On April 21st, the Woodbridge DMCC hosted round two of the 2025 ACU Eastern Centre Motocross championship in front of a bumper Easter Monday crowd! Backed by season sponsors Stebbings car superstore and Templant hire LTD, round two was played out in overcast but dry conditions. With 200 riders competing and a busy 15-race schedule, it was sure to be a fantastic day of racing on a tough and testing track.
Race Report by Stefan Hicks – Images by Richard Blyth – Image Rich Media
In the Expert class, there were plenty of top wildcards with the likes of Chris Mills (MVD Racing Yamaha) and Joel Rizzi (Dirtstore Triumph) alongside the Eastern Centre regulars who were sure to put up a stiff test.
Race one of the Expert class saw Chris Mills pounce from the gate and into an early lead, with Rizzi, Sam Nunn (John Banks Honda) and Calum Mitchell (Worx Scaffolding Total Triumph) all close in behind. Luke Benstead (Comptons Car and Commercial KTM) also made a solid start inside the top five and set about defending his position from Ben Mustoe (ASA United Gas Gas), who was looking to continue his good form to start the season. Mills and Rizzi locked horns for most of the race, but the latter was never really close enough to make the pass. Current championship leader Sam Nunn would make a costly error, dropping out of the top 5 and giving Mustoe an easy pass on his way into third place, while Mitchell’s charge fizzled out with a couple of laps left, leaving him in fifth. Mills neatly made his way past back markers and took the chequered flag, closely followed by Rizzi in second and Mustoe in third, with Benstead coming home in a solid fourth place.
Expert class race two would see Chris Mills once again fly from the gate and grab the holeshot ahead of Tom Murphy (Destination MX Apico GMR Yamaha) up at the sharp end for the first time after a DNF in race one. Rizzi again showed good start speed with local star James Cottrell (ASA United Gas Gas) also in the mix early on. Murphy and Rizzi traded blows, but this only allowed Mills to dictate the tempo at the front, and he was soon in full control, ready to make it back-to-back race wins. Rizzi made the move stick on Murphy for second while Nunn and Mustoe battled for fifth place, with the latter claiming that position towards the end of the race. Mills would again finish first, with Rizzi coming home in second and Murphy holding on for third. James Cottrell pleased the local crowd to finish fourth on his return to Eastern Centre racing.
The third and final expert race would see Cottrell take the holeshot and lead for the opening laps with Murphy, Benstead and Mitchell all chasing him down. Mills was in the top five and set to work about closing the gap with race leader Cottrell, taking the positions in between swiftly. Unfortunately, Rizzi had some bike issues, meaning he didn’t start the third race, and left the overall podium with it all to play for. Mills was too quick for Cottrell and blasted past into the lead, never looking back all the way to the finish. Cottrell hit the deck and was left watching as his second place slipped away, leaving Mitchell to pick up the pieces. Mills completed a stylish hat-trick of race wins ahead of Mitchell, with his best result of the day, Murphy in third, Benstead in fourth and Mustoe in fifth.
The Expert overall would see Mills on top of the podium with 75 points, Calum Mitchell in second, tied on 52 points with third placed Ben Mustoe, but with a better final race result.
In the Junior Championship class, it was James Wadsworth who claimed the first race win ahead of Alfie Geddes-Green in second, but it was the latter who would have the last laugh. The final two race victories were claimed by the youngster Geddes-Green, who put on a real quality display at the front of the pack, showing experience beyond his age to put him in the driving seat of the overall with a 2-1-1. James Wadsworth finished the day second overall with a 1-3-2, and in third was James Rowsell with a 3-2-4.
Support B overall was claimed by Kevin Palmer with a 1-1-2 ahead of Aaron Smith in second with a 4-2-3. In third was Joe Scillitoe with a 6-3-1.
The support C class honours were taken by Mark Goodson with three race wins ahead of Joseph Mulley-Forsdike in second with a 3-2-4. In third was Harry Hawes with a 4-13-3.
The D class was won by Perry Fiddy with 3 race wins. In second was Ben Cook with a 10-2-2, and in third was Thomas Bond with a 3-6-3.
Results
Expert – Overall
| Pos | Competitor | Total Points | r 1 | r 2 | r 3 |
| 1 | Christopher Mills | 75 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| 2 | Calum Mitchell | 52 | 16 | 14 | 22 |
| 3 | Ben Mustoe | 52 | 20 | 16 | 16 |
| 4 | Luke Benstead | 49 | 18 | 13 | 18 |
| 5 | Joel Rizzi | 44 | 22 | 22 | – |
| 6 | Sam Nunn | 43 | 13 | 15 | 15 |
| 7 | James Cottrell | 43 | 14 | 18 | 11 |
| 8 | Thomas Murphy | 40 | – | 20 | 20 |
| 9 | Travis Steels | 39 | 15 | 11 | 13 |
| 10 | Harrison Greenough | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 |
| 11 | Bayliss Utting | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
| 12 | Max Broadbelt | 29 | 9 | 12 | 8 |
| 13 | Chester Hyde | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| 14 | Callum McCaul | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| 15 | William Farrow | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| 16 | Shaun Southgate | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| 17 | Joseph Leeks | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 | Liam Bennett | 12 | 12 | – | – |
| 19 | Charlie Nudds | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 | Wal Beaney | 7 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 21 | Callum Murfitt | 6 | 6 | – | – |
| 22 | Connor Bunkle | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 23 | Benjamin Hayward | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 24 | Oliver Brader | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 25 | Brad Woodroffe | 1 | – | 1 | – |
Junior – Overall
| Pos | Competitor | Total Points | r 1 | r 2 | r 3 |
| 1 | Alfie Geddes-Green | 72 | 22 | 25 | 25 |
| 2 | James Wadsworth | 67 | 25 | 20 | 22 |
| 3 | James Rowsell | 60 | 20 | 22 | 18 |
| 4 | Alex Christopher | 50 | 16 | 14 | 20 |
| 5 | Kai Brown | 40 | 8 | 16 | 16 |
| 6 | Joe Phillips | 39 | 7 | 18 | 14 |
| 7 | Teddy Hyde | 39 | 14 | 15 | 10 |
| 8 | Justin Whyatt | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 |
| 9 | Sam Rogers | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 |
| 10 | Gareth Lane | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 |
| 11 | Travis Bixby | 31 | 18 | 13 | – |
| 12 | William Bell | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 |
| 13 | William Giddings | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 |
| 14 | Caden Tomlin | 20 | – | 9 | 11 |
| 15 | Teddy Howard | 17 | 6 | 11 | – |
| 16 | Jack Whitlam | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 17 | Alex Truslow | 13 | 13 | – | – |
| 18 | James Taylor | 10 | – | 4 | 6 |
| 19 | Scott Claydon | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 20 | Noah Wathen | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 21 | Bobby Topping | 5 | 5 | – | – |
| 22 | Lee Butson | 4 | – | – | 4 |
| 23 | Jack Klimowicz | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 24 | Ellis Atkins | 3 | – | 3 | – |
| 25 | Mark Hunt | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| 26 | Joshua Deadman | 1 | – | – | 1 |
Support B – Overall
| Pos | Competitor | Total Points | r 1 | r 2 | r 3 |
| 1 | Kevin Palmer | 133 | 45 | 45 | 43 |
| 2 | Aaron Smith | 123 | 39 | 43 | 41 |
| 3 | Joe Scillitoe | 121 | 35 | 41 | 45 |
| 4 | Dean Norris | 107 | 43 | 34 | 30 |
| 5 | Ryan Crisp | 104 | 32 | 35 | 37 |
| 6 | Lewis Wells | 99 | 41 | 30 | 28 |
| 7 | Jake Cazey | 94 | 22 | 39 | 33 |
| 8 | Cameron Parrish | 94 | 30 | 33 | 31 |
| 9 | Nathan Lock | 93 | 34 | 25 | 34 |
| 10 | Aaron Saunders | 91 | 27 | 32 | 32 |
| 11 | Ethan Hayward | 84 | 31 | 27 | 26 |
| 12 | Joshua Fullalove | 83 | 25 | 29 | 29 |
| 13 | Zak Beards | 78 | 28 | 31 | 19 |
| 14 | Zac Bowden | 75 | 37 | 24 | 14 |
| 15 | Bradley Allen | 74 | 7 | 28 | 39 |
| 16 | Joshua Andrews | 72 | – | 37 | 35 |
| 17 | Edward Pegram | 61 | 20 | 17 | 24 |
| 18 | Lewis Saunders | 61 | 17 | 21 | 23 |
| 19 | Paul Hubbard | 57 | 15 | 26 | 16 |
| 20 | James Gadd | 56 | 21 | 15 | 20 |
| 21 | Charlie Starsmoore | 55 | 9 | 19 | 27 |
| 22 | Luke Reeve | 55 | 23 | 14 | 18 |
| 23 | Scott Goodson | 54 | 29 | – | 25 |
| 24 | Brad Watts | 52 | 11 | 20 | 21 |
| 25 | Stephen Atkins | 44 | 16 | 13 | 15 |
| 26 | Alfie Self | 41 | 19 | – | 22 |
| 27 | Alfie Thorne | 40 | 4 | 23 | 13 |
| 28 | Ben Last | 39 | 10 | 12 | 17 |
| 29 | Troy Brumpton | 35 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
| 30 | George Stark | 34 | 18 | 16 | – |
| 31 | Henry Crawford | 33 | 33 | – | – |
| 32 | Adam Wilkinson | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 |
| 33 | Reece Horne | 26 | 26 | – | – |
| 34 | Max Fleming | 24 | 24 | – | – |
| 35 | Shae McDowell | 23 | 14 | 9 | – |
| 36 | Darren Eastall | 22 | – | 22 | – |
| 37 | Billy Middleton | 18 | – | 18 | – |
| 38 | Aidan Weston | 13 | 13 | – | – |
| 39 | Daniel Cole | 6 | 6 | – | – |
| 40 | Haydn Martin | 5 | 5 | – | – |
| 41 | Kyle Daniels | 3 | 3 | – | – |
Support C – Overall
| Pos | Competitor | Total Points | r 1 | r 2 | r 3 |
| 1 | Mark Goodson | 135 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
| 2 | Joseph Mulley Forsdike | 123 | 41 | 43 | 39 |
| 3 | Harry Hawes | 108 | 39 | 28 | 41 |
| 4 | Alfie Hunt | 107 | 35 | 35 | 37 |
| 5 | Craig Page-Baker | 106 | 32 | 39 | 35 |
| 6 | Finlay Whitlam | 100 | 37 | 29 | 34 |
| 7 | Jason Ramsey | 96 | 30 | 34 | 32 |
| 8 | Sam Philpott | 93 | 28 | 32 | 33 |
| 9 | Leo Futter | 84 | 43 | 41 | – |
| 10 | Billy Middleton | 77 | 34 | – | 43 |
| 11 | Jacob King | 70 | 31 | 8 | 31 |
| 12 | Jake Faulkner | 70 | 21 | 23 | 26 |
| 13 | Paul Burdett | 70 | 33 | 37 | – |
| 14 | Ryan Goode | 67 | 17 | 21 | 29 |
| 15 | Jake Hicks | 67 | 18 | 26 | 23 |
| 16 | Ryan Beeston | 65 | 10 | 27 | 28 |
| 17 | Aaron Holden | 63 | 8 | 25 | 30 |
| 18 | Lee Faulkner | 63 | 27 | 16 | 20 |
| 19 | Ryan Christmas | 63 | 26 | 20 | 17 |
| 20 | William Mcrae | 62 | 24 | 19 | 19 |
| 21 | Evan Brown | 61 | 25 | 12 | 24 |
| 22 | Tavis Coulson | 61 | 13 | 30 | 18 |
| 23 | James Harper | 59 | 29 | 9 | 21 |
| 24 | Max Monk | 58 | 14 | 17 | 27 |
| 25 | Andrew Webster | 58 | 19 | 14 | 25 |
| 26 | Samuel Cook | 56 | 16 | 18 | 22 |
| 27 | Lee Anderson | 56 | 23 | 33 | – |
| 28 | Kieran Dawson | 46 | 22 | 24 | – |
| 29 | Shawn Graham | 31 | – | 31 | – |
| 30 | Chris Lee | 30 | 15 | 15 | – |
| 31 | Wayne Fulcher | 30 | 20 | 10 | – |
| 32 | Dylan Wilby | 29 | 7 | 22 | – |
| 33 | Darren Watts | 22 | 9 | 13 | – |
| 34 | Nathan Gotts | 22 | 11 | 11 | – |
| 35 | Sam Whittred | 12 | 12 | – | – |
Support D – Overall
| Pos | Competitor | Total Points | r 1 | r 2 | r 3 |
| 1 | Perry Fiddy | 135 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
| 2 | Ben Cook | 117 | 31 | 43 | 43 |
| 3 | Thomas Bond | 117 | 41 | 35 | 41 |
| 4 | Chris Gaut | 117 | 43 | 41 | 33 |
| 5 | Damian Flack | 107 | 39 | 37 | 31 |
| 6 | Peter Andrews | 101 | 35 | 32 | 34 |
| 7 | Freddie Bond | 100 | 30 | 33 | 37 |
| 8 | Gene Barfield | 97 | 28 | 34 | 35 |
| 9 | Matthew Valentine | 96 | 26 | 31 | 39 |
| 10 | Owen Clark | 95 | 24 | 39 | 32 |
| 11 | John Smith | 88 | 33 | 28 | 27 |
| 12 | Benjamin Wigger | 87 | 37 | 22 | 28 |
| 13 | Jake Sims | 84 | 32 | 26 | 26 |
| 14 | Hector Storey | 82 | 25 | 27 | 30 |
| 15 | Tony Rooke | 82 | 34 | 29 | 19 |
| 16 | Kai Ryder | 77 | 23 | 25 | 29 |
| 17 | Joshua Chappell | 76 | 29 | 23 | 24 |
| 18 | Andrew Rooke | 73 | 18 | 30 | 25 |
| 19 | Harry Saunders | 63 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 20 | Steve Mardell | 59 | 21 | 20 | 18 |
| 21 | Jack Norman | 54 | 16 | 17 | 21 |
| 22 | Michael Wood | 51 | 27 | 24 | – |
| 23 | Kyle Johnson | 50 | 15 | 12 | 23 |
| 24 | Scott Ramsey | 50 | 14 | 16 | 20 |
| 25 | Aiden Payne | 41 | 22 | 19 | – |
| 26 | Shane Edwards | 37 | 19 | 18 | – |
| 27 | Ben Smith | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 |
| 28 | Colin Booker | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 |
| 29 | Jordan Lee | 31 | 17 | 14 | – |
| 30 | Tom Day | 30 | – | 13 | 17 |
| 31 | Jamie Salter | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 |
| 32 | Ryan Crump | 26 | – | 10 | 16 |
| 33 | Oli Greene | 23 | 12 | 11 | – |
| 34 | Steven Catney | 15 | – | 15 | – |
| 35 | Connor Davison | 15 | 9 | 6 | – |
