Max Attack for Broadbelt at Blaxhall! NGR Motocross Championship Round 7 – Race Report & Results

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Sunday saw the Woodbridge DMCC host their latest motocross meeting at the Blaxhall Circuit for an action-packed day of racing which avoided the heavy rain showers. With a full line up of 160 riders across the 4 groups and incorporating the 7th round of the NGR Championship.

Report by Richard Blyth – Images courtesy of Leveridge – Narna Media

After the qualifying sessions to determine the groups for the races later in the day it was time for the racing to start. Group A were out on track first with a line-up of over 20 Experts being joined by the fastest Juniors to complete the line up. When the gate dropped it was Shaun Southgate who took the early race lead ahead of Sam Nunn, while fastest qualifier Max Broadbelt crashed twice on the opening lap and had a lot of work to do. At the front there was a great battle between Southgate and Nunn, with Nunn taking the lead before a crash saw Southgate reclaim the lead and race win. Nunn finished second ahead of Tom Murphy who rode a solid third with Bayliss Utting fourth and Liam Bennett fifth. Kai Thorpe, Cullen Hawkins and Harvey Thomas were the first 3 Juniors in 16th, 17th and 18th.

The second Group A races saw Max Broadbelt make up for a tough first race with a good start ahead of Sam Nunn.
Unfortunately, Nunn would crash on the second lap and decide to withdraw from the rest of the days racing. The battle for the leading positions saw Shaun Southgate move into second before a mistake saw in slip to fourth, allowing Murphy and Ben Cole ahead. Southgate would recover and reclaim second by the finish behind Broadbelt and ahead of Murphy in third. Fourth went to Cole and once again Liam Bennett took fifth, nearly missing out a drag race to the finish with Ben Cole. Thorpe, Hawkins and Thomas were again the top 3 Junior riders in the race.

The final Group A race saw good starts for Broadbelt and Josh Peters, with Broadbelt taking the race lead on the opening lap as he went on the take the race win comfortably ahead of Peters. The battle for third saw Ben Cole take the position ahead of Tom Murphy and Bayliss Utting. The leading Juniors were Thorpe, Connor Bunkle and Finley Jarvis. The results gave Broadbelt the overall win with Murphy tied on points in second, with Ben Cole third and Bayliss Utting and Josh Peters making up the top 5. The Junior Overall was Kai Thorpe, Connor Bunkle and Jae Jeffries.

In the NGR Championship class the riders were competing for points at round 7 of the season. In the three races there was some great racing at the front between former GP rider Gary Hoptrough and Aaron Framingham. The paired battled all race long with the lead changing multiple times in each race. At the end of the three races, it was Hoptrough who took all three wins with Framingham close behind each time. Next it was Woodbridge club member Shane Brown who claimed third overall with three third place finishes. Fourth overall went to John Hinz who went 6,5,4 in the races, with Aaron Hopkins taken fifth overall with 7,4,6 results.

Next up was the Group B class and across the three races it was Bailey Jackson who took the overall with three race wins ahead of Jack Whitlam who claimed second overall with three second places. Next was Luke Nolan in third overall with a 3,5,3 scorecard ahead of James Taylor in fourth overall and Mark Hunt rounding out the top 5 overall with a consistent day of racing.

Finally, Group C saw Jay Peperell take the third overall and three race wins ahead of Alexander Smith in second overall and Lewis Wells in third overall. Craig Page-Baker took fourth overall with Kieran Dawson in fifth.

Results

NGR Championship

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Gary Hoptrough	135	45	45	45
2	Aaron Framingham	129	43	43	43
3	Shane Brown	123	41	41	41
4	John Hinz	111	35	37	39
5	Aaron Hopkins	108	34	39	35
6	Paul Aldridge	105	39	32	34
7	Tyrone Tugwell	101	29	35	37
8	Aaron Smith	98	31	34	33
9	Jake Morphey	92	32	29	31
10	Mark Goodson	92	33	33	26
11	Marcus Smith	87	27	28	32
12	Paul Hubbard	86	26	30	30
13	Shaun Paldrey	86	30	27	29
14	Shawn Graham	73	22	23	28
15	Edward Pergram	71	21	25	25
16	Stephen Atkins	71	25	22	24
17	Lewis Joyce	71	24	26	21
18	Lee Keyton	70	23	20	27
19	James Colclough	66	19	24	23
20	Aaron Holden	61	18	21	22
21	Philip Waldron	59	28	31	–
22	Andrew Webster	54	16	18	20
23	Wayne Fulcher	53	17	17	19
24	Dale Brinkley	49	15	16	18
25	Guy Fleming	45	13	15	17
26	John Smith	43	14	14	15
27	Kai Ryder	41	12	13	16
28	Lee Anderson	39	20	19	–
29	Marc Nickerson	37	37	–	–
30	Shane Edwards	33	9	12	12
31	Christopher Bickley	31	7	11	13
32	Tom Owen	25	11	–	14
33	Colin Booker	25	6	8	11
34	David Sturman	24	5	9	10
35	Gene Barfield	20	10	10	–
36	Colin Pettitt	8	8	–	–

Group A Experts

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Max Broadbelt	121	31	45	45
2	Thomas Murphy	121	41	41	39
3	Benjamin Cole	114	34	39	41
4	Bayliss Utting	111	39	35	37
5	Josh Peters	109	35	31	43
6	Liam Bennett	108	37	37	34
7	Callum Murfitt	100	32	33	35
8	Jake Rackham	96	33	30	33
9	Will Farrow	93	29	34	30
10	Adam Reeve	88	28	28	32
11	Shaun Southgate	88	45	43	–
12	Harrison Forde	83	26	26	31
13	Shane Lock	78	22	27	29
14	Charlie Nudds	76	25	23	28
15	Jamie Roper	76	24	25	27
16	Lewis O’Sullivan	62	30	32	–
17	Oliver Brader	56	27	29	–
18	Sam Arbon	47	23	24	–
19	Sam Nunn	43	43	–	–
20	Joe Hall	21	21	–	–

Group A Juniors

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Kai Thorpe	135	45	45	45
2	Connor Bunkle	123	37	43	43
3	Jae Jeffries	110	34	37	39
4	Teddy Hyde	101	39	27	35
5	Max Timmins	100	35	32	33
6	William Bell	98	33	34	31
7	Gareth Lane	97	30	35	32
8	Lee Butson	96	29	33	34
9	Scott Claydon	93	32	31	30
10	James Johnson	89	31	29	29
11	Mitchell Murfitt	86	28	30	28
12	Harvey Thomas	82	41	41	–
13	Finley Jarvis	80	–	39	41
14	Cullen Hawkins	80	43	–	37
15	James Suckling	55	27	28	–

Group B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Bailey Jackson	135	45	45	45
2	Jack Whitlam	129	43	43	43
3	Luke Nolan	119	41	37	41
4	James Taylor	106	34	41	31
5	Mark Hunt	105	37	33	35
6	Barnaby Knight	104	30	35	39
7	Vinnie Snell	103	27	39	37
8	John Hilton	99	35	32	32
9	Joshua Parker	83	19	30	34
10	Reggie Jacobs	79	23	31	25
11	Luke Clifton	78	29	19	30
12	Aaron Minter	75	39	7	29
13	Lewis Saunders	69	22	27	20
14	Alfie Self	69	28	22	19
15	Aaron Crane	65	14	29	22
16	Charlie Baker	65	24	20	21
17	Max Fleming	63	18	21	24
18	Ty Atkins	59	9	23	27
19	Ethan Hayward	58	20	12	26
20	Lee Kirkpatrick	57	–	24	33
21	Kieran Jessett	55	21	16	18
22	Sam Hilton	54	16	15	23
23	Aaron Saunders	53	11	14	28
24	Aidan Weston	53	12	28	13
25	Joe Scillitoe	52	26	26	–
26	James Gadd	50	15	18	17
27	Cameron Parrish	44	17	13	14
28	Tavis Coulson	41	8	17	16
29	Robert Bond	40	–	25	15
30	Henry Cox	34	–	34	–
31	Robbie Pearmain	33	33	–	–
32	Oliver Brinkley	32	32	–	–
33	Alex Truslow	31	31	–	–
34	Ewan Niblock	30	10	9	11
35	Ben Last	29	7	10	12
36	Reece Wright	25	25	–	–
37	Scott Goodson	21	13	8	–
38	Leo Oswick-Allen	16	5	11	–
39	Troy Brumpton	6	6	–	–

Group C

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Jay Peperell	135	45	45	45
2	Alexander Smith	116	41	32	43
3	Lewis Wells	113	39	33	41
4	Craig Page-Baker	109	33	39	37
5	Kieran Dawson	108	37	37	34
6	Josh Smith	101	31	31	39
7	Samuel Cook	93	30	35	28
8	Lee Faulkner	88	28	28	32
9	Jack Williams	83	22	26	35
10	Toby Souchotte	81	19	29	33
11	Shaun Tacey	78	35	43	–
12	Sam Pudney	77	43	34	–
13	Robert Green	77	20	27	30
14	Ollie Denyer	75	34	41	–
15	Jake Harvey	74	18	25	31
16	Finlay Whitlam	72	27	20	25
17	Adam Bird	66	24	24	18
18	Perry Fiddy	61	15	22	24
19	Kieran Banham	58	32	–	26
20	David Homan	56	29	–	27
21	Robert Hardwick	56	26	30	–
22	Jason Eavees	55	14	19	22
23	Jack Hunton	50	13	16	21
24	Andrew Smith	47	–	18	29
25	Gary Nutt	44	9	15	20
26	Casey Carter	40	17	–	23
27	Rudi Carter	39	16	23	–
28	Jake Faulkner	38	21	17	–
29	Charlie Mallett	33	12	21	–
30	Nick Hunton	32	–	13	19
31	Kevin Rossiter	25	25	–	–
32	Ashley Reeve	23	23	–	–
33	Steve O’Brien	22	8	14	–
34	Shaun Mutch	11	11	–	–
35	Geraint Hubbard	10	10	–	–
36	George Lummis	7	7	–	–