Sembiante sends it at Fatcat! 2021 British Minibike Championship Rounds 1 & 2 – Report and Results

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The 2021 British Minibike Championship got underway with a two-round bonanza at a well-prepped FatCat Motoparc.

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Each class had two races on Saturday for the round 1 honours and three motos on Sunday for the round two overalls.

In the Kids Auto class, Jacob Hackett was on fire and scorched to 5 wins from 5 for the overall on both days. Oaklan Winnall turned on the style for second on Saturday, but Alfie Pincher nabbed the number two spot on Sunday with some great riding. Chae Johnson would edge Pincher off of Saturday’s rostrum for third with Pincher fourth, Hayden Kerrigher fifth and Jenson Batner who surprised everyone in sixth having a great day.

The Sunday rundown was Hackett, Pincher, Winnal, Batner, with Zach White in 5th and Kerrigher sixth. Superb racing from these guys.

The talent on show in the 65’s is outstanding and Robbie Daly continued where he left off in 2020 by going unbeaten over both days. On his 65cc debut, Riley Ray Barrow showed his metal with the number two spot on each occasion ahead of Harley Marczak who rounded out the podium both times. Franky Donoghue was the number four Saturday and Sunday with Amon Eschoe fifth at round 1 ahead of Sonny Burton in sixth with these two trading places on Sunday.

The Youth Junior class of 2021 has a different look about it and there is going to be a real fight for the title in it with Saturday winner Hugh Darley and Sunday victor Tyler Griffiths going at it all weekend long. Miley Hodgson and Olly Haynes arent out of the equation either finishing in third and fourth respectively on each day. Behind the front quartet were Jess Cooling and Louie Moss who swapped between fifth and sixth over the two rounds.

Ben Casey returned to the MBC with a bang rattling off four moto wins with a DNF in the final race of the weekend the only thing to stop him from backing up his Saturday victory on Sunday. Harry Lee, who would finish second on Saturday would take advantage of Casey’s mishap to take the top Sunday top spot. Ethan Lochrie had a 3-2 weekend, nailing a double podium weekend to start off his 2021 campaign. Thomas Hunt was fourth on Saturday and nudged his way onto the podium on Sunday in third. David Maw and Harrison Haslam would round out Saturdays top six while on Sunday Casey would end the day fourth ahead of Haslam and Ben Johnstone.

The Farmbike class is back with a bang in 2021 with an A and a B class needed to field the huge amount of entries in the group. Like last year the racing was epic with the Bayliss brothers of Matt and Chris duking it out with former GP rider Mel Pocock for the bragging rights. Those honours were shared between Mel and Chris, with the former staking his claim to the number spot on Saturday and Chris doing likewise on Sunday with Matt having to settle for third spot on the podium on each day.

On Saturday it was Jordan Booker fourth, Nathan Marsden fifth and Aaron Omahony sixth, while on Sunday it was Marsden fourth, Omahony fifth and Cam Macdonald sixth.

In the Farmbike B group Sam Howland would fend off Alex Dutton and Ricky Collard on Saturday with Flat Track specialist Freddie Hales keeping Dale Howard and Senna Summers at bay for Sunday’s top spot.

Lewis Rose stormed to a complete set of moto wins and the double overall in the SuperStock class ahead of reigning champion Ash Gorman on each day. Jamie Collins looks to have the talent to battle with the front duo and was third on Saturday ahead of Nick Luckman, Luke Walker and Sam Russell. Sunday was a different day though and Walker rose to the occasion grabbing third over Ben Rose, Luckman and Harry Barker.

Jody Burton means business in 2021 and went 1-1-1-1-1 in the Masters class for a twin dose of champagne, Dan Foreman was his closest rival with second in four’s moto and on each day, while current champ Scott Joyner had to settle for the third step of the podium at each round.

Back to his best Chris Rose piled on the points in the Vets class going through the card for victories at both rounds, albeit with a few crashes and was flanked by Nigel Jameson and Jay Taylor on Saturday, and Taylor and newcomer Neil Parsons who showed great speed on Sunday.

Ben Burridge enjoyed taking it to the masses in the new Rookie class and won out on Saturday ahead of 2020 Youth Senior champion Leo Vowles and Shaun Ballard. Vowles returned to the top on Sunday with Pryce Howard second and Burridge third.

Sunday’s Clubman action saw Ben Moran fight off Tom Burrill and Phil Thomas for the victory.

Kieran Sembiante took the Pro class by storm pinning reigning Pro Champ Blaine Blackwell back to second on both days. Daniel Fisher, Troy Beck, Harry Streeter, Ben Burridge are all going to be surefire contenders for the title too and on Sunday behind Sembiante and Blackwell, it was Beck who landed the final podium space ahead of Fisher, Streeter and Vowles.

The next round of the series is at the PCE Motopark on the 29th and 30th May. For more info got to >> https://minibikechamps.com/

Results

Saturday – Round 1

Kids 50cc

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Jacob Hackett	50	25	25
2	Oaklan Winnall	44	22	22
3	Chae Johnson	36	18	18
4	Alfie Pincher	30	14	16
5	Hayden Kerrigher	30	15	15
6	Jenson Batner	26	12	14
7	Francis Nellist	26	13	13
8	Tate Vincent	23	11	12
9	Finlee Pope	21	16	5
10	Zach White	19	9	10
11	Lilly Senior	18	7	11
12	Tyler Moss	17	8	9
13	Seth Golding	14	6	8
14	Harley-James Barrow	10	4	6
15	Archie Oakes	10	10	–
16	Oakly Summers	9	5	4
17	Mason Foreman	7	–	7
18	Ollie Rose	6	3	3
19	Joshua Thompson	3	2	1
20	Oliver Crowther-Utley	2	–	2
21	Eddie Pearce	1	1	–

Kids 65cc

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Robbie Daily	50	25	25
2	Riley-Ray Barrow	44	22	22
3	Harley Marczak	36	18	18
4	Franky Donoghue	31	16	15
5	Amon Eschoe	28	12	16
6	Sonny Burton	28	14	14
7	Finley Thompson	26	13	13
8	Jack Brown	22	10	12
9	Harley Chamney	20	9	11
10	Ethan Georgiou	20	11	9
11	Jayjay Brondel	18	8	10
12	Leo Ormondroyd	15	7	8
13	Jaiden Donoghue	15	15	–
14	Joseph Robinson	13	6	7
15	Talen Hodgson	11	5	6
16	Aaron Shepherd-Smith	9	4	5
17	Charlie Bashforth	6	3	3
18	Alfie Skeet	4	–	4
19	Luca-James Allen-Harvey	4	2	2
20	Max Holder	2	1	1

Youth Junior

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Hugh Darley	47	25	22
2	Tyler Griffiths	43	18	25
3	Miley Hodgson	38	22	16
4	Olly Haynes	34	16	18
5	Jess Cooling	29	14	15
6	Louie Moss	28	15	13
7	Tommy Hodgson	27	13	14
8	Max Cotton	24	12	12
9	Henry Beard	22	11	11
10	Harry Banks	20	10	10
11	Franciszek Drzewinski	17	8	9
12	Alfie Saunders	17	9	8

Youth Senior

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Ben Casey	50	25	25
2	Harry Lee	40	18	22
3	Ethan Lochrie	40	22	18
4	Thomas Hunt	32	16	16
5	David Maw	30	15	15
6	Harrison Haslam	27	13	14
7	Ben Johnstone	27	14	13
8	Evan Howard	24	12	12
9	Ruby Howard	21	10	11
10	Jimmy Flockhart	20	11	9
11	Jack Saunders	19	9	10

Pro

Farmbike A

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Mel Pocock	197	100	97
2	Chris Bayliss	195	95	100
3	Mathew Bayliss	192	97	95
4	Jordan Bucker	186	93	93
5	Nathan Marsden	178	87	91
6	Aaron Omahony	178	89	89
7	George Clarke	178	90	88
8	Brett Pocock	177	91	86
9	Freddie Lambeth	173	83	90
10	Matthew Pocock	171	88	83
11	Shay Botcher	170	85	85
12	Callum McCaul	165	86	79
13	Luke Tucker	164	82	82
14	Jim Scrafton	162	81	81
15	Tommy Clark	161	77	84
16	Daniel Lee	159	79	80
17	Cam Macdonald	155	68	87
18	Louis Dutton	155	78	77
19	Senna Summers	154	80	74
20	Myles Saunders	153	75	78
21	Harry Walker	152	76	76
22	Kurt Griffiths	150	84	66
23	Sam Rogers	147	72	75
24	Sam Thompson	144	71	73
25	Harry Streeter	143	73	70
26	Luke Coker	141	70	71
27	Freddie Hales	141	74	67
28	Aiden Breakspear	138	69	69
29	Scott Kennedy	72	–	72
30	Scott Aylmore	68	–	68

Farmbike B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Sam Howland	132	67	65
2	Alex Dutton	130	66	64
3	Ricky Collard	128	65	63
4	Dale Howard	125	64	61
5	Wyn Masters	123	61	62
6	Lee Hindle	119	59	60
7	Jasper Parsons	119	62	57
8	Sam Gilbody	116	63	53
9	Luke Townsend	115	56	59
10	Stuart Robson	112	57	55
11	Joe Banks	112	58	54
12	Oliver Rafferty	112	60	52
13	Bradley Goodman	111	55	56
14	Kane Coker	103	52	51
15	Mitchel Warren	103	54	49
16	Jonathan Bolster	99	51	48
17	John Pohlman	96	49	47
18	Lewis Dansie	94	50	44
19	Freddie Williams	92	46	46
20	Rob Cooling	90	47	43
21	Sam Smith	90	48	42
22	Matthew Cefai	84	45	39
23	Lizzie Banks	82	44	38
24	Alfie Walker	58	–	58
25	Jack Bielby	53	53	–
26	Joe Brown	50	–	50
27	Ben Fisher	45	–	45
28	Izaak Aldred	41	–	41
29	Skye Adams	40	–	40

Super Stock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Lewis Rose	50	25	25
2	Ash Gorman	44	22	22
3	Jamie Collins	34	18	16
4	Nick Luckman	30	15	15
5	Luke Walker	28	14	14
6	Sam Russell	25	13	12
7	Graeme Irwin	23	5	18
8	Harry Baker	22	11	11
9	Paul Woodroof	20	12	8
10	Ben Rose	19	6	13
11	Craig Sharp	19	10	9
12	Bernard Kerr	16	16	–
13	Owen Haswell	15	8	7
14	George Pym	15	9	6
15	Jake Rose	11	7	4
16	Jack Perry	10	–	10
17	Jon Slack	9	4	5
18	Alex Hepher	3	–	3
19	Jack Young	3	2	1
20	Warren Benner	3	3	–
21	Tom Burrill	2	–	2
22	Michael Gwilliams	1	1	–

Rookie

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Ben Burridge	50	25	–	25	–
2	Leo Vowles	44	22	–	22	–
3	Shaun Ballard	33	15	–	18	–
4	Rocco Lanza	29	16	–	13	–
5	Alex Cheshire	28	13	–	15	–
6	Pryce Howard	27	11	–	16	–
7	Casey Dommett	26	12	–	14	–
8	Jack Harrison	26	14	–	12	–
9	Ben Moran	21	–	10	–	11
10	Ewan Goddard	18	18	–	–	–
11	Ryan Barnett	18	–	8	–	10
12	Teagan Parnell	18	–	9	–	9
13	Tommy Gwilt	15	–	7	–	8

Masters

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Jody Burton	50	25	–	25	–
2	Dan Foreman	44	22	–	22	–
3	Scott Joyner	36	18	–	18	–
4	Tony Herd	31	–	15	–	16
5	Antony Dalton	28	–	14	–	14
6	Shaun Ballard	27	–	12	–	15
7	Jeff Pike	27	–	16	–	11
8	Jon-Paul Cotton	22	–	9	–	13
9	Craig Swales	20	–	8	–	12
10	David Banter	20	–	11	–	9
11	Andrew Cheshire	17	–	7	–	10
12	Steve Scott	13	–	13	–	–
13	Matt Barnard	10	–	10	–	–

Vets

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Chris Rose	50	25	–	25	–
2	Nigel Jameson	44	22	–	22	–
3	Jay Taylor	33	15	–	18	–
4	Neil Parsons	33	18	–	15	–
5	Phil Thomas	32	16	–	16	–
6	Paul Gell	28	–	14	–	14
7	Adam Burton	13	–	13	–	–

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Sunday – Round 2