28	SONNY NOBLE	45	6	6	9	11	13
29	ROSS DAVIS	42	5	10	3	9	15
30	JACK PARTINGTON	42	11	7	16	8	–
31	JACK JORDAN	33	–	8	8	5	12
32	LIAM HORROD	28	2	–	5	7	14
33	CRAIG REYNOLDS	26	7	9	10	–	–
34	TOMMY STONE	23	1	3	4	4	11
35	TOM BLACKWOOD	21	9	1	–	2	9
36	OLIVER CONSTINE	18	–	–	12	6	–
37	PADDY BROWN	15	–	4	–	1	10
38	MITCHELL HARTILL	13	3	5	2	3	–
39	OLIVER ELMS	11	–	2	1	–	8

Ladies

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	GRACE RICHARDS	196	40	38	38	40	40
2	ELAINE MacEACHERN	194	38	40	40	38	38
3	REBECCA NEWHAM	176	36	36	34	34	36
4	GRACE PACKMAN	168	32	34	32	36	34
5	NADIYA JONES	166	34	32	36	32	32
6	HANNAH JONES	147	29	29	29	30	30
7	TAYLOR SCOTT	145	30	28	30	29	28
8	KADY MOORE	137	28	27	27	26	29
9	AMBER McGREGOR	136	27	26	28	28	27
10	LILLY MORELAND	130	26	25	26	27	26
11	EMILY NOON	124	25	24	25	25	25
12	SARA JOINER	119	24	23	24	24	24
13	SHONA LYNN	68	23	22	23	–	–
14	ROMO EDWARDS	30	–	30	–	–	–

Vets Over 40

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	RYAN VOASE	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	DANNY TOLLET	172	36	30	36	36	34
3	ADAM WILKINSON	170	34	38	34	32	32
4	LEE MARTIN	168	30	36	32	34	36
5	PAUL JOHNSTON	152	38	–	38	38	38
6	CRAIG CHAMBERLAINE	144	28	28	29	29	30
7	DAVID EVANS	138	26	34	24	30	24
8	CHRIS HIND	135	25	27	30	28	25
9	DAVID WILCOX	133	27	25	27	26	28
10	CARL STANNARD	124	22	24	25	24	29
11	NEIL GRIFFTHS	123	24	26	22	25	26
12	RICK DARLINGTON	113	29	29	28	27	–
13	STEVE RILEY	110	23	21	23	21	22
14	MARK SUTHERLAND	109	21	22	21	22	23
15	GAVIN HALL	103	20	17	19	17	21
16	JAMES ANDREW	89	19	20	13	18	19
17	JAIME MENZIES	86	16	19	15	16	20
18	JOE BASTON	76	–	–	26	23	27
19	RUSSEL HARTILL	73	10	23	20	20	–
20	DALE SILK	69	17	16	17	19	–
21	PAOLO CUSATO	69	15	14	10	12	18
22	RICK DU-FEU	64	32	32	–	–	–
23	GARY CHESHER	56	11	11	9	10	15
24	ANDY DUFILED	51	18	15	18	–	–
25	RICHARD BRYCE	51	13	13	14	11	–
26	JAMES EPPLESTONE	48	14	18	16	–	–
27	DAN G	41	–	–	12	13	16
28	STEVE DUNFFIELD	35	12	12	11	–	–
29	ASHLEY YEOMANS	32	–	–	–	15	17
30	LUKE DESMOND	22	–	–	8	14	–

Vets Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	SIMON BONSER	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	RICHARD MILLER	190	38	38	38	38	38
3	EWAN JOHNSTON	166	36	36	24	34	36
4	CHRIS ELCOCK	164	32	34	36	32	30
5	GEFFREY WHARTON	147	30	32	28	30	27
6	KEVIN COWIE	145	26	27	34	29	29
7	IAN WILSON	141	29	29	29	28	26
8	NIGEL SMORFITT	136	28	26	32	26	24
9	PAUL WIECZOREK	126	23	28	30	23	22
10	CHRIS STEMP	124	25	21	25	25	28
11	ADRIAN LEWIS	116	22	25	20	24	25
12	BRIAN FRASER	112	11	30	26	22	23
13	STEPHEN HUMPHIRES	110	24	22	23	20	21
14	LEE DAVIES	98	19	17	21	21	20
15	STEVE HOWES	92	17	18	19	19	19
16	JOHN MORLAND	82	27	23	27	5	–
17	ADRIAN JESSOP	79	12	14	18	17	18
18	ADY BRADLEY	70	–	–	–	36	34
19	COLIN BERRY	68	10	13	13	16	16
20	STEPHEN THORNTON	67	16	16	–	18	17
21	TONY PRIESTLEY	66	20	24	22	–	–
22	BRIAN MUNDAY	61	2	15	16	13	15
23	ALAN REECE	60	3	11	17	15	14
24	DAVE DUNN	59	–	–	–	27	32
25	MICHALE JOHNSTON	54	8	19	–	14	13
26	JOHN PRIESTLEY	49	14	20	15	–	–
27	NEIL JENKINSON	48	4	9	11	12	12
28	PHIL WEST	45	7	6	12	11	9
29	JOHN CARD	44	13	10	–	10	11
30	STANLEY MORPHET	40	18	8	14	–	–
31	DAVID HOPKINS	34	34	–	–	–	–
32	DAVID CLAYBORN	33	1	7	10	7	8
33	ANDREW PROSSER	27	15	12	–	–	–
34	IAN POSS	25	6	–	–	9	10
35	MARK COLLINS	25	5	5	–	8	7
36	DARRON MILLS	24	–	4	8	6	6
37	ROB LEWIS	21	21	–	–	–	–
38	ANDY WAORWOOD	11	–	2	9	–	–
39	PAUL SLEIGHT	9	9	–	–	–	–
40	ANDY STEPHENS	3	–	3	–	–	–

Junior Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	RILEY VOASE	194	40	40	38	36	40
2	LEWIS GRIFFIN	192	38	38	40	38	38
3	JAMES NEWBY	172	32	36	32	40	32
4	BEN HUGHES	163	36	34	28	29	36
5	STEFAN ROBSON	144	29	30	30	26	29
6	BILLY WIECZOREK	142	30	19	36	30	27
7	DAN NEVITT	139	34	32	34	28	11
8	SHEA RYAN	138	27	25	27	34	25
9	HAYDEN BROWN	130	22	21	25	32	30
10	SAMUEL RAYNER	123	19	23	23	24	34
11	BEN WALSH	120	28	29	18	19	26
12	JAMES MILNE	119	18	28	29	16	28
13	JOE WINNARD	119	23	22	26	25	23
14	ALEXANDER WILLIAMS	113	20	27	24	18	24
15	SHAUN MURPHY	99	25	18	20	15	21
16	SAM HAMER	90	21	17	15	23	14
17	TOM CARD	89	24	24	14	27	–
18	ANTONIO SOUZE	88	16	14	19	22	17
19	JOSH ITHEL	79	17	20	3	20	19
20	MITCH BROOKS	73	26	–	4	21	22
21	TAYLOR MISSELBROOK	72	14	11	13	14	20
22	LLOYD CLARKE	61	9	16	16	12	8
23	JAKE WHITBY	60	12	26	22	–	–
24	DANIEL JONES	52	15	2	8	11	16
25	HARRY WIECZOREK	50	4	15	12	9	10
26	AIDEN MURPHY	49	8	10	10	8	13
27	JOSH OATES	46	7	7	7	10	15
28	JAKE BASHFORD	46	13	–	11	13	9
29	DAN EVANS	41	10	9	5	5	12
30	LIAM GUNNING	38	–	–	21	17	–
31	KEIRON WOODS	34	3	13	–	–	18
32	KERION DAVIES	33	5	12	9	7	–
33	SCOTT WATKINSON	31	11	–	17	3	–
34	ZAC CHEEL	17	1	3	–	6	7
35	COLT BRIGHT	16	–	6	6	4	–
36	LOUIE BRUCE	13	6	5	2	–	–
37	DAN TIMBRELL	8	–	8	–	–	–
38	RYAN WOODS	6	–	–	–	–	6
39	MATT BENNETT	6	–	1	–	1	4
40	BEN LOCKLY	6	–	4	–	2	–
41	TOM BERRY	5	–	–	–	–	5
42	RILEY GEARRARD	3	–	–	–	–	3
43	ALFIE DUCKEL	3	2	–	1	–	–