Team GB & Stolen triumph at 2026 VMXdN Hawkstone

Team GB winners at the 2026 VMXdN Hawkstone

Over the Bank Holiday weekend of August 29th & 30th, the annual VMXdN event took on a new venue for 2026 after three years at Foxhills in the shape of the iconic Hawkstone Park in Shropshire, and as with previous years, had attracted many riders from all parts of the globe.

Race Report and Images by Dave Rich 

This year’s event had attracted a few new names, especially in the International team event, as both Mike Alessi and Jeremy Martin were having their first ride at this event, both competing for Team USA alongside Ryan Sipes, who was part of the winning team in 2025. There was no team Italy for 2026, but two riders from that team last year Alessio Chiodi and David Philippaerts were joined by Christophe Pourcel who was a winner in the USA team last year joining them to make up a team for this year which was known as the World Champions team and for sure would be in contention, but hoping to get that top spot on the podium after finishing third last year was the Great Britain team in the shape of Tommy Searle, Elliott Banks-Browne and Brad Anderson.

Brad Anderson

As with most of the country leading up to the event there hadn’t been any rain for some time and as riders said Hawkstone was nigh on perfect on the Friday before the heavens opened up and with it being a sand track things were to get abit sloppy for Practice and Qualifying Saturday morning and with some really heavy showers on and off things got difficult for many riders especially going up the famous hill. Because of the conditions, the decision was made by the team and the clerk of the course to only run one block of racing on Saturday and to only use the hill for the team races on the Sunday, plus all three race points would count for the overalls.

Tommy Searle

As with previous years, spectators were there in numbers and braved the rain and were to witness some excellent racing which was to be seen in all classes, but their main focus was on the two team-related races.

Ryan Hunt

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In the Yamaha International team class, it proved a good weekend for team Great Britain who had plenty of support all the way around the track especially when they saw Tommy Searle leading the way not just on one occasion but in all three races who was to show his class and was to deal with the pressure from American rider Jeremy Martin several times over the three races, but Searle who has plenty of experience dealt with the pressure and took a hattrick of wins and with Banks-Browne and Anderson who had a bad crash in the last race which bent his handlebars still giving his all and finishing the race this was to give Great Britain to much applause the overall team win by thirty nine points from team World Champions Pourcel, Philippaerts and Chiodi with team USA Sipes, Martin and Alessi taking third overall.

Ronnie Mac

The ever popular Wright Engineering national team races were also to produce some close racing and gave the spectators plenty to cheer about. Last year’s Champions team Stolen were back this year with a young and up and coming line up of riders in the shape of Eddie Jay-Wade who had been called up at the last minute to replace the injured American Carson Brown who was a winner with the team last year, Bobby Bruce and Jamie Keith who won his first ever MX2 British Championship race at this venue earlier in the year.

There were also many other teams, including Fathead Racing with riders capable of spoiling the party in the shape of Lennox Dickinson, Freddie Bartlett and Ty Kellett, plus many others, with some riders having their first rides on 2-Stroke machines.

The winning Stolen team

Jamie Keith was a rider to show his intention in this event and was to dominate the opening race on the Saturday but leading the team proceedings going in to day two by six points after three consistant scores was the 1664 Developments team of Daniel McCanney, Jamie McCanney and Max Ingham but Sunday was to sort the men out from the boys once the rain came down again which saw Keith take his second win in this class with his team mates second and third behind him to put them leading the team overall points going in to the last race which was won by the Fathead Racing rider Lennox Dickinson who took it by .554 of a second ahead of Keith with Bruce and Wade 3rd & 4th this was enough for the Stolen Team to regain their title by twenty one points ahead of the Fathead Racing team with 1664 Developments team a further twenty one points back taking third overall.

Jamie Keith

In the other classes, there was a good result for Jim Davies in the Pro Circuit Evo 125 class, who seemed to like the wet conditions and took a clean sweep of wins to take the overall, with Carl Luke second overall and Adam Ager third overall.

Jim Davies

The Pro Circuit Evo Open class saw Will Worden look as if he was going to win the opening race before he was caught and passed by Jamie Law who went on to take the win as he did in the other two races to take the overall with Ben Griffith taking second overall with three third place finishes just ahead of James Kensington who has always liked the wet conditions taking third overall.

Keith Johnson

In the Range Evo Ultra over 50’s class, American Keith Johnson on his Steve Wells-prepared KX500 Kawasaki won the opening two races ahead of Craig Pratley, who in the last race was to deny Johnson a clean sweep of wins. Johnson took the overall by one points ahead of Pratley with third overall going to Mark Eastwood with a hattrick of third place finishes, whereas in the Range Evo Ultra over 60’s class it was the Dutchman Woulter Bron who took the opening race from fans favourite American Doug Dubach, but Bron had no answer to Dubach in the other two races which Dubach won to give him the overall by one point from Bron with Vince Crawley after taking a hattrick of third place finishes taking third overall.

Jamie Law

In the GoPro Evo Ultra Group one it was young Charlie Richmond who was to be over the moon with his performance winning all three races to give him the overall ahead of the talented and experienced American Phil Nicoletti with Jake Preston with three consistant rides taking third overall, whereas in the Fasthouse Evo Ultra Group 2 there was two wins for Max Ingham and one win for Jamie Law, but it was Ingham who took the overall with Law and Dutchman Rene Boer tied on points for second overall, but with Law with the better result in the last race he took second overall.

Damon Dubach

In the Big MX World Pre 96 125 class there was only one winner with a hattrick of wins and that was Patrick Gilligan with Ryan Butler taking second overall with three second place finishes and third overall went to Ryan Deacon who had three third place finishes and in the 97 – 08 125 class it was the talented Neville Bradshaw who seems to be able to compete on any bike that he is offered who took the overall with a clean sweep of wins with second overall going to Jeffery Meurs with Fellow Dutchman Kevin Van Dam taking third overall.

Ben Putnam getting the holeshot in Saturday’s Wright Engineering race

The Bell Evo Plus class was to give us three different winners in the shape of Gavin Stevenson, Matthew Bayliss and Kelvin Van Geldorp, but consistency was to sort it out at the end of the day with Bayliss taking the overall by one point from Rene Boer, with Geldorp taking third overall by the better result in the last race ahead of Stevenson.

Gary Phelps getting into a spot of bother

In the Super Evo Open class, there was a fine performance from a rider from yesteryears in the shape of Ray Rowson, who took all three race wins, with second overall going to Dutchman Michael Hoenson with a scorecard of 2,2,2, and third overall was to go to John Robson.

The kids enjoyed the race action

Results

International Team Race – Individual Overall

PosNoCompetitorTotal PointsR1R2R3R4
17Tommy Searle3111
28Elliott Banks Browne14644
31Ryan Sipes211362
410Daniel McCanney221255
5377Christian Pourcel22589
6800Mike Alessi268108
7272Neville Bradshaw277146
8122David Philippaerts284717
917Jonathon Roderick34101212
109Brad Anderson363267
1126Rene Boer38171110
12121Alessio Chiodi42181311
1311Jamie McCanney4327313
1430James Dodd45161514
15511Steven Clarke45111915
1621Steven Craig50141719
1729WILL HUGHES51191616
18777Ryan Hunt63212418
192Jeremy Martin642260
2028Jayden Ashwell66232023
2118Robert Lewis67242221
2212Gavin Hunt71262124
23123Anthony Rodiriguez729603
2425Kevin Van Geldorp8415960
2516Andrew Gillet105202560
2669Ronnie Mac106281860
2720David Campbell109602722
2819xGraham Blacklock142226060
2934Neil O’Hara148602860
306Keith Johnson180606060
3135Glenn James180606060
3236Garry Sullivan180606060

International Team Result

PosTeamTotal PointsR1R2R3R4
1Team GB53103112
2World Champions92272837
3Team USA111231870
4Isle of Man136652942
5Milsaps Training Facility144279324
6FUS/AJP162585153
7Team Wales206545993
8Team Holland2505743150
9Team Scotland30196104101
10Team 69349109102138
11Team Munster Ireland508180148180

Wright Engineering Team Race – Individual Overall

PosNoCompetitorTotal PointsR1R2R3R4
13Jamie Keith4112
213Lennox Dickinson132101
31Eddie Wade15573
427Ben Putman15366
514Freddie Barlett16835
644Jamie McCanney20947
72Bobby Bruce393324
836Jonny Roderick Evans3918912
925Charlie Putman39131115
1043Daniel McCanney407258
1145Max Ingham404531
1224Kieran Banks45141714
134Matt Bayliss46221311
1434Josh Coleman46102313
1515Ty Kellet50161519
165Harry Bradley51202110
176Josh Taylor51171816
1818Scott Hamilton55151921
1926Syd Putman58121432
2022Luke Mellows59192218
2138xGAVIN STEPHENSON63341217
2233Jamie Carpenter64211627
2317Lee Sealey71312020
2423James Kensington74232625
2531Josh Vail746860
2616Richy Roberts78252726
2738Antoine Moulin84272829
2832Lewis Trickett93116022
29422CHARLIE HEYMAN10132609
3035Josh Canton107602423
3119Adam Donnelly110266024
3221David Anderson112246028
3320Nathan Donnelly118286030
3439Mitch Conway149296060
3537Zak Atkins150306060

Wright Engineering Team Race – Team Result

PosTeamTotal PointsR1R2R3R4
1Stolen5839109
2Fathead Racing79262825
31664 Developments100203446
4Waldi Racing112283153
5Otto Offroad148595237
6AG Racing178566557
7Team Concept Racing192885648
8Team Shamrock204716667
9Ozmo Motorsport2313884109
10Island Hill Rut Riders3407818082
11CHARLIE HEYMAN34412613286
12Apicom38386148149

Evo 125 – Overall

PosNoCompetitorTotal PointsR1R2R3R4
1444JIM DAVIES3111
292CARL LUKE8224
333ADAM AGER18675
442ROB DRINKWATER656032
5125LAUREN MAY COLLINGWOOD676043
613GLEN BIXBY694560
715ARJAN EGGINK726066
882MARK CREASY756087
927MATT COLES12336060
10603TIM GARDHAM12556060

Evo Open – Overall

PosNoCompetitorTotal PointsR1R2R3R4
125Jamie LAW3111
2400BEN GRIFFITHS9342
3140JAMES KENSINGTON13454
4773DAN HARTLEY14563
5106WILL WORDEN152211
634PHILIP DYSON276912
7113BEN MILWARD281576
8747JOE SURRY9210148
922JORDAN DOHERTY3381510
10233LEE SIMS3491213
11465GLENN WHITTOCK39111315
12511SCOTTY WILLIAMSON4071914
13716SEAN STICKLAND52171619
1445JOEL HUGHES736085
1555STEVE BIXBY7613360
163JAMIE SCOTT7960109
1774DANIEL JONES8560187
18431GARRY JONES92166016
194xMAURICE HEFFERNAN95601718
2084GARY PHELPS97602017
2118DARREN TOY131601160
2221KRISTIAN ANKRITT132126060
2331STEFAN LITTLE134146060
2491GRAHAM BADDILEY1206060
25133LUKE SIMS1206060
26331JON RUTHERFORD1206060
27764RICHARD HAWKINS1206060

Evo Ultra Over 50 – Overall

PosNoCompetitorTotalr 1r 2r 3r 4
16KEITH JOHNSON4112
2501CRAIG PRATLEY5221
33MARK EASTWOOD9333
4741CASEY JONES14446
5702JAMES BERRILL15564
612YVES COOLS19658
7121SEAN SMITH247107
850MATT FRENCH281189
989RICHARD VAN DROOGE2910712
1032xSTEPHEN ALMACK3112910
1128PHIL LEWIS3591313
1211KEVIN COWIE41141116
1326RICHARD BROWN44151415
1425ADRIAN JESSOP49171517
15284KLASS HOFSTEDE738605
1674GARY BENNIMAN133136060
17411STE MARLOW136166060
1833GRAHAM JONES138186060
19156PHILIP WALDRON231211
2018NEAL MOORE301614
21595RICHARD TAPSCOTT6060
22954STU HUGHES6060
2327MATTHEW HILLIER6060
24116DEAN WARREN6060

Evo Ultra Over 60 – Overall

PosNoCompetitorTotalr 1r 2r 3r 4
115DOUG DUBACH4211
217WOULTER BRON5122
3144VINCE CRAWLEY99
423PAUL PALMER13346
5321ROB DUINEVELD16853
621IAN KNIGHT227114
764DAVID LUKE3313137
8212ANDY WATKINS674360
9351NEIL GRAHAM7510605
1025XPETE WENTWORTH779860
11919ROB MEEK1156
12511PETER FRANCOMBE20128
1360IAN FAWCETT221210
1432GRAHAM MOORE67607
1569RONALD ROBBE66
16824OSCAR VAN DER MIERDAN1111
1722TIM COLE6060
1812XBRADLEY BRIGGS6060

Evo Ultra Open Group 1 – Overall

PosNoCompetitorTotalr 1r 2r 3r 4
1333CHARLIE RICHMOND3111
229PHIL NICOLETTI6222
3957JAKE PRESTON12633
491CHARLIE PUTNAM14554
535JOSH CANTON16466
6181JESSE WREN25799
7148LIAM WILKES279108
8122NATHAN DONNELLY34111112
9433OAKLEY KETTLE408257
1052MAT MEARS40131611
11199ROBERT FOX42181410
1292SAM FINN44141317
13331PADDY MCMULLAN453285
1417GEORGE CLARKE53221714
15444LUKE SCRIVEN55202015
1678HARRY PURSLOW55211816
17118JAMIE THOMAS64232219
18124RILEY COPELAND69242322
1992XBEN GILLETT703760
20131MAX MARNOCK73252721
217XDAN ROBERTS74332120
22205WILL HUGHES7410460
23126CHARLIE COPELAND80292823
24209CALLUM FULFORD80272924
25236SIMON GILL88156013
26104BILLY STEVENS88161260
27379MYLES MULLIGAN98191960
28111ROSS STURMEY104123260
29217SHAUN PARRY110262460
30145JAMES BARABACH116302660
31134WILLIAM WYNN119283160
3212MATTHEW FULLER137176060
33242MATT TOLLEY151316060
3499TOM MARSH331518
35562THOMAS HIGGINS903060
3637SAM COWIE1206060
3797DAVID JAMES ROBSON1206060
3890RHYS BADDILEY1206060

Evo Ultra Open Group 2 – Overall

PosNoCompetitorTotalr 1r 2r 3r 4
111MAX INGHAM5113
2256JAMIE LAW7241
3200RENE BOER7322
4661JOSH COLEMAN12534
55HARRY BRADLEY17656
625CODY SPACAGNA211065
76JOSH TAYLOR 21498
864CORY NEMETH23977
9130LEO SELF35131210
1053JACK ALDERTON40141412
1171DUGGIE JAMIESON4115179
1227ROSS BENTON43171511
13522FRANK ELWELL53192113
1471XLEWIS LGRIFFITHS58202414
15100HANNAH JONES66282315
164LEON VAN HOUT757860
17105JORDAN ROBBERS85121360
18922LESLEY ARKEMA101221960
1914SJORS GEMMINK103232060
20461JOSEP HARTOG112272560
21911HENK PATER18810
22857BERRY GOULDBEEK321616
237JACK BLACKBURN392118
2432XANDER VOSSEBELD402911
25681NATHAN BACHE401822
2622JONATHAN COLE562531
27201BENITO SIDOLI583127
2823RYAN PAUL623329
29359PATRICK VAN WILBURG711160
30322KELVIN HAMMER842460
31752RANDY VAN WILBURG866026
32555STEVE WILLIAMS862660
3328ADAM PAIN886028
34444JAKE MOULD906030
352ALEX CARSON903060
3619PHILLIP JONES923260
37999CONNER CHALLINOR1206060
388JOSH HALL1206060
39119MATTHEW POCOCK1206060
40141RYAN MESK1206060
4112MATTHEW FULLER1206060
4242SLADE PULLIN1206060
4348BILLY BAYLISS1206060
44116BEN PRATT1206060
45137TYLER LANE1206060
46152BEN LIGHTBOWN1206060
47172DAVE MOORS1206060
48921HENRY PARTRIDGE1206060

Bell Evo Plus Open – Overall

PosNoCompetitorTotalr 1r 2r 3r 4
14XMATHEW BAYLISS6312
2200RENE BOER7223
367KELVIN VAN GELDORP12741
438GAVIN STEVENSON12174
5623CHARLIE HUCKLEBRIDGE13535
633JOSH GREEDY16466
717LEE SEALEY18657
824MATTHEW LUND289109
927JACK SEABORNE318914
1012REUBEN ALWAY32111110
1166ALBIE HALL36121311
1222LUKE RICHARDSON39151212
1315JAKE MARSH42131613
14951ADAM DONNELLY51101427
15120JUSTIN VAN LOUDEN52171817
16114CALLUM SHEPHERDSON62192716
1796ALFIE CREALOCK-LOVELL63202320
18159JAMES DEACON64291718
19554JAMIE KNIGHT64182026
2043KURT OWEN-TALBOT66142131
21123SIDNEY DAWSON68212423
22499ANNEMAY HOFSTEDE69281922
23331JORDAN MCMULLAN73262621
24241AUSTIN BEASTY766088
254ALFIE OWEN76223519
26161OLIVER PARRY78242232
279LUKE JOHN CONDRON83252533
28417CHANTEL HOFSTEDE84273225
2944DANNY LAVERTON84163434
3076REECE SANDERS88303028
31145RILEY STICKLAND91313129
32679JOE HARPER99601524
33350BRADLEY CLARKE104602915
34144CONNOR MOULSDALE123603330
35333JOSEPH MORAN123602835

125cc 1997+ – Overall

PosNoCompetitorTotalr 1r 2r 3r 4
1272NEVILLE BRADSHAW3111
2941JEFFERY MEURS6222
37xKevin  Van Dam 9333
4999CONNER CHALLINOR14464
597ALESSIO NOVELLO15645
651JARNO DUINVELD19856
777TOBY LIGHTBOWN22787
8140VINCENT VAN DIJK251078
97JACK BLACKBURN3091110
10111STAN KROMKAMP3411914
1118DARREN TOY3812179
124JACK OSBORN38141212
13752Kevin  Huisman 43161413
14353CHEIL ROELOFS8051560
15141NICK PHILLIPS86131360
1645BRADLEY WHITE91151660
17191KURT RICHARDSON211011
1859MATT DAVID781860

125cc Pre 1996 – Overall

PosNoCompetitorTotalr 1r 2r 3r 4
158PATRICK GILLIGAN3111
2204RYAN BUTLER6222
384RYAN RYAN DEACON9333
4505NIKLAS  BRAKKE12444
5244KIERAN DAVIES18666
6243GEORGE MITCHELL221255
723STEVE CORNWALL358198
847RUDIE KELSON41151511
97KAGE PIPER43171412
1091BEN MILLER776089
11101HARRY MILLS7871160
1294JAMES COLE7910960
13167SAM BRADLEY7991060
14208LEE MARTIN8151660
1556MATT BOWEN85131260
16371CALUM PRIDDLE88111760
17280DAN  JACKMAN92141860
18178AMIE GOODLAD1477
19140MATT SLOMAN231310
2017RICHARD TANCOCK761660
21251JAMIE MENZIES781860

Super Evo Open –  Overall

PosNoCompetitorTotalr 1r 2r 3r 4
111RAY ROWSON3111
2241MICHEAL HOENSON6222
3128JOHN ROBSON10433
420CARL JONES11344
5232JAMES LASSU16556
6141RYAN MATTHEWS20695
7284KLASS HOFSTEDE23878
8340TOM HIRONS291667
9601STEVEN GARDHAM2991010
10130TIMMY ANDREWS3313119
1192EDWARD BAILEY36101412
12199DOMINIC BAILEY38151211
1338JAMES MILNE39111513
14116LEE BROWN49171715
1545LEE HARRIS49141322
16102ALAN JONES53121823
177MARK LUND58181921
18550DAN ELLIS59192020
19129NATHAN DAVIES61222514
20186JOE SMITH68242618
212PETER HAMLETT757860
2229JAMES MORLAND98602216
2324SCOTT ROBERTS99231660
24290DAVID PLEDGE103202360
25711GUY LANGMEAD141216060
2690JOE REEVES145256060
27171KLAAS JAN SLAGER146266060
28170MARK WEST180606060
2996MATTHEW WILLIAMS180606060
3012PETER STEWART382117
31144RYAN ROWBOTTOM462719
3221MARK COLLINS842460
3350STEPHEN WEST882860
3443SCOTT BARROW1206060
3517GERRITT DE BOER1206060
36152SAM CHEESMAN1206060

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