Tombs takes the triple at Wakes Colne! ACU Eastern Centre Motocross Championship Round 1 – Race Report & Results

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Halstead MCC staged round one of the Eastern Centre Championships, sponsored by Instanda and Stebbings Car Superstore at their Wakes Colne circuit on Sunday.

Report by Charlie Ralph – Images courtesy of Chris Carter

Held in fine sunny weather, it was great to hear the sound of bikes again, despite no spectators being allowed to watch the action. The club had worked hard to ensure that the circuit was in great condition for racing on the day.

Lewis Tombs was the star of the day, winning all three motos, but racing in all classes was fast and furious in all groups. Following timed practise, the fastest 40 riders made up the premier class, which included 23 experts and 17 junior grade riders.

Race one of the premier group saw Tombs leading, closely followed by Declan Whittle, Shaun Southgate, Luke Benstead and Luke Parker, As Tombs started to pull away, the other four battled throughout the twenty-minute-long race. At the finish, it was Tombs, with Whittle holding off former champion, Benstead, for second place. Southgate finished inches ahead of Parker, and rounding out the top six was Josh Peters on his 250cc Gabriel KTM. Best junior was Sussex visitor, Ollie Beamish, the youngster beat several experts to claim 14th place.

It was Southgate, on his Herts MX Honda, who led the second leg, ahead of Tombs, with Whittle, Parker and Benstead again fighting hard. Tombs took over at the front as the leaders started lap three to record his second win, with Southgate close behind. Benstead and Parker got the better of Whittle, and sixth was Max Broadbelt. Peters was the best MX2 rider in 7th place, and another great ride by Beamish saw him first junior again, in 11th position.

Tombs made sure of maximum points, leading the final leg from start to finish.Once again, Southgate, Benstead and Whittle hotly contested second place until the 2018 champion, Southgate, crashed heavily, putting him out of the race. Benstead took second overall after holding off an in-form Whittle, and Peters had another great ride to take 4th place ahead of Parker. Teenager Beamish had a tremendous ride to claim 6th position.

The support A group saw overall victory going to veteran John Hinz, who won all three legs, and again, racing was closely fought for places. Ben Rocks had three good outings for 2nd overall, with Sam Harwood, Josh Deadman and Sam Cornwell all in the mix in each race.

There were three different winners in the B support races, with Harry Peck claiming overall victory. Jack Whitlam had 2nd, 5th and 6th place finishes for 2nd overall, and veteran Steve Atkins had three decent rides for 3rd. Bill Rothon had bad luck, after a win and 2nd place, a dnf in the third leg ruined his overall chances.

Kawasaki rider, Robert Lock had two wins and a 2nd place to claim victory in the C support races, with Richard Ingram 2nd overall, with a win, 2nd and 4th placing.

The second round of the series will be hosted by the Diss club at their Wattisfield venue on May 9th.

Results

Premier Class

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Lewis Tombs	135	45	45	45
2	Luke Benstead	125	41	41	43
3	Declan Whittle	121	43	37	41
4	Luke Parker	113	37	39	37
5	Josh Peters	108	35	34	39
6	Benjamin Cole	100	34	33	33
7	Junior Thomas	95	32	29	34
8	Oliver Beamish	92	27	30	35
9	Thomas Murphy	91	30	31	30
10	Reece Martin	90	33	25	32
11	Max Broadbelt	90	31	35	24
12	Brad Woodroffe	87	28	28	31
13	Steve Bixby	87	29	32	26
14	Shaun Southgate	82	39	43	–
15	Jason Morland	81	26	26	29
16	Wiliam Farrow	75	21	27	27
17	Ryan Nock	73	22	23	28
18	Robert Nicoll	73	24	24	25
19	Matthew Pope	59	19	21	19
20	Benjamin Parry	56	18	18	20
21	Tomas Hardcastle	52	12	17	23
22	Matthew French	51	17	19	15
23	Arnis Paberzs	50	20	8	22
24	Ryan Gardiner	49	16	16	17
25	Harry Clark	47	25	22	–
26	Michael McClurg	43	23	20	–
27	Jack Youngs	42	14	10	18
28	Cameron Hayward	42	11	15	16
29	Jake Rackham	33	9	12	12
30	Benjamin Alexander	33	13	9	11
31	Jordan Andrews	30	6	11	13
32	Callum Murfitt	29	8	7	14
33	George Ellis	29	15	14	–
34	Ryan Matthews	27	–	6	21
35	Archie Fisher	23	10	13	–
36	Alby Smith	18	4	4	10
37	Harry Smith	15	3	3	9
38	Ryan Powley	12	7	5	–
39	Ethan Martin	10	–	2	8
40	Jedd Wheatley	5	5	–	–

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Support A

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	John Hinz	135	45	45	45
2	Ben Rocks	109	33	41	35
3	Samuel Harwood	109	43	35	31
4	Joshua Deadman	107	39	31	37
5	Sam Cornwell	102	30	29	43
6	Shane Brown	96	23	39	34
7	Kristian Paberzs	89	29	21	39
8	Joshua Fullalove	89	32	28	29
9	Connor Baldry	87	35	30	22
10	Samuel Arbon	84	–	43	41
11	Oliver Macey	83	27	33	23
12	Robert Baldry	79	21	37	21
13	John Hall	77	18	27	32
14	Mark Goodson	73	25	18	30
15	Paul Hubbard	70	24	13	33
16	James Suckling	68	34	34	–
17	Aaron Smith	63	20	16	27
18	Joe Phillips	63	14	25	24
19	Karl Sturman	60	9	23	28
20	Marc Nickerson	58	15	17	26
21	Rupert Graver	55	10	20	25
22	Lee Kirkpatrick	52	26	26	–
23	Robert Harwood	48	16	32	–
24	Mike Young	45	37	8	–
25	Amie Goodlad	43	19	24	–
26	Charlie Dormer	42	28	14	–
27	Ross Young	41	41	–	–
28	Tom Harwood	40	31	9	–
29	Luke Nolan	38	6	12	20
30	Jacob Carter	35	7	10	18
31	Freddie Wyard	32	13	19	–
32	Scott Howlett	27	8	–	19
33	Henry Rogers	26	4	22	–
34	Edward Jary	26	11	15	–
35	Charlie Roper	22	22	–	–
36	Edward Pegram	17	17	–	–
37	Ethan Cone	16	5	11	–
38	Kieren Hibble	12	12	–	–
39	Ethan Martin	10	–	2	8
40	Jedd Wheatley	5	5	–	–

Support B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Harry Peck	123	45	41	37
2	Jack Whitlam	115	35	37	43
3	Stephen Atkins	112	39	34	39
4	Sam Menzies	111	31	39	41
5	Scott Goodson	103	37	35	31
6	Mark Relland	101	13	43	45
7	Georgia Potter	95	29	33	33
8	Thomas Mustard	92	33	29	30
9	Gareth Cushion	90	30	28	32
10	Bill Rothon	88	43	45	–
11	Luke Clifton	78	21	30	27
12	Zak Roberts	76	27	31	18
13	Ben Gilbert	75	41	–	34
14	Peter Midgen	73	23	25	25
15	James Gadd	71	26	16	29
16	Archie Cockerill	71	25	26	20
17	Conor Bardwell	70	32	24	14
18	Lewis Saunders	66	18	22	26
19	Sam Edwards	66	34	32	–
20	Max Whittley	65	22	15	28
21	Jonathan Finch	60	24	20	16
22	Josh Smith	58	12	27	19
23	Bradley Allen	55	14	6	35
24	Craig Page-Baker	55	16	17	22
25	Aaron Saunders	55	11	23	21
26	Mike Lewis	53	17	13	23
27	Jay Peperell	52	28	–	24
28	Ty Atkins	51	19	19	13
29	Alfie Self	40	15	18	7
30	Robert Green	35	6	14	15
31	Thomas Miller	34	8	21	5
32	Charlie Starsmoore	30	9	12	9
33	Troy Brumpton	29	7	10	12
34	Ben Last	29	10	11	8
35	Joshua Middleton	28	2	9	17
36	Reece Horne	21	5	5	11
37	Andrew Cattermole	20	20	–	–
38	Tom Garnham	18	–	8	10
39	John Smith	16	3	7	6
40	Jesse Eaves	8	4	4	–

Support C

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Robert Lock	133	45	45	43
2	Richard Ingram	127	43	39	45
3	Aidan Weston	123	39	43	41
4	Michael Kester	111	41	31	39
5	Thomas Clarkson	111	37	41	33
6	Billy Hutchings	103	33	33	37
7	Ollie Denyer	100	34	32	34
8	Barry Hellier	100	31	37	32
9	Keeley Winyard	88	27	34	27
10	Jason Turner	87	28	30	29
11	Ivan Davies	83	26	29	28
12	William Mcrae	81	30	26	25
13	Shaun Mutch	81	32	28	21
14	Tony Rooke	73	24	25	24
15	Aaron Holden	70	35	–	35
16	Luke jordan Pharoah	65	–	35	30
17	Evan Brown	64	20	22	22
18	Gary Nutt	62	22	14	26
19	Thomas Davies	61	25	20	16
20	Mark Hegarty	60	29	–	31
21	Jack Hunton	57	17	17	23
22	Ben Saltmarsh	56	13	23	20
23	Michael Foster	56	15	24	17
24	Geoffrey Hobbs	55	21	15	19
25	Andrew Carter	47	18	19	10
26	Stephen Hood	43	11	18	14
27	Carl Hood	41	23	–	18
28	Christopher Bickley	41	19	9	13
29	Charlie Midgen	38	16	13	9
30	Jason Eaves	37	10	12	15
31	Nick Hunton	35	8	16	11
32	Matthew Herring	32	14	10	8
33	Philip Tyler	30	9	21	–
34	Jack Noon	27	–	27	–
35	Geraint Hubbard	26	12	7	7
36	Adam Baker	23	–	11	12
37	Liam Ryland-Pye	21	7	8	6