A very wet weather forecast had sadly meant moving this event from the long-awaited track at Chappel to a regular venue of Halstead Hills and a dry muggy overcast day finally gave way to a torrential downpour for the last session of the day causing the bog and other sections of the track to claim a few casualties in this Dave Barkshire 2-man Enduro the third in the Eastern Centre championship.
Report and Images by Paula Day Photography
The course ran through woodland and over fields with a few technical questions as the hard ground threw up a fine mist of impenetrable dust that just hung in the air making visibility difficult on the lower sections of the track.
Following last weeks win in the second round Luke Parker managed the timed special test in a blistering 4 mins 24 seconds and took first position finishing on 54 laps with partner Ben Cole over Toby Morley & Jack Shepperd who finished on 49 laps with 32 seconds separating them on the special test from third placed Daniel Willis and Ross Taylor also on 49 laps for the top three Championship places.
Following last weeks win for Thomas Sargent & Adam Durkin at Hawkedon they had to settle for 3rd place as father and son partnership of Phil & Jacob Roper took top spot with 49 laps over motorcross rider Finley Jarvis with regular enduro competitor Joe Phillips in second place on 47 laps.
In clubman class first place went to Sudbury MCC members Archie Gunton & Barnaby Knight 47 laps and now have a clear lead in the eastern centre clubman championship class with 2 wins and a second place. Luke & Lloyd Barker took second place with 44 laps and in third place Hedingham based father and son combination of Paul and Will Belton finished on 43 laps
Results
Championships
1st Ben Cole & Luke Parker
2nd Toby Morley & Jack Sheppard
3rd Daniel Willis & Ross Taylor
4th Joseph Hall & Lewis Bond
5th Christopher Bastick & Mark Sharman
6th Michael Ridge & Sydney Bales
Expert
1st Jacob Roper & Phil Roper
2nd Finley Jarvis & Joe Phillips
3rd Thomas Sargent & Adam Durkin
4th Shaun Leggett & Matt Cummings
5th Toby Rogers & Shaun Palfrey
6th Jack Austin & Thomas Batts
Clubman
1st Archie Gunton & Barnaby Knight
2nd Luke Barker & Lloyd Barker
3rd William Belton & Paul Belton
4th Georgie Potter & Michael Wilson
5th Oliver Brinkley & Dale Brinkley
6th Jason Ager & Simon Davies
With Provisional overall positions after three rounds
Championship Class
1st Ben Cole/Luke Parker 55 points,
2nd Ross Taylor/Dan Willis 39 points,
3rd Joe Hall/Lewis Bond 36 points,
4th Toby Morley/Jack Sheppard 32 points and
5th Dan & Paul Hunt 24 points.
Expert Class
1st Adam Durkin/Tom Sargent 55 points,
2nd Jake & Phil Roper 54 points,
3rd Shaun Palfrey/Toby Rogers 26 points
4th Jack Auston/Thomas Batts.
Clubman Class
1st Barnaby Knight/Archie Gunton 57 points,
2nd Lloyd & Luke Barker 47 points,
Joint 3rd Paul & Will Belton and Oliver & Dale Brinkley 25 points
5th Georgie Potter/Michael Wilson 21 points.
