Brad is poles apart! 2021 Toughsheet Nationals Twinshock Championship Round 1 – Race Report & Results

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After 20 months without a round of the Toughsheet National Twinshock series, the Cumbria Twinshock Club hosted the opening round of 2021 at Stipers Hill, Polesworth, the traditional track used to start the action. The Club received support for the event from Moto Sport Services at Haydock, and there was a tremendous line up of nearly 250 riders, who were all eager to see if the lockdown training had made the difference. Unfortunately, this was a closed event with no spectators due to the Covid guidelines.

Report by Geoff Shuttleworth – Images courtesy of Andrew Fairclough Photography

Saturday’s torrential rain made the going very heavy early on Sunday, but lines were soon appearing as the Evo 125’s came to the line first.

With the sun shining it was Corey Nemeth who reeled off three fantastic start to finish victories. His only real challenger was reigning champion Andy Lawton, who had to settle for three seconds on the day. There was a mixed bag of results for the remaining riders, who each swapped places in every race, which saw Jack May take third, just beating Ben Murray and Scott Mathia.

Albert Martindale concentrating hard on trying to catch Brad O’Leary

The Experts, 125 and 250 twinshock riders all raced together, and it was a masterclass from former AMCA champion Brad O’Leary who took his Wulfsport Maico to three convincing wins. Albert Martindale with his ultra-smooth riding style rode really well and finished second to Brad in each race, with Sam Vickers in third.

The 125 Twinshock class was a very close affair, and it was John Davis who took the top step after his third race victory. He pipped former champion Matt Rudd by just three points, with debutant Melvyn Homer only one point further back in third.

In the 250 Twinshock class Anthony Twidle was mixing it with the Experts and won two out three of his class races to take the overall, and really showed his speed up at the front. Ryan Ireland was another rider on a mission and he took the remaining race win which gave him second overall from Sean Dodders, Matt Bennett and James Drewery.

There were quite a few new Clubman Twinshock riders to the series, and it was one of them, Gene Harker who took all three wins. Mark Gardner in second had his best result of his career in second, and with it, won the Martindales Rider of The Meeting award. Third went to Neil Eastwood by just three points from Craig Ruck, and Duncan Judd in fifth, with his first meeting for six years.

The Evo Open class was a fast trio of races, with Michael Ogden reigning supreme after he reeled off the first two race wins, and took the overall with a fifth in the final encounter. Barry Turnbull, back after a two year sabbatical took second after getting faster with each race, and winning the final one. Aaron McLoughlin was on it all day and took third, pipping Callum Bircher by a single point. Danny Blakeley was fifth another point behind after struggling in race three.

The Super Evos had a great line up of riders, with each of the top three winning a race apiece. Victory on the day though went to Lee Holland who is on the hunt for another title to add to his collection over the years. Ben Parkinson fought hard, but had to settle for second from Grant Hacking, Tim Thornton and Jak Dinsley.

Kevin Reed won all three MotoX Concepts Over 50 Twinshock races on his Suzuki

We had a new winner in the Over 50 Twinshock class as former AMCA Classic Champion Kevin Reed won all three races to take the spoils. He led all three races from start to finish, in a faultless display of riding. There was barely a fag paper separating the next few riders, but Mike Davies was delighted with his runner up spot by a point from Pete Williamson, with Jim Shand and Carl Hodgson another couple of points down.

It was great to see so many Over 60 riders line up for their start, as some of them were in their seventies, and had been riding for over fifty years. The winner of the class was former AMCA championship runner Martin Snape who took a first second and a third.

Pat Rowe was always up there and took second, narrowly beating Jim Simpson. Cheshire Charger Pete Mathia had bike trouble and a DNF in race one but won races two and three to take fourth overall.

Dean Gray was the man to beat in the Inters Twinshock class, and after a third in race one, he seemed to find his mojo when winning the second and third motos to stand on the top step. Ryland Jones who won race one finished second, just in front of Riley Copeland and Sean Burrows.

Danny Blakeley started as he finished in 2019, by winning the Vets Modern Over 40’s, taking two out of three race wins to lead the series. Simon Bonser in second gave him some really great battles, but a couple of errors allowed Danny to creep away from him at the front. Race three winner Richard Sharp took third, and Adam Wilkinson on a 125 did brilliantly to take fourth from new boy Andy Hinchliffe.

The Over 50’s Vets went to Mark Spruce with a win and two seconds. Adrian Lewis won the first which helped him to second overall from Anthony Houseman.

The final class of the day was the West Mids Evos Pre-85 class, and that went to Sam Pocock with two wins, but he was pushed hard all day by Jake Chamberlain in second and Jacob Griffiths in third. It was good to see Scott Reed back on the bike, and he managed a great fourth place.

All in all it was a great meeting run by the club in difficult circumstances, and all credit goes to them for putting it on after horrendous conditions on Saturday.

Next round is Nottingham Twinshock Club at Bevercotes on Sunday May 30, where we hope the government guidelines will have changed for the better.

Results

Expert Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	BRAD O’LEARY	75	25	25	25
2	ALBERT MARTINDALE	60	20	20	20
3	SAM VICKERS	54	18	18	18

125 Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	JON DAVIS	61	16	20	25
2	MATT RUDD	58	13	25	20
3	MELVIN HOMER	57	25	16	16
4	MARK BURROWS	53	20	18	15
5	DAVID FARMER	51	17	17	17
6	IAN KNIGHT	46	18	10	18
7	ROBIN COWGILL	44	15	15	14
8	STEPHEN RILEY	39	12	14	13
9	DAVE ELLIS	36	11	13	12
10	STEVE DENT	32	10	11	11
11	RICHARD WOOD	26	14	12	–

250 Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	ANTHONY TWIDLE	70	25	20	25
2	RYAN IRELAND	65	20	25	20
3	SEAN DODDERS	53	17	18	18
4	MATT BENNETT	52	18	17	17
5	JAMES DREWERY	48	16	16	16
6	WAYNE TWIDLE	43	14	14	15
7	CRAIG MORRISON	30	15	15	–
8	ALISTER PATISON	13	–	13	–
9	PAUL SMITH	12	–	12	–

Clubman Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	GENE HARKER	75	25	25	25
2	MARK GARDNER	58	20	18	20
3	NEIL EASTWOOD	54	16	20	18
4	CRIAG RUCK	51	18	17	16
5	DUNCAN JUDD	40	15	12	13
6	DAVID WHITE	40	13	16	11
7	DARREN WILLIAMS	31	–	14	17
8	JORDAN BROWNRIGG	31	17	–	14
9	KEV HALL	29	12	8	9
10	JAMES FUGGET	27	1	11	15
11	ROB PAIN	27	6	9	12
12	PAUL SMITH	26	14	5	7
13	CHRIS PALLARD	26	9	13	4
14	DAVE LIGHTBOWN	23	5	10	8
15	ANTHONY COPELAND	20	10	4	6
16	CHARLIE COPLAND	18	11	2	5
17	MARK KEARS	17	–	7	10
18	ANDRE KERRY	15	–	15	–
19	RYAN BURROWS	10	8	–	2
20	OLIVER CHAPMAN	10	7	3	–
21	MARCUS KEARS	6	–	6	–
22	DAVID HOLLAND	6	4	1	1
23	JUDE CRAWSHAW	3	–	–	3
24	MARK JONES	3	3	–	–
25	IAN MULLINGS	2	2	–	–

Evo Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	MICHAEL OGDEN	66	25	25	16
2	BARRY TURNBULL	51	18	8	25
3	AARON MCLOUGHLIN	50	16	16	18
4	CALLUM BIRTCHER	49	14	15	20
5	DANNY BLAKLEY	48	17	17	14
6	DAN SHEP	41	15	9	17
7	CORY NEMETH	40	20	20	–
8	JONATHAN TAPP	36	11	12	13
9	RIAN WARREN	35	6	14	15
10	PETE WAINWRIGHT	29	10	7	12
11	MICHAEL SMITH	25	12	13	–
12	ROSS HEPBURN	23	9	5	9
13	RODGER WITHINGTON	22	8	6	8
14	DAVID BLACKBURN	21	–	10	11
15	ALBERT MARTINDALE	20	13	–	7
16	MATT WILLIAMSON	18	–	18	–
17	CHRIS COLLINGS	15	7	2	6
18	JOE TARVER	13	–	3	10
19	BEN HODGKINS	11	–	11	–
20	DEAN DEWING	4	–	4	–

Super Evo

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	LEE HOLLAND	65	20	25	20
2	BEN PARKINSON	62	17	20	25
3	GRANT HACKING	59	25	16	18
4	TIMTHORNTON	49	16	17	16
5	JAK DINSLEY	47	14	18	15
6	FRAZER HATCH	44	18	14	12
7	LEE MARTIN	40	8	15	17
8	LEE BUCK	38	11	13	14
9	JAMES MARSH	35	10	12	13
10	HARRY HITCH	34	12	11	11
11	DANIEL JONES	28	9	9	10
12	MAX MAY	21	5	7	9
13	MICH DICKINSON	20	4	8	8
14	BEN KNIFTON	16	6	10	–
15	SAM VICKERS	15	15	–	–
16	ANDY STEPHENS	14	1	6	7
17	ANDY CART	13	2	5	6
18	ADAM WILKINSON	13	13	–	–
19	LOUIS ROBERTS	12	3	4	5
20	GRAEME MARKHAM	7	7	–	–

Over 50 Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	KEVIN REED	75	25	25	25
2	MIKE DAVIES	56	18	20	18
3	PETE WILLIAMSON	55	20	18	17
4	JIM SHAND	54	17	17	20
5	CARL HODGSON	47	15	16	16
6	PAUL LIPPITT	45	16	15	14
7	PATRICK IDDON	43	14	14	15
8	KEV SMITH	38	12	13	13
9	CHRIS RYENDOLS	35	11	12	12
10	KEV BRATT	24	13	11	–
11	GRAHAM DARBY	11	–	–	11
12	JOHN SMITH	10	10	–	–

Over 60 Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	MARTIN SNAPE	63	25	18	20
2	PAT ROWE	54	16	20	18
3	JIM SIMPSON	53	20	17	16
4	PETE MATHIA	50	–	25	25
5	GRAHAM CHALIS	44	17	13	14
6	TERRY CONNOR	42	18	15	9
7	COLLIN STONE	35	11	11	13
8	ALAN HARDY	35	15	12	8
9	WAYNE	33	–	16	17
10	REG BEAUMONT	30	13	10	7
11	DAVID GRAY	28	8	8	12
12	JOHN BENNETT	27	12	–	15
13	STEVE MITTON	25	7	7	11
14	JONY WALKER	21	5	6	10
15	GLYN FOX	20	6	14	–
16	STEPHEN HOLLINS	19	10	9	–
17	CHRIS TIPPINGS	14	14	–	–
18	PHILL ROBERTS	9	9	–	–

Inters Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	DEAN GRAY	68	18	25	25
2	RYLAND JONES	62	25	17	20
3	RILEY COPLAND	56	20	20	16
4	SEAN BURROWS	48	16	18	14
5	TOM SALT	47	17	13	17
6	CHRIS ANDERTON	44	15	11	18
7	BEN BUTTERWORTH	41	13	15	13
8	STEVE MORGAN	37	6	16	15
9	LIAM RAYNER	34	12	14	8
10	ASHLEY SMITH	32	10	10	12
11	MATTHEW BATEMAN	31	11	9	11
12	IAN STAINTON	31	9	12	10
13	MIKE TUCKER	23	7	7	9
14	ALISTER WELSBY	22	8	8	6
15	LUCY TILZEY	21	14	–	7

Vets Modern Over 40’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	DANNY BLAKELEY	70	25	25	20
2	SIMON BONSOR	58	20	20	18
3	RICHARD SHARP	55	14	16	25
4	ADAM WILKINSON	53	18	18	17
5	ANDY HINCHLIFFE	50	17	17	16
6	THURLOW BONE	45	15	15	15
7	DAVID BENNETT	37	16	9	12
8	PAUL GROOM	33	7	12	14
9	PAUL CROXON	33	6	14	13
10	PHIL HODGKINS	32	12	10	10
11	JOHN HOLMES	29	13	8	8
12	MARK CONNOLE	25	10	6	9
13	DALE SILK	25	11	7	7
14	JAMES KAY	24	–	13	11
15	CHRIS LAMBOURNE	19	8	11	–
16	NEIL MOORE	14	9	5	–

Vets Modern Over 50’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	MARC SPRUCE	65	20	25	20
2	ADRAIN LEWIS	57	25	14	18
3	ANTHONY HOUSEMAN	52	18	17	17
4	RICHARD CORNER	48	17	15	16
5	DEAN DEWING	46	15	16	15
6	STEVE WARD	45	–	20	25
7	STEVE SHARPELS	37	10	13	14
8	MARK BOWDEN	36	13	10	13
9	MARK BURCHELL	36	12	12	12
10	TIM SABINE	34	16	18	–
11	NEIL SMITH	31	11	9	11
12	ADRAIN JESSOP	25	14	11	–
13	ROB WAINRIGHT	24	7	7	10
14	MARTIN BUCKLEY	23	8	6	9
15	JASON STAFORD	17	9	8	–

West Mids Evo’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	SAM POCOCK	70	25	20	25
2	JAKE CHAMBERLAIN	58	13	25	20
3	JACOB GRIFFITHS	52	16	18	18
4	SCOTT REED	52	20	16	16
5	ZAC HACKETT	51	17	17	17
6	PHILIP NEWMAN	47	18	14	15
7	LOUIS HAMER	40	14	13	13
8	DIESEL IBBOTSON	39	10	15	14
9	DEAN EGGELTON	39	15	12	12
10	STEVE RYAN	34	12	11	11
11	JOHNATHAN SMITH	31	11	10	10