ACU Eastern Centre Motocross Championship Round Six – Race Report & Results

Round six of the Eastern Centre motocross Championships, sponsored by Instanda and Stebbings Car Superstore took place at the Diss club’s Wattisfield Hall circuit in Suffolk on Sunday.

Report by Charlie Ralph – Images courtesy of Chris Carter

Following the timed practise sessions, the first block of four races were ran in fine weather on a well prepared circuit, but heavy rain in the afternoon caused the grassland circuit to become very muddy and slippery, and it was of great credit to the club officials and marshals that the twelve race programme was completed.

Race one in the fastest forty premier class saw Luke Parker storming to front in the twenty minute long race, chased by series leader, Lewis Tombs, Ben Cole and Brad Woodroffe. Max Broadbelt joined the four at the front, as the crowd were treated to some high speed action. With two laps remaining, Tombs’s Honda ground to a halt, leaving Cole in second place from Broadbelt, Woodroffe, Rob Nicoll, and Suffolk teenager, Will Farrow. The first junior grade rider to finish was junior series leader, sixteen year old Callum Murfitt, who fought through the pack to claim 7th place, just ahead of another youngster, Thomas Harris.

Norwich ace, Parker, led race two throughout, fresh from riding in the Italian six days International enduro, where he finished 17th out of several hundred competitors, Parker was in brilliant form. Tombs was holding second place, riding a borrowed 250cc Kawasaki, but had to make way for Attleborough’s Ben Cole, leaving Tombs to fend off the challenge from Woodroffe and Farrow, to claim third at the finish.

Racing was fast and furious between the young junior grade lads, with Harris having another good ride for 7th place. Second best junior was Norfolk’s Adam Reeve in 9th place, just ahead of Murfitt and Ipswich youngster, Travis Frost.

With heavy rainfall, making conditions very treacherous, Parker used all of his enduro skills to race clear again, easily taking his third win, and a maximum 75 points on the day. Suffolk’s Lewis Tombs, still riding the borrowed bike, managed to hold onto second place, despite coming under a lot of pressure from the GH Husqvarna of Ben Cole. Farrow had a great ride for 4th at the finish.

The first junior home was young Harris, who was very impressive as he rode to 5th place. Reeve, Frost and Murfitt battled hard for 7th, 8th and 9th places.

With two rounds remaining, Parker’s three wins moves him closer to Tombs’s points tally. Tombs now has 374 points with Parker on 350, and a maximum of 150 points are still up for grabs in the series.

Callum Murfitt still leads the junior grade championship with 359 points, his nearest challenger, Ryan Gardiner has 336 points.

The supporting A group saw local Diss member, Paul Hubbard, taking the overall win with a first and two second places. Lady rider, young Georgia Potter, had a great day, obviously enjoying the muddy conditions, Georgia was placed second overall after three gutsy rides. Veteran John Hinz had won the first two moto’s with ease, but decided to opt out of the third race.

Josh Sturman, riding a little 125ccHusqvarna, had a couple of wins and a second place to win the overall in the B support group, with local rider, Andy Cattermole, riding consistently for second place.

Shaun Tacey and William McCrae battled for the overall in all three races in the C group, with Tacey getting the verdict after a very tough race, with over half of the riders failing to finish due to the track conditions.

Round seven is scheduled for October 3rd at Wakes Colne, with the final round on October 10th at the Cadders Hill circuit at Lyng in Norfolk.

Results

Premier Class Expert

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Luke Parker 75 25 25 25
2 Benjamin Cole 64 22 22 20
3 Brad Woodroffe 50 18 18 14
4 William Farrow 49 15 16 18
5 Robert Nicoll 47 16 15 16
6 Lewis Tombs 42 20 22
7 Philip Burton 39 12 12 15
8 Max Broadbelt 34 20 14
9 Jack Youngs 24 13 11
10 Benjamin Alexander 24 14 10
11 Harry Clark 13 13

Premier Class Junior

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Thomas Harris 72 22 25 25
2 Adam Reeve 64 20 22 22
3 Callum Murfitt 63 25 20 18
4 Travis Frost 56 18 18 20
5 Ryan Gardiner 45 16 13 16
6 Archie Fisher 44 15 14 15
7 Lewis Holmes 37 8 15 14
8 Thomas Batts 36 14 12 10
9 Sean Ottway 28 12 16
10 Joe Phillips 26 7 11 8
11 William King 25 5 8 12
12 Connor Bunkle 23 10 10 3
13 Stephen Atkins 22 2 9 11
14 Joshua Deadman 22 6 3 13
15 Mark Goodson 15 4 7 4
16 Cullen Hawkins 14 9 5
17 Marc Nickerson 13 4 9
18 Robert Baldry 13 13
19 Sam Rogers 12 6 6
20 Harry Mills 11 11
21 Luke Nolan 9 1 1 7
22 Joseph Henthorn 7 2 5
23 Paul Aldridge 3 3

Junior A

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Paul Hubbard 131 43 43 45
2 Georgia Potter 108 32 35 41
3 Tim Soane 108 37 32 39
4 Philip Waldron 105 41 29 35
5 Henry Cox 104 28 33 43
6 Scott Goodson 96 33 34 29
7 John Hinz 90 45 45
8 James Gadd 86 27 28 31
9 Jack Whitlam 83 15 31 37
10 Edward Pegram 81 22 27 32
11 Mark Gardner 80 39 41
12 Charlie Dormer 74 35 39
13 Lewis Saunders 64 8 22 34
14 Lee Kirkpatrick 64 34 30
15 Bradley Allen 62 25 37
16 Jacob Carter 55 30 25
17 Max Monk 54 12 14 28
18 George Reeves Furness 52 31 21
19 Alfie Self 51 9 9 33
20 Ty Atkins 51 19 5 27
21 Ryan Goode 50 14 6 30
22 Jack Matthews 50 24 26
23 Olly Quinsee 49 26 23
24 Gareth Cushion 47 23 24
25 Joshua Warren 39 21 18
26 Dexter Lambe 33 20 13
27 George Stark 30 18 12
28 Justin Dennis 29 13 16
29 Jonathan Finch 29 29
30 Jesse Eaves 26 7 19
31 Arron Saunders 25 5 20
32 Sam Appleton 25 10 15
33 Michael Kester 24 16 8
34 Robert Hayden 23 6 17
35 Dean Suckling 21 11 10
36 Jay Peperell 17 17
37 Charlie Starsmoore 14 3 11
38 Andrew Webster 11 4 7
39 Morgan Flockhart 2 2

Junior B

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Josh Sturman 133 43 45 45
2 Andrew Cattermole 129 45 41 43
3 Sam Menzies 117 39 39 39
4 Nathan Moulton 111 41 29 41
5 Aidan Weston 96 33 26 37
6 Robert Bond 93 30 28 35
7 Tyler Grimwood 89 27 33 29
8 Aaron Holden 84 23 30 31
9 Evan Brown 74 29 18 27
10 Jason Turner 73 28 12 33
11 Luke Reeve 72 32 6 34
12 Kieran Hibble 71 34 37
13 Craig Page-Baker 71 37 34
14 Ryan Whitehead 70 35 35
15 Russell Snowling 58 6 20 32
16 Ben Secker 57 25 32
17 Charlie Taylor 56 15 13 28
18 Tom Garnham 50 26 24
19 Ashley Doggett 49 12 7 30
20 Darren Stone 49 18 31
21 Jonathan Moffat 49 24 25
22 John Smith 48 21 27
23 Lewis Diggins 46 10 10 26
24 Wayne Fulcher 46 31 15
25 Jamie Chamberlain 45 22 23
26 Lee Keyton 43 43
27 Robert Green 38 16 22
28 Andrew Smith 38 17 21
29 David Homan 35 19 16
30 Carl Hood 34 20 14
31 Thomas Davies 32 13 19
32 Shaun Griffiths 25 8 17
33 Dylan Wilby 25 14 11
34 Christopher Bickley 20 11 9
35 Cameron Hallett 15 7 8
36 Stephen Hood 9 9

Junior C

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Shaun Tacey 131 43 45 43
2 William Mcrae 129 41 43 45
3 Daniel Storey 106 33 34 39
4 Kai Ryder 101 29 35 37
5 Jack Hunton 101 32 39 30
6 Ashley Reeve 92 27 24 41
7 Matthew Herring 92 28 33 31
8 Jordan Rogers 85 26 30 29
9 Jason Eaves 84 24 27 33
10 Adam Baker 83 30 21 32
11 Zachary Kneller 82 21 26 35
12 Mark Hegarty 80 39 41
13 Ian Steel 79 25 28 26
14 Andrew Smith 74 37 37
15 Michael Blaxell 69 22 23 24
16 Mark Shelton 67 16 17 34
17 Kane Johnson 67 17 22 28
18 Colin Booker 60 15 20 25
19 Trevor Neave 60 31 29
20 Gene Barfield 60 35 25
21 Haydon Newton 51 19 32
22 Lee Keyton 45 45
23 Nick Hunton 45 18 27
24 Adrian Brewer 45 14 31
25 Andrew Carter 37 18 19
26 Andrew Smith 34 34
27 Owen Mcrae 32 20 12
28 Aiden Payne 27 12 15
29 Mark Jackson 27 13 14
30 Paul Neave 24 11 13
31 George Lummis 23 23
32 David Whitehead 16 16
33 Terry Humphreys 10 10

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