Eccles the sheriff at Sherwood! 2022 Apico BSMA Nationals – Race Report & Results

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The 2022 season finally kicked off for the Apico BSMA Nationals in glorious sunshine at the demanding sandy venue of Sherwood on the outskirts of Mansfield. Stacked lineups provided some great action in all of the groups with no less than 6 maximums!

Report and Images by Ady Cowshall – Images of Speed

Autos were under complete domination from Tommy Wood straight off winning all 4 of his races with ease. The action was 30 seconds behind him in each moto! Charlie Wilcock and Forest Roberts seemed to find each other in most races that they stayed upright. They both fell in different races allowing the very consistent but slower starting Freddie Gurney to come away with a well earned 2nd overall. Finlee Pope was another poor starter having to come through the field and his efforts were rewarded with a 4th overall behind Wilcock and in front of Roberts. Sonny Saunders had some great starts but struggled with the rough conditions eventually ending up outside the top 10, maybe one to watch on firmer going. Mason Staddon had some good rides going but dropped out of a solid 5th with a fall in moto 3 putting him down in 8th overall. Preston Chorley was another who suffered from poor starts had a DNF in moto 3 dropping him outside the top 15 overall.

The Junior action was again a maximum but the victor was challenged and headed on a number of occasions by last year’s Auto champion Cohen Jagielski. Jagielski lead a number of motos before being overhauled by Casey Lister and although by looking at the results you would of thought it was a procession as the top 4 were the same in all 4 motos when in fact the racing could have been covered at times with a blanket! Both William Dennis and Arthur King kept things tight at the top with this quartet gapping the rest of the field. John Slade and Theo Stead both ended the weekend out on equal points and had Spencer Newman not faltered in the 2nd encounter he may well have been inside the top 5 overall. Jensen Henney was distraught when he went out of the first moto with a clutch problem and with a full line up never had a chance of featuring in the overalls after that.

The Small Wheel 85’s kicked off with overall winner, Jensen Severn going down on lap one handing what looked like the win to the only other rider able to match his lap time, Junior Caroll Stone but Stone went out halfway through. Charlie James and Spencer Robinson made it easier on Severn by both falling and by midway Severn was back at the sharp end. Finley Stead and Marty Spires battled hard to cross the line within seconds of each other and Travis Bixby kept them honest crossing in 4th. The remaining motos were all taken by Severn but not without incident as mistakes crept into Severn’s game allowing Stone to get back to the front on occasion. Stead pushed Stone in the dying stages of the 2nd moto and Bixby again close enough to pounce on any mistakes. Spires had lost the lead group tow and was under pressure for 5th by Lewys Morgan in the 2nd race. Morgan’s consistency rewarded him with 5th overall. Sunday saw Spires come out a determined rider taking two 2nd place finishes behind Severn. Special mention to the Apico holeshot winner in moto 2 Jessie-Lee Jessopp as she stormed the line to claim the prize!

The older Big Wheel 85 class didn’t have a maximum but was dominated by Ben Casey apart from moto 2 when he went down on the final lap and Riley Voase son of ex GP rider Ryan had worked his way through from 5th to be close enough to take advantage of his slip up to take the win. With second place in each moto occupied by a different rider, it was a close call as to who would get on the podium. Any one of three riders could have been there and with only 2 points between all three, it was Kai Thorpe who just missed out on the final step, taken by Voase who lost out after a nasty tumble in the latter stages of the final moto handing Rocco Hands the 2nd place step. Riley Small dumped himself out of a top 5 overall by dnf’ing the final moto and despite a valiant effort in the final moto from Jack Evans, he couldn’t quite get on terms with Sebbie Moore for 5th overall.

The Seniors run together but scored separately saw a desolation by 125 rider Louis Vincent, no one in either class could stay in his roost as he put on a clinic of sand riding fast enough to be inside the top 10 in MX1. Jake Smith on the 250f was his closest rival but could only hold the pace for a few laps before Vincent had shaken him off. Smith was to take a maximum in that class. The deep sand caught a lot of the Senior riders out on one tight slower corner in particular throwing the results in the air as some laps 3 or 4 riders went down! Another son of an ex GP rider Charlie Hucklebridge suffered a bike malfunction that dropped him from a potential podium finish and the same fate fell to Jake Ogorman after a stone smashed his engine casing. With this pair out of contention, the 125 class was thrown wide open. The main benefactor was Jamie Kuehn who just managed to clinch 2nd by 2 points over Alfie Crealock-Lovell with Jay Bond not far behind and equally hot on his tailpipe the pair of Joe Beaumont and Alfie Smith. The 250f class was closer than any other of the weekend with 2nd through 4th all on 160 points but on countback it was Kawasaki mounted Kai Reason that took runner up spot with another KX of Levi Davies in third. It was Morgan Walters who missed out on podium pie. Jay Platt rounded out the top 5 and new to the four-stroke, Luke Woolgrove netted 6th.

MX1 saw vet rider Ryan Voase grab the lead in the first moto before arm pump slowed him down and Josh Taylor came through to pass Josh Caton and take the lead. Caton took advantage of Voase soon after and kept Taylor in sight. Taylor went on to take 4 out of 4. Caton was quick out of the gate in all the heats but after Voase had shaken the arm pump from the first moto he was not to be outdone and went on to take the next the races as runner up to Taylor. Behind the lead trio, a small gap appeared each time to the battle for 4th between Dan Maule Daniel Sultana and Josh Greedy ending up after the weekend in that order. Thomas Oconnor looked a different rider on the big red after many years on the RMZ and after a blistering 5th in qualification rounded out the weekend 5 points behind Tobias Sammut in 8th overall.

MX2’s first outing saw the fastest qualifier Jordan Eccles getting harassed by Kasey Hird as the pair traded places and Hird got the better of Eccles as they crossed the line feet apart! Hird went down in turn one of moto 2 while Eccles holeshotted and cleared off. Hird charged through the field to pass Adam Harris for 2nd in the late laps of the race. Harris aboard the 250 2 stroke Fantic was struggling a bit for fitness being his first outing of the year under race conditions. Eccles went on to win the remaining races from Hird pushing hard crossing the line on both occasions and eating Eccles’s roost. Harris was under threat from youngsters Ben Zeale and Harvey James as the first out of schoolboy racers mixed it up at the sharp end. Jake Marsh was lucky to fend off Ryan Mundell for 6th overall after his last race result ending up on equal points.

Vets ran as two classes under one race with over 35 and over 45. Last year’s championship winners were both present and both out front in moto one as Jamie Dobson took off. Darren King settled in feeling good after a solid winter riding but it all came undone when King took what could only be described as a WWF piledriver move into the sand over the only double jump on the track burying his helmet in the deep sand and giving himself a scare. Simon Bonser inherited the o45 lead at this point as King slipped down the order. New to the series Justin Robinson was coming through the pack and settled into 2nd behind Dobson by half distance. Adam Wilkinson another new face to the series had his 2 stroke singing and was another to benefit from King’s demise. Paul Willis coming back from horrific injuries from last season made his presence felt although still being far from fit. Regular Sam Callow, runner up last season had to work hard to stay in contention with the fresh blood but came away with 4th overall followed by Roy Townley in 5th.

Results

Auto’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	TOMMY WOOD	180	45	45	45	45
2	FREDDIE GURNEY	164	39	41	43	41
3	CHARLIE WILCOCK	155	41	43	28	43
4	FINLEE POPE	146	35	39	39	33
5	FORREST ROBERTS	143	43	28	35	37
6	AUSTIN EDWARDS	132	32	29	41	30
7	RONNIE MORGAN	131	22	37	37	35
8	MASON STADDON	128	37	30	22	39
9	MASON FOREMAN	123	21	35	33	34
10	JIMMY BALL	122	34	27	30	31
11	tommy gaddes	121	28	32	34	27
12	SONNY SAUNDERS	117	30	24	31	32
13	JUDE HENNEY	117	25	31	32	29
14	HUNTER GROVES	110	33	34	15	28
15	OLIVER FLOOD	106	27	25	29	25
16	FRAZER BUCKLE	104	29	26	27	22
17	HEELEY COYNE	92	26	20	23	23
18	harrison chuddy	87	16	23	24	24
19	PRESTON CHORLEY	85	31	33	–	21
20	roy townley	81	19	22	25	15
21	MORRISON HIBBERT	79	24	19	17	19
22	LOUIE LANGFORD	72	18	17	20	17
23	CHARLIE MOODY	70	23	21	19	7
24	TRAVIS ASHE	69	20	14	21	14
25	TAYLOR CLARK	69	17	16	18	18
26	HARRISON ASHWOOD MACNEILL	66	13	7	26	20
27	WILLIAM KING	55	15	13	14	13
28	harvey taylor	52	8	18	–	26
29	FRANKYLEE LITCHFIELD	46	12	12	16	6
30	GEORGE MILNES	44	14	10	9	11
31	ZACHARY GROVES	41	10	9	12	10
32	AVA PEEDLE	40	–	11	13	16
33	CHARLIE PARK	38	11	15	–	12
34	BRODY CHAPMAN	33	9	4	11	9
35	ALBIE JACKSON	30	6	6	10	8
36	JAZZ BEACH	27	7	8	8	4
37	FREDDIE DENNIS	22	5	5	7	5

Junior 65’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	CASEY LISTER	180	45	45	45	45
2	COHEN JAGIELSKI	172	43	43	43	43
3	WILLIAM DENNIS	164	41	41	41	41
4	ARTHUR KING	156	39	39	39	39
5	JOHN SLADE	135	30	33	37	35
6	THEO STEAD	135	32	37	34	32
7	HARRY CUDDY	131	35	29	33	34
8	WILL KREMER	129	34	34	28	33
9	JIMMY BOXALL	120	29	35	32	24
10	SPENCER NEWMAN	120	37	11	35	37
11	OAKLAN WINNALL	108	20	27	31	30
12	reuben jenkins	101	27	20	29	25
13	TERRY CHALLINOR	100	31	26	16	27
14	JACOB HACKETT	98	28	28	22	20
15	RILEY DALLIMORE	95	33	32	30	–
16	COLBY BRISCOMBE	93	22	31	12	28
17	alfie pincher	93	21	24	27	21
18	CHARLIE GODWIN	87	25	23	8	31
19	ALFIE COTTER	84	26	18	11	29
20	JIMMY WHISTON	82	19	12	25	26
21	LUCAS GROVES	81	23	22	18	18
22	GEORGE THOMAS	74	–	25	26	23
23	TATE VINCENT	71	24	21	23	3
24	OLIVER BARDOE	71	14	14	21	22
25	FRANCIS NELLIST	68	18	19	14	17
26	FINLEY RUNDLE	66	16	16	15	19
27	BAXTER WINNE GLAZE	62	17	17	19	9
28	BRODY NOCK	50	–	10	24	16
29	THOMAS BAILEY	49	–	15	20	14
30	HARRY DARLE	46	13	5	13	15
31	JAKE POWELL	44	15	7	9	13
32	OSCAR BIRD	44	7	8	17	12
33	JENSEN HENNEY	44	–	30	10	4
34	TYLER PEATY	35	8	13	6	8
35	CALLUM HARPER	34	10	9	5	10
36	JACK CLARKE	30	12	4	7	7
37	KALEB COPELAND	28	9	6	2	11
38	ETHAN SPURR	19	6	3	4	6
39	SAM WILKINSON	15	5	2	3	5
40	TOM WHITE	11	11	–	–	–

Small Wheel 85’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	JENSEN SEVERN	180	45	45	45	45
2	marty spires	164	41	37	43	43
3	FINLEY STEAD	160	43	41	39	37
4	TRAVIS BIXBY	158	39	39	41	39
5	LEWYS MORGAN	141	37	35	34	35
6	SPENCER ROBINSON	132	32	33	33	34
7	brooklyn gabbitas	129	29	32	35	33
8	JESSIE-LEE JESSOPP	126	33	30	31	32
9	brody billton	122	35	28	28	31
10	JUNIOR CAROLL STONE	121	–	43	37	41
11	LUIE LEWIS	113	30	27	27	29
12	TOMMY PHILLIPS	111	26	25	32	28
13	DONTE RODEN	108	28	26	24	30
14	LEWIS DAY	104	27	24	26	27
15	OLIVER PARRY	80	25	–	29	26
16	GEORGE WHITE	74	24	–	25	25
17	leah rees evans	65	31	34	–	–
18	CHARLIE JAMES	65	34	31	–	–
19	beau smith	59	–	29	30	–

Big Wheel 85’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	BEN CASEY	178	45	43	45	45
2	ROCCO HANDS	162	41	39	39	43
3	RILEY VOSE	161	43	45	41	32
4	KAI THORPE	160	35	41	43	41
5	sebbie moore	142	37	37	37	31
6	jack evans	138	33	32	34	39
7	CONNOR WILLIAMS	136	32	34	33	37
8	LEWIS EVANS	132	34	33	30	35
9	NOEL BROOKS	122	31	31	31	29
10	JONAS BROWN	112	30	28	27	27
11	riley small	109	39	35	35	–
12	TALLIS PRICE	109	13	30	32	34
13	BOBBY RAY-SMITH	109	29	29	26	25
14	TROY WEAVER	107	27	18	29	33
15	JOSEPH WRIGHT	101	17	26	28	30
16	JAYCI DIX	99	28	19	24	28
17	MAX BEAUMONT	94	23	27	23	21
18	ASHTON PHILLIPS	94	26	25	17	26
19	AUSTIN SANDFORD	94	22	24	25	23
20	millie sweeny	90	25	22	21	22
21	OSCAR KNIGHT	90	21	23	22	24
22	LEWIS PARK	79	20	21	19	19
23	ROMEO MEADS	77	24	17	20	16
24	LILIE EASTLAKE	68	19	15	16	18
25	TOM JAMES	66	18	16	15	17
26	HENRY FENNER	54	16	–	18	20
27	TAYLOR ADAMS	40	12	14	14	–
28	cowan vaughan	34	14	20	–	–
29	brady tucker	15	15	–	–	–

Senior 250’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	JAKE SMITH	180	45	45	45	45
2	KAI REASON	160	43	43	37	37
3	LEVI DAVIES	160	39	39	39	43
4	MORGAN WALTERS	160	37	41	41	41
5	JAY PLATT	149	34	33	43	39
6	LUKE WOOLGROVE	135	33	34	33	35
7	MACKENZIE MARSHALL	131	31	32	34	34
8	FLETCHER RIDOUT	126	32	31	30	33
9	ALFIE THOMPSON	124	30	30	32	32
10	THOMAS JAGO	120	29	29	31	31
11	archie fremel	111	41	35	35	–
12	COREY TINSLEY	72	35	37	–	–

Senior 125’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	LOUIS VINCENT	178	45	45	45	43
2	JAMIE KUEHN	152	39	35	43	35
3	ALFIE CREALOCK- LOVELL	150	37	37	39	37
4	JAY BOND	145	30	33	41	41
5	JOE BEAUMONT	139	34	29	37	39
6	ALFIE SMITH	139	35	39	33	32
7	preston lewis	134	31	34	35	34
8	CHARLIE HUCKLEBRIDGE	129	43	41	–	45
9	DREW RIGBY	123	28	32	30	33
10	JOEL KREMER	123	29	31	32	31
11	CURTIS ROBERTS	122	32	30	34	26
12	STEFAN DARBY	115	27	27	31	30
13	CARLTON SMITH	106	26	25	28	27
14	TEGAN NIGHTINGALE	101	24	24	25	28
15	LEWIS BAILY	96	23	23	26	24
16	PIRAN GWENNAP	92	21	22	24	25
17	IEUAN JONES	89	22	21	23	23
18	JAKE OGORMAN	84	41	43	–	–
19	LEWIS BONSER	81	25	–	27	29
20	FINLEY HORN	61	33	28	–	–
21	MACKENZIE GORDAN-SMITH	55	–	26	29	–

MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	JOSH TAYLOR	180	45	45	45	45
2	RYAN VOASE	170	41	43	43	43
3	JOSH CANTON	166	43	41	41	41
4	DAN MAULE	154	39	39	37	39
5	DANIEL SULTANA	144	31	37	39	37
6	JOSH GREEDY	141	37	35	35	34
7	TOBIAS# SAMMUT	135	34	34	32	35
8	TOM O’CONNOR	130	33	33	33	31
9	JAKE STRANGE	120	29	32	30	29
10	JACK HANSFORD	111	25	31	28	27
11	JAMES PARK	106	26	30	27	23
12	GRANT TUCKER	104	24	29	25	26
13	FRASER GARDINER	98	32	–	34	32
14	rhys grimes	97	21	28	24	24
15	RICHARD CURTIS	96	23	25	23	25
16	TOBY BROOKS	93	22	27	22	22
17	THOR TUCKER	87	28	–	29	30
18	JOE RITCHIE	85	19	24	21	21
19	JAMIE HIBBARD	81	27	–	26	28
20	SAM WESTCOTT	46	20	26	–	–
21	LUKE BULL	30	30	–	–	–

MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	JORDAN ECCLES	178	43	45	45	45
2	KASEY HIRD	174	45	43	43	43
3	ADAM HARRIS	164	41	41	41	41
4	HARVEY JAMES	156	39	39	39	39
5	ben zeale	148	37	37	37	37
6	jake marsh	136	35	35	35	31
7	ryan mundell	136	34	34	33	35
8	CONNOR JAGO	127	32	30	31	34
9	THOMAS CASBEARD	126	33	31	30	32
10	JOSH HICKINBOTTOM	122	31	29	29	33
11	DANIEL BARTLETT	109	27	24	28	30
12	TROY GILLETT	105	29	25	26	25
13	DAN CROCKER	105	26	27	25	27
14	JOSH TALBOT	103	24	28	22	29
15	KULLEN EVANS	102	25	26	27	24
16	FINN EADY	95	30	33	32	–
17	GEORGE ELSDEN	92	21	21	24	26
18	THOMAS ANDREW	89	23	32	34	–
19	RYAN REYNOLDS	83	19	22	19	23
20	DAIN TRAYLOR	81	7	23	23	28
21	jamie johnson	79	22	20	15	22
22	LAWRY HERBERT	78	28	14	21	15
23	KYE MARSHALL	73	18	19	17	19
24	JOEL WORTHINGTON	66	12	18	16	20
25	DOUG WYNNE	64	6	17	20	21
26	LEON WILLIAMS	64	20	15	18	11
27	JAMIE EPPLESTONE	55	15	12	11	17
28	charlie slade	53	16	8	13	16
29	CALLUM HALL	52	13	13	14	12
30	KRISTIAN GIBBONS	46	9	9	10	18
31	ALISTAIR GWENNAP	45	17	16	12	–
32	JACK DAVIS	33	14	11	8	–
33	JACK ADAMSON	30	–	7	9	14
34	nick lowe	20	–	–	7	13
35	LORENZO SUMMUTT	18	8	10	–	–
36	PAUL OHAGAN	11	11	–	–	–
37	TEO POPADOPOULOS	10	10	–	–	–

Vets Over 35’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	JUSTIN ROBINSON	176	43	43	45	45
2	JAMIE DOBSON	174	45	45	43	41
3	ADAM WILKINSON	164	39	41	41	43
4	SAM CALLOW	158	41	39	39	39
5	roy townley	146	35	37	37	37
6	GRAHAM CLARK	141	37	35	35	34
7	SEAN KETTLEWELL	133	33	34	33	33
8	JAMES JACKAMAN	131	31	31	34	35
9	IAN JAMES	131	34	33	32	32
10	CHRIS PEATY	126	32	32	31	31
11	JASON FISHER	116	29	29	29	29
12	PHILP JONES	113	23	30	30	30
13	BEN CANNINGS	110	27	27	28	28
14	KELLY PHILLIPS	103	25	26	27	25
15	SCOTT EATON	102	24	25	26	27
16	ASHLEY MAIR	101	26	24	25	26
17	LEE EATON	56	28	28	–	–
18	JONATHAN CRAIG	30	30	–	–	–

Vets Over 45’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	DARREN KING	178	43	45	45	45
2	SIMON BONSER	174	45	43	43	43
3	PAUL WILDMAN WILLIS	158	35	41	41	41
4	BRYAN TUCKER	154	37	39	39	39
5	RICHARD GREEN	148	39	35	37	37
6	JAMES TRETHEWEY	145	41	37	32	35
7	david warner	133	32	34	33	34
8	brian grimes	129	31	33	34	31
9	KEVIN MCCARTHY	129	33	32	31	33
10	STEVE HALL	128	30	31	35	32
11	DARREN HANSFORD	34	34	–	–	–
12	nick vine	29	29	–	–	–