Fast Lanes! 2024 AMCA British Motocross Championship Round 2 – Race Report & Results

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On a Bromsberrow surface expertly prepared by PCMX Tracks/Uley MXC, it was time to go racing at round 2 of the AMCA British Motocross Championship supported by Holab Concepts and Joov Sports Products. And, just like the opener on Easter weekend, not only was the going good but also the weather played ball enabling another big entry to strut their stuff!

Race Report and Images by Mike Wood

The first Championship class to go into battle at Bromsberrow was the BWMA Women with 21 talented young ladies coming under starters orders. Having scored maximum points during round one at Preston Docks, Grace Richards was right on the gas again with yet another unbeaten score. Grace though did not have it all totally her own way as in three out of four moto’s it was Ria Truman who grabbed the holeshot and led the pack. Nadiya Jones also enjoyed a spell of race leadership in moto two but on each occasion, she was headed, Grace still displayed a cool, calculated method and thus find her way through to the front to earn victory! Generally, throughout the weekend, Truman and Libby Chatburn provided the main threat to Richard’s dominance. For Chatburn though a lowly 14th in moto three when slipping out of contention was to prove costly restricting her to the third step on the podium.

Leah Rees-Evans, 4th overall in the BWMA Womens Championship

Just missing out on that podium pie was the superb Leah Rees-Evans. In all four moto’s she was also right in the mix and on full gas with her singing 85cc KTM scoring a brilliant 5/3/4/4. For Leah it was to eventually be a final 4th overall with Jones, Holly Williams, Ebony Brown, Rheanna Morgan-Rogers and Grace Bates on her Stark Electric bike also in the big points. In the early Championship standings, Richards has already built a 41-point advantage over Chatburn and on current form will certainly be very difficult to knock off that top spot!

Nadiya Jones, 5th overall in the BWMA Womens Championship

There were a superb 37 riders on the start line for the combined Open/MX2 Class. Although stating that he was struggling for race fitness and needed more bike time, Ray Rowson was to again be in great form and showing his true class by eventually winning all four moto’s. Adam Wells and Will Hughes took turns to lead the opener before Rowson came through with just a couple of laps remaining. Taking 2nd was Hughes from Wells and Mark Roberts with Mark Young making a welcome return to racing being the first MX2 pilot home in 5th ahead of Josh Waterman, Liam Gale and James Bates.

Aerial combat in-the final Open Class and MX2 moto

Once again in the second clash of the weekend, Rowson had to use all of his vast experience to time his winning move to perfection, taking control just a couple of laps from home. The fast-starting Roberts had been the pacesetter up until lap five before being relieved of his duties by Hughes. In an ever-changing leaderboard, Wells was to eventually take the runners-up spot with Waterman and Young the first MX2 riders’ home in 5th and 6th respectively. The ride of the moto though surely belonged to Gale coming from last up to 7th!

Ray Rowson storming to another Open Class win.

After Rowson then led moto three all the way from gate to flag, he had to work hard again for his final race win of the weekend. That man Roberts made another flying start and then held his ground as Ray snapped at his heels. Eventually Mark was relegated back as MX2 rider Lee Truman competing on Sunday only enjoyed a super race to get home in 2nd from Waterman, Hughes, Wells, Roberts, McKenzie Marshall, Young and Gale who this time had climbed back up from an early 20th place.

Harvey Tillotson leading an Open and-MX2 class battle

So that meant it was Rowson, Wells and Hughes on the Open podium and Waterman, Young and Gale on the MX2 box. In the title tables, Rowson gloriously leads the way 22 points clear of Hughes whilst Waterman tops MX2 just a single point ahead of Gale. At present though it’s unclear how many of the future rounds Josh will actually be competing at!

Having now committed to do the entire AMCA series, 125cc Championship ace Jimmy Margetson was keen to follow up his unbeaten performance at round one with another big score at Bromsberrow. Whilst Jimmy did go onto add a further 91 points to his tally, at round two he had to settle for the overall runners-up spot. The man defeating him was Corey Hockey and what a story that was to be! Racing a brand-new Yamaha which he had owned for less than one week, Corey won three out of four moto’s. It didn’t start that well for him though, falling very early in moto one before remounting quickly and thus regain forward momentum to then start the chase. In a dramatic affair, Margetson had also bit the dust early on and found himself right back in 23rd place. Brilliantly Jimmy got right back to 2nd as Hockey gloriously steered his new blue machine to a maiden win.

Harry Linton in 125cc Championship action

Taking 3rd was the always competitive early leader Paul Neale with Charlie Palmer, Luke Newman, Matt Ridgway and a couple of 125cc Youth Wildcards Harley Prickett and Linc Hasted next up. Although Neale made another of his trademark holeshots in 125cc moto two, Margetson was through quickly and looked a likely winner. Hockey though was right on it, reducing the deficit before storming to the front on the final lap. After initially leading, Neale was to drop down to 6th as Harry Linton, Palmer and Newman all overhauled him.

Getting back to winning ways, Margetson then led moto three all the way from Hockey and Ollie Bubb as Palmer, Ridgway, Newman, Hasted, Jack Evans, Wyatt McGregor and Sebby Moore completed the top ten. In the last 125cc battle of the weekend, Margetson was quickest away but early on Hockey got through and that’s the way it remained with Ridgway having another super ride to take 3rd. In the main 125cc Championship it was Hockey, Margetson and Palmer on the box as Louis Perrin-Brown with a 3/2/4/1 scorecard took top honours from Prickett and Jack Evans in the 125cc Youth contest. The early Championship standings show Margetson topping the main series already 41 points clear of Newman and Palmer whilst Ollie Jewitt leads the Youth series from Tom Goodfellow and Sebby Moore. After winning at round one, Jewitt had to settle for 5th overall at Bromsberrow.

Finley Pickering, 3rd overall in the BW85cc class

The combined BW85cc/SW85cc/BWMA85cc Girls contest saw 33 riders compete and produce some hot action. With super wins in the opening two moto’s, Finley Pickering looked an almost certain victor of the BW85cc class until it all went wrong in the third clash. In 12th early on, Finley climbed two places before disappearing from proceedings on lap two. In his absence Olly Waters led all the way and bag the win ahead of Ryan Jackson, Sean Simout, Oakley Skinner, Olly Truman and Daniel Sheppard. In the last one, normal service was resumed as Pickering again stormed to victory but it was only enough to earn him 3rd overall behind Waters and Skinner. In the AMCA BW85cc title chase, Jackson leads the way with Simout, Skinner and Jenson Clitheroe for close company.

Alfie Pincher, 2nd overall in the SW85cc class.

SW85cc registered riders were in great form at Bromsberrow as Mason Brown and Alfie Pincher filled the top two places with Olly Turman in 3rd. Brown’s best placing throughout the weekend was 6th in the final clash whilst Pincher’s strongest ride was 9th in moto three. Pincher at present holds a 38-point advantage over Brown who in turn is just a single further point clear of Jimmy Whiston in the early title chase standings. For the BWMA 85cc Girls, Mylie Evans finished top from Lexi Emery and Cameron Mansbridge but it’s Lexi who is the early series leader.

Olly Waters(55) the BW85cc winner passing a rival

In the AMCA Vet’s series, the local Lane Brother’s James and Simon scored a couple of moto win’s each with Matt Ryder, Sean Smith, Adam Wilkinson and Richard Meakin also right in the frame. As James extended his Vet’s Over 40’s Championship advantage, Matt Ryder still tops the Vet’s Over 50’s table but his lead is now down to just 8 points.

Sean Smith, 3rd overall in the Vets Over 50 class

After topping the charts at Preston Docks, Matt Wright was the Honda Cup victor again during round two and leads the race to bag the 2025 Honda 250R on offer to the overall Champion. At Bromsberrow, he took both moto wins ahead of the combination of Ricky Ryder, Caitlin Newman, Mark Allen and Cameron Chell. Chell was also involved in the Clubman Support racing taking a moto three win and inflicting eventual victor Ady Lakey’s only defeat of the weekend.

Results

Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Ray Rowson	100	25	25	25	25
2	Adam Wells	84	20	22	22	20
3	Will Hughes	82	22	20	18	22
4	Mark Roberts	74	18	18	20	18
5	Harvey Tillotson	64	16	16	16	16
6	Scooter Webster	59	15	15	14	15
7	Peter Hamlett	56	14	14	15	13
8	Aaron Collins	53	13	13	13	14
9	Kian Bown	48	12	12	12	12
10	Billy MCgillivray	44	11	11	11	11

MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Josh Waterman	94	22	25	25	22
2	Mark Young	83	25	22	18	18
3	Liam Gale	78	20	20	22	16
4	Billy Bayliss	61	15	18	14	14
5	Samuel Bishop	50	14	13	11	12
6	Adam Nevitt	48	12	14	9	13
7	Tim Burrows	46	11	11	13	11
8	Lee Truman	45	–	–	20	25
9	Patrick Gilligan	45	3	12	15	15
10	James Bemrose	37	10	9	10	8
11	McKenzie Marshall	36	–	–	16	20
12	Logan Jay Powell	36	9	10	8	9
13	James Bates	34	18	16	–	–
14	Christopher Jackson	34	7	5	12	10
15	Jordan Wright	31	16	15	–	–
16	Ben Walker	23	4	6	6	7
17	Oliver Davis	15	1	3	5	6
18	George Pool	15	–	7	3	5
19	Will Turner	14	6	8	–	–
20	Martin Jones	13	13	–	–	–
21	Jack Dando	11	–	–	7	4
22	Rylee Francis	10	2	1	4	3
23	Matt Wright	10	5	4	–	1
24	Conner Challinor	9	8	–	1	–
25	Daniel Nevitt	6	–	2	2	2

125cc

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Corey Hockey	97	25	25	22	25
2	Jimmy Margetson	91	22	22	25	22
3	Charlie Palmer	69	18	18	18	15
4	Matt Ridgway	64	14	14	16	20
5	Luke Newman	62	15	16	15	16
6	Kye Marshall	45	12	11	10	12
7	Jack Jordan	45	10	12	12	11
8	Scott Corfield	42	11	10	11	10
9	Macauley Davies	39	13	13	13	–
10	Ollie Bubb	38	–	–	20	18
11	Harry Linton	36	16	20	–	–
12	Paul Neale	35	20	15	–	–
13	Wyatt McGregor	28	–	–	14	14
14	Ashley Locke	22	–	–	9	13
15	Jeremy Tetley	8	–	–	8	–

125cc Youth

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Louis Perrin-Brown	85	20	22	18	25
2	Harley Prickett	84	25	25	14	20
3	Jack Evans	80	16	20	22	22
4	Linc Hasted	76	22	14	25	15
5	Ollie Jewitt	63	13	18	16	16
6	Sebby Moore	61	12	15	20	14
7	Tom Goodfellow	59	18	10	13	18
8	Oliver Bebb	47	11	12	15	9
9	Oakley Kettle	38	8	6	11	13
10	George Bromley	36	7	9	8	12
11	ryan oboye	35	9	7	9	10
12	Travis James	35	15	8	12	–
13	Lewis Roberts	33	10	13	10	–
14	Cailen Jai Griffiths	30	14	16	–	–
15	Romeo Mead	28	6	11	–	11
16	Tyler Lane	20	4	2	6	8
17	Louis Tilley	18	1	4	7	6
18	Thomas Knifton	17	2	5	3	7
19	Max Brick	16	5	1	5	5
20	Oscar Bott	6	–	–	2	4
21	Harry Caudle	6	3	3	–	–
22	Olly Maxwell	4	–	–	4	–

Women

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Grace Richards	100	25	25	25	25
2	Ria Truman	75	18	15	22	20
3	Libby Chatburn	73	22	22	7	22
4	Leah Rees-Evans	72	16	20	18	18
5	Nadiya Jones	64	20	18	20	6
6	Holly Williams	60	15	16	14	15
7	Ebony Brown	56	13	14	15	14
8	Rheanna Morgan-Rogers	55	14	9	16	16
9	Grace Bates	45	10	13	9	13
10	Millie Sweeney	43	11	7	13	12
11	Checoby Rainey	40	8	11	12	9
12	Amber McGregor	39	9	8	11	11
13	Hannah Jones	34	7	12	5	10
14	Caitlin Newman	34	12	6	8	8
15	Erin Howes	33	6	10	10	7
16	Cyra-j Carysforth Smith	20	4	5	6	5
17	Sophie Jones	15	5	2	4	4
18	Izzi Wright	13	3	4	3	3
19	India Hodgkinson	9	2	3	2	2
20	Sasha Tollet	4	1	1	1	1

Vets Over 40

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	James Lane	100	25	25	25	25
2	Adam Wilkinson	88	22	22	22	22
3	Richard Meakin	80	20	20	20	20
4	Mark Swift	70	18	16	18	18
5	Richard Tudor	65	15	18	16	16
6	Thurlow Bone	58	14	15	15	14
7	James kay	57	16	14	14	13
8	Ben Knifton	53	13	13	12	15
9	Daniel Lee	45	12	12	10	11
10	Ian Jesson	42	10	11	11	10
11	Nicholas Pawson	36	11	–	13	12

Vets Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Simon Lane	100	25	25	25	25
2	Matt Ryder	86	22	22	22	20
3	Sean Smith	82	20	20	20	22
4	Brian Staples	70	18	16	18	18
5	Adrian Lewis	62	15	15	16	16
6	Andrew Watkins	34	16	18	–	–

Big Wheel 85

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Olly Waters	91	22	22	25	22
2	Oakley skinner	76	18	20	18	20
3	Finley Pickering	75	25	25	–	25
4	Sean Smout	74	20	16	20	18
5	Ryan Jackson	70	15	18	22	15
6	Daniel Sheppard	63	16	15	16	16
7	Jenson Clitheroe	56	14	14	15	13
8	Jacob Ince	52	13	12	13	14
9	Jack Bullock	51	12	13	14	12
10	Arley Marshall	39	8	10	11	10
11	Zach Lakin	37	9	8	9	11
12	Aston Whitehead	37	10	9	12	6
13	Corey Harrison-Ross	30	11	11	8	–
14	Lewis Day	29	7	6	7	9
15	Ryan Tilley	29	6	5	10	8
16	Terry challinor	19	5	7	–	7
17	Samuel Gibbs	19	4	4	6	5
18	Jake Hughes	9	–	–	5	4
19	Joshua James Caudle	6	3	3	–	–

Small Wheel 85

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Mason Brown	88	25	20	18	25
2	Alfie Pincher	84	20	22	20	22
3	Olly Truman	84	14	25	25	20
4	Regan Woods	78	22	18	22	16
5	Jimmy Whiston	66	18	16	14	18
6	Freddie Smith	60	16	15	16	13
7	Jude Richards	59	15	14	15	15
8	Leo Whittle	49	13	13	12	11
9	Cameron Jones	47	12	12	11	12
10	Oliver Williams	31	11	–	10	10
11	Jesse James	27	–	–	13	14

Girls 85cc

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Mylie Evans	97	25	25	25	22
2	Lexi Emery	91	22	22	22	25
3	Cameron Mansbridge	80	20	20	20	20

Honda Cup

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Matt Wright	50	25	25
2	Ricky Ryder	42	22	20
3	Caitlin Newman	38	20	18
4	Mark Allen	34	18	16
5	Cameron Chell	22	–	22

Clubman Support

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Ady Lakey	97	25	25	22	25
2	Ricky Ryder	80	22	22	16	20
3	Rhyce Ward	76	18	20	20	18
4	Grant Reed	65	20	16	14	15
5	Rob Longworth	62	16	18	15	13
6	Ryan Murphy	53	15	15	11	12
7	Cameron Chell	47	–	–	25	22
8	Liam Bayliss	47	12	14	10	11
9	Samuel Trinder	40	13	13	6	8
10	louis wady	37	10	11	7	9
11	Trey Young	34	–	–	18	16
12	Chris Duckett	34	14	12	8	–
13	Mark Allen	30	9	10	4	7
14	David Eacock	27	–	–	13	14
15	Ryan Arrowsmith	19	–	–	9	10
16	Thomas Eastland	12	–	–	12	–
17	Josh Murphy	11	11	–	–	–
18	Jack Bromley	5	–	–	5	–