Southgate shines at Wattisfield! 2022 Eastern Motocross Championship Round 2 – Race Report & Results

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Last Sunday saw Round 2 of the Stebbings Car Superstore and PP Sports Insurance ACU Solo Eastern Motocross Championship at Wattisfield Hall. A full entry of 170 expert and juniors lined up for the 12-race programme. The dry weather brought out a large crowd to the Diss MCC venue, and the day provided some great racing on a well-prepared dust free track.

Luke Parker, Matt Pope Motorcycles – HRM Boilers 450 Gas Gas set the fastest time in practice from Lewis Tombs 450 Honda followed by Shaun Southgate 450 Herts MX Honda.

In the first leg premier class race, Parker got the holeshot from Southgate, but Parker dropped it on lap two followed by Southgate who also had an off just after the finish line on lap 4. This allowed Tombs to build up a comfortable lead of 12 seconds by the end of the race. Parker managed to pull his way back to 2nd but dropped it again on lap 11. Southgate came home 2nd which was some achievement as he was riding with a front mudguard bent underneath the front fork heads.

In leg 2 Ben Cole, GH Motorcycles Husky took the holeshot followed by Southgate who took over the lead from Cole on lap 2. Lewis Tombs took 2nd from Cole on lap 3 and finished less than a second behind leader Southgate for a very close finish. Parker who started in 7th clawed his way back to 3rd.

Leg 3 saw Parker get the holeshot maintaining this until the end of the race. However, like race 2 it was a very close race with Shan Southgate finishing less than one second behind, followed by Tombs in 3rd setting the fastest lap of 1m 32.

Once all the points had been totalled up, Shaun Southgate took overall honours from Lewis Tombs, with Parker in 3rd.

In the premier Junior Class Joseph Leeks took overall honours from Travis Frost, and Sean Ottway. In the support A Junior Race Mark Goodson took 1st from Henry Cox and enduro star Craig Roper.

Support B Josh Sturman took the honours from Andrew Cattermole and Teddy Howard and Group C was won by Alex Buckenham with Joe Scillitoe in 2nd with Ryan Harrington- Groves in 3rd.

A big thanks to all marshals and officials who made the event possible, plus thanks also to series sponsors Stebbings Car Superstore and PP Sports Insurance and event sponsor Clarkes of Walsham.

A date of the diary is the next event at Wattisfield Hall which is the evening motocross on the 29th June. This is the most popular event of the year attracting a big crowd with short sharp races.

Entries for this open on the 1st June and riders are reminded not to delay putting their entries as it is expected to fill up very quickly.

Results

Premier Experts

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Shaun Southgate	69	22	25	22
2	Lewis Tombs	67	25	22	20
3	Luke Parker	65	20	20	25
4	Benjamin Cole	54	18	18	18
5	Max Broadbelt	47	15	16	16
6	Wiliam Farrow	42	14	13	15
7	Brad Woodroffe	42	16	12	14
8	Harry Clark	37	13	14	10
9	Robert Nicoll	36	8	15	13
10	Adam Reeve	35	12	11	12
11	Jamie Roper	30	11	10	9
12	Callum McCaul	27	10	9	8
13	Bayliss Utting	19	–	8	11
14	Archie Fisher	19	7	5	7
15	Oliver Brader	17	4	7	6
16	Connor Baldry	17	9	6	2
17	Benjamin Alexander	14	6	3	5
18	Benjamin Parry	11	3	4	4
19	Philip Burton	10	5	2	3

Premier Juniors

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Joseph Leeks	72	22	25	25
2	Travis Frost	64	20	22	22
3	Sean Ottway	61	25	18	18
4	Freddie O’Leary	44	14	16	14
5	Jake Rackham	40	–	20	20
6	Thomas Batts	40	10	15	15
7	Cullen Hawkins	39	15	13	11
8	Finley Jarvis	38	8	14	16
9	Charlie Nudds	38	16	10	12
10	Joe Hall	31	18	–	13
11	Shaun Leggett	31	11	11	9
12	Connor Bunkle	25	9	12	4
13	Joe Phillips	22	3	9	10
14	William King	22	12	5	5
15	Louis Dutton	20	6	7	7
16	Mitchell Murfitt	19	5	8	6
17	Toby Morley	15	7	–	8
18	Luke Nolan	13	4	6	3
19	Jack Sheppard	13	13	–	–

Support A

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Mark Goodson	131	45	41	45
2	Henry Cox	114	37	34	43
3	Craig Roper	113	31	43	39
4	Jolian Dutton	97	33	27	37
5	Jack Whitlam	90	29	32	29
6	Aaron Smith	89	34	21	34
7	Jae Jeffries	88	19	28	41
8	Joshua Deadman	88	26	31	31
9	Gareth Lane	87	39	23	25
10	Sam Rogers	85	25	39	21
11	Scott Claydon	84	17	37	30
12	James Taylor	82	35	15	32
13	Paul Hubbard	81	22	35	24
14	Shaun Palfrey	79	24	29	26
15	Jack Klimowicz	78	43	–	35
16	Lee Butson	76	32	33	11
17	Nathan Moulton	73	18	22	33
18	Paul Aldridge	68	27	18	23
19	Adam Durkin	66	41	25	–
20	Edward Pegram	63	23	13	27
21	Mason Miller	63	30	17	16
22	Benjamin Watling	57	20	19	18
23	Robbie Pearmain	56	12	24	20
24	Vincent Snell	53	9	30	14
25	Josh Andrews	52	11	26	15
26	Lee Keyton	50	8	14	28
27	Simon Daniels	47	–	45	2
28	Jack Watling	46	21	16	9
29	Karl Sturman	43	28	5	10
30	Sam Nicholls	39	15	11	13
31	Olly Quinsee	38	7	9	22
32	Ty Atkins	33	6	10	17
33	Charlie Starsmoore	32	13	7	12
34	Oliver Macey	30	5	6	19
35	Bradley Allen	30	10	12	8
36	Lewis Saunders	28	14	8	6
37	Stephen Atkins	24	–	20	4
38	Alexander Dutton	19	16	2	1
39	James Gadd	13	2	4	7
40	James Light	11	3	3	5
41	George Reeves Furness	4	4	–	–
42	Lewis Joyce	3	–	–	3
43	Jake Pearce	2	1	1	–

Support B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Josh Sturman	129	43	43	43
2	Andrew Cattermole	129	45	45	39
3	Teddy Howard	121	35	41	45
4	Jay Peperell	119	39	39	41
5	Ryan Preston	103	34	37	32
6	Henry Utting	98	37	34	27
7	Ollie Denyer	95	41	35	19
8	Luke Clifton	94	30	31	33
9	Oliver Brinkley	92	32	29	31
10	Daniel Lawlor	91	24	30	37
11	Matthew Cummings	91	33	28	30
12	Reece Horne	90	29	32	29
13	Jenson Whitehall	84	16	33	35
14	Luke Reeve	73	23	24	26
15	Max Monk	72	27	22	23
16	Aidan Weston	72	28	23	21
17	Wayne Fulcher	68	17	27	24
18	Lloyd Goldstraw	62	15	25	22
19	Alfie Hunt	62	31	14	17
20	Aaron Holden	62	25	21	16
21	Robert Bond	60	20	12	28
22	Justin Dennis	57	22	15	20
23	Troy Brumpton	55	18	26	11
24	Joshua Warren	53	26	2	25
25	Craig Page-Baker	51	14	19	18
26	Joshua Parker	47	12	20	15
27	Tyler Grimwood	41	11	17	13
28	George Stark	37	19	18	–
29	Senna Summers	37	21	16	–
30	James Collier	35	8	13	14
31	Harley Mower	34	–	–	34
32	Samuel Cook	34	13	9	12
33	Katie Stock	26	10	10	6
34	Chris Gaut	21	6	6	9
35	Jack Hunton	18	3	5	10
36	Ethan Pajak	18	2	11	5
37	Joshua Middleton	15	–	7	8
38	Alfie Arnold	15	7	8	–
39	John Smith	13	9	–	4
40	Tavis Coulson	12	4	1	7
41	Zachary Kneller	10	5	3	2
42	Jack Noon	7	–	4	3
43	Jake Cazey	1	1	–	–

Support C

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Alex Buckenham	133	43	45	45
2	Joe Scillitoe	129	45	41	43
3	Ryan Harrington-Groves	118	34	43	41
4	Shaun Tacey	115	41	39	35
5	Darren Dowds	113	39	37	37
6	William Mcrae	110	37	34	39
7	Andrew Webster	94	27	33	34
8	Robert Green	93	31	31	31
9	David Homan	93	33	30	30
10	Jonathan Nudds	91	30	29	32
11	Darren Stone	90	35	35	20
12	Tony Rooke	85	32	27	26
13	William Pooley	84	25	26	33
14	Shaun Griffiths	82	26	28	28
15	Thomas Davies	72	23	25	24
16	Anna Groves	71	24	20	27
17	Ashley Reeve	70	28	17	25
18	Darren Watts	65	22	21	22
19	Andrew Smith	63	21	19	23
20	Adam Groom	63	20	24	19
21	Matthew Herring	61	29	32	–
22	Kai Ryder	56	17	18	21
23	Jake Harvey	52	–	23	29
24	Trevor Neave	51	18	16	17
25	Adam Baker	43	14	14	15
26	Lewis Diggins	43	16	13	14
27	Graham Muff	37	12	9	16
28	Daniel Allen	34	5	11	18
29	Geraint Hubbard	34	19	15	–
30	Kevin Puttock	32	10	22	–
31	Colin Booker	31	9	10	12
32	Kane Johnson	28	8	7	13
33	Stephen Hood	27	15	12	–
34	Robert Farrow	21	13	8	–
35	Darren Soames	19	4	4	11
36	Aiden Payne	18	2	6	10
37	Mark Jackson	16	3	5	8
38	Paul Neave	11	–	2	9
39	Jeremy Savory	11	1	3	7
40	Michael Blaxell	11	11	–	–
41	George Brinkley	7	–	1	6
42	Jason Turner	7	7	–	–
43	Jonathan Boreham	6	6	–	–