Mason Magic at Marshield! 2023 Nora92 British Cup – Race Report & Results

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The Nora92 organisation ran their fantastic two-day British Cup event for the second year running at Marshfield Moto Parc, thanks to the kind permission of the Church family and in association with Thornbury MX Events, on the May Day Bank Holiday weekend Sunday 30th April & Monday 1st May.

Images courtesy of Summers Photography

An increased entry from the previous year saw some great racing across nine classes on a circuit that had been prepared beautifully and withstood a few showers over the weekend without any issue, leaving it mostly dry and even under some sunshine on the Monday afternoon.

The Elite Adult A Class sponsored by Domestic Drain Services brought some high quality riders to the Marshfield circuit, with reigning champ from 2022 Ashley Greedy there with his brother Josh, the previous year’s runner-up Bradley Wheeler back amongst them on the Phoenix Tools Even Strokes Kawasaki, with Harry Bradley and Josh Canton also in the mix, although Canton was on a Day License so not counting for the points. Talented Youth graduates Domonic Newbury and Shaun Mahoney brought their 250 KTMs into the fray to join previous top 6 men Jacob Bowden and John Mackenzie on the DBMX Honda.

The big boys hit the track first in each block, and whilst Canton was fastest in the Sunday morning Qualification that set the gate picks for the whole weekend, it was 250 flyer Alfie Calvert who gained the SG Racing Holeshot award given out in the first race. Wheeler was swiftly past Calvert, who plummeted quickly down the order with a mistake on the opening lap, and Newbury gave chase, briefly taking the lead before toppling over in a rut and handing it back to Wheeler, who had in turn got passed by Harry Bradley! Wheeler, who has only recently become a father again, this time to twins, was feeling the effects of the sleep deprivation and got re-passed by Newbury, who attacked Harry but couldn’t get past, so it finished with a Harry Bradley win, from Newbury and Wheeler. Canton had suffered a poor start and had to work forward from about 10th off the line to grab 4th from Bowden on the final lap.

Wheeler holeshot the second moto, but Ashley Greedy got past quickly, then Canton who had got a much better start. The elder Greedy followed the same pattern in every race on both days, getting up the front and then falling rapidly backwards with some unknown problem. Canton capitalised and stormed off to an easy win, whilst Wheeler fell prey to Harry Bradley for 2nd, and the charging two-stroke Fantic of Mark Young then took 3rd with two laps to go. Newbury, Bowden, and a slow-starting Tyron Cleaver disputed the positions further back, with Bowden being passed by the other two in the final lap, leaving him 7th behind Newbury in 5th and the charging Cleaver in 6th.

On Monday, first-year pro Ben Mustoe came to play on the ASA United GASGAS, along with former AMCA Champion Luke Dean on the 125cc Fantic! As with Canton their places didn’t count for points, and although Mustoe struggled off the gate with his 250F, he soon showed his pace by moving through into 3rd, then 2nd at half-distance as Cleaver pulled a stunning holeshot and cleared off at the front! Wheeler held station as both Greedy brothers dropped down the order from the top 6, Mark Young again moved forward but got passed late on by Harry Bradley and Luke Dean.

Ash Greedy again led early in the final moto but dropped massively on lap two, with Wheeler again starting well, this time just ahead of Cleaver. Mustoe was not far behind despite only relying on 250 power, and scorched into the lead on lap three, never to be caught again. Yamaha rider Aaron Patstone briefly got past Cleaver while Canton had a strangely quiet race. Harry Bradley needed to make moves to secure the overall win but they weren’t coming, and he ultimately finished where he started, back in 8th place on-track. A charging Luke Dean worked through for a great second on-track, but Wheeler knew he wasn’t in the points picture and collected the 1st place points ahead of Newbury, who made a last-lap pass on Cleaver to secure 3rd overall for the weekend! Harry Bradley took 2nd overall behind “Daddy Cool” Wheeler, the Nora92 British Cup Champion for 2023!

The Adult B Class Sponsored by T Edwards Plant came down to a great fight between fastest Qualifier James Bemrose on the Husqvarna 4-stroke, and KTM 2-stroke man Danny Webster. Webster led from nearly start to finish, quickly passing the SG Racing Holeshot winner Ashley Smith, whilst Day License holder Adam hardy stayed 2nd all race behind Webster, until the last lap when Bemrose overtook to finish just 2.7 seconds down on Webster. Alan Pearce, also on a Day License so not counting for points, finished 4th ahead of the Fantic of Josh Denscombe, with Riley Saunders riding well on a 150cc two-stroke KTM.

Race two saw a good win for Suzuki-mounted former top AMCA man Pearce, taking the win with ease from Hardy, but the crucial moves for the overall happened behind them with Webster the 1st points scorer, then Bemrose pulling another last lap pass, this time on Denscombe, for 2nd. Saunders again charged through the pack to finish 3rd on points ahead of Danny’s brother, Guitar.

Pearce didn’t race on Monday and Race 3 was a nervous affair between Bemrose and Danny Webster, with the KTM leading the whole way right up into the last lap, and Bemrose yet again pulled a stunning late move on a tight cambered left-hander to grab the win with half a lap to go! This made it “Winner Takes All” for the final moto! Hardy was a distant 3rd ahead of Denscombe, who fought from way back to pick off fast-starting Jake Thompson, as did Aiden Woodman with a last-lap pass for 5th!

Webster got away well in the final deciding moto, but Hardy took the lead on the second lap and battled back-and-forth with Bemrose in the second half, the two pulling away from Danny who stayed in 3rd. Bemrose eventually outlasted Hardy to claim a 12 second win, and with it the overall verdict! Henry Smith was a good 4th ahead of Denscombe and Tristan James. The top five overall in Adult B Sponsored By T Edwards Plant were Bemrose, Danny Webster, Denscombe, Henry Smith, and Aiden Woodman.

The Ladies Cup Sponsored by DB Property, and the Adult C Class Sponsored by Invek, raced together for the whole weekend, and top British lady racer Kathryn Booth completely swept all four races on the Ansatech KTM, even grabbing the SG Racing Holeshot Award in race one and until she caught lapped riders barely had to use the roll-offs all weekend. Grace Packman and Nadiya Jones were similarly consistent, claiming 2nd & 3rd respectively in each race, although Jones made it tough for herself in race three with a first corner crash, after which she did brilliantly well to still claim 3rd at the flag. Hollie Roberts was also 4th in the Ladies class each time out, and Louise Powell took 5th overall with some good starts and consistent riding.

The leading Adult C riders, Chris Johnson, Jack Clarke, and David Parker, finished 1-2-3 in each moto apart from the last one, when Johnson got a better start and battled with Nadiya Jones at the front, leaving Liam Williams on his Enduro-Spec KTM to take 3rd ahead of an almighty scrap for 3rd which went the way of Clarke, leaving Parker to salvage 4th despite great racing from Marc Evelyn on the #91 Jeremy Seewer replica Yamaha, and a YZ125 ridden by Callum Smith. Smith was 4th overall ahead of Evelyn, who edged out Kawasaki man Jason Smith on the last race tie-breaker.

The Youth class sponsored by Domestic Drain Services saw 13 to 17 year-olds pitted together on either 250 4-strokes or 125 2-strokes. Jak Taylor on the WM Tatchell Husqvarna completely dominated the first three motos, each time ahead of the MGMX KTM of Freddie Gardiner, but the last moto saw Taylor come to a stop at the end of the wave section whilst in a commanding lead again! This let Gardiner in for the last moto and the overall win, with Ollie Bubb on the 3Flo Madison Crescent Yamaha claiming 2nd in that one and the overall after two 3rds and a 4th. Shane Jones rode well for 3rd overall ahead of Jack Dando and Lewis Bethell, with Charlie Hucklebridge riding consistently for a good 6th overall.

The BW85s Sponsored by Kranlyft were dominated by the MGMX KTM of Charlie Richmond. One of the top riders of his age group in the UK won all four motos, each time with Husqvarna rider Harley Prickett in 2nd spot despite having to pass several people to get there in a couple of the motos. Riley Small battled well to claim 3rd overall ahead of Maison Jones and George Clarke, with Leah Jones in 6th. A special mention has to be made for Reagan Rogers, who scored no points in race one but took 3rd in each of Monday’s races, battling with Prickett and Small.

The SW85s Sponsored by L A Clarke saw an intriguing scrap between first race winner Jack Leese, Jenson Severn, and Olly Walters. They finished in that order in race one, but Walters stormed past Leese in race two and then out-paced him in both of Monday’s races, clinching the overall win in fine style. Leese was 2nd in each of the last three motos, always ahead of Severn who took 3rd overall behind Jack. Jamie Thorpe was 4th in the forst three races but had to come right from the back of the pack in the final race, which he did to finish 5th and keep 4th overall. 5th overall was the consistent Ryan Jackson, and William Evans was top five all weekend except for the opening moto when a zero score meant he finished 14th overall.

The 65cc Class Sponsored by Tillit Suspension had Arenacross Champion Casey Lister light up the SG Racing Holeshot Award in race one, but issues with his power valve saw him struggle up the many steep climbs of Marshfield Moto Parc and it was all he could do to limp home in 9th. Arthur King took the race one win ahead of fine rides from Teddy Merriman and Elliott Shawyer, as Nixon Coppins suffered a big crash which dislodged his seat as well as his rear mudguard, but he still salvaged 12th position!

As expected, Lister dominated the last three races, and with King suffering a fall from 2nd in race three, it let Casey in for the overall win despite Arthur’s spirited recovery to 7th in that moto, which helped him towards 2nd overall. Coppins took 2nd in race two, but was beaten to that spot by Jett Gardiner, who also claimed 2nd in race four to grab 3rd overall by a point from Merriman. Coppins had to settle for 5th overall ahead of the consistent Shawyer.

In the Auto Class by Wulfsport, Mason Foreman was unstoppable all weekend, with only Cohen Llewellyn beating him into the first corner on a couple of occasions. Mason took all four race wins, followed home each time by Blake Marks Bracey. Sam McEvoy was 3rd in the first three motos but dropped it in the final moto, still recovering well to 4th to secure the third spot on the podium. Max Korszewski took home the 4th place overall trophy with William King 5th ahead of Llewellyn, who won the drag race with McEvoy for 3rd in the final moto of the weekend.

With a disco on the Sunday night and a great atmosphere throughout the weekend, the Nora92 British Cup looks to expand to a three-round series next year which should make for some more fantastic racing.

Results

Adult Elite

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Bradley Wheeler	189	45	47	47	50
2	Harry Bradley	186	50	50	45	41
3	Dominic Newbury	180	47	45	41	47
4	Jacob Bowden	163	43	41	40	39
5	Shaun Mahoney	154	31	37	43	43
6	Aaron Patstone	154	35	40	39	40
7	Alfie Calvert	151	37	38	38	38
8	Simon Booth	144	36	35	37	36
9	Ben White	142	39	34	34	35
10	Tyron Cleaver	138	–	43	50	45
11	Jake O’Gorman	130	29	33	35	33
12	Ashley Greedy	130	38	31	30	31
13	John Mckenzie	129	34	30	28	37
14	Samuel Bishop	127	32	29	36	30
15	Tom Hughes	120	27	28	31	34
16	Taylor Johnson	120	28	27	33	32
17	Jack Hawkins	104	24	24	27	29
18	Josh Greedy	80	41	39	–	–
19	Callum Watson	79	25	25	29	–
20	Brandon Benjamin	76	40	36	–	–
21	Curtis Mears	72	23	23	26	–
22	Travis Reynolds	65	33	32	–	–
23	Tom Butler	62	30	–	32	–
24	George Boyce	52	26	26	–	–
25	Billy Elvin	22	–	22	–	–

Auto 50cc

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Mason Foreman	200	50	50	50	50
2	Blake Marks Bracey	188	47	47	47	47
3	Sam Mcevoy	178	45	45	45	43
4	Max Korszewski	167	40	43	43	41
5	William King	161	41	41	40	39
6	Cohen Llewellyn	160	43	31	41	45
7	Louie Jarrett	152	39	37	36	40
8	Stanley Allen	152	37	38	39	38
9	Fletcher Wright	148	36	40	35	37
10	Brodi Waldron	147	35	39	38	35
11	Frankie Bunn	139	34	36	33	36
12	Frazer White	138	38	33	37	30
13	Fletcher Hulbert	132	32	35	34	31
14	Jaxson Hooper	129	33	32	32	32
15	Oscar Morris	125	31	30	31	33
16	Luca Squibb	123	25	34	30	34
17	Rudy Symons	113	27	29	28	29
18	Cooper Wright	109	29	28	27	25
19	Albie Kelly	104	23	25	29	27
20	Kolbe Red Sole	104	26	27	25	26
21	Levison Usher	102	28	24	26	24
22	Elliott Watts	93	24	23	24	22
23	Isaac Grainger	84	30	26	–	28
24	Brennan Swain	23	–	–	–	23

65cc

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Casey Lister	187	37	50	50	50
2	Arthur King	181	50	45	41	45
3	Jett Gardiner	177	43	40	47	47
4	Teddy Merriman	176	47	43	43	43
5	Nixon Coppins	167	34	47	45	41
6	Elliott Shawyer	166	45	41	40	40
7	Alfie Cotter	157	41	39	39	38
8	Marcus Mountain	152	40	38	37	37
9	Sydney Williams	149	39	33	38	39
10	Rafe Symons	143	35	36	36	36
11	Ronnie Morgan	140	38	37	32	33
12	Tyler Peaty	123	19	35	35	34
13	Freddy Graham	117	31	31	34	21
14	Angelica Bennett	116	27	30	30	29
15	George Hickinbottom	111	22	28	29	32
16	Charlie Farmer	111	30	29	22	30
17	Hunter Groves	110	29	34	12	35
18	Nathan Griebenow	108	32	27	31	18
19	Jayden Kaye	106	26	24	25	31
20	Travis Meese	105	36	26	17	26
21	Harry Peacock	101	25	20	28	28
22	Rico Bicker	97	33	25	15	24
23	Jack Waters	91	21	22	26	22
24	Haydn Escott	84	24	18	23	19
25	Kai Benjamin	82	17	21	21	23
26	Oliver Morris	80	15	19	19	27
27	Preston Hubbard	80	16	15	24	25
28	Oscar Smith	76	20	23	27	6
29	Ava-Mae Hulbert	75	18	17	20	20
30	Harri Luckwell	72	7	32	33	–
31	Marc Bonnefin	61	13	14	18	16
32	Ivy Warren	49	11	11	13	14
33	Arthur Tribbeck-Western	47	9	12	16	10
34	Teifi Powell	46	23	8	–	15
35	Iyla Smith	45	14	–	14	17
36	Alfie McKee	44	28	16	–	–
37	Woody Johnson	43	12	10	8	13
38	Jaxon Bunn	41	10	9	10	12
39	Lexi Bennett	37	8	7	11	11
40	Reggie Cornell	37	6	13	9	9
41	Oliver Watts	25	5	5	7	8
42	Tyler Bennett	23	4	6	6	7

Small Wheel 85

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Olly Walters	195	45	50	50	50
2	Jack Leese	191	50	47	47	47
3	Jenson Severn	182	47	45	45	45
4	Jamie Thorpe	170	43	43	43	41
5	Ryan Jackson	161	41	40	40	40
6	Theo Brown	154	40	37	38	39
7	Tyler Cooper	146	39	39	39	29
8	Camron Crane	145	38	38	32	37
9	Sebastian Brown	140	32	36	34	38
10	Bobby Ross	138	35	30	37	36
11	Jenson Sterry	138	36	32	35	35
12	Ollie Gunning	136	34	33	36	33
13	Rhly Mcevoy	127	29	31	33	34
14	William Evans	125	–	41	41	43
15	Matthew Griebenow	124	37	35	25	27
16	Kailan Terrell	120	33	34	27	26
17	Josh Marnock	116	26	28	30	32
18	Harry Gay	114	31	24	28	31
19	Luca Tatchell	114	28	27	31	28
20	Jack Masters	112	27	26	29	30
21	Owen Gough	101	25	25	26	25
22	Danny Williamson	95	24	23	24	24
23	Alfie Barrett	59	30	29	–	–

Big Wheel 85

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Charlie Richmond	200	50	50	50	50
2	Harley Prickett	188	47	47	47	47
3	Riley Small	174	45	45	41	43
4	Maison Jones	167	43	40	43	41
5	George Clarke	158	39	41	38	40
6	Leah Evans	155	38	39	39	39
7	Cailen Jai Griffiths	146	41	43	40	22
8	Beau Smith	142	36	38	37	31
9	Ethan Anderson	140	31	36	35	38
10	Jayci Dix	135	37	35	27	36
11	Harvey Mcevoy	131	30	30	34	37
12	Max Williams	128	28	33	33	34
13	Reagan Rogers	127	–	37	45	45
14	Jack Couzens	127	35	27	36	29
15	Jack Davies	123	32	32	31	28
16	Jett Marlow	119	34	34	28	23
17	Sienna Farmer	115	26	28	29	32
18	Max Marnock	113	33	29	21	30
19	Bobby Farmer	106	25	25	30	26
20	Jack Bullock	100	23	26	24	27
21	Poppy Banning	93	22	24	23	24
22	Ted Thompson	87	24	18	20	25
23	Ben Alden	83	27	31	25	–
24	Charlie Ludwell	82	29	–	18	35
25	Chad Phillips	82	16	23	22	21
26	Oakley Noad	80	21	22	17	20
27	Harvey Hunt	76	18	20	19	19
28	Olly Millard	68	17	17	16	18
29	Checoby Rainey	65	–	–	32	33
30	Alfie Bracey	64	19	15	14	16
31	Cayd D’alessandro-gillard	63	15	16	15	17
32	Archie Stapley	59	40	19	–	–
33	Connor Hand	56	20	21	–	15
34	Joe Stephens	41	14	–	13	14
35	Holly Williams	26	–	–	26	–

Youth

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Freddie Gardiner	191	47	47	47	50
2	Ollie Bubb	180	45	45	43	47
3	Shane Jones	170	43	37	45	45
4	Jack Dando	168	41	43	41	43
5	Lewis Bethell	158	40	41	36	41
6	Charlie Hucklebridge	153	39	34	40	40
7	Archie Taylor	153	38	38	39	38
8	Jak Taylor	150	50	50	50	–
9	Philip Tchorek	149	36	39	37	37
10	Kenzie Cole	145	32	36	38	39
11	Mckenzie Gordon-Smith	140	37	40	27	36
12	Lewis Couzens	133	35	35	29	34
13	Ashton Phillips	130	31	29	35	35
14	Tom Goodfellow	128	33	32	34	29
15	Bradley Pearson	125	30	31	33	31
16	Connor Williams	123	34	27	32	30
17	Romeo Mead	122	28	30	31	33
18	Max Monk	105	25	26	26	28
19	Hayden Yeend	101	27	25	17	32
20	Branden Stanley	93	20	23	23	27
21	Archie Skuse	93	22	20	25	26
22	Archie Trimby	93	23	24	21	25
23	Harley Handcock	89	26	17	24	22
24	Josh Lansbury	87	29	28	30	–
25	Alfie Thompson	86	18	22	22	24
26	Jack Evans	85	24	33	28	–
27	Leo Rixon	82	21	18	20	23
28	Harrison Trimby	80	19	21	19	21
29	Freddie Nutt	74	17	19	18	20

Ladies

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Kathryn Booth	200	50	50	50	50
2	Grace Packman	188	47	47	47	47
3	Nadiya Jones	180	45	45	45	45
4	Hollie Roberts	172	43	43	43	43
5	Louise Powell	162	41	39	41	41
6	Jasmine Sikorski-Pullen	155	37	38	40	40
7	Ashleigh Crewe	153	38	37	39	39
8	Abbie Trowbridge	145	35	35	38	37
9	Elsie Skuse	144	36	36	34	38
10	Raine Woodman	137	33	34	37	33
11	Beth Emms	134	32	33	33	36
12	Cheyenne Woodman	132	34	31	35	32
13	Hollie Bennett	129	31	32	32	34
14	Checoby Rainey	81	40	41	–	–
15	Holly Williams	79	39	40	–	–
16	Heaven Woodman	71	–	–	36	35

Adult B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	James Bemrose	194	47	47	50	50
2	Danny Webster	194	50	50	47	47
3	Joshua Denscombe	178	45	45	45	43
4	Henry Smith	166	41	40	40	45
5	Riley Saunders	160	43	43	39	35
6	Aiden Woodman	156	40	35	43	38
7	Ashley Smith	154	39	39	37	39
8	Tristan James	153	36	38	38	41
9	Jake Thompson	151	33	37	41	40
10	Gutiar Webster	139	38	41	30	30
11	Josh Crewe	137	34	32	35	36
12	Ben Mauler	136	37	30	36	33
13	Damien Saunders	134	32	34	34	34
14	Kirk Baynton	123	31	31	33	28
15	Mike Bacon	120	30	27	31	32
16	Jamie Allen	118	29	28	32	29
17	Lewis Williams	113	27	26	29	31
18	Richard Collins	70	–	33	–	37
19	Jake Barrett	64	35	29	–	–
20	Chris Carter	56	28	–	28	–
21	Syd Haskayne	36	–	36	–	–

Adult C

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Chris Johnson	200	50	50	50	50
2	Jack Clarke	186	47	47	47	45
3	David Parker	176	45	45	45	41
4	Callum Smith	162	43	41	40	38
5	Marc Evelyn	155	39	38	39	39
6	Jason Smith	155	38	40	41	36
7	Taylor Bayliss	150	41	43	32	34
8	Liam Williams	147	34	23	43	47
9	Lee Johnson	146	35	35	36	40
10	Colin Yeend	143	37	36	35	35
11	Isaac Milsom	138	31	37	37	33
12	Matthew Luke	135	30	34	34	37
13	Ben King	132	36	32	33	31
14	Ben Summerfield	126	33	28	22	43
15	Daniel Davies	125	29	33	31	32
16	Tyler Jefferies	116	27	30	29	30
17	Spencer Watts	116	28	31	30	27
18	Darren Elloway	107	26	29	27	25
19	Callum Woodman	104	25	22	28	29
20	Ashley Levett	102	24	27	25	26
21	Steve Emms	101	23	24	26	28
22	Reece Child	95	21	26	24	24
23	David Trimby	93	22	25	23	23
24	Tommy Barrett	79	40	39	–	–
25	Rob Noad	70	32	–	38	–