Victorious Voase! 2021 Acerbis Amateur Nationals Round 1 – Race Report & Results

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With a year off due to the pandemic, it was finally time to kick off a race season as the Acerbis Amateur Nationals rolled into the infamous Hawkstone Park for the first championship round since 2019, and with full classes and a perfectly prepped circuit, all was set for a weekend full of fantastic racing.

Report by Arran Murphy – Images courtesy of Matthew Rudd Photography

The Manchester Xtreme Junior Open class was first out to hit the track and Alfie Calvert proved he’d used the time off to prepare as he dominated the full weekend taking home a maximum point haul and standing on the top step on Sunday afternoon. Graham Clark was best of the rest as he took a brace of runner up spots on Saturday backed up with an eleventh and third on Sunday giving him second overall while Jake Bashford, Richard Evans and Jack Gotts rounded out the top five.

It was the Moto Connection 125 class that was next up and it was all about consistency as a mixed bag of results meant the 2-2-3-2-5 results of Matt Ridgway were enough for him to claim the overall victory by a solid six points from Liam Gale who will be disappointed with his first race eighth possibly costing him an overall. Stu Owen took his Yamaha to a pair of race wins in races three and four helping boost him to the lower step of the rostrum. Ash Harland, not at his favourite track on the calendar had a solid start to the season with fourth overall not too far out in the points.

The California Dreams MX Holidays 250 Open 2 Stroke class provided us with some excellent racing as per usual, and it was Cumbrian James Dent that took the overall honours with a 1-2-2-3-3 scorecard after some intense battles with reigning 2 Stroke champion Adam Harris. It was all tied going into the final moto between the two but a last race sixth for Harris was the deciding factor to who would stand on the top of the podium while Oli Benton scored two moto wins in races four and five to boost himself up into the third position overall just four points adrift of Harris. Drew Roe and Alex Buchanan rounded out the top five after mixing it up with the front three.

In the Roberts Plant Engineering Vets Over 50 category, Brian Wheeler took a hat trick of wins on day one but a no show on day two dropped him down the order overall. Dave Dunn made the most of Wheeler’s absence and took a pair of wins on Sunday and claimed the series lead going into Haverigg in June. Former champ Chris Brown rode consistently all weekend and managed to salvage solid points for runner up on the weekend and Andy Watkins is well in the fight too just a couple of points behind Brown in third.

Ryan Voase was the man in control of the LS2 helmets Vets Over 40 class looking very Brian Wheeler esk and making things look easier than things really were as he cruised to five wins from five starts onboard his Kawasaki. Danny Tollet was in fine form and led laps over the weekend but had to settle for second place this time around as Adam Wilkinson stood on the lower step of the podium. Danny Blakeley and Barry Gray rounded out the top five.

In the Pro Green Ladies category it was Kathryn Booth that took the early series lead with a second and four wins; the KTM rider dominated most of the weekend apart from the first moto where she had a few crashes having to come through the pack meaning Nadiya Jones took the victory on her 125. Jones had three second places alongside a well-earned race four fourth after an early spill meaning she had to come through the pack from behind. Charlotte Hall took her GasGas to third on the podium fending off a pair of Hondas in the form of Taylor Scott and Catherine King.

The Craig Motorcycles MX2 class produced great racing all weekend and it was Mitchell Meadows who came out on top with a second and a hat trick of race wins meaning a solid moto in the final race gave him the overall honours and championship lead. Josh Canton took the final race win but fell five points short of the overall so stood on the second step come close of play on Sunday. Marshall Smith is going to be in the hunt for the championship too taking the lower step of the rostrum ahead of race one winner and former double 125 champ Dylan Spencer. Cory McShane could have been right in the mix as well but a final moto crash ruled him out of the overall.

In the hotly contested Paradise MX Holidays MX1 class James Hutchinson made his way down from the North East and went on to claim three wins and two fifth places after a start crash in moto three gave him a lot of work to do. Scott Hamilton made the trip once again from Ireland and took a race win on Sunday to boost him up to second overall while Ed Briscoe claimed the other remaining win which gave him third on the box and a solid points haul to start the year. Andy Wilson is going to be in the mix all year once again starting off with a fourth overall.

A massive well done and a pat on the back has to go out to Darren, Chloe, Heather and the whole C.T Events crew for putting on an amazing event during these tough times and getting us all racing once again. The series now heads to Haverigg on the Cumbrian shores for round 2 of the 2021 championship.

Results

MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	JAMES HUTCHINSON	184	40	32	32	40	40
2	SCOTT HAMILTON	173	32	34	40	29	38
3	ED BRISCOE	167	34	40	27	38	28
4	ANDY WILSON	165	36	23	38	32	36
5	LEE HARRISON	153	38	38	9	34	34
6	SEB BERTHIAUME	146	29	30	34	23	30
7	JACK BENISTON	140	28	29	21	30	32
8	JAMES LASSU	138	26	25	30	28	29
9	CORY NEMETH	135	27	36	36	36	–
10	HARRY BRADLEY	132	30	26	26	25	25
11	ALBERT MARTINDALE	121	24	27	24	19	27
12	SCOTT HAIL	121	12	28	29	26	26
13	LEWIS MEADOWS	120	23	24	25	24	24
14	ADAM THIRWELL	115	25	21	28	27	14
15	LUKE BULHAM	101	16	20	22	21	22
16	JAMES GOODALL	100	19	22	23	15	21
17	KIA THIRWELL	94	17	17	18	22	20
18	JOEL HUGES	93	21	15	20	18	19
19	SCOTT MERADITH	88	18	19	19	20	12
20	PETE HAMLETT	82	22	9	16	17	18
21	DAN SHEP	73	11	14	12	13	23
22	DANIEL EDGAR	71	13	11	17	14	16
23	MICHAEL SMITH	70	20	16	7	12	15
24	OWEN WILKS	55	5	10	13	10	17
25	ARRAN MURPHY	54	14	2	14	16	8
26	CHRIS HAMLET	47	15	7	5	11	9
27	GRANT FRASER	36	4	4	15	7	6
28	BEN WALSH	36	6	6	10	9	5
29	JASON MARTIN	34	3	1	11	6	13
30	TOBY BAILEY	29	2	8	4	4	11
31	JORDAN MARTIN	28	10	18	–	–	–
32	JOSH SCOTT	26	–	–	8	8	10
33	MARK REED BROUGHT	24	8	3	3	3	7
34	MATT WILLIAMSON	22	9	13	–	–	–
35	JAMES NEWBY	19	–	5	6	5	3
36	CHRIS BLACKLOCK	19	7	12	–	–	–
37	ASHLEY SENIOR	6	1	–	1	–	4
38	THOMAS O’CONNOR	4	–	–	2	2	–

MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	MITCHELL MEADOWS	187	38	40	40	40	29
2	JOSH CANTON	182	34	36	38	34	40
3	MARSHALL SMITH	178	36	34	34	36	38
4	DYLAN SPENCER	170	40	30	36	30	34
5	JAMES HANSCOMB	161	32	32	29	32	36
6	KIERAN GREGORY	144	30	23	30	29	32
7	CORY MCSHANE	137	29	38	32	38	–
8	BEN WARINWRIGHT	132	27	25	28	22	30
9	KARL SCHUIZE	129	24	27	26	25	27
10	BEN WHITE	125	28	28	23	26	20
11	TIM BURROWS	124	26	21	22	27	28
12	GREG FISHER	114	25	22	20	23	24
13	AARON COLLINS	105	22	24	18	18	23
14	ROB AINLEY	104	12	26	21	20	25
15	JUDE HARDTWELL	103	23	18	17	19	26
16	GEORGE BOYCE	102	19	14	27	21	21
17	BRADLEY LE FEUVRE	81	14	17	11	17	22
18	CAMRON JACKSON	81	18	9	25	13	16
19	IWAN ROBERTS	81	5	13	24	24	15
20	RYAN MANLEY	80	17	20	9	15	19
21	JORDAN HEARN	80	21	19	15	11	14
22	LUKE TUNRER	71	16	10	12	16	17
23	MICHALE OGDEN	70	–	29	13	28	–
24	BILLY SAUNDERS	67	1	15	19	14	18
25	JANE DAINELS	43	20	16	6	1	–
26	JAKE TAYLOR	42	11	12	16	3	–
27	ELAIN MC	41	7	2	7	12	13
28	FRAZER HATCH	41	15	6	14	6	–
29	SHEA RYAN	39	9	–	8	10	12
30	CAMERON MCGREGOR	38	4	4	10	9	11
31	AIDEN CARNEY	37	13	11	5	8	–
32	MACKENZIE CROCKATT	22	2	1	4	5	10
33	CALLUM HIRST	17	10	7	–	–	–
34	ADAM LEWIS	16	–	–	3	4	9
35	JED STOCKHAM	16	3	5	1	7	–
36	LIAM RUDGE	15	8	3	2	2	–
37	JOSH HART	14	6	8	–	–	–

125 2T

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	MATT RIDGWAY	182	38	38	36	38	32
2	LIAM GALE	176	28	36	38	36	38
3	STU OWEN	174	34	30	40	40	30
4	ASH HARLAND	166	32	34	34	32	34
5	KEELAN HOPE	155	40	28	29	34	24
6	TIM GARDHAM	142	27	26	30	30	29
7	ASH CROSSLEY	138	22	32	32	24	28
8	MATT TOLLEY	128	2	29	28	29	40
9	ROBERT BARNEY	122	24	25	26	20	27
10	BEN MURRAY	116	25	24	20	25	22
11	GREGOR CAMPBELL	110	30	–	27	27	26
12	JACK MAY	100	29	–	24	28	19
13	ALEX MORRIS	95	–	27	25	18	25
14	KERR THOMPSON	91	13	21	19	21	17
15	CHAD PROSSER	86	9	20	22	14	21
16	HAYDEN STEVENS	82	20	17	15	15	15
17	MATT RAYSON	80	17	–	23	26	14
18	BEN HUNTER	79	23	18	12	8	18
19	JAMIE COX	79	21	19	17	12	10
20	LEWIS PETFIELD	76	19	23	16	2	16
21	JAKE WINNARD	76	36	40	–	–	–
22	TIM HEASMAN	70	26	–	21	23	–
23	WILL MORRIS	68	12	13	14	17	12
24	JAMES WILKINSON	57	16	16	9	10	6
25	CRAIG REYNOLDS	56	7	14	18	6	11
26	MITCH GREGORY	49	18	8	8	7	8
27	TOM FISH	45	–	–	–	22	23
28	OLIVER BARNS	43	3	11	11	9	9
29	JOSH NOON	42	10	10	10	11	1
30	JASPER UPHILL	39	–	–	–	19	20
31	CHARLIE HAMLET	36	–	–	–	–	36
32	STEVE GARDHAM	33	4	–	–	16	13
33	JOSH WILLIAMS	33	–	–	13	13	7
34	JOSH MCGILL	33	11	22	–	–	–
35	JAMIE MCCARTHEY	29	14	15	–	–	–
36	ADIEE SMITH	28	–	12	6	5	5
37	AARON DENT	26	5	9	7	1	4
38	TIM THORNTON	24	6	7	5	3	3
39	MARC ROE	15	15	–	–	–	–
40	LEWIS SMITH	13	1	6	4	–	2
41	AYJAY SIMPSON	12	8	–	–	4	–

250 2T Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	JAMES DENT	188	40	38	38	36	36
2	ADAM HARRIS	182	38	40	36	38	30
3	OLI BENTON	178	32	36	30	40	40
4	DREW ROE	172	36	34	34	30	38
5	ALEX BUCANNAN	166	34	32	32	34	34
6	CHRIS NUTTALL	163	29	30	40	32	32
7	CALLUM BIRCHER	143	30	28	28	29	28
8	BEN BURRIDGE	138	28	29	29	23	29
9	MICHAEL ANDREW	125	26	25	26	26	22
10	RYAN MATTHEWS	122	27	24	25	21	25
11	RYAN GARDINER	121	23	27	23	28	20
12	JAMIE SMITH	112	24	21	20	24	23
13	TRYSTAN WILLIAMS	108	18	15	24	25	26
14	HARRY FOSTER	105	22	10	22	27	24
15	JOHN JOE WRIGHT	102	25	20	21	22	14
16	OWEN WOODHOUSE	91	20	22	15	15	19
17	ALEX NEEDHAM	87	15	19	18	17	18
18	JAMIE NEEDHAM	86	19	18	17	11	21
19	MATT MOFFAT	83	17	11	27	19	9
20	ROSS BENTON	77	16	16	10	20	15
21	MATT HOCKENHALL	75	21	23	14	–	17
22	ANDREW LAWTON	71	1	26	19	12	13
23	TIMMY ANDREWS	69	14	14	13	18	10
24	LIAM SOMERVILLE	53	7	13	12	9	12
25	TOM SHUTTLER	51	6	12	9	13	11
26	MARK TROW	51	13	17	16	5	–
27	REECE WAIN	47	11	7	8	14	7
28	ALAN MORTON	41	8	8	7	10	8
29	BENNY LEWIS	40	10	3	11	16	–
30	JORDAN RODRICK	27	–	–	–	–	27
31	JACK GATLAND	22	4	5	6	7	–
32	JOSH SCOTT	21	12	9	–	–	–
33	TOM CLARK	19	5	–	–	8	6
34	JOSH GREEDY	16	–	–	–	–	16
35	JOSH WILLIAMS	15	9	6	–	–	–
36	LUKE SCOTT	13	3	4	–	6	–
37	JOSH CARTER	13	2	2	5	4	–
38	RHYS BLAIR	8	–	1	–	2	5
39	TONY TENNET	7	–	–	–	3	4

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Ladies

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	KATHRYN BOOTH	196	36	40	40	40	40
2	NADIYA JONES	188	40	38	38	34	38
3	CHARLOTTE HALL	184	38	36	36	38	36
4	TAYLOR SCOTT	168	34	32	34	36	32
5	CATH KING	156	32	30	30	30	34
6	REBECCA NEWMAN	156	28	34	32	32	30
7	KADY MOORE	143	29	29	28	28	29
8	MOLLY WERNHAM	136	30	23	26	29	28
9	LILLY MORELAND	135	27	27	27	27	27
10	EMILY NOON	135	26	28	29	26	26
11	CHLOE CLEGG	126	25	26	25	25	25
12	AALIYAH HILBERT	119	23	25	24	23	24
13	GEORGIA BOTTRIELL	118	24	24	23	24	23
14	ANDREA TAYLFORTH	22	22	–	–	–	–

Junior Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	ALFIE CALVERT	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	GRAHAM CLARK	175	38	38	38	25	36
3	JAKE BASHFORD	163	29	30	34	36	34
4	RICHARD EVANS	153	36	36	20	23	38
5	JACK GOTTS	144	34	34	29	18	29
6	TAYLOR MISSELBROOK	140	23	26	36	28	27
7	RYAN DAVIS	139	32	25	25	38	19
8	TOM MARSH	134	22	28	32	30	22
9	DALE LYONS	121	16	32	27	32	14
10	LEWIS DAVIDSON	118	19	21	23	34	21
11	OLIVER LEE	116	28	20	28	29	11
12	JAMES CHANDLER	115	24	14	30	22	25
13	TOM CARD	102	27	18	15	27	15
14	OIL GAUT	100	17	15	22	20	26
15	STEFAN ROBSON	97	20	17	21	26	13
16	BRADLEY OWENS	96	25	24	19	12	16
17	MATT READMAN	93	9	29	24	13	18
18	STEVE RILEY	92	21	23	18	–	30
19	REECE WILKINSON	80	–	16	13	19	32
20	FRASER SMITH	78	14	9	26	5	24
21	DAN TIMBRELL	78	26	5	3	21	23
22	LUKE PRICE	77	4	19	10	16	28
23	JOSH OATES	64	5	12	16	11	20
24	ROSS HEPBURN	62	15	8	8	14	17
25	LUKE STOREY	57	11	10	17	9	10
26	KEVIN BROWN	52	30	22	–	–	–
27	SAM ALDERMAN	48	12	11	14	2	9
28	SEB BASHFORD	47	10	27	–	10	–
29	LEWIS RAYNE	45	13	6	5	17	4
30	AIDEN MURPHY	42	18	13	11	–	–
31	ADRIAN WITCOMBE	37	6	4	12	8	7
32	MATT WARINWRIGHT	36	–	–	–	24	12
33	JAMIE MCCATHY	23	–	–	–	15	8
34	BRANDEN HOLLAND	23	7	3	9	3	1
35	DAN EVANS	22	3	7	6	4	2
36	JASON WAYMAN	19	–	–	7	7	5
37	MATT BENNETT	15	2	–	1	6	6
38	PAUL SHUTE	13	8	2	–	–	3
39	TOM BERRY	7	1	1	4	1	–
40	LOUIS SMITH	2	–	–	2	–	–

Vets Over 40’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	RYAN VOASE	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	DANNY TOLLET	190	38	38	38	38	38
3	ADAM WILKINSON	172	32	36	36	34	34
4	DANNY BLAKELEY	161	34	34	32	29	32
5	BARRY GRAY	157	26	32	27	36	36
6	LEE MARTIN	151	36	29	30	28	28
7	JUSTIN ROBINSON	149	28	30	34	30	27
8	RICHARD MILLER	147	30	27	28	32	30
9	DAVID EVANS	133	29	28	29	25	22
10	SCOTT MURRAY	131	27	26	26	26	26
11	NEIL GRIFFITHS	117	24	25	24	21	23
12	JOE BASTON	114	23	23	25	24	19
13	ANDREW WOOLHOUSE	107	20	24	23	19	21
14	PAUL COWARD	105	22	22	21	16	24
15	CLAYTON HOGG	92	16	16	17	23	20
16	MARK SUTHERLAND	92	18	19	19	20	16
17	GAV SOUTHWARD	85	19	20	13	15	18
18	JOHN CURRUTHERS	83	13	21	18	14	17
19	SIMON BONSOR	82	25	10	–	22	25
20	ALAN THAIN	76	14	18	16	13	15
21	LEE BUCK	70	15	17	20	18	–
22	STEVE WARD	69	17	–	22	17	13
23	CHRIS PEATY	65	12	15	15	11	12
24	STU DAWES	56	–	–	–	27	29
25	LEE SCOTT	54	11	11	11	12	9
26	JAMIE MENZIE	52	10	12	12	8	10
27	DAVID HOPKINS	44	8	8	14	3	11
28	TONY HOUSEMAN	42	9	9	–	10	14
29	JAMES KAY	34	21	13	–	–	–
30	NEIL PRINGLE	30	6	5	6	5	8
31	MIKE JOHNSTON	28	3	7	9	2	7
32	ROY PARTINGTON	26	5	3	5	7	6
33	DALE SILK	26	2	6	10	4	4
34	NIGEL SMORFITT	25	7	–	7	9	2
35	CHRIS GAUT	23	4	4	4	6	5
36	JAMES ANDREW	22	–	14	8	–	–
37	KEVIN CHARLES	9	–	2	3	1	3
38	NICK MacLENNAN	1	1	–	–	–	–
39	GARY MOFFAT	1	–	1	–	–	–

Vets Over 50’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	DAVE DUNN	188	36	34	38	40	40
2	CHRIS BROWN	180	38	36	32	38	36
3	ANDY WATKINS	178	30	38	36	36	38
4	PAUL WILDMAN WILLIS	164	32	30	34	34	34
5	MORTON HANNAH	149	34	32	28	27	28
6	EWAN JOHNSTON	145	28	28	27	32	30
7	ROB PROSSER	143	26	29	30	29	29
8	ROB LEWIS	142	25	26	29	30	32
9	ADRIAN LEWIS	129	24	24	26	28	27
10	STEPHEN THORNTON	127	29	27	19	26	26
11	BRIAN WHEELER	120	40	40	40	–	–
12	BRIAN FRASER	110	21	17	23	25	24
13	CHRIS STEMP	106	8	25	25	23	25
14	ALAN MORTON	104	22	18	21	20	23
15	STEVEN POLLOCK	100	16	19	22	22	21
16	STEVE HUMPHRIES	99	19	21	20	21	18
17	PAUL NEEDHAM	90	14	8	24	24	20
18	ADRIAN JESSOP	89	20	20	12	18	19
19	STEVE HOWES	76	5	14	16	19	22
20	PAUL BUNN	74	13	15	14	17	15
21	ADRIAN SAUNDERS	73	18	12	15	14	14
22	ROB GLYNN	63	23	23	17	–	–
23	ANDREW PROSSER	60	11	16	10	11	12
24	BRAD DAVEY	56	7	7	11	15	16
25	IAN MCGREGOR	52	15	11	–	13	13
26	NICK BOOT	50	6	9	9	9	17
27	CRIAG POTTER	49	27	22	–	–	–
28	IAN SAYER	44	10	6	13	6	9
29	JOHN CARD	42	12	10	–	10	10
30	STEVE MATTHEWS	40	17	5	18	–	–
31	SIMON STOCKHAM	34	9	13	–	12	–
32	DAVID BECK	31	3	4	8	8	8
33	DAVE CLAYBORN	27	–	–	–	16	11
34	KEVIN McCATHEY	26	4	3	6	7	6
35	GRAHAM WATSON	18	1	1	5	4	7
36	PAUL MINIHANE	16	2	2	7	5	–
37	KEVIN CHARLES	9	–	2	3	1	3
38	NICK MacLENNAN	1	1	–	–	–	–
39	GARY MOFFAT	1	–	1	–	–	–