Sembiante crowned 2022 British Minibike Champion at Mildenhall! 2022 British Minibike Championship Rounds 7 & 8 – Race Report & Results

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The curtain came down on the 2022 British Minibike Championship at the supremely prepped Mildenhall MX Parc.

Feature Image courtesy of Zontal Racing – Other Images courtesy of Minibike Champs

The Pro class shootout between reigning champion Blaine Blackwell and Zontal Racings hard charger Kieran Sembiante was where the majority of eyes were pointed, but on Day one, it was Chris Hughes who came to the fore and won Round 7 with Sembiante eking out a further 4 point lead on his title rival by finishing second. Blackwell was third after tieing with Dan Fisher, who ended the day fourth.

On Sunday, all Sembiante needed was to keep a cool head and to score points in each moto, and the coveted Pro title would be his, but a racer is a racer and rather than play it safe, he rode a blinder in moto one to take the chequers. Blackwell and Fisher fought back with Moto wins of their own, but it made no difference to the newly crowned Champion Sembiante, who finished the day in third behind Blackwell and Fisher, who was the round eight 1 and 2.

Huge Congrats to Kieran, Jody and the Zontal Racing team on becoming the 2022 British Pro Minibike Champions!

The Rookie class was super tight between Daniel Fisher and Leo Vowles coming into this weekend, and it ended being even tighter with the duo finishing the season dead level on points, with Fisher scraping home the title due to winning the final moto of the season over Vowles. Well done to Daniel. The overall result was the same on both days, with Fisher winning ahead of Vowles with Ben Moran third.

Chris Hughes doubled up his impressive Pro class performances with a clean sheet in the Masters class with six moto wins over the two days, both round overalls and the title in the bag as well. Dan Foreman ended each day in second with Jeff Pike third both times.

In the Vets, Tony Herd signed off 2022 with the title and a double victory over the weekend. Paul Gell was second on Saturday, with Ian Lennox third, with the duo swapping positions on Sunday.

On Saturday, the Clubman podium was made up of Jack Guntrip, Jordan Johnson and Kiya Glassey, who finished in that order, while on Sunday, it was completely different, with Tom Burrill getting the job done over Patrick Ryan and Antony Johnson.

There was a double winner in the Farmbike,s with former youth racer Senna Summers taking the glory on both days. On Saturday he was flanked on the podium by Jordan Haigh and Freddie Oleary, while on Sunday George Pym edged out Haigh, who suffered a DNF in the final moto after gaining the Moto one win for second. The title, though, would go the way of Freddie Hales, who pitched in with fourth on both days and had a solid and consistent set of results all season long.

The SuperMod title would go the way of Jake Speller, and he would also notch up the round seven victory for good measure ahead of Dave Lamb and Craig Powell. On Sunday though Powell would rule the roost, George Turner was second, and Travis Taylor was third.

Ash Gorman would add the SuperStock title to his long list of championship wins and chalked up victories on both days, too ahead of Liam Ruckwood and Tom Dunk, who switched positions on Sunday.

In the Youth Seniors, the title would go the way of Harrison Haslam, who also grabbed the round seven victory also, beating Jacob Darley and Chester Hyde to the top spot. On Sunday, though, Thomas Hunt was the victor ahead of Darley and Jayden Bickerton.

Tyler Griffiths battled hard with Hugh Darley in the Youth Juniors, with Griffiths eventually getting the title and both rounds sewn up ahead of Darley and Aaron Shepherd-Smith on both days.

Over in the Kids 65’s Franky Donoghue was a class act on Saturday with three wins from three and the overall. Jack Stanford was second, and Archie Oakes was third, but on Sunday, Stanford stepped up the pace and grabbed the victory ahead of Zach White and Oakes. Zach White though, had done enough to be crowned the 2022 British Champion after riding great all season long.

There was a great entry in the Kids 50cc category, and coming out on top on Saturday was Tyler Moss with a full house of race victories, Oscar Smith was second and Lilly Senior was third. On Sunday, Smith gained the upper hand for the win, Senior was second, and Stanley Peay rode well for third. When the points were totted up, though, the Champion was Lilly Senior who finished on the podium at every round and thoughtfully deserves her title as a British Minibike Champion.

Congrats to the Minibike Champs crew for once again putting on a great series, and we look forward to covering their events again in 2023.

Results

Saturday – Round 7

Pro

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Chris Hughes	293	100	100	93
2	Kieran Sembiante	287	95	95	97
3	Blaine Blackwell	283	93	90	100
4	Dan Fisher	283	91	97	95
5	Leo Vowles	280	97	93	90
6	Danny Kidd	272	90	91	91
7	Daniel Muddiman	260	86	86	88
8	Callum Gutteridge	258	84	87	87
9	Dan Foreman	257	87	89	81
10	Ben Moran	249	82	81	86
11	Tony Herd	248	85	78	85
12	Craig Griffiths	248	83	82	83
13	Connor Disano	245	81	80	84
14	Patrick Ryan	245	80	85	80
15	Jack Harrison	240	74	84	82
16	Paul Gell	235	79	79	77
17	Jeff Pike	230	78	74	78
18	Ian Lennox	229	76	77	76
19	Jay Taylor	225	75	75	75
20	Warren Benner	176	88	88	–
21	Tom Burrill	162	–	83	79
22	Matthew Cole	153	77	76	–
23	Ash Gorman	89	–	–	89
24	Jody Burton	89	89	–	–

Clubman

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Jack Guntrip	219	73	72	74
2	Jordan Johnson	217	72	73	72
3	Kiya Glassey	214	70	71	73
4	Ben Gotsell	201	68	62	71
5	Matthew Fox	201	69	70	62
6	Joseph Sparling	200	65	66	69
7	Jason Hawkes	200	67	68	65
8	Peter Boyd	199	66	63	70
9	Louis James	198	71	59	68
10	Teagan Parnell	193	63	67	63
11	Matt Barnard	187	56	64	67
12	Alex Clarke	185	64	57	64
13	Antony Dalton	184	60	69	55
14	James Crow	181	62	58	61
15	David Banter	177	51	60	66
16	Jordan Burton	175	61	61	53
17	Deven Kernshaw	174	59	56	59
18	Craig Swales	168	53	55	60
19	Michael Kernshaw	166	54	54	58
20	Brian Oliver	165	57	51	57
21	Daniel Wilson	164	55	53	56
22	Paul Radford	158	52	52	54
23	Liam Lennox	123	58	65	–
24	Emma Crow	100	50	50	–

Rookie

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	Dan Fisher	72	22	–	25	–	25	–
2	Leo Vowles	69	25	–	22	–	22	–
3	Ben Moran	52	18	–	16	–	18	–
4	Jack Harrison	50	16	–	18	–	16	–
5	Matthew Fox	43	–	15	–	15	–	13
6	Joseph Sparling	42	–	14	–	13	–	15
7	Teagan Parnell	41	–	13	–	14	–	14
8	James Crow	35	–	12	–	11	–	12
9	Liam Lennox	34	–	11	–	12	–	11

Masters

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	Chris Hughes	75	25	–	25	–	25	–
2	Dan Foreman	62	18	–	22	–	22	–
3	Jeff Pike	52	16	–	18	–	18	–
4	Jason Hawkes	44	–	15	–	14	–	15
5	Antony Dalton	42	–	14	–	15	–	13
6	David Banter	41	–	12	–	13	–	16
7	Craig Swales	39	–	13	–	12	–	14
8	Jody Burton	38	22	–	16	–	–	–

Vets

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	Tony Herd	72	25	–	22	–	25	–
2	Paul Gell	69	22	–	25	–	22	–
3	Ian Lennox	54	18	–	18	–	18	–
4	Jay Taylor	48	16	–	16	–	16	–
5	Peter Boyd	44	–	15	–	14	–	15
6	Matt Barnard	42	–	13	–	15	–	14
7	Michael Kernshaw	38	–	12	–	13	–	13
8	Brian Oliver	37	–	14	–	11	–	12
9	Paul Radford	34	–	11	–	12	–	11
10	Emma Crow	30	–	10	–	10	–	10

Farmbike

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Senna Summers	69	25	22	22
2	Jayden Haigh	65	22	25	18
3	Freddie Oleary	54	16	13	25
4	Freddie Hales	49	18	18	13
5	George Pym	45	13	16	16
6	Louis Dutton	44	15	14	15
7	Jake Rose	43	14	15	14
8	Oscar Stearn	34	12	10	12
9	David Maw	33	11	11	11
10	Jon Slack	31	9	12	10
11	Lewis Cooling	26	8	9	9
12	Harris Goddard	26	10	8	8
13	Matthew Meredith	20	7	6	7
14	John Pohlman	19	6	7	6
15	Ashleigh Bullock	15	5	5	5

SuperMod

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Jake Speller	68	18	25	25
2	Dave Lamb	63	25	16	22
3	Craig Powell	62	22	22	18
4	Travis Taylor	49	15	18	16
5	George Turner	45	16	15	14
6	Joel Smee	29	14	–	15

SuperStock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Ash Gorman	75	25	25	25
2	Liam Ruckwood	60	22	22	16
3	Tom Dunk	58	18	18	22
4	Alfie Ruckwood	47	16	16	15
5	Ben Jarman	44	13	13	18
6	Tom Daniels	42	15	15	12
7	Marcus Manning	39	11	14	14
8	Luke Walker	39	14	12	13
9	Alex Hepher	30	10	11	9
10	Micheal Lyons	28	7	10	11
11	Steve Scott	28	9	9	10
12	Philip Silvester	23	8	7	8
13	David Hirst	18	12	6	–
14	Tyla James	17	6	5	6
15	Charlie Howell	15	–	8	7

Youth Senior

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Harrison Haslam	62	25	15	22
2	Jacob Darley	59	16	25	18
3	Chester Hyde	58	15	18	25
4	Thomas Hunt	54	22	22	10
5	Charlie Richmond	50	18	16	16
6	Jack Saunders	43	14	14	15
7	Ben Johnstone	39	13	13	13
8	Jayden Bickerton	38	12	12	14
9	Alfie Warriner	34	11	11	12
10	Taylor Blades	30	9	10	11
11	George Winslit	10	10	–	–

Youth Junior

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Tyler Griffiths	61	25	14	22
2	Hugh Darley	61	18	25	18
3	Aaron Shepherd-Smith	53	15	22	16
4	Olly Haynes	49	16	18	15
5	Alfie Geddes-Green	47	22	–	25
6	Oakly Summers	42	12	16	14
7	Chase Barnard	41	13	15	13
8	Alfie Saunders	38	14	13	11
9	Harry Donoghue	35	11	12	12
10	George Goodacre	31	10	11	10
11	Mason Barnard	27	8	10	9
12	Kayden Harriman	17	9	–	8

Kids 65cc

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Franky Donoghue	75	25	25	25
2	Jack Stanford	62	18	22	22
3	Archie Oakes	55	22	18	15
4	Zach White	50	16	16	18
5	Jenson Batner	44	13	15	16
6	Ollie Rose	42	15	14	13
7	Seth Golding	41	14	13	14

Kids 50cc

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Tyler Moss	75	25	25	25
2	Oscar Smith	62	22	18	22
3	Lilly Senior	58	18	22	18
4	Erik Lennox	47	16	16	15
5	Stanley Peay	46	15	15	16
6	Archie Cornwell	42	14	14	14
7	Harvey-James Wood	35	12	11	12
8	Austin Senior	33	8	12	13
9	Reggie Cornell	28	9	10	9
10	George Barcham	26	11	7	8
11	Alfie Rodgers	25	6	8	11
12	Oliver Crowther-Utley	23	13	–	10
13	Jazz Beach	23	7	9	7
14	Forrest Pearce	21	10	6	5
15	Alfie Lee	19	–	13	6
16	Harley Kidd	14	5	5	4
17	Leo Golding	10	4	3	3
18	Leo Lapsley	9	3	4	2
19	Eric Joyner	5	2	2	1

Sunday – Round 8