Nunn and Lock take Wattisfield Hall victories! 2023 Eastern Motocross Championship Round 3 – Race Report & Results

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The Diss MCC hosted the third round of 2023 Stebbings / PP Sports ACU Eastern Motocross Championship at Wattisfield Hall on Sunday.

Images courtesy of A Waters and Tim Ford

A big thanks to Diss MCC supporters and helpers, marshals and officials who helped make the event go ahead. Very challenging conditions for all concerned despite not ripping up the track, as the very heavy rain Friday and Saturday, made the going very slippery for practice and the first group of races. A track modification was made and with this change, plus the sunny hot weather after lunch, made the track far more ridable for all classes.

Sam Nunn, Cab Screens / Crecent 450 Yamaha took overall honours in the Premier Class from Luke Parker MPM /49 offroad 350 Gass Gas, and in 3^rd place Calum Mitchell Lexa MX Husky. Nunn set a blistering time in qualifying of 1 minute 43 seconds, 4 seconds quicker than Sean Southgate and Luke Parker, in fact less than a second separated Southgate, Parker, Tombs and Benjamin Cole. In terms of the three races for the Premier class, Nunn won all three races from start to finish with the exception of Race 3 where Sean Southgate led for 5 of the 13 laps. With the section off track cut out and the drying conditions, the top riders were now doing 13 laps in a race compared to 10 laps earlier in the day.

In the Premier Junior class, Shane Lock 250 Yamaha took overall honours from Kayden Smith –Team PP Sports/Southside MX 125 Yamaha and Joe Hall in 3^rd on a Roger Warnes 350 Gas Gas.

Group A Overall was won by Timothy Warnes 350 Gas Gas, followed by Jae Jeffries 350 KTM and then veteran Paul Aldridge Husky 250.

Group B Juniors was won by Bailey Jackson on a JCA Resilience 250 Honda, with the very experienced Lee Keyton 250 Yamaha in 2^nd and Chris Townshend 350 KTM in 3^rd .

Group C overall was one by Shawn Graham – Yamaha 250 with Katie Stock in 2^ndon a KTM 250 and Jason Ramsey in 3^rd on a 125 KTM.

Obviously, the challenging conditions at the start of the day didn’t suit a number of riders but for those who ‘stuck’ the day out, by the last group of races, the racing was fast with most riders getting around pretty quickly.

Many thanks to sponsors Stebbings Car Superstore and PP Sports Insurance for their continued support.

Results

Premier Experts

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Sam Nunn	75	25	25	25
2	Luke Parker	60	22	22	16
3	Calum Mitchell	58	18	20	20
4	Lewis Tombs	56	20	18	18
5	Shaun Southgate	54	16	16	22
6	Benjamin Cole	40	12	14	14
7	Jake Rackham	37	15	10	12
8	William Farrow	36	10	13	13
9	Joseph Leeks	36	13	12	11
10	Robert Nicoll	35	14	11	10
11	Max Broadbelt	30	–	15	15
12	Benjamin Alexander	27	9	9	9
13	Sam Arbon	11	11	–	–

Premier Juniors

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Shane Lock	63	25	22	16
2	Kayden Smith	58	18	18	22
3	Joe Hall	55	10	25	20
4	Cullen Hawkins	52	7	20	25
5	Connor Bunkle	48	14	16	18
6	Mitchell Murfitt	45	20	12	13
7	Lewis Holmes	39	16	13	10
8	Louis Dutton	38	11	15	12
9	James Taylor	36	22	14	–
10	Charlie Nudds	32	6	11	15
11	William King	27	13	–	14
12	Simon Daniels	23	12	–	11
13	Senna Summers	19	–	10	9
14	James Rowsell	15	15	–	–
15	Marc Nickerson	9	9	–	–
16	Stephen Atkins	8	8	–	–

Support A

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Timothy Warnes	135	45	45	45
2	Jae Jeffries	125	41	43	41
3	Paul Aldridge	115	37	41	37
4	Paul Hubbard	108	43	30	35
5	Philip Waldron	107	34	39	34
6	Aaron Smith	98	24	31	43
7	Oliver Brinkley	92	18	35	39
8	Finlay Woods	91	28	32	31
9	Reece Horne	91	30	37	24
10	Aidan Weston	90	25	33	32
11	Jenson Whitehall	83	27	23	33
12	Sam Beebe	75	21	26	28
13	Lewis Saunders	74	20	27	27
14	Zack Kingshott	74	26	25	23
15	Robert Bond	69	16	24	29
16	Aaron Holden	68	22	20	26
17	Aaron Saunders	67	14	28	25
18	Henry Cox	64	35	29	–
19	Max Monk	49	15	34	–
20	Troy Brumpton	46	5	19	22
21	Joshua Parker	45	23	22	–
22	Ethan Cone	39	9	–	30
23	Jack Whitlam	39	39	–	–
24	Sam Cushion	38	17	21	–
25	Lee Butson	33	33	–	–
26	Ethan Plummer	32	32	–	–
27	Mark Goodson	31	31	–	–
28	Max Timmins	29	29	–	–
29	Alexander Dutton	19	19	–	–
30	Joshua Deadman	13	13	–	–
31	Taylor Saunders	12	12	–	–
32	Ty Atkins	11	11	–	–
33	Scott Goodson	10	10	–	–
34	Thomas Batts	8	8	–	–
35	Reggie Jacobs	7	7	–	–
36	Shane Brown	6	6	–	–

Support B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Bailey Jackson	133	43	45	45
2	Lee Keyton	123	41	39	43
3	Chris Townshend	115	39	43	33
4	Shaun Woodrow	109	37	37	35
5	Justin Dennis	104	33	34	37
6	Alfie Hunt	101	45	30	26
7	Luke Reeve	97	26	32	39
8	Wayne Fulcher	97	32	31	34
9	Charlie Starsmoore	97	34	33	30
10	James Light	92	25	35	32
11	Robert Molloy	88	29	28	31
12	Luke Clifton	82	–	41	41
13	Tony Rooke	81	31	22	28
14	Steve Mardell	78	30	24	24
15	Perry Fiddy	76	28	23	25
16	Matthew Herring	64	24	17	23
17	Toby Henderson	60	22	19	19
18	Kai Ryder	56	–	29	27
19	Finlay Whitlam	56	20	18	18
20	Ben Secker	54	–	25	29
21	Ryan Christmas	54	21	16	17
22	Ewan Niblock	49	23	26	–
23	Joshua Chappell	41	–	20	21
24	Hector Storey	41	–	21	20
25	George Reeves Furness	35	35	–	–
26	Aiden Payne	27	–	27	–
27	Georgia Potter	27	27	–	–
28	Kieran Jessett	22	–	–	22

Support C

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Shawn Graham	135	45	45	45
2	Katie Stock	125	39	43	43
3	Jason Ramsey	123	43	39	41
4	Russell Snowling	119	41	41	37
5	Geraint Hubbard	100	34	34	32
6	Jack Hunton	97	37	30	30
7	Nathan Gotts	96	35	33	28
8	Joseph Ripken	93	33	31	29
9	Andrew Webster	72	–	37	35
10	Joseph Hawkins	64	32	32	–
11	Stephen Morgan	62	–	29	33
12	Steven Halfhide	61	–	27	34
13	Helen Morgan	59	–	28	31
14	Nick Hunton	56	29	–	27
15	Dean Last	51	–	26	25
16	Colin Booker	50	–	24	26
17	Jason Turner	39	–	–	39
18	Adam Bird	35	–	35	–
19	Shane Edwards	31	31	–	–
20	Paul Neave	30	30	–	–
21	Callum Last	25	–	25	–
22	Ashley Jerrold	23	–	23	–