Bartlett runs wild at Hawkstone! 2026 AMCA British Motocross Championship Round 5 Report & Results

Whether you love it or loathe it, the chance to compete at the iconic Hawkstone Park must surely be top of any motocross rider’s wish list!

Race Report and Images by Mike Wood

Once there, though, and on the start line, to then have the ability to produce top results and maybe bag a podium spot is a whole different scenario! On Sunday during round 5 of the 2026 AMCA British Motocross Championship, most of the leading contenders in this year’s title races did manage to produce the goods, getting the outcomes they were hoping for and thus ensuring that they are now ready to push on towards the series finishing line.

Starting with the Open class, leader Tyla Hooley had to settle for second overall after being headed by fellow youngster Freddie Bartlett, who was under the CPMX Racing Ltd awning for the day. On a 450F KTM for the first time, Bartlett and Hooley proceeded to entertain with two truly outstanding battles of high quality and worthy of the stage that they were being played out on! In moto one, Hooley led for eight rip-roaring laps before Bartlett found a way through for the win. Holding 3rd from gate to flag was James Dodd whilst his FUS Marsh MX teammate Will Hughes took 4th after holding off Jayden Ashwell, making a welcome return after suffering injury at round one. In this one, Ashwell’s AJP teammate Ben Clayton, Jacob Bowden, Drew Roe, Michael Parsons and Josh Greedy were next up.

Producing arguably the save of the day, Dodd led the second Open class moto only to spectacularly get into a speedway-style, high-speed broad slide! Right on the gas and displaying outstanding throttle control, Doddy somehow remained on board as Hooley hit the front with Bartlett in tow. Just three laps in and 16-year-old Bartlett took control, and from here onwards it was to be another classic as Hooley was right on his tail and chasing hard for the entire duration. Resisting every move, Bartlett again took the win with Dodd having a very lonely ride in 3rd, as Clayton, Hughes and Ashwell were also in the mix.

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It was to be another Wildcard rider taking the overall victory in the Hawkstone MX2 class as Max Harris was first past the post on both occasions. The racing in MX2 certainly matched the excitement of the Open class by producing its own couple of outstanding encounters! In moto one, Joel Fisher made a stunning start and led the way for three laps before Henry Williams, the series leader, took over. Henry’s advantage, though, was to last for just another two circuits before eventual winner Harris came steaming through. Gating initially down in 10th, Harris was right on the gas, finishing 10 seconds clear of Williams whilst Finley Evans, Ray Rowson, Rory Jones, early leader Fisher, Jonathan Evans, Jack Lindsay and Yarin Evans were next home. In this opening MX2 moto, both top six riders Jimmy Margetson and Lee Truman recorded DNF’s going out on lap eight. For Margetson, suffering a whole spate of recent misfortune, this was further unwanted heartache! Forced to ride his 125cc mount instead of the usual 250F, Jimmy’s engine then expired, signalling the end of his Hawkstone participation!

MX2 moto two then produced one of the races of the day as Rowson led and brilliantly held off constant pressure from Williams, Finley Evans, Fisher and Harris. On his rapid 250cc two-stroke Yamaha, Harris, though, was not to be denied and stylishly picked off his rivals before hitting the front on lap five. In this super contest, Finley Evans eventually bagged a hard-earned 2nd spot from Williams, Rowson, Rory Jones, Fisher, Jonathan Evans, Yarin Evans and Luke Meredith. With Championship contender Jayden Jones electing to instead travel down to Little Silver and protect his series lead in the Plews British Masters MXY2 class, the Hawkstone results mean that Williams has further increased his AMCA MX2 advantage and Finley Evans has moved up into 2nd spot.

There was drama on the opening lap of the 125cc/125cc Youth moto one at Hawkstone as top contender Aaron Colley and Luke Phillips collided. Whilst Phillips was quickly up and running, Colley was to unfortunately suffer a season-ending broken shoulder. At the front, young Oakley Skinner led the way before series pacesetter Lee Sealey stylishly took control. After his super performance during round four, Ashley Harland was at it again, coming through from 9th to chase title rival Sealey home. Jordan Wright, Oakley Kettle. Joseph Robinson, early leader Skinner, Will Turner, Patrick Gilligan and Luke Newman also started with strong top ten placings. Following his early crash, Phillips worked very hard to get back up to 17th.

Blast off for the 125cc class in moto one

After his super moto one start, Skinner was quick out of the blocks again in the second clash only to disappear from proceedings early on. At the front, Jordan Wright led the initial exchanges before the immaculate Sealey took control on lap three, then racing onto another big, vital 25 Championship points. Chasing him home was that man Harland, and what an interesting moto he was to encounter! Hit by a riderless bike when entering the famous Hawkstone bomb hole, he dropped down to 6th before recovering and then inserting heavy pressure on leader Sealey. With fellow title contender Wright in 3rd, next up was a trio of Youth riders: Sean Smout, eventual overall winner and wildcard Joseph Robinson and Ted Bullen, as Phillips, Gilligan, Bobby Watson and Charlie Palmer completed the top ten.

Lee Sealey the 125cc winner at Hawkstone

Ace Suspension boss Aaron Crowder grabbed the holeshot in the opening combined and very competitive Vet’s/Women’s Championship contest. By lap two, though, it was Phil Mercer hitting the front, and in his usual smooth, classy style, he then glided to the eventual win as Lee Martin took 2nd with Crowder in 3rd. As Vet’s Over 40’s series leader Jamie Dobson got home in 4th from Sam Callow, Matt Ryder and Ashley Locke, Championship title contender James Lane certainly had to work hard for his points! Starting in 7th, a mistake dropped him right down to 18th before a super recovery saw him climb right back to an eventual 8th. Also producing a stunning performance in this one was Wildcard Women’s Championship rider, Lauren May Collingwood. Really mixing it up with some of the more experienced and recognised vets, Lauren was passing for fun and on the gas, getting right up to a great 6th spot only to then frustratingly stall her engine on the final lap and be relegated back to 11th!

Aaron Crowder grabs the holeshot in the opening Vets and Womens moto

There was then drama at the start of the second moto as Women’s series leader Hannah Jones crashed and restarted a distant last! Undeterred, though, Hannah got right back on the power to get home in 22nd place. At the front it was Mercer again taking the win from Martin, James Lane, Crowder, Simon Lane, Ryder and Dobson. First Lady home again and the eventual Women’s overall winner on the day was the super-fast Collingwood in 9th with Holly Williams, Caitlin Newman and Amber McGregor also inside the top twenty. In the overall results, the major headlines saw Lee Martin repeat his 2025 Hawkstone performance with another Vet’s Over 40’s AMCA win, Caitlin Newman move up into 2nd place in the Women’s series and Mark Tilzey jump above Daran Williams in the Vet’s Over 60’s class to now also hold 2nd place.

Lauren May Collingwood the Women’s class winner at Hawkstone

Results

Open

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2
1	592	Freddie Bartlett	50	25	25
2	101	Tyla Hooley	44	22	22
3	292	James Dodd	40	20	20
4	205	Will Hughes	34	18	16
5	11	Ben Clayton	33	15	18
6	211	Jayden Ashwell	31	16	15
7	412	Drew Roe	27	13	14
8	12	Jacob Bowden	25	14	11
9	133	Josh Greedy	24	11	13
10	249	Tommi Davies	22	10	12
11	40	Ezra Blackwell	18	8	10
12	172	Michael Parsons	18	12	6
13	7	Tyron Cleaver	17	9	8
14	23	Joshua Fletcher-Williams	16	7	9
15	44	Keelan Southwood	12	5	7
16	35	Tom Neesam	9	4	5
17	169	Matt Lomas	6	6	–
18	130	Aaron Collins	5	1	4
19	242	Ben Walker	3	3	–
20	59	Steven Owen	2	2	–

MX2

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2
1	472	Max Harris	50	25	25
2	12	Finley Evans	42	20	22
3	15	Henry Williams	42	22	20
4	111	Ray Rowson	36	18	18
5	231	Rory Jones	32	16	16
6	711	Joel Fisher	30	15	15
7	10	Jonathan Evans	28	14	14
8	2	Yarin Evans	25	12	13
9	433	Jack Lindsay	24	13	11
10	17	Luke Meredith	23	11	12
11	512	Stanley Siebert	20	10	10
12	167	Jack Evans	16	8	8
13	85	Tim Burrows	14	5	9
14	173	Mitchil Collins	14	7	7
15	79	Wyatt McGregor	11	6	5
16	324	Micheal Walk	9	9	–
17	279	Harley Ocallaghan	8	2	6
18	66	Albie Hall	5	3	2
19	46	Adam Hill	4	–	4
20	444	Romeo Mead	4	1	3
21	16	Jake O Gorman	4	4	–
22	48	Ben Sullivan	1	–	1

125cc

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2
1	10	Lee Sealey	50	25	25
2	292	Ashley Harland	44	22	22
3	33	Jordan Wright	40	20	20
4	58	Patrick Gilligan	32	16	16
5	107	Will Turner	30	18	12
6	47	Luke Phillips	29	11	18
7	23	Luke Newman	29	15	14
8	8	Charlie Palmer	28	13	15
9	27	Phil Burton	25	12	13
10	999	Conner Challinor	25	14	11
11	80	Bailey Holmes	20	10	10
12	114	Matthew Tranter	18	9	9
13	127	Scott Corfield	16	8	8
14	74	Daniel Dew	7	7	–

Women

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2
1	125	Lauren Collingwood	50	25	25
2	3	Caitlin Newman	40	20	20
3	98	Holly Williams	37	15	22
4	100	Hannah Jones	37	22	15
5	50	Amber McGregor	36	18	18
6	888	Jaymee Garrood	32	16	16
7	39	Erin Howes	28	14	14
8	180	Cameron Mansbridge	26	13	13
9	40	Daisy Blackwell	24	12	12
10	109	Sophie Jones	11	11	–

Clubman Senior

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2
1	317	Ayjay Simpson	50	25	25
2	401	Charlie Ludwell	44	22	22
3	17**	George Clarke	40	20	20
4	244	Kieran Davies	34	16	18
5	214	Louis Tilley	33	18	15
6	64	Levi Whiteoak	30	14	16
7	212	Max Monk	29	15	14
8	24	Ryan Murphy	21	9	12
9	90	Frazer Turner	21	11	10
10	27	Jack Hollis	21	12	9
11	117	Kyle Bowden	18	10	8
12	93	Neil Shevlin	14	8	6
13	484	Kurt Burton	13	13	–
14	161	Oliver Parry	13	–	13
15	727	Stanley Pool	12	7	5
16	119	Mackenzie Tranter	11	–	11
17	4	Josh Murphy	10	6	4
18	31	William Burd	7	–	7

Clubman Junior

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2
1	17*	Josh Ithell	47	22	25
2	17	Archie Humphrey	47	25	22
3	202	Joel Kremer	40	20	20
4	131	Ryan Tilley	36	18	18
5	4	Bobby Turner	32	16	16
6	100	Charlie Osborne	29	15	14
7	194	John Cox	28	13	15
8	13	Lewis Perks	27	14	13
9	137	Tyler Lane	24	12	12
10	850	Reggie Broadbent	20	10	10
11	15	Oliver woodhouse	18	7	11
12	994	Benjamin Prosser	17	11	6
13	888	Edward Barnes	15	6	9
14	35	Connor Lynds	13	5	8
15	22	Milo Humphrey	13	8	5
16	10	Harri Blythe	9	9	–
17	52	Daniel Lomas	8	1	7
18	212	Thomas Berry	7	3	4
19	37	Lewis Cook	5	4	1
20	221	Colin Berry	4	2	2
21	17	Jack Barnes	3	–	3

Vets Over 40

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2
1	208	Lee Martin	50	25	25
2	929	Jamie Dobson	42	22	20
3	781	James Lane	38	16	22
4	934	Sam Callow	38	20	18
5	118	Ashley Locke	34	18	16
6	107	Dain traylor	29	15	14
7	507	Clayton Hogg	28	13	15
8	32	Matthew Chaplin	27	14	13
9	23	Tim Ballam	22	11	11
10	44	Joe Shaw	21	9	12
11	236	John O’Hare	20	10	10
12	8	James Kay	12	12	–

Vets Over 50

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2
1	200	Phil Mercer	50	25	25
2	641	Aaron Crowder	44	22	22
3	91	Matt Ryder	38	20	18
4	73	Simon Lane	35	15	20
5	*	Adrian Bradley	32	18	14
6	507	David Dunn	31	16	15
7	2	Steve Clarke	27	14	13
8	121	Sean Smith	16	–	16

Vets Over 60

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2
1	22	Brian Staples	50	25	25
2	50	Michael Allport	44	22	22
3	104	Andrew Prosser	40	20	20
4	19	Mark Tilzey	36	18	18

125cc Youth

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2
1	101	Joseph Robinson	44	22	22
2	133	Oakley Kettle	41	25	16
3	227	Bobby Watson	36	18	18
4	271	Travis Tailford	31	16	15
5	455	Ted Bullen	30	10	20
6	105	Brodie Nock	29	15	14
7	93	Sean Smout	26	1	25
8	85	Finn Fitzgerald	26	13	13
9	195	Jenson Clitheroe	26	14	12
10	241	Harrison Hawksworth	22	12	10
11	94	Oakley skinner	20	20	–
12	83	Ethan Ballam	16	7	9
13	84	william Purcell	16	9	7
14	95	Arley Marshall	14	3	11
15	121	Lucas Gavin	14	6	8
16	32	Owen bradley	14	8	6
17	97	Riley Butterworth	11	11	–
18	77	William Miles	9	4	5
19	47	Harry Pollitt	9	5	4
20	905	Joshua Jones	5	2	3

Big Wheel 85cc

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2
1	15	Mason Brown	50	25	25
2	421	Jack Clark	44	22	22
3	303	Will Kremer	40	20	20
4	812	Joey Livingstone	36	18	18
5	241	Max Hampson	31	15	16
6	814	Byron Wheldon	31	16	15
7	17	Jimmy Whiston	26	12	14
8	166	Tyler Oliver	24	13	11
9	16	Oliver Wade	23	10	13
10	7	Sam Wilkinson	23	11	12
11	21	Tyler Lloyd	19	9	10
12	175	Josh Busby	17	8	9
13	208	Kaleb Martin	15	7	8
14	171	Cameron Jones	14	14	–
15	145	Spencer Paterson	13	6	7
16	901	Richie Baddiley	10	5	5
17	139	Memphis Ivory	9	3	6
18	14	Lottie Bradley	4	4	–

Small Wheel 85cc

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2
1	500	Riley Rogers	50	25	25
2	24	Sebastian Todd	42	20	22
3	33	Bobbie Richardson	40	22	18
4	252	Luke Swift	38	18	20
5	184	Harry Sayce	32	16	16
6	510	Jack Morris	30	15	15
7	101	Jayden Enstone	27	14	13
8	200	Aaron Mercer	24	10	14
9	525	Zeph Morgan	24	12	12
10	100	Oliver Moore	24	13	11
11	*	Henry Hennedy	20	11	9
12	35	Scott Neesam	17	9	8
13	17	Ronnie Lowe	10	–	10