Bayliss bags the overall at Lyng! 2026 Eastern Centre Motocross Championship Round 4 – Report & Results

On Sunday 7th June, the Norwich Viking MCC hosted round 4 of the 2026 ACU Eastern Centre MX championship at Cadders Hill, Lyng. Backed by sponsors Stebbings Car Superstore and Rackhams Auto Body Centre, the NVMCC had the tough task of preparing the track with rain falling for most of the week prior to the event. They did a fantastic job as the track looked in prime condition, ready for 200 riders to do battle at the historic venue.

Race Report by Stefan Hicks – Images courtesy of Narna Media

With Tom Grimshaw winning all of the nine Expert races so far in 2026, the rest of the pack would’ve been somewhat relieved to see him not entered into round 4, so it was a chance for the chasing pack to close the gap. Callum Murfitt started the day brightly as he took pole position in a stacked expert line-up.

Race one in the expert class would see Travis Steels certify his excellent starting credentials as he grabbed the holeshot and led the opening few laps. Max Broadbelt and Bayliss Utting were putting pressure on the leader early on, and that pressure finally told, as Steels would make a crucial mistake and yield the lead, dropping down to sixth in the end. That handed Broadbelt the lead, and he set a relentless rhythm at the front to take the race win. Bayliss Utting rode a solid race, coming home in second ahead of Luke Parker, who had his hands full for all of the 20-minute duration but remained strong to finish third. Josh Peters finished in fourth and Murfitt in fifth.

Race two would have to be restarted, and once the gate dropped for a second time, all the heavy hitters were towards the front apart from Broadbelt, who was buried at the back. Utting would pass Steels and set out on checking out at the head of the pack. Josh Peters got a good start and also found his way past Travis Steels as he looked to chase down Utting.

However, it would be to no avail as Utting controlled the race to take the win in fine style. Peters would take second ahead of Steels in third. Luke Benstead put on a real charge in the latter part of the race and managed to finish in fourth, with Callum Murfitt in fifth.

The final Expert race would see Travis Steels emerge with the early lead while Peters and Utting were battling behind. Utting soon made his way past Josh Peters as Calum Murfitt’s machine failed him on the finish line with a few laps left, leaving him out of the race. Steels rode the perfect race and took the chequered flag after knocking on the door over the last few rounds for a race win. Bayliss Utting finished in second ahead of Peters In third. Max Broadbelt came home in fourth and Luke Parker in fifth.

The Expert overall went to Bayliss Utting with 69 points. In second place was Travis Steels on 60 points, ahead of Josh Peters also on 60 points but losing out on 2nd spot to countback.

In the Junior Championship class, the overall would go to current championship leader Craig Down, who extended his points lead with 3-1-1 for 70 points. In second overall was Sam Rogers with 51 points going 10-4-2 and in third was Benjamin Arthurton with 46 points with a 15-3-3 finish.

In the Support B class, the overall honours went to Darren Gooch with a 2-4-1, ahead of Scott Claydon in second with a 1-2-4. In third was Sam Cornwell going 15-1-2.

The Support C class overall went to Finley Whitlam with a 2-1-1 ahead of Dale Herod in second with a 9-4-2. In third place overall was Ethan Cone with a 6-2-7.

In the Support D class, the overall honours went to Andrew Webster with a 1-2-3. In second place was Shaun Tacey with a 11-1-1 ahead of Tony Rooke in third with a 2-5-9.

The NVMCC would like to thank all sponsors in what is the club’s centenary year, with the next meeting at Lyng on Sunday the 26th of July!

Results

Experts

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	421	Bayliss Utting	69	22	25	22
2	22	Travis Steels	60	15	20	25
3	2	Josh Peters	60	18	22	20
4	103	Max Broadbelt	52	25	9	18
5	49	Luke Parker	49	20	13	16
6	301	Shaun Southgate	40	13	14	13
7	100	Rob Wood	33	14	5	14
8	57	Chester Hyde	32	8	12	12
9	500	Callum Murfitt	32	16	16	–
10	687	Jake Rackham	30	–	15	15
11	190	Luke Benstead	30	12	18	–
12	8	Callum McCaul	29	9	10	10
13	499	Benjamin Cole	21	10	–	11
14	151	Mitch Armour	20	11	–	9
15	20	William Farrow	19	4	7	8
16	776	Charlie Nudds	17	6	4	7
17	911	Benjamin Hayward	15	3	8	4
18	198	Shane Lock	12	5	2	5
19	83	Ashden Barlow	11	–	11	–
20	118	Kieran Clarke	8	–	6	2
21	82	Ashden Barlow	7	7	–	–
22	477	Connor Bunkle	6	–	–	6
23	4	Benjamin Parry	3	–	–	3
24	528	Travis Bixby	3	–	3	–
25	731	Adam Reeve	2	1	1	–
26	7	Sydney Bales	2	2	–	–
27	219	Jae Jeffries	1	–	–	1

Juniors

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	39	Craig Down	70	20	25	25
2	551	Sam Rogers	51	11	18	22
3	521	Benjamin Arthurton	46	6	20	20
4	229	Danny Palmer	43	9	22	12
5	784	Tyrone Tugwell	39	7	16	16
6	591	Harrison Fitchett	38	25	13	–
7	609	Christopher Lake	36	16	5	15
8	80	Matthew French	31	1	12	18
9	126	Caden Tomlin	30	15	15	–
10	518	Rocco Hands	28	22	6	–
11	45	Josh Watson-Bailey	27	4	14	9
12	249	Kevin Palmer	27	14	9	4
13	461	Luke Nolan	25	12	–	13
14	114	Reggie Jacobs	23	8	1	14
15	428	Teddy Howard	18	18	–	–
16	469	Ethan Johnson	18	–	8	10
17	541	Mitchell Murfitt	18	10	–	8
18	41	Sean Wright	18	13	4	1
19	123	Sidney Dawson	14	–	11	3
20	295	Lee Butson	12	2	3	7
21	141	George Bennett	12	–	7	5
22	55	Sonny Bixby	11	–	–	11
23	816	Kieran Bullock	10	–	10	–
24	468	Joseph Henthorn	7	5	2	–
25	172	Cameron Parrish	6	–	–	6
26	352	Charlie Roper	3	3	–	–
27	531	Alfie Malins	2	–	–	2

Support B

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	599	Darren Gooch	127	43	39	45
2	346	Scott Claydon	127	45	43	39
3	410	Sam Cornwell	114	26	45	43
4	71	John Hilton	111	39	37	35
5	119	Aaron Smith	105	23	41	41
6	315	Billy Sargeant	96	30	33	33
7	211	Jesse Gordon	90	19	34	37
8	70	Sam Hilton	86	28	28	30
9	237	Elliott Huckle	84	29	31	24
10	728	Zak Beards	82	31	17	34
11	721	Harry Hawes	79	24	26	29
12	225	Alexander Smith	78	35	16	27
13	280	Aaron Saunders	77	17	29	31
14	52	Lee Kirkpatrick	71	41	30	–
15	337	Brad Watts	69	37	–	32
16	459	Edward Pegram	66	34	32	–
17	125	Paul Hubbard	65	21	23	21
18	726	Marcus Smith	62	27	35	–
19	99	Coby Ward	61	25	24	12
20	137	Nathan Lock	59	32	27	–
21	974	Zac Bowden	56	9	21	26
22	287	Dexter Lambe	56	33	3	20
23	877	Alfie Self	56	16	22	18
24	768	Ty Atkins	54	6	25	23
25	760	Kieran Fisher	47	15	7	25
26	594	Lloyd Goldstraw	47	11	19	17
27	35	Dec Willicombe	46	–	18	28
28	959	Stephen Atkins	46	12	15	19
29	217	James Gadd	45	20	9	16
30	361	Lewis Wells	43	8	13	22
31	27	Jesse Eaves	40	18	8	14
32	106	Ben Secker	36	22	14	–
33	132	Ben Carey	34	14	20	–
34	345	Brendon Reeve	33	13	10	10
35	74	Ben Last	31	5	11	15
36	233	Alfie Betts	26	7	6	13
37	181	Jacob King	26	10	5	11
38	625	Bill Cox	16	4	12	–
39	82	Wayne Fulcher	14	3	2	9
40	184	Rhys Jones	14	2	4	8

Support C

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	37	Finlay Whitlam	133	43	45	45
2	289	Dale Herod	114	32	39	43
3	288	Ethan Cone	112	35	43	34
4	38	Lewis Griggs	111	41	37	33
5	656	Ky Rolfe	110	45	41	24
6	336	Luke Reeve	106	34	31	41
7	675	Rodrigo Barata	100	31	32	37
8	888	Max Langdalr	99	33	34	32
9	618	Reece Horne	96	39	29	28
10	107	Olly Stanley	88	18	35	35
11	868	Charlie Starsmoore	84	37	17	30
12	855	Samuel Cliff	82	20	23	39
13	412	Aidan Weston	79	24	28	27
14	427	Jayden Smith	78	19	33	26
15	202	Craig Page-Baker	78	29	26	23
16	996	Connor Martin	67	26	12	29
17	42	Jake Appleton	65	10	30	25
18	815	Max Monk	64	27	22	15
19	363	Jack Cox	63	30	19	14
20	665	Hector Storey	62	25	20	17
21	28	tyler ward	59	28	–	31
22	479	Kian Bassett	55	23	14	18
23	730	Ashley Reeve	53	17	25	11
24	128	Kevin Gore	50	16	18	16
25	605	Alfie Hunt	49	–	27	22
26	997	Tavis Coulson	47	14	13	20
27	979	Ben Cook	46	22	24	–
28	159	Alfie Hoare	42	15	15	12
29	820	Toby Henderson	40	11	8	21
30	747	Ryan Christmas	35	–	16	19
31	300	Damian Flack	33	12	21	–
32	87	Aaron Holden	32	13	9	10
33	978	Samuel Cook	27	8	10	9
34	214	Joshua Chappell	24	–	11	13
35	794	William Mcrae	21	21	–	–
36	915	Benjamin Wigger	9	9	–	–

Support D

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	91	Andrew Webster	129	45	43	41
2	418	Shaun Tacey	120	30	45	45
3	439	Tony Rooke	112	43	37	32
4	212	Josh Faulkner	109	29	41	39
5	464	Henry Fox	108	32	33	43
6	360	Peter Andrews	104	37	32	35
7	131	Sam Philpott	99	31	31	37
8	988	Ryan Hunt	98	41	29	28
9	946	Thomas Davies	96	24	39	33
10	824	George Cordery	89	34	21	34
11	98	Andrew Smith	86	22	35	29
12	373	Lee Cox	84	27	26	31
13	848	Harry Saunders	82	28	28	26
14	876	Lee Faulkner	78	26	22	30
15	438	Andrew Rooke	72	20	27	25
16	307	Joseph Ripken	69	18	24	27
17	253	Jake Faulkner	65	35	30	–
18	672	David Bowden	62	39	23	–
19	207	Jason Eaves	60	23	17	20
20	77	John Smith	59	17	18	24
21	134	Jack Hawkins	53	33	20	–
22	722	James Black	52	16	13	23
23	246	Guy Sturman	50	25	25	–
24	167	Liam Evans	49	13	15	21
25	314	Elliott Armstrong	48	14	12	22
26	384	Ryan Crump	41	12	11	18
27	386	James Carass	40	21	19	–
28	932	Jamie Salter	38	10	9	19
29	380	Grant Griffin	35	19	16	–
30	235	Ben Lamb	34	–	34	–
31	304	Nick Hunton	25	11	14	–
32	276	Kai Bassett	25	15	10	–
33	782	Ben Smith	8	–	8	–

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