Newbury notches up Culham win! 2022 Acerbis Amateur Nationals Round 4 – Race Report & Results

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The 2022 Acerbis Amatuer Nationals series headed back down to the banks of the River Thames and to Culham in Oxfordshire for round 4 of the championship and as we hit the halfway mark in the series, things were really starting to get heated up at the front of each of the classes.

Report by Arran Murphy – Images courtesy of JMFS Photography

The California MX Holidays Open 2 stroke class were first out on the perfectly groomed race circuit and with last-minute entry, Todd Kellett winning the motos outright but not scoring points it was wide open for the overall. Defending champ Adam Harris looked like he was back to his old form and managed to claim a pair of race wins out of the regulars on his way to stealing the overall honours from underneath Corey Hockey’s nose on the last race of the weekend, eventually winning with a 2 point margin. Hockey rode well all weekend however and led laps consolidating his points cushion at the top with the runner-up overall while Tommy Alba stood on the lower step of the rostrum.

In the Craigs Motorcycles MX2 category, a new face appeared at the top of the overall results in the name of GasGas rider Dom Newbury. The 404 machine took a brace of wins on day one and backed them up with a third and second on day two to claim his first MX2 overall victory. Harry Linton took the final moto win of the weekend which helped him to overhaul Dylan Spencer who managed to claim a race win of his own on his way to third on the box. Zac Stealey and Jack Timms were always in the mix and rounded out the top 5.

In the Moto Connection 125 2 stroke class the top 3 were separated by just four points come the end of play Sunday as Damon Strydom, Nev Bradshaw and Rob Holyoake all diced it out for victory. Strydom took his GasGas machine to three of the five race wins, backed up by a third and a fifth, giving him the nod ahead of South African and former GP rider Nev Bradshaw. Bradshaw had a bit of a mixed weekend as hard-fought battles for victory and a couple of races battling through the pack summed up his weekend. Rob Holyoake took a win himself which helped him to third overall while Ash Harland claimed the moto 5 win to help boost himself to fourth overall.

In the Paradise MX Holidays MX1 category it was a perfect weekend for series leader Jack Beniston as he looked to be a level above everybody else as 5 good starts led to 5 race wins and maximum points. Ed Briscoe couldn’t do a great deal about the flying Honda man and ended the weekend with a bag full of runner-up spots limiting the damage in the championship. Luke Meredith stood on the lower step of the rostrum while Simon Booth managed to just about fend off Kai Thirwell, who made the long trip down from the North East worthwhile to take home fifth.

Liam Somerville carried on his winning streak in the Manchester Xtreme Junior Open class as he took 4 out of the 5 wins once again proving his dominance in the class. Luke Price had a solid weekend and finished runner-up overall for his best result of the year so far followed closely by wildcard and race three winner Toby Luce. Richard Evans was always in and around the top 6 each race with his best result being a second in the fourth race of the weekend which helped him to fourth overall and Aidee Smith once again put himself into the top 5.

The Acerbis Nationals certainly attracts top riders from all around the globe as New Zealander Roma Edwards made the trip to Culham for a wildcard appearance in the Motoverde Ladies category. Edwards mixed it up with the regulars and ended up on top of the box come the end of Sunday’s action however she didn’t have it all her own way. Championship regulars Kathryn Booth and Grace Richards made it tough for the Honda pilot and Booth actually tied with Edwards on points for the overall but ultimately lost out due to the final race result. Richards took third overall and still holds a slender lead in the championship heading into Pontrilas.

It was business as usual in the LS2 Helmets Vets Over 40 class as defending champ Ryan Voase once again dominated the weekend taking his Kawasaki to five race wins and a maximum haul of points. Championship leader Lee Martin tried everything he could to keep with Voase but in the end, had to settle with runner-up on the weekend. Barry Gray showed good speed and led some laps in the process which helped him up onto the podium in third while Danny Tollett on his 125 finished fourth overall.

The last to hit the track this time around was the Roberts Plant Engineers Vets Over 50 category with non-other than Brian Wheeler continuing on with his 100% win record in 2022 as he calmly went on to claim five more wins and another overall. The Husky rider had to fight his way through in a couple of races as Chris Brown managed to get away ahead of the flying Wheeler but had to settle for runner-up when all was said and done. There was a three-way tie for third with David Hopkins edging out Rob Lewis and Ewan Johnston for that final step of the rostrum.

All sights are now set on Pontrilas for round 5 of the series on July 23/24.

Results

MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	JACK BENISTON	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	ED BRISCOE	190	38	38	38	38	38
3	LUKE MERADITH	178	34	36	36	36	36
4	SIMON BOOTH	155	29	34	34	30	28
5	KIA THIRWELL	154	30	32	32	34	26
6	CORY NEMETH	150	32	25	30	29	34
7	LEE SEALEY	148	36	29	25	26	32
8	HARVEY TILLOTSON	142	27	27	27	32	29
9	JAY LEWIS	138	28	30	26	27	27
10	ADAM THIRWELL	136	26	28	29	28	25
11	DEAN CUMMINGS	115	23	24	23	23	22
12	THOMAS O’CONNOR	109	22	23	22	22	20
13	NICKY WATTS	102	24	26	28	–	24
14	PATRICK GILLIGAN	97	25	–	24	25	23
15	SCOOTER WEBSTER	54	–	–	–	24	30
16	CODY LING	42	–	–	–	21	21
17	ASHTON COX	21	21	–	–	–	–
18	JOE TAYLFORTH	20	20	–	–	–	–

MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	DOM NEWBRY	194	40	40	40	36	38
2	HARRY LINTON	188	36	38	36	38	40
3	DYLAN SPENCER	184	38	36	38	40	32
4	ZAC STEALEY	166	32	32	34	34	34
5	JACK TIMMS	164	34	34	32	28	36
6	MITCHELL MEADOWS	149	29	30	30	32	28
7	ALFIE CALVERT	144	28	29	29	29	29
8	OLLY JONES	139	30	28	21	30	30
9	JORDAN HEARN	130	24	26	28	26	26
10	BRADLEY LE FEUVRE	127	27	27	26	20	27
11	SCOTT MERADITH	121	23	25	27	23	23
12	OLIVER BARNES	118	26	22	20	25	25
13	AARON COLLINS	116	20	23	22	27	24
14	AIDEN CARNEY	110	22	17	25	24	22
15	ADAM NEVITT	103	21	24	24	13	21
16	LUKE TUNRER	99	25	16	18	22	18
17	RYAN MANLEY	98	18	19	23	19	19
18	KIERAN GREGORY	95	14	21	19	21	20
19	TROY JONES	88	19	18	17	18	16
20	DANIEL NEVITT	73	15	15	13	15	15
21	ARRAN MURPHY	73	16	12	15	16	14
22	MACKENZIE CROCKATT	55	13	14	14	14	–
23	JOSH WILLIAMS	53	17	20	16	–	–
24	MAX WOOD	34	–	–	–	17	17
25	ADAM GLENISTER	13	–	13	–	–	–

125s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	DAMON STRYDOM	188	40	40	36	40	32
2	NEVILLE BRADSHAW	184	38	38	38	32	38
3	ROB HOLYOAKE	184	36	36	40	38	34
4	ASH HARLAND	165	29	32	34	30	40
5	JOEL FISHER	159	30	29	28	36	36
6	CHARLIE HAMLET	146	34	30	24	28	30
7	LIAM GALE	134	26	27	30	25	26
8	MATT RIDGWAY	133	28	28	29	19	29
9	WESLEY McGAVIN	132	32	34	32	34	–
10	STU OWEN	130	25	24	27	26	28
11	TOM FISH	120	27	21	25	23	24
12	TIM GARDHAM	114	22	26	26	17	23
13	ANDREW LAWTON	106	17	17	23	24	25
14	CAMREN JACKSON	102	24	–	22	29	27
15	HARRISON FORDE	95	21	20	13	22	19
16	ALAN PEARCE	92	20	23	–	27	22
17	OLIVER RUDDOCK	92	16	19	19	21	17
18	LEWIS PETFIELD	91	23	22	20	20	6
19	HAYDEN STEVENS	87	19	14	18	16	20
20	JACK PARTINGTON	75	1	18	21	14	21
21	BEN HUNTER	72	12	12	17	13	18
22	JASON ROBINSON	72	8	15	16	18	15
23	HAYDEN BROWN	65	15	10	12	12	16
24	JOSH NOON	53	9	11	10	10	13
25	LUKE RICHARDSON	52	10	8	9	11	14
26	CONNOR CHANILER	49	14	5	15	15	–
27	CRAIG REYNOLDS	47	6	9	14	7	11
28	CHRLIE WOOD	46	11	7	11	5	12
29	JORDAN RIDGWAY	43	18	25	–	–	–
30	RYAN LOWES	36	4	6	7	9	10
31	SPENCER STANBRIDGE	29	5	3	6	6	9
32	EZRA BLACKWELL	29	13	16	–	–	–
33	AJAY SIMPSON	28	7	13	8	–	–
34	LUKE POSTLEWAIT	19	2	2	–	8	7
35	REGGIE GESNER	15	3	4	–	–	8
36	CHRIS CARTER	5	–	1	–	4	–
37	KURT RICHARDSON	3	–	–	–	3	–

2 Stroke Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	ADAM HARRIS	188	36	38	40	34	40
2	COREY HOCKEY	186	40	40	34	36	36
3	TOMMY ALBA	180	32	36	36	38	38
4	RORY JONES	175	38	29	38	40	30
5	DREW ROE	158	34	32	30	30	32
6	JAMES DENT	153	30	28	29	32	34
7	STEPHEN WADE	150	26	34	32	29	29
8	JAMES HANSCOMB	132	29	27	24	27	25
9	BEN GILLETT	131	25	30	27	22	27
10	KEELAN HOPE	124	24	22	22	28	28
11	RYAN DEACON	122	27	26	26	19	24
12	JORDAN BARRS	119	28	23	18	24	26
13	RYAN MATTHEWS	118	23	25	28	21	21
14	REECE WAIN	110	20	24	23	20	23
15	MATT RAYSON	110	21	21	25	23	20
16	ALEX NEEDHAM	107	22	19	19	25	22
17	OWEN WILKES	91	18	18	20	16	19
18	SEAN VENESS	91	19	20	16	18	18
19	REECE WILKINSON	84	17	16	17	17	17
20	MATT HOCKENHALL	64	–	17	21	26	–

Ladies

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	ROMA EDWARDS	192	36	40	40	36	40
2	KATHRYN BOOTH	192	40	36	38	40	38
3	GRACE RICHARDS	186	38	38	36	38	36
4	AMIE GOODLAD	165	29	34	34	34	34
5	REBECCA NEWHAM	159	34	32	32	32	29
6	NADIYA JONES	151	30	30	30	29	32
7	GRACE PACKMAN	150	32	29	29	30	30
8	MELAINE GRIFFITHS	138	27	27	28	28	28
9	LILLY MORELAND	129	26	26	24	26	27
10	MOLLY WERNHAM	125	24	25	25	25	26
11	EMILY NOON	121	25	24	26	21	25
12	DAISY BLACKWELL	113	21	23	22	23	24
13	MOLLY CUTLER	113	23	22	21	24	23
14	KADY MOORE	110	28	28	27	27	–
15	AALIYAH HULBERT	102	20	21	20	20	21
16	LAUREN COX	89	22	–	23	22	22

Vets Over 40

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	RYAN VOASE	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	LEE MARTIN	186	36	36	38	38	38
3	BARRY GRAY	180	38	34	36	36	36
4	DANNY TOLLET	168	32	38	32	32	34
5	SIMON BONSAR	162	34	32	30	34	32
6	MARC ROE	148	29	30	34	29	26
7	ADAM WILKINSON	145	28	29	28	30	30
8	CRAIG CHAMBERLAINE	144	30	28	29	28	29
9	PAUL FURGUSON	133	27	27	24	27	28
10	PAUL WIECZOREK	127	23	26	26	25	27
11	CHRIS RUDD	126	26	24	25	26	25
12	NIGEL SMORFITT	121	22	25	27	24	23
13	MARK SUTHERLAND	114	24	21	22	23	24
14	STUART PERRY	103	20	20	21	21	21
15	ANDY DUFFIELD	99	19	19	19	20	22
16	LEE BUCK	86	21	23	20	22	–
17	JOHN LAWRANCE	72	18	18	18	18	–
18	JOHN CURRUTHERS	70	25	22	23	–	–
19	GAVIN LOWES	70	17	17	17	19	–
20	SHANE HOGG	16	–	–	16	–	–

Vets Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	BRIAN WHEELER	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	CHRIS BROWN	190	38	38	38	38	38
3	DAVID HOPKINS	168	34	36	32	30	36
4	ROB LEWIS	168	32	34	34	34	34
5	EWAN JOHNSTON	168	36	28	36	36	32
6	BRIAN FRASER	145	26	27	30	32	30
7	PAUL COWARD	143	27	32	29	27	28
8	JOHN GAUNLETT	138	28	25	27	29	29
9	ADRIAN LEWIS	132	24	29	26	26	27
10	STEVE HOWES	119	23	26	25	21	24
11	STEVE HUMPHRIES	118	20	23	24	25	26
12	STEPHEN POLLOCK	115	25	22	22	24	22
13	GARY MASON	112	21	21	23	22	25
14	CHRIS STEMP	110	30	24	28	28	–
15	MIKE JOHNSTON	108	22	19	21	23	23
16	ADRIAN JESSOP	97	18	20	20	19	20
17	KEVIN CHARLES	81	12	17	19	14	19
18	NEIL PRINGLE	79	13	14	14	17	21
19	COLLIN BERRY	70	19	18	18	15	–
20	IVOR GILFORD	65	16	16	13	20	–
21	JOHN CARD	62	14	15	15	18	–
22	BRUCE GARSIDE	59	29	30	–	–	–
23	NEIL SMITH	59	15	12	16	16	–
24	STEVE LYONS	47	17	13	17	–	–
25	TIM RIGGS	25	–	–	12	13	–
26	NICKY MACLENNAN	11	11	–	–	–	–

Junior Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	LIAM SOMERVILLE	192	40	40	32	40	40
2	LUKE PRICE	175	29	38	34	36	38
3	TOBY LUCE	170	36	34	40	32	28
4	RICHARD EVANS	162	34	30	26	38	34
5	ADIEE SMITH	142	21	28	36	28	29
6	BILLY WIECZOREK	140	28	32	38	10	32
7	SHEA RYAN	137	25	36	27	29	20
8	JACK GOTTS	135	18	29	28	30	30
9	FINNLY ABOTT	130	30	24	22	27	27
10	KEIRON WOODS	127	38	25	30	34	–
11	DAN TIMBRELL	120	32	–	29	23	36
12	STEFAN ROBSON	120	26	22	24	25	23
13	JAKE BASHFORD	114	22	26	23	17	26
14	SAM HAMER	109	19	21	21	26	22
15	JOE WINNARD	104	27	15	16	22	24
16	JACK GATLAND	96	14	14	25	18	25
17	DALE LYONS	92	16	23	14	21	18
18	ADRIAN WITCOMBE	91	17	19	19	15	21
19	TAYLOR MISSELBROOK	88	15	16	18	20	19
20	ASHLEY SMITH	71	24	13	15	19	–
21	JOSH OATES	70	23	27	20	–	–
22	TOM CARD	69	20	18	17	14	–
23	DAN EVANS	60	10	11	11	12	16
24	ASHTON COX	58	–	17	12	16	13
25	GRAHAM CLARK	53	12	–	–	24	17
26	MATT BENNETT	47	11	8	–	13	15
27	TOM MATTHEWS	38	8	2	6	8	14
28	TOM BERRY	38	7	12	8	11	–
29	SAMUEL RAYNER	33	13	20	–	–	–
30	RYAN NEALE	31	3	6	3	7	12
31	GINO COEN	26	9	10	7	–	–
32	LUKE SCOTT	25	5	7	13	–	–
33	JASON WAYMAN	23	4	9	10	–	–
34	JASON BRICE	22	–	3	2	6	11
35	ADAM GLENISTER	18	–	–	9	9	–
36	AIDEN MURPHY	16	6	5	5	–	–
37	BEN LOCKLEY	9	1	4	4	–	–
38	JACK BUCK	4	2	1	1	–	–