Culham Conclusion! Toughsheet National Twinshock Championship Finale – Race Report & Results

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The final Toughsheet National Twinshock Championship round saw Cumbria Twinshock hosting at Culham in deepest Oxfordshire supported by Willie Burgess and WJB Electrical.

Report by Geoff Shuttleworth – Andrew Fairclough Photography

The club did their utmost to encourage riders to enter, but it was a low turn out of just over 140 who arrived to a superbly graded track ready for the final action of the season. But the club put on a superb end of season event with plenty of entertainment on offer, and weather to match. With all of the class titles still up for grabs there was certainly some great racing along the banks of the River Thames.

The first title of the day was the Wulfsport Experts, with Brad O’Leary requiring only three points to wrap up the win, which he duly did in race one, to become the new National Twinshock Champion, and added this to his many AMCA titles. He won the first two races before wrecking his front wheel in race three, and then called it a day before heading home. This left fast challenger Richard Mason in charge as he reeled off three wins to take the overall over the weekend. Sam Vickers was promoted to second after six consistent finishes, with race five winner Michael Smith taking third.

In the 125 Twinshock class Matt Rudd took three wins on the Saturday, to claim his second title, and then sat out the Sunday, leaving Jason Slater to take the honours winning all three of his Sunday races. Melvin Homer finished top three all weekend to take second from Mark Burrows in third.

The 250 Twinshock Class saw six great battles between Ryan Ireland and Anthony Twidle, with Ryan just edging the win with four race victories to Anthony’s two. The pair were never more than a couple of bike lengths apart, but the extra points gave Ryan the title in his debut twinshock season.

Michael Ogden started as he finished at Farleigh the week before, by taking the overall win in the Evolution Open class, with two wins and three seconds, pipping another double race winner Dylan Spencer who took second. Danny Blakeley took the Kawasaki to third, and Callum Bircher eventually won his season long battle with Dan Shepherd to take fourth and take the 250 title for his efforts. Dan did win two of his races before a seized engine put paid to his chase of Callum. Barry Turnbull took the title on Saturday though by gathering enough points to claim the honours for the season, before heading home a day early.

The Super Evo Class saw a cakewalk for Corey Nemeth, as he was unstoppable, and rode on rails all weekend to take six wins out of six.
There were some great battles for the rest of the podium places, as Frazer Hatch bagged second, Lee Martin got third, and Lee Holland took fourth from James Newby.

Andy Lawton took his second 125 Evo title by winning four races, but he didn’t have it all his own way as a first corner crash in race six gave him plenty to do, but he came through the field to third, a great performance. It was great to see the Cagiva of Damon Strydom mixing it with the front runners and he took two wins to take second, with Lewis Parkinson holding off the pack to take third from Jack May and Scott Mathia.

Event sponsor Willie Burgess wrapped up his fourth consecutive Over 50 Twinshock title on the Saturday with two wins, which was fortunate as he had bike gremlins on the Sunday. Jim Shand took his Yamaha to the overall win though with four seconds and a final race win. Pete Williamson was second, ten points ahead of Wayne Twidle in third.

Terry Connor took his first ever overall win in the Over 60 Twinshock class and was awarded the Martindales Rider of the Meeting award.
And John Bennett competing in his thirtieth year of Twinshock racing, took second from Martin Snape in third. It was sad to see Pete Mathia having a nasty fall, and we wish him well with his recovery. But before his crash, on Sunday he had won all three races on the Saturday to clinch the Over 60’s title, making him the GOAT with a record seven titles to his name.

The Clubman twinshock class saw a real see saw chase with no fewer than four riders battling to take the crown, and it was Mark Gardner who eventually got enough points to top the charts becoming champion on the big four stroke Husky. His nearest rival was Neil Eastwood who only finished a handful of points behind Mark. Over the weekend though it was Simon Young who took his first ever overall victory by a single point from Eastwood, with Daran Williams third, and Gardner fourth.

In the Inters Twinshock class Dean Gray wrapped up the title on Saturday with a win so didn’t need to compete on the Sunday. This left Riley Copeland to take his first overall win with some great riding on the Sunday and a hattrick of wins over the weekend. Steve Morgan continued his weekend battles with Chris Anderton, and took second from Chris, with a final race win. Fourth was Sean Burrows, who takes the four-stroke title on the Husky. Lucy Tilzey was having a great weekend until her injury, and we all send our best wishes.

Danny Blakeley won his fourth Vets Over 40 modern title, with a tidy four race wins to stand on the top step, but Simon Bonser pushed him in every race and managed to take two race wins for second place. Andy Hinchliffe had some great rides for third from Paul Ferguson and Chris Lambourne.

Steve Ward was also celebrating after winning the Vets Over 50 title at the third attempt. He won five from six, but Adrian Lewis kept him honest, taking second with a first race victory and not too far behind Steve in the others. Tim Sabine took third from Steve Sharples and Melvyn Homer.

There was an extra Modern class added, and James Dent was in a class of his own, winning every race, with Owen Wilkes second and Thomas O’Connor third. Charlie Reynolds was the star of Modern B taking victory in all his races.

And so endeth the thirtieth year of Twinshock racing, let’s hope there are many more.

Results

Martindales Rider of the Meeting – Terry Connor.

Expert Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	RICHARD MASON	135	20	20	25	25	20	25
2	SAM VICKERS	111	17	18	20	18	18	20
3	MICHAEL SMITH	97	18	16	–	20	25	18
4	BRAD OLEARY	50	25	25	–	–	–	–
5	DEAN DEWING	35	–	17	18	–	–	–

250 Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	RYAN IRELAND	140	25	20	25	20	25	25
2	ANTHONY TWIDLE	126	18	25	20	25	18	20
3	MATT BENNETT	112	20	18	18	18	20	18

125 Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	JASON SLATER	135	20	20	20	25	25	25
2	MELVIN HOMER	114	18	18	18	20	20	20
3	MARK BURROWS	105	17	17	17	18	18	18
4	MATT RUDD	75	25	25	25	–	–	–
5	DAVE ELLIS	48	16	16	16	–	–	–

Inters Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	RILEY COPELAND	131	18	25	18	25	25	20
2	STEVE MORGAN	117	20	15	20	17	20	25
3	CHRIS ANDERTON	107	16	20	25	14	16	16
4	SEAN BURROWS	100	17	14	16	18	17	18
5	ASHLEY SMITH	90	13	16	14	15	15	17
6	LUCY TILZEY	83	15	13	17	20	18	–
7	RYLAND JONES	69	–	12	12	16	14	15
8	MARK TILZEY	63	14	11	13	12	13	–
9	ALISTER WELSBY	57	12	17	15	13	–	–
10	DEAN GRAY	43	25	18	–	–	–	–

Clubman Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	SIMON YOUNG	119	25	20	18	18	18	20
2	NEIL EASTWOOD	118	18	25	20	17	20	18
3	DARREN WILLIAMS	95	–	–	25	20	25	25
4	MARK GARDNER	94	–	18	17	25	17	17
5	ADRIAN HADMAN	88	16	15	15	12	14	16
6	DAVID WHITE	79	15	14	12	11	13	14
7	CHARLIE COPELAND	76	13	12	8	13	15	15
8	CRAIG RUCK	75	17	13	14	15	16	–
9	PAUL SMITH	67	10	11	11	14	10	11
10	ANTHONY COPELAND	62	11	10	9	8	12	12
11	SIMON BENTLEY	53	20	17	16	–	–	–
12	KEV HALL	53	14	16	13	10	–	–
13	MARK BROCKLEY	53	9	9	7	7	11	10
14	JACK BUCK	44	12	–	10	9	–	13
15	JOHN KEMP	16	–	–	–	16	–	–

Over 50 Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	JIM SHAND	121	16	20	20	20	20	25
2	PETE WILLIAMSON	108	18	18	18	18	18	18
3	WAYNE TWIDDLE	98	14	16	17	17	17	17
4	WILLIAM BURGESS	92	25	17	25	–	25	–
5	KELVIN TATUM	90	20	25	–	25	–	20
6	KEV SMITH	90	13	14	16	16	15	16
7	BRAD DAVEY	86	15	12	15	15	14	15
8	ROB GLYNN	75	17	15	13	14	16	–
9	DEREK COOK	39	12	13	14	–	–	–

Over 60 Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	TERRY CONNOR	121	20	20	18	18	25	20
2	JOHN BENNETT	110	18	17	17	20	20	18
3	MARTIN SNAPE	105	–	18	20	25	17	25
4	REG BEAUMONT	83	17	15	16	–	18	17
5	PETE MATHIA	75	25	25	25	–	–	–
6	ANDY HOLLAND	32	16	16	–	–	–	–

Super Evo

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	CORY NEMETH	150	25	25	25	25	25	25
2	FRAZER HATCH	112	20	20	15	20	17	20
3	LEE MARTIN	106	17	17	16	18	20	18
4	LEE HOLLAND	99	18	18	20	8	18	17
5	JAMES NEWBY	93	16	16	17	17	11	16
6	LEE BUCK	87	14	14	13	15	16	15
7	DANIEL JONES	78	13	13	11	14	14	13
8	MAX MAY	71	12	10	12	13	13	11
9	ANDY SALT	69	11	12	10	9	15	12
10	GARETH MORGAN	60	15	15	14	16	–	–
11	REECE WINSOR	51	10	11	9	11	10	–
12	MITCH DICKINSON	50	9	9	8	7	8	9
13	NATHON JACOBS	38	–	–	–	12	12	14
14	ANDY CART	35	5	6	7	5	5	7
15	JAK DINSLEY	34	8	8	18	–	–	–
16	LUIS ROBERTS	33	7	7	–	6	7	6
17	BEN SETCHELL	29	–	–	–	10	9	10
18	ANDY STEPHENS	24	6	–	–	4	6	8

125 Evo

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	ANDY LAWTON	136	25	25	18	25	25	18
2	DAMON STRYDOM	122	18	20	25	16	18	25
3	LEWIS PARKINSON	108	20	18	17	17	16	20
4	SCOTT MATHIA	93	17	16	20	20	20	–
5	ROB KINGABY	85	13	13	14	14	14	17
6	JACK MAY	84	16	17	16	18	17	–
7	JAMES HOLLIDAY	83	14	14	13	13	13	16
8	SHAUN SMITH	75	15	15	15	15	15	–

Evo Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	MICHAEL OGDEN	128	20	25	18	20	20	25
2	DYLAN SPENCER	125	17	18	20	25	25	20
3	DANNY BLAKLEY	100	16	16	17	16	18	17
4	CALLUM BIRCHER	97	15	15	15	17	17	18
5	MICHAEL SMITH	91	14	14	14	18	16	15
6	DAVID HOPKINS	69	13	13	–	14	15	14
7	DAN SHEP	67	25	17	25	–	–	–
8	BEN KIRKMAN	61	12	12	–	12	13	12
9	BARRY TURNBULL	54	18	20	16	–	–	–
10	MATT RUDD	42	–	–	–	15	14	13
11	JOSH BARRS	41	–	–	–	13	12	16

Modern A

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	JAMES DENT	150	25	25	25	25	25	25
2	OWEN WILKES	118	20	20	20	18	20	20
3	THOMAS O CONNOR	103	18	17	18	17	15	18
4	ANDY P	89	16	15	16	14	14	14
5	SEAN VENESS	82	17	18	–	15	16	16
6	JORDAN BARRS	54	–	–	–	20	17	17
7	DALE BROCKHURST	49	–	–	–	16	18	15
8	BRENT JAMES	48	15	16	17	–	–	–

Modern B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	CHARLIE REYNOLDS	150	25	25	25	25	25	25
2	JACK HYDE	107	17	20	17	17	16	20
3	SAM HAMER	104	18	17	18	16	17	18
4	PAUL WIECZOREK	96	16	13	20	12	18	17
5	DANNY GAGG	96	15	16	16	13	20	16
6	ETHAN STEPHEN	82	5	15	15	20	14	13
7	CHRISTIAN COLE	82	14	14	14	14	15	11
8	LUCAS LEACH	55	11	10	11	7	6	10
9	WARREN LEACH	55	10	9	10	9	8	9
10	ASTON COX	55	3	12	13	10	9	8
11	ALFIE CONNOLE	54	9	11	12	8	7	7
12	KEIRAN DAVIES	49	12	–	–	11	11	15
13	BILLY WIECZORKE	41	–	–	–	15	12	14
14	BRADON BOCKLEY	40	7	8	9	5	5	6
15	DYLAN HODGKINS	38	20	18	–	–	–	–
16	CARLEE SHAYLER	32	6	7	8	4	3	4
17	DANE ALOATT	31	–	–	–	18	13	–
18	BEN BOCKLEY	23	8	–	–	6	4	5
19	MARK BROCKHURST	22	–	–	–	–	10	12
20	ELLIOTT HADMAN	13	13	–	–	–	–	–

Vets Over 40’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	DANNY BLAKELEY	140	25	25	20	25	25	20
2	SIMON BONSOR	127	17	20	25	20	20	25
3	ANDY HINCHLIFFE	110	20	18	18	18	18	18
4	PAUL FURGUSON	98	18	17	17	14	16	16
5	CHRIS LAMBOURNE	88	15	15	13	16	14	15
6	PAUL CROXON	83	16	16	–	17	17	17
7	PHIL HODGKINS	83	12	12	15	15	15	14
8	CHARLIE REMMIE	82	13	14	16	13	13	13
9	MARK CONNOLE	72	11	11	14	12	12	12
10	DALE SILK	39	14	13	12	–	–	–
11	DAVE ELLIS	33	–	–	–	11	11	11
12	DAVID GOLDSMITH	31	10	10	11	–	–	–

Vets Over 50’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	STEVE WARD	145	20	25	25	25	25	25
2	ADRAIN LEWIS	123	25	20	18	20	20	20
3	TIM SABINE	108	18	18	20	18	18	16
4	STEVE SHARPELS	101	17	15	17	17	17	18
5	MELVIN JAMES	95	16	16	16	16	16	15
6	MARK BURCHELL	89	15	17	10	15	15	17
7	NEIL SMITH	82	13	13	14	14	14	14
8	DAVID IBBOTSON	80	14	14	15	13	12	12
9	KEVIN MCCATHEY	67	12	11	12	11	10	11
10	ANDREW MYERS	60	11	10	11	9	9	10
11	COLIN CROGIN	46	–	12	13	10	11	–
12	ANDY HOLLAND	38	–	–	–	12	13	13